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Bruce Wallace

ResearcherChemistryUniversity of Victoria

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Bruce Wallace

Researcher

Chemistry

Health Sciences

University of Victoria

Victoria, 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.
35 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (4 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2019.

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Research

Harm Reduction Overdose Substance Use Fentanyl Spectroscopy Health Equity Drug Checking Patient Oriented Research

Latest papers

Drug sellers' use of a drug checking service amid the overdose crisis in British Columbia, Canada.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026
Detection of Nitazenes in the Illicit Drug Supply Utilizing Precursor Ion Scan Methods With Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry.
Drug testing and analysis · 2026
Carfentanil in the illicit drug supply: A machine learning approach for trace detection using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026

All 59 publications

Latest funding

Implementing automated technologies for drug checking in response to the overdose crisis
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$125,000
A mixed methods evaluation of safer supply initiatives to reduce illicit drug overdose in BC
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$2,050,200
Integrating a low-barrier drug checking platform into public health responses to overdose
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$283,950

All 11 grants and awards

59 publications.

Drug sellers' use of a drug checking service amid the overdose crisis in British Columbia, Canada.

Gonzalez-Nieto P, Wallace B, Kielty C, Shkolnikov I, Margolese A, Arredondo Sanchez Lira J, Gill C, Hore D

Addiction (Abingdon, England)2026

DOI: 10.1111/add.70429 PMID: 42029063

Detection of Nitazenes in the Illicit Drug Supply Utilizing Precursor Ion Scan Methods With Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry.

Miskulin A, Shkolnikov I, Sboto J, Kielty C, Wallace B, Gill CG, Hore DK

Drug testing and analysis2026

DOI: 10.1002/dta.70135 PMID: 42601813

Carfentanil in the illicit drug supply: A machine learning approach for trace detection using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

Martens RR, Newman E, Gozdzialski L, Gill CG, Wallace B, Hore DK

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105359 PMID: 42225523

Detection of Fentanyl Analogues in Illicit Drug Samples Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Random Forest Classification.

Newman E, Martens RR, Gozdzialski L, Wallace B, Gill CG, Hore DK

Applied spectroscopy2026

DOI: 10.1177/00037028261457152 PMID: 42237962

Neural Network-Based Detection of Adulterants in Opioid Samples Using IR Absorption Spectroscopy.

Jai J, Gozdzialski L, Wallace B, Gill CG, Hore D

Drug testing and analysis2026

DOI: 10.1002/dta.70050 PMID: 41785878

Student Perspectives on Integrating an Oral Health Helpline Service Into Dental and Dental Hygiene Education.

Johnson V, Brondani M, von Bergmann H, Grossman S, Wallace B, Donnelly L

European journal of dental education : official journal of the Association for Dental Education in Europe2026

DOI: 10.1111/eje.13125 PMID: 40514795

Support Vector Machine Classification of Adulterated Illicit Opioids Using Paper-Spray Mass Spectrometry.

Miskulin A, Wallace B, Gill CG, Hore DK

Analytical chemistry2026

DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5c04400 PMID: 41451477

Problem representation of the Risk Mitigation Guidance (RMG) within the context of dual public health emergencies of COVID-19 and toxic drug deaths in British Columbia, Canada.

Gudiño Pérez D, Macevicius C, Norton A, Beck-McGreevy P, Selfridge M, Kalicum J, Urbanoski K, Barker B, Slaunwhite A, Arredondo J, Wallace B, Pauly B

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105102 PMID: 41385807

An implementation science study of a campus-based drug checking service at a Canadian university.

Airth L, Wallace B, Kennedy MC, Standing L, Marcheterre A, Ti L, Matthews J, Feddersen M, Oelke ND

PloS one2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0332899 PMID: 40966221

Implementing community drug checking in smaller urban communities: a qualitative study exploring contextual factors to consider.

Hutchison A, Urbanoski K, Hore D, Wallace B

Harm reduction journal2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-025-01234-8 PMID: 40389977

Implementing automated technologies for drug checking in response to the overdose crisis

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Hore, Dennis

Keywords: drug checking; substance use; harm reduction; spectroscopy; machine learning; implementation science; overdose; health equity

$125,000

A mixed methods evaluation of safer supply initiatives to reduce illicit drug overdose in BC

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Urbanoski, Karen A; Barker, Brittany M; Nosyk, Bohdan P; Pauly, Bernadette M; Slaunwhite, Amanda K

Keywords: Epidemiology; Harm Reduction; Health Policy; Indigenous Health; Mixed Methods; Overdose; Safer Supply; Substance Use

$2,050,200

Integrating a low-barrier drug checking platform into public health responses to overdose

