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Igor Yakovenko

ResearcherPsychology and NeuroscienceDalhousie University

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Igor Yakovenko

Researcher

Psychology and Neuroscience

Health Sciences

Dalhousie University

Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

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14 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 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Absorption Coping Motives Cyberloafing Daily Diary Emotional Distress Impulsivity Longitudinal Survey Mobile Sensing

Latest papers

When trauma triggers craving: meta-analytic evidence for the mediating role of negative affect among trauma-exposed individuals who use substances
European Journal of Psychotraumatology · 2026
A scoping review and concept analysis to inform Canada's safe(r) opioid supply research agenda.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026
Development and Evaluation of the Firefighter Exposure to Carcinogens Scale.
Journal of occupational and environmental medicine · 2025 · senior author

All 17 publications

Latest funding

CAN-P: A Team Engaged in Cognitive-Neuroscience Investigations of Cannabis and PTSD links.
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$2,387,367
How and For Whom Does Gambling-Related Cyberloafing Explain the Links of Problem Gambling Severity to Adverse Work and Mental Health Outcomes?
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000
An evaluation of gambling-like money spending in video games and its impact on clinical risk for gaming disorder using a novel behavioral observation approach
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$96,997

All 9 grants and awards

17 publications.

When trauma triggers craving: meta-analytic evidence for the mediating role of negative affect among trauma-exposed individuals who use substances

DeGrace S, Smith MM, Ethier-Gagnon MA, Cosman T, Sherry SB, Romero-Sanchiz P, Bird B, Tibbo PG, Yakovenko I, Stewart SH

European Journal of Psychotraumatology2026

DOI: 10.1080/20008066.2026.2645996

A scoping review and concept analysis to inform Canada's safe(r) opioid supply research agenda.

Do U, Larney S, Bonn M, Matei I, Zolopa C, Bergeron A, Karamouzian M, Hyshka E, Brothers TD, Bozinoff N, Werb D, Jutras-Aswad D, Høj S, Boisvert I, Yakovenko I, Bruneau J

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105070 PMID: 41289797

Development and Evaluation of the Firefighter Exposure to Carcinogens Scale.

McGrath PJ, Akbari-Fakhrabadi M, Chaplin WF, Saryeddine T, Pawlett G, Laroche E, Petrik J, Irwin I, Caban-Martinez AJ, Hervieux V, Xiong T, McDonald MK, Wang J, Yakovenko I

Journal of occupational and environmental medicine2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1097/jom.0000000000003515 PMID: 40992385

Understanding the role of cannabis in patients with suicidal ideation presenting to the emergency department: systematic chart review.

Simmons M, Crocker CE, Fisher D, Stewart SH, Emsley JG, Abidi S, Carter A, Calkin C, Yakovenko I, Magee K, Tibbo PG

BJPsych open2025

DOI: 10.1192/bjo.2025.10776 PMID: 40922512

Effects of Trauma Cue Exposure and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) on Affect and Cannabis Craving in Cannabis Users With Trauma Histories: Use of Expressive Writing as an Online Cue-Reactivity Paradigm: Effets de l'exposition aux signaux traumatiques et du SSPT sur l'affect et le besoin de cannabis chez les consommateurs de cannabis ayant des antécédents de traumatismes : utilisation de l'écriture expressive comme paradigme de réactivité en ligne.

DeGrace S, Barrett SP, Yakovenko I, Tibbo PG, Romero-Sanchiz P, Carleton RN, Snooks T, Rudnick A, Stewart SH

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2025

DOI: 10.1177/07067437241255104 PMID: 38751068

Corrigendum: What explains the link between romantic conflict with gambling problems? Testing a serial mediational model.

Hagen AEF, Nogueira-Arjona R, Sherry SB, Rodriguez LM, Yakovenko I, Stewart SH

Frontiers in psychology2023

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1305966 PMID: 38022999

Associations of active and passive smartphone use with measures of youth mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Marin-Dragu S, Forbes A, Sheikh S, Iyer RS, Pereira Dos Santos D, Alda M, Hajek T, Uher R, Wozney L, Paulovich FV, Campbell LA, Yakovenko I, Stewart SH, Corkum P, Bagnell A, Orji R, Meier S

Psychiatry research2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115298 PMID: 37327652

What explains the link between romantic conflict with gambling problems? Testing a serial mediational model.

Hagen AEF, Nogueira-Arjona R, Sherry SB, Rodriguez LM, Yakovenko I, Stewart SH

Frontiers in psychology2023

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1018098 PMID: 37502746

Do we really need two sessions?: The use of a structured interview as a trauma cue reactivity paradigm.

DeGrace S, Romero-Sanchiz P, Yakovenko I, Barrett SP, Tibbo P, Cosman T, Atasoy P, Stewart SH

International journal of methods in psychiatric research2023

DOI: 10.1002/mpr.1979 PMID: 37430485

Predictors of polysubstance vaping in emerging adults.

Bessenyei K, Yakovenko I

Addictive behaviors2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2023.107675 PMID: 36857931

CAN-P: A Team Engaged in Cognitive-Neuroscience Investigations of Cannabis and PTSD links.

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Team Grant: The Canadian Cannabis and Brain Health Consortium

Principal investigators: Stewart, Sherry H; Rudnick, Abraham; Jutras-Aswad, Didier; Le Foll, Bernard; MacKillop, James; Mayo, Leah M; Schütz, Christian G; Tibbo, Philip G; Wang, JianLi

Keywords: Automatic Cognitive Biases; Behavior Economics; Cannabis Use Disorder; Comorbidity; Conditioned Craving; Cue Reactivity; Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Ptsd; Sex Differences; Trauma

$2,387,367

How and For Whom Does Gambling-Related Cyberloafing Explain the Links of Problem Gambling Severity to Adverse Work and Mental Health Outcomes?

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: Health Impacts of Gambling and Gaming

Principal investigators: Stewart, Sherry H; Yakovenko, Igor

Keywords: Absorption; Coping Motives; Cyberloafing; Daily Diary; Emotional Distress; Impulsivity; Longitudinal Survey; Mobile Sensing; Problem Gambling Severity; Work Performance And Engagement

$100,000

An evaluation of gambling-like money spending in video games and its impact on clinical risk for gaming disorder using a novel behavioral observation approach

Nominated PICIHR2023Catalyst Grant: Health Impacts of Gambling and Gaming

Principal investigators: Yakovenko, Igor; Adair, Cameron

Keywords: Addiction; Behavioral Observation; Gambling In Video Games; Gaming Disorder

$96,997

Health Research Training Platform: Digital Mental Health for families, parents, youth and children

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Tr. Gr: Hlth Res. Tr. Platform - Mental Health Services - Primary/Community Care

Principal investigators: McGrath, Patrick J; Ali, Samina; Crawford, Allison; Koleszar-Green, Ruth; Majnemer, Annette; Newton, Mandi S; Orji, Rita O; Pillai Riddell, Rebecca Rita E; Wozney, Lori M

Keywords: Children; Community Care; Digital Mental Health; Ecr; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Families; Parents; Primary Care; Training; Youth

$2,387,582

The Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth substance use problems and services: Knowledge synthesis with Indigenous Nations and organizations.

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Indigenous COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity - Knowledge Synthesis

Principal investigators: Wendt, Dennis C; Charlong, Pamela A; Larney, Sarah; O'Connor, Roisin M

Keywords: Covid-19 Pandemic; Indigenous Peoples; Indigenous Youth; Knowledge Synthesis; Substance Use Problems

$100,000

PTSD-Cannabis Use Disorder Comorbidity: Associative Memory Mechanisms

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Catalyst Grant: Cannabis and Mental Health - Veterans

Principal investigators: Stewart, Sherry H; Rudnick, Abraham

Keywords: Cannabis Dependence; Cannabis Use Pattern; Cognitive Mechanisms; Cue Exposure Methodology; Memory Associations; Mental Health-Addiction Comorbidity; Ptsd; Trauma; Veterans/Military

Univenture: A Partnership to Address Heavy Drinking and Other Substance Misuse on Canadian University Campuses

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: substance misuse; prevention; personality; knowledge mobilization; well being; academic retention; academic performance; binge drinking; emerging adulthood; life transitions; technology assisted programs; student services

$2,000,000

Univenture: A Partnership to Address Heavy Drinking and Other Substance Misuse on Canadian University Campuses

Co-investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Grants

$500,000

Secondary prevention of cannabis-related harms among youth and young adults: A pilot RCT

Nominated PICIHR2018Catalyst Gr: Can Res in Urgent Areas - Cannabis use and other drug/substance use

Principal investigators: Yakovenko, Igor

Keywords: Cannabis Use; Pilot Rct; Public Health; Secondary Prevention

$124,805

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Igor Yakovenko

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When trauma triggers craving: meta-analytic evidence for the mediating role of negative affect among trauma-exposed individuals who use substances

A scoping review and concept analysis to inform Canada's safe(r) opioid supply research agenda.

Development and Evaluation of the Firefighter Exposure to Carcinogens Scale.

Understanding the role of cannabis in patients with suicidal ideation presenting to the emergency department: systematic chart review.

Corrigendum: What explains the link between romantic conflict with gambling problems? Testing a serial mediational model.

Associations of active and passive smartphone use with measures of youth mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic.

What explains the link between romantic conflