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Steve Mathias

ResearcherSchool of Population and Public HealthUniversity of British Columbia

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Steve Mathias

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.
28 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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Research

Youth Substance Use Mental Health Overdose Integrated Youth Services Mental Illness Service Pathways Co-Design

Latest papers

The multidimensional social ecological needs and service utilization patterns of youth using non-medical prescription opioids: an observational study of routinely collected data in a provincial integrated youth services initiative.
Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2025
"My Day is Already Planned Out Before I Even Get to Choose it": Using Youth-Oriented Research to Understand and Measure What Matters to Youth Aged 12-15 Years and the Implications for Mental Health Services.
Child psychiatry and human development · 2025
Youth Emotional Pathways to Mental Health Services: I Came to Foundry to "Remember What it Feels Like to Cry".
Community mental health journal · 2025

All 48 publications

Latest funding

Identifying service pathways to reduce overdose risk among youth: a multi-method, population-based, and co-design study
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$993,720
Adapting, Producing, and Testing a Youth Overdose Prevention Toolkit Through Community-Based Participatory Methods
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$405,449
Identifying service pathways to reduce overdose risk among youth: a multi-method, population-based, and co-design study
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 12 grants and awards

48 publications.

The multidimensional social ecological needs and service utilization patterns of youth using non-medical prescription opioids: an observational study of routinely collected data in a provincial integrated youth services initiative.

Marchand K, Liu G, Hastings KG, Palis H, Mathias S, Sutherland JM, Barbic S

Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy2025

DOI: 10.1186/s13011-025-00682-6 PMID: 41299709

"My Day is Already Planned Out Before I Even Get to Choose it": Using Youth-Oriented Research to Understand and Measure What Matters to Youth Aged 12-15 Years and the Implications for Mental Health Services.

Barbic SP, Warren C, Marchand K, Beggs T, Tsou S, Smit B, Lockhart L, Turuba R, Mathias S, Ben-David S

Child psychiatry and human development2025

DOI: 10.1007/s10578-025-01926-z PMID: 41212405

Youth Emotional Pathways to Mental Health Services: I Came to Foundry to "Remember What it Feels Like to Cry".

Ben-David S, Biddell M, Lougheed JP, Vien C, Ortiz R, Kealy D, Turner S, Gawliuk M, Mathias S, Barbic S

Community mental health journal2025

DOI: 10.1007/s10597-025-01456-x PMID: 39969671

Foundry, the British Columbia Integrated Youth Services Initiative: Sharing Lessons From a Decade of Innovation.

Wuerth K, Tee K, Mathias S, Barbic S

Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.)2025

DOI: 10.12927/hcq.2025.27634 PMID: 40792403

The Implementation of Integrated Youth Services in Canada: Planning and Costing of a Pan-Canadian Model: La mise en œuvre des services intégrés pour les jeunes au Canada : planification et établissement des coûts d'un modèle pancanadien.

Henderson JL, de Oliveira C, Mathias S

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/07067437241301008 PMID: 39654417

The stakes of stimulant use, psychosis, and antipsychotic treatment among youth who use drugs: A longitudinal qualitative study.

Goodyear T, Thulien M, Anghel A, Slemon A, Jensen M, Ignaszewski MJ, Sassi R, Mathias S, Jenkins E, Knight R, Fast D

Social science & medicine (1982)2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118701 PMID: 41135255

A Scoping Review of Evidence-Based Interventions and Health-Related Services for Youth Who Use Nonmedical Opioids in Canada and the United States.

Marchand K, Turuba R, Hui D, Gunn H, Wright MD, Marshall T, Fast D, Knight R, Marsh DC, Sassi R, Mathias S, Barbic S

The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2024.07.013 PMID: 39340500

Do you have depression? A summative content analysis of mental health-related content on TikTok.

