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Research
Latest papers
Drug sellers' use of a drug checking service amid the overdose crisis in British Columbia, Canada.
Addiction (Abingdon, England) · 2026 · senior author
Neural Network-Based Detection of Adulterants in Opioid Samples Using IR Absorption Spectroscopy.
Drug testing and analysis · 2026 · senior author
Uniaxial order parameters associated with surface SFG spectra. I. Distributions with cylindrical symmetry.
The Journal of chemical physics · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $68,835
Real-time surface characterization and lifetime prediction of polymer insulators
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $125,000
Implementing automated technologies for drug checking in response to the overdose crisis
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $125,000
Implementing automated technologies for drug checking in response to the overdose crisis
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
23 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
Neural Network-Based Detection of Adulterants in Opioid Samples Using IR Absorption Spectroscopy.
Jai J, Gozdzialski L, Wallace B, Gill CG, Hore D
Uniaxial order parameters associated with surface SFG spectra. I. Distributions with cylindrical symmetry.
Yousefi A, Hore D
Sum frequency dual null angle approach and its use in surface hyperpolarizability ratio measurements.
Kumarasiri A, Yang P, Hore D
Implementing community drug checking in smaller urban communities: a qualitative study exploring contextual factors to consider.
Hutchison A, Urbanoski K, Hore D, Wallace B
Correction: Is fentanyl in everything? Examining the unexpected occurrence of illicit opioids in British Columbia's drug supply.
Wallace B, Shkolnikov I, Kielty C, Robinson D, Gozdzialski L, Jai J, Margolese A, Gonzalez-Nieto P, Saatchi A, Abruzzi L, Zarkovic T, Gill C, Hore D
Not just fentanyl: Understanding the complexities of the unregulated opioid supply through results from a drug checking service in British Columbia, Canada.
Gonzalez-Nieto P, Wallace B, Kielty C, Gruntman K, Robinson D, Substance Staff, Arredondo Sanchez Lira J, Gill C, Hore D
Is fentanyl in everything? Examining the unexpected occurrence of illicit opioids in British Columbia's drug supply.
Wallace B, Shkolnikov I, Kielty C, Robinson D, Gozdzialski L, Jai J, Margolese A, Gonzalez-Nieto P, Saatchi A, Abruzzi L, Zarkovic T, Gill C, Hore D
A software framework for infrared spectral analysis in harm reduction drug checking.
Gozdzialski L, Sandford O, Riell Z, Qbaich A, Robinson D, Teal T, Storey MA, Wallace B, Hore D
Evaluation of a Drug Checking Training Program for Frontline Harm Reduction Workers and Implications for Practice.
Teal T, Wallace B, Hore D
Real-time surface characterization and lifetime prediction of polymer insulators
Principal investigators: Hore, Dennis D
Keywords: aging; composite polymer insulators; lifetime prediction; nonlinear optics; raman spectroscopy; silicone; sum-frequency generation; thermal imaging
Implementing automated technologies for drug checking in response to the overdose crisis
Principal investigators: Hore, Dennis
Keywords: drug checking substance use harm reduction spectroscopy machine learning implementation science overdose health equity
Implementing automated technologies for drug checking in response to the overdose crisis
Principal investigators: Hore, Dennis
Keywords: drug checking; substance use; harm reduction; spectroscopy; machine learning; implementation science; overdose; health equity
Optical Parametric Generator
Principal investigators: Hore, Dennis
Monitoring the effects of temperature, electrical and chemical stress on silicone polymers
Principal investigators: Hore, Dennis
Nonlinear Vibrational Probes of Structure at Charged Polymer-Aqueous Interfaces
Principal investigators: Hore, Dennis
Nonlinear Vibrational Probes of Structure at Charged Polymer-Aqueous Interfaces
Principal investigators: Hore, Dennis
Picosecond laser for surface spectroscopy
Principal investigators: Hore, Dennis
Integrating a low-barrier drug checking platform into public health responses to overdose
Principal investigators: Hore, Dennis
Environmental effects and algae resistance of silicone surfaces for enhanced understanding of polymer insulators_x000d_ _x000d_ _x000d_
Principal investigators: Hore, Dennis
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
- Chemistry
- Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research
- Other
Co-authors at University of Victoria, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Bruce Wallace
Chemistry
19 shared papers, latest 2026
Margaret-Anne Storey
Chemistry
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Jaime Arredondo Sanchez Lira
Faculty
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Bernadette Pauly
Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Karen Urbanoski
Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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