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Martin Schechter

ResearcherSchool of Population and Public HealthUniversity of British Columbia

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Martin Schechter

Researcher

School of Population and Public Health

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 12 research grants (10 CIHR, 2 NSERC), most recently in 2020.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2008.

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Research

Hiv/Aids Mhealth Hcv Epidemiology Barriers To Care Covid-19 Indigenous People Who Use Drugs Safe Quarantine/ Isolation

Latest papers

Navigating concurrent public health emergencies: Indigenous perspectives from the Cedar Project in British Columbia.
PLOS global public health · 2025
Building Capacity for Injectable Diacetylmorphine and Hydromorphone for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: Identifying Typical Doses.
Journal of psychoactive drugs · 2025
Client preferences for the design and delivery of injectable opioid agonist treatment services: Results from a best-worst scaling task.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2024

All 8 publications

Latest funding

Program of Outcomes Research on Treatment with Injectables for Addiction: Accessibility Needs and Tangible Actions
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$100,000
The Cedar Project: Strengthening Our Spirit Intervention for Indigenous peoples who use drugs in Vancouver, BC
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$1,977,524
The Cedar Project: Strengthening Our Spirit Intervention for Indigenous peoples who use drugs in two Canadian cities
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$2,297,191

All 29 grants and awards

8 publications.

Navigating concurrent public health emergencies: Indigenous perspectives from the Cedar Project in British Columbia.

Cassidy-Matthews C, Hendry J, Pearce M, Pooyak S, Zamar D, Reading J, Caron N, Schechter M, Spittal P, Christian W

PLOS global public health2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0004658 PMID: 40455819

Building Capacity for Injectable Diacetylmorphine and Hydromorphone for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: Identifying Typical Doses.

Magel T, Arreola LAG, Guh D, MacDonald S, Harrison S, Schechter M, Oviedo-Joekes E

Journal of psychoactive drugs2025

DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2024.2338734 PMID: 38590251

Client preferences for the design and delivery of injectable opioid agonist treatment services: Results from a best-worst scaling task.

Metcalfe RK, Dobischok S, Bansback N, MacDonald S, Byres D, Lajeunesse J, Harrison S, Koch B, Topping B, Brock T, Foreman J, Schechter M, Oviedo-Joekes E

Addiction (Abingdon, England)2024

DOI: 10.1111/add.16620 PMID: 39054406

Shared decision-making and client-reported dose satisfaction in a longitudinal cohort receiving injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT).

Beaumont S, Magel T, MacDonald S, Harrison S, Schechter M, Oviedo-Joekes E

Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2024

DOI: 10.1186/s13011-023-00585-4 PMID: 38172882

Clients' experiences on North America's first take-home injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) program: a qualitative study.

Oviedo-Joekes E, Dobischok S, Carvajal J, MacDonald S, McDermid C, Klakowicz P, Harrison S, LaJeunesse J, Chow N, Brown M, Gill S, Schechter M

BMC health services research2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-09558-6 PMID: 37237256

"As long as that place stays open, I'll stay alive": Accessing injectable opioid agonist treatment during dual public health crises.

Jaffe K, Blawatt S, Lehal E, Lock K, Easterbrook A, MacDonald S, Harrison S, Lajeunesse J, Byres D, Schechter M, Oviedo-Joekes E

Harm reduction journal2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00779-w PMID: 37060027

Measuring the preferences of injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) clients: Development of a person-centered scale (best-worst scaling).

Dobischok S, Metcalfe R, Matzinger E, Palis H, Marchand K, Harrison S, MacDonald S, Byres D, Schechter M, Bansback N, Oviedo-Joekes E

The International journal on drug policy2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103948 PMID: 36586152

The Cedar Project: methadone maintenance treatment among young Aboriginal people who use opioids in two Canadian cities.

Yang J, Oviedo-Joekes E, Christian KW, Li K, Louie M, Schechter M, Spittal P

Drug and alcohol review2011

DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2010.00258.x PMID: 21355933

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Hiv/Aids Dear Professor Schechter, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Navigating concurrent public health emergencies: Indigenous perspectives from the Cedar Project in British Columbia." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "The Cedar Project: Preparing for culturally-safe, trauma informed COVID-19 response among young Indigenous people who use drugs in Prince George and Vancouver, BC" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Martin Schechter

Research

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Latest funding

Navigating concurrent public health emergencies: Indigenous perspectives from the Cedar Project in British Columbia.

Building Capacity for Injectable Diacetylmorphine and Hydromorphone for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: Identifying Typical Doses.

Client preferences for the design and delivery of injectable opioid agonist treatment services: Results from a best-worst scaling task.

Shared decision-making and client-reported dose satisfaction in a longitudinal cohort receiving injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT).

Clients' experiences on North America's first take-home injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) program: a qualitative study.

"As long as that place stays open, I'll stay alive": Accessing injectable opioid agonist treatment during dual public health crises.

Measuring the preferences of injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) clients: Development of a person-centered scale (best-worst scaling).

The Cedar Project: methadone maintenance treatment among young Aboriginal people who use opioids in two Canadian cities.

Program of Outcomes Research on Treatment with Injectables for Addiction: Accessibility Needs and Tangible Actions

The Cedar Project: Strengthening Our Spirit Intervention for Indigenous peoples who use drugs in Vancouver, BC

The Cedar Project: Strengthening Our Spirit Intervention for Indigenous peoples who use drugs in two Canadian cities

The Cedar Project: Preparing for culturally-safe, trauma informed COVID-19 response among young Indigenous people who use drugs in Prince George and Vancouver, BC

Program of Outcomes Research on Treatment with Injectables for Addiction

UBC Summer Science Program

Network Meta-Analysis of Opioid Agonist Treatments for street opioid users

Patient-Centered Care for Addictions Treatment: A Scoping Review

Designing targeted interventions to address HIV vulnerabilities and improve clinical outcomes among conflict affected adolescent girls and young women under 25 in Northern Uganda

The Cedar Project: Providing culturally-safe, strengths-based case management for the delivery of optimal hepatitis C care and treatment among Indigenous people who use drugs in Vancouver and Prince George, British Columbia

Frequent collaborators

Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes

Scott Harrison

David Byres

Patricia Spittal

Chenoa Cassidy-Matthews

Kirsten Marchand

Heather Palis

Nadine Caron

Kurt Lock

Wayne Christian