Turuba R, Zenone M, Srivastava R, Stea J, Quintana Y, Ow N, Marchand K, Kwan A, Ong AJ, Ding X, Warren C, Marcon AR, Henderson J, Mathias S, Barbic S

Digital health2025

DOI: 10.1177/20552076241297062 PMID: 39839955

Supporting young people through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: a multi-site qualitative longitudinal study.

Whyte M, Nichol E, Hawke LD, Wuerth K, Quinlan-Davidson M, O'Reilly A, Duffy J, Mathias S, Henderson JL, Barbic SP

BMC health services research2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-024-11752-z PMID: 39434122

Implementing Foundry: A cohort study describing the regional and virtual expansion of a youth integrated service in British Columbia, Canada.

Barbic S, Mallia E, Wuerth K, Ow N, Marchand K, Ben-David S, Ewert A, Turnbull H, Gao C, Ding X, Dhillon A, Hastings K, Langton J, Tee K, Mathias S

Early intervention in psychiatry2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/eip.13538 PMID: 38736277

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Youth Dear Professor Mathias, 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 "The multidimensional social ecological needs and service utilization patterns of youth using non-medical prescription opioids: an observational study of routinely collected data in a provincial integrated youth services initiative." (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 "Identifying service pathways to reduce overdose risk among youth: a multi-method, population-based, and co-design study" (2026), 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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Steve Mathias

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The multidimensional social ecological needs and service utilization patterns of youth using non-medical prescription opioids: an observational study of routinely collected data in a provincial integrated youth services initiative.

"My Day is Already Planned Out Before I Even Get to Choose it": Using Youth-Oriented Research to Understand and Measure What Matters to Youth Aged 12-15 Years and the Implications for Mental Health Services.

Youth Emotional Pathways to Mental Health Services: I Came to Foundry to "Remember What it Feels Like to Cry".

Foundry, the British Columbia Integrated Youth Services Initiative: Sharing Lessons From a Decade of Innovation.

The Implementation of Integrated Youth Services in Canada: Planning and Costing of a Pan-Canadian Model: La mise en &#x153;uvre des services int&#xe9;gr&#xe9;s pour les jeunes au Canada : planification et &#xe9;tablissement des co&#xfb;ts d'un mod&#xe8;le pancanadien.

The stakes of stimulant use, psychosis, and antipsychotic treatment among youth who use drugs: A longitudinal qualitative study.

A Scoping Review of Evidence-Based Interventions and Health-Related Services for Youth Who Use Nonmedical Opioids&#xa0;in Canada and the United States.

Do you have depression? A summative content analysis of mental health-related content on TikTok.

Supporting young people through the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond: a multi-site qualitative longitudinal study.

Implementing Foundry: A cohort study describing the regional and virtual expansion of a youth integrated service in British Columbia, Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Skye Barbic

Kirsten Marchand

Karen Tee

Shelly Ben-David

Ian Manion

Steve Mathias

Tanya Halsall

Emily Jenkins

Srividya Iyer

Srividya Iyer

Roberto Sassi

Ashok Malla

Jo Henderson

Danya Fast

Julio Montaner

Stephanie Gillingham

Evan Wood

Meaghen Quinlan-Davidson

Allie Slemon

Paula Robeson

Karleigh Darnay

Andrew Kestler

Julia Langton

Srividya Iyer

Jacqueline Relihan

Heather Palis

Fidel Vila-Rodriguez

Trevor Goodyear

Rodney Knight

Frank Scheuermeyer

Richard Dubras

Tiffany O'Connor

Amy Salmon

Sophie Soklaridis

Lehana Thabane

John Oliffe

Claire de Oliveira

Jason Sutherland

The Implementation of Integrated Youth Services in Canada: Planning and Costing of a Pan-Canadian Model: La mise en œuvre des services intégrés pour les jeunes au Canada : planification et établissement des coûts d'un modèle pancanadien.

A Scoping Review of Evidence-Based Interventions and Health-Related Services for Youth Who Use Nonmedical Opioids in Canada and the United States.