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Latest papers
Exploring The Role of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and DPP4 Inhibitors in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: A Scoping Review.
Journal of dual diagnosis · 2026
The efficacy and safety of short-acting, full agonist opioids for symptom management of opioid withdrawal.
Addictive behaviors reports · 2026 · first author
24-Hour Induction of Transdermal Buprenorphine to Buprenorphine Extended-Release.
Journal of psychoactive drugs · 2026 · first author
Latest funding
- $1,602,675
The Toxic Drug Study: Clinical and toxicological profiles of people with unregulated drug poisoning.
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $75,000
Digital innovation for social transformation: internalizing agency, health, digital literacy, values and worldviews in software design and development processes, frameworks and methodologies
NSERC · 2024 · Co-investigator
- $125,000
Compliance Management App for Opioid Use Disorder
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
35 publications.
Exploring The Role of GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and DPP4 Inhibitors in the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder: A Scoping Review.
Baldwin K, Lau A, Ignaszewski MJ, Wong JSH, Azar P, Siu JTP
The efficacy and safety of short-acting, full agonist opioids for symptom management of opioid withdrawal.
Azar P, Kim JJ, Wong J, Machado J, Budd G, Baldwin K, Siu JTP, Lau A
24-Hour Induction of Transdermal Buprenorphine to Buprenorphine Extended-Release.
Azar P, Li VW, Wong JSH, Nikoo M, Machado J, Ignaszewski MJ, Mathew N, Raheemullah A, Wakeman SE, Mullen R, Krausz RM, Montaner JSG, Maharaj AR
24-48 h initiation by transdermal buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder in the inpatient setting: a retrospective chart review.
Azar P, Li VW, Nikoo M, LaBranche J, Wong JSH, Machado J, To T, Hawamdeh AA, Ignaszewski MJ, Herring AA, Vogel M, Kehoe L, Raheemullah A, Fitzgerald R, Krausz RM, Montaner JSG, Maharaj AR
The Buprenorphine Paradox: How Buprenorphine Triggers and Resolves Opioid Withdrawal.
Haghdoost M, LaBranche J, Roberts M, Li VW, Kim JJ, Wong JSH, Azar P
Naloxone dosing: An evolving unregulated drug landscape, care setting considerations, and the need for research.
Wong JSH, Lau A, Azar P
Rapid intravenous symptom-inhibiting fentanyl induction (SIFI) to optimize rotation onto oral opioid agonist therapy among individuals who use unregulated fentanyl: protocol for an open-label, single arm clinical trial.
Azar P, Ignaszewski MJ, Harris M, Barazanci Z, Davison R, Wong JSH, Maharaj A, Mathew N, Hall D, Guillemi SA, Foreman J, Barrios R, Montaner JSG
Direct Induction of Buprenorphine Extended-Release: A Case Report.
Azar P, Wong JSH, Machado J, Nikoo M, Li VW, Ignaszewski MJ, Mathew N, Krausz RM, Herring AA, Mullen R, Montaner JSG, Maharaj AR
Pain Management Strategies for Patients Receiving Extended-Release Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder: A Scoping Review.
Azar P, Kim JJ, Azarmju F, Sirohi K, Machado J, Lau A, Siu J, Ignaszewski MJ, Montaner JSG, Krausz M
Patient-elected low-dose intravenous naloxone for rapid buprenorphine induction: a case report.
Azar P, Machado J, Kim JJ, Wong JSH, Nikoo M, Li VW
The Toxic Drug Study: Clinical and toxicological profiles of people with unregulated drug poisoning.