Principal investigatorCIHR2019Collaborative Health Research Projects (NSERC partnered)

Principal investigators: Hore, Dennis K; Stanwick, Richard; Storey, Margaret-Anne; Wallace, Bruce B

Keywords: Drug-Checking; Fentanyl; Harm-Reduction; Implementation Science; Knowledge Translation; Overdose; Patient-Oriented Research; Raman Scattering; Spectroscopy; Substance Use

$283,950

Disseminating drug checking results in response to the overdose crisis

Nominated PICIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Wallace, Bruce B; Stanwick, Richard

Keywords: Drug Checking; Fentanyl; Harm Reduction; Overdose; Patient Oriented Research; Public Health Reporting; Spectroscopy; Substance Use

$20,000

Spectroscopy for the masses: Training the community to operate drug-checking technologies as a response to the overdose crisis

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Wallace, Bruce

Keywords: drug checking; overdose; spectroscopy; implementation science; substance use; harm reduction; fentanyl

$273,175

Managed Alcohol Programs and Cannabis Substitution: Feasibility and Pilot Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Catalyst Grant: Cannabis Research in Urgent Priority Areas

Principal investigators: Pauly, Bernadette M; Sutherland, Christy; Stockwell, Timothy R

Keywords: Alcohol Harm Reduction; Cannabis Substitution; Feasibility Study; Managed Alcohol Programs

Structural Vulnerability, Aging, and Care at the End of Life

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Stajduhar, Kelli I

Keywords: Aging; Dissemination; End Of Life Care; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Research Planning; Structurally Vulnerability

$20,000

Closing the health equity gap: Implementing health equity in harm reduction responses to the opioid overdose crisis

Nominated PICIHR2017Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Wallace, Bruce B

Keywords: Harm Reduction; Health Equity; Overdose; Proposal Development; Substance Use; Vulnerable Populations

$20,000

Toward an Equity Oriented Framework to Inform Responses to Opioid Overdoses (EOF): A Scoping Review

Principal investigatorCIHR2017Operating Grant: Opioid Crisis Knowledge Synthesis

Principal investigators: Pauly, Bernadette M; O'Briain, Warren; Shahram, Sana; Wallace, Bruce B

Keywords: Decolonization; Equity; Gender; Harm Reduction; Health Equity; Opioid; Opioid Crisis; Scoping Review; Sex

$60,000

Reducing the Stigma of Substance Use and Building Capacity in Patient-Oriented Primary Care Research

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Patient-Oriented Research Collaboration Grants

Principal investigators: Urbanoski, Karen A; Bullock, William R; Hancock, Christopher; Jill, Cater; Pauly, Bernadette M

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Health Equity; Primary Care; Stigma; Structural Disadvantage; Substance Use

$25,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Bruce Wallace

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Drug sellers' use of a drug checking service amid the overdose crisis in British Columbia, Canada.

Detection of Nitazenes in the Illicit Drug Supply Utilizing Precursor Ion Scan Methods With Paper Spray Mass Spectrometry.

Carfentanil in the illicit drug supply: A machine learning approach for trace detection using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy.

Detection of Fentanyl Analogues in Illicit Drug Samples Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy and Random Forest Classification.

Neural Network-Based Detection of Adulterants in Opioid Samples Using IR Absorption Spectroscopy.

Student Perspectives on Integrating an Oral Health Helpline Service Into Dental and Dental Hygiene Education.

Support Vector Machine Classification of Adulterated Illicit Opioids Using Paper-Spray Mass Spectrometry.

Problem representation of the Risk Mitigation Guidance (RMG) within the context of dual public health emergencies of COVID-19 and toxic drug deaths in British Columbia, Canada.

An implementation science study of a campus-based drug checking service at a Canadian university.

Implementing community drug checking in smaller urban communities: a qualitative study exploring contextual factors to consider.

Implementing automated technologies for drug checking in response to the overdose crisis

Spectroscopy for the masses: Training the community to operate drug-checking technologies as a response to the overdose crisis

Frequent collaborators

Dennis Hore

Bernadette Pauly

Karen Urbanoski

Colleen Varcoe

Marilyn Ford-Gilboe

Victoria Smye

Margaret-Anne Storey

Jaime Arredondo Sanchez Lira

Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham

Mario Brondani

Leeann Donnelly

Ryan Mcneil

Marjorie MacDonald

Brittany Barker

HsingChi von Bergmann

Lianping Ti

Wanda Martin

Amélie Blanchet Garneau

Amélie Blanchet Garneau

Sana Shahram

Brittany Barker

Amanda Slaunwhite

Sana Shahram

Kelli Stajduhar

Kelli Stajduhar

Elizabeth Hartney

Morgan Price

Thomas Kerr