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Gillian Kolla

ResearcherMemorial University of Newfoundland

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Gillian Kolla

Researcher

Memorial University of Newfoundland

St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
25 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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Research

Community-Based Evaluation Harm Reduction Health Administrative Data Modeling Overdose Crisis People Who Use Drugs Qualitative Research

Latest papers

Defining success together: a collaborative approach for client and provider-engaged outcomes indicator development in Ontario
Research Involvement and Engagement · 2026
A continuum of disconnection: the impacts of safer supply program closures on continuity of care, transition, and total loss of service access.
Harm reduction journal · 2026
Clarifying the evidence and implications of prioritizing extended-release buprenorphine for opioid agonist treatment in Canada's federal correctional system.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026

All 25 publications

Latest funding

Evolution of prescribed safer supply in Canada: Shifting policy landscapes and implications for population health
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$1,346,400
Strengthening Public Health System Responses in Canada's Ongoing Opioid Crisis
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$749,990
A multi-methods evaluation of the impact of changes to harm reduction service provision on health outcomes in Ontario
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,407,600

All 26 grants and awards

25 publications.

Defining success together: a collaborative approach for client and provider-engaged outcomes indicator development in Ontario

Perri M, Rudzinski K, Guta A, Xavier J, Kolla G, Carusone SC, Strike C

Research Involvement and Engagement2026

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-025-00832-x

A continuum of disconnection: the impacts of safer supply program closures on continuity of care, transition, and total loss of service access.

Ali F, Sprakes A, Mende-Gibson J, Karamouzian M, Kolla G, Shaw A, Celinski A, Kaminski N, Chandresekera U, Rehm J

Harm reduction journal2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-026-01469-z PMID: 42106810

Clarifying the evidence and implications of prioritizing extended-release buprenorphine for opioid agonist treatment in Canada's federal correctional system.

Russell C, George TP, Chopra N, Le Foll B, Matheson FI, Kolla G, Wyman J, Fischer B, Bozinoff N, Rehm J, Lange S

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01186-x PMID: 41954885

"With this you're not chained down to something": contrasting experiences of opioid agonist treatment and safer supply program participation among people receiving prescribed safer supply.

Michaud L, Guta A, Perri M, Schaff A, Boyle M, King K, Strike C, Kolla G

Harm reduction journal2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-026-01409-x PMID: 41652406

Reduced risk of overdose among clients of a safer opioid supply program in Southwestern Ontario: A pre-post observational cohort study.

Kolla G, Lewis JL, Guta A, Schaff A, Boyle M, King K, Strike C, Karamouzian M

The International journal on drug policy2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105124 PMID: 41456366

"Safer supply is the thing that changes everything": the role of prescribed safer supply in rebuilding trust following experiences of medical abandonment.

Kolla G, Pauly B, Henderson N, Cameron F, Toombs K, Clayton E, Irvine J, Ranger C, Rygnestad L, Sereda A, Urbanoski K

BMC public health2026First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-28140-3 PMID: 42298501

Correction: A sea of need: provider accounts of strategies used to manage admission demands to safer opioid supply programs in Ontario.

Strike C, Rudzinski K, Schmidt RA, Kolla G, Kryszajtys D, Perri M, Kaminski N, Guta A

Harm reduction journal2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-026-01473-3 PMID: 42219494

Characterizing trends and patterns in benzodiazepine-related toxicity deaths in Ontario: A descriptive cross-sectional study.

Campbell T, Ledlie S, Leece P, Yang J, Hamzat B, Kolla G, Bozinoff N, Boyd R, Franklyn M, Smoke A, Shearer D, Gomes T

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0355210 PMID: 42743172

The Victoria SAFER initiative: A community-based prescribed safer supply program using fentanyl formulations in Victoria, BC.

Fajber K, Pauly B, Ranger C, Cameron F, Clayton E, Rygnestad L, Henderson N, Irvine J, Herriot R, Urbanoski K, Kolla G

Drug and alcohol dependence2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2026.113156 PMID: 41980573

Comparing the effects of prescribed safer opioid supply and methadone in Ontario, Canada: a population-based matched cohort study.

Gomes T, McCormack D, Kolla G, Young S, Bayoumi AM, Smoke A, Li P, Antoniou T

The Lancet. Public health2025

DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00070-2 PMID: 40280140

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Gillian Kolla

Research

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Defining success together: a collaborative approach for client and provider-engaged outcomes indicator development in Ontario

A continuum of disconnection: the impacts of safer supply program closures on continuity of care, transition, and total loss of service access.

Clarifying the evidence and implications of prioritizing extended-release buprenorphine for opioid agonist treatment in Canada's federal correctional system.

"With this you're not chained down to something": contrasting experiences of opioid agonist treatment and safer supply program participation among people receiving prescribed safer supply.

Reduced risk of overdose among clients of a safer opioid supply program in Southwestern Ontario: A pre-post observational cohort study.

"Safer supply is the thing that changes everything": the role of prescribed safer supply in rebuilding trust following experiences of medical abandonment.

Correction: A sea of need: provider accounts of strategies used to manage admission demands to safer opioid supply programs in Ontario.

Characterizing trends and patterns in benzodiazepine-related toxicity deaths in Ontario: A descriptive cross-sectional study.

The Victoria SAFER initiative: A community-based prescribed safer supply program using fentanyl formulations in Victoria, BC.

Comparing the effects of prescribed safer opioid supply and methadone in Ontario, Canada: a population-based matched cohort study.

Frequent collaborators

Carol Strike

Adrian Guta

Tara Gomes

Nikki Bozinoff

Karen Urbanoski

Mohammad Karamouzian

Rob Boyd

Pamela Leece

Katherine Rudzinski

Tony Antoniou

Michelle Firestone

Samantha Young

Ahmed Bayoumi

Rosane Nisenbaum

Bernard Le Foll

Jade Boyd

Zoe Dodd

Soo Ying Chan Carusone

Jennifer Wyman

Kate Hayman

Lorie Steer

Shannon Lange

Benedikt Fischer