Principal investigators: Brubacher, Jeffrey R
Keywords: Fentanyl; Opioids; Overdose; Sedatives; Stimulants; Toxicology; Unregulated Drugs
Digital innovation for social transformation: internalizing agency, health, digital literacy, values and worldviews in software design and development processes, frameworks and methodologies
Principal investigators: Noureddin, Borna
Keywords: digital tools; social transformation; software design; human computer interaction; agency; mental health; addiction; digital literacy
Compliance Management App for Opioid Use Disorder
Principal investigators: Azar, Pouya
The Cedar Project: Strengthening Our Spirit Intervention for Indigenous peoples who use drugs in Vancouver, BC
Principal investigators: Spittal, Patricia M
Keywords: Fentanyl Crisis; Hiv/Aids; Indigenous Young People; Substance Use
The Cedar Project: Strengthening Our Spirit Intervention for Indigenous peoples who use drugs in two Canadian cities
Principal investigators: Spittal, Patricia M
Keywords: Fentanyl Crisis; Hiv/Aids; Indigenous Young People; Substance Use
Evaluating Microdosing in Emergency Departments: A Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing the Effectiveness of Buprenorphine/Naloxone Microdosing vs. Standard Dosing (EMED Study)
Principal investigators: Moe, Jessica; Carter, Connie I; Davison, Carolyn; Hohl, Corinne M; Holroyd, Brian R; Lock, Kurt; Nosyk, Bohdan P; Slaunwhite, Amanda K; Wong, Hubert H
Keywords: Buprenorphine/Naloxone; Emergency Departments; Opioid-Related Disorders; Randomized Controlled Trial
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Thomas Kerr and Evan Wood: 190 shared papers
- Julio Montaner and Evan Wood: 82 shared papers
- Thomas Kerr and Julio Montaner: 52 shared papers
- Julio Montaner and Rolando Barrios: 10 shared papers
- Thomas Kerr and Rolando Barrios: 7 shared papers
- Evan Wood and Rolando Barrios: 7 shared papers
- Steve Mathias and Karen Tee: 7 shared papers
- Steve Mathias and Shelly Ben-David: 6 shared papers
- Jessica Moe and Pouya Azar: 5 shared papers
- Ian Manion and Steve Mathias: 4 shared papers
- Jessica Moe and Emma Garrod: 4 shared papers
- Anthony Lau and Pouya Azar: 4 shared papers
- Amy Salmon and Karen Tee: 3 shared papers
- Emily Jenkins and Steve Mathias: 3 shared papers
- Rolando Barrios and Pouya Azar: 2 shared papers
- Donald Griesdale and George Isac: 2 shared papers
- Emily Jenkins and Shelly Ben-David: 2 shared papers
- Emily Jenkins and Emma Garrod: 2 shared papers
- Stephanie Gillingham and Steve Mathias: 2 shared papers
- Steve Mathias and Keren Mitchell: 2 shared papers
- Steve Mathias and Pouya Azar: 2 shared papers
- Jessica Moe and Lara Gurney: 2 shared papers
- Shelly Ben-David and Karen Tee: 2 shared papers
- Amy Salmon and Ian Manion: 1 shared paper
- Amy Salmon and Emily Jenkins: 1 shared paper
- Amy Salmon and Stephanie Gillingham: 1 shared paper
- Amy Salmon and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- Thomas Kerr and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- Julio Montaner and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- Ian Manion and Emily Jenkins: 1 shared paper
- Ian Manion and Stephanie Gillingham: 1 shared paper
- Ian Manion and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- Evan Wood and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- Rolando Barrios and Nilufar Partovi: 1 shared paper
- Rolando Barrios and Anil Maharaj: 1 shared paper
- Donald Griesdale and Jessica Moe: 1 shared paper
- Donald Griesdale and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- Emily Jenkins and Keren Mitchell: 1 shared paper
- Emily Jenkins and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- Stephanie Gillingham and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- Anthony Phillips and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- Jessica Moe and Anthony Lau: 1 shared paper
- Nilufar Partovi and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- Shelly Ben-David and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- Karen Tee and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- George Isac and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- Anthony Lau and Anil Maharaj: 1 shared paper
- Emma Garrod and Lara Gurney: 1 shared paper
- Emma Garrod and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- Lara Gurney and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- Keren Mitchell and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- Anil Maharaj and Pouya Azar: 1 shared paper
- Emergency Medicine
- Medicine
- MacIsaac School of Nursing
- Occupational Therapy
- Chemical and Biological Engineering
- School of Population and Public Health
- Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Other
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Jessica Moe
Emergency Medicine
5 shared papers, latest 2022
Anthony Lau
Chemical and Biological Engineering
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Steve Mathias
School of Population and Public Health
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Rolando Barrios
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Evan Wood
Social Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Donald Griesdale
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Emily Jenkins
School of Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Stephanie Gillingham
Occupational Therapy
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Anthony Phillips
Psychiatry
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Nilufar Partovi
Emergency Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Shelly Ben-David
Occupational Therapy
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Karen Tee
Occupational Therapy
1 shared papers, latest 2019
George Isac
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Emma Garrod
MacIsaac School of Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Lara Gurney
MacIsaac School of Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Keren Mitchell
MacIsaac School of Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Amy Salmon
Emergency Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2019
Anil Maharaj
Pharmaceutical Sciences
1 shared papers, latest 2025
Thomas Kerr
Medicine
1 shared papers, latest 2015
Julio Montaner
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2015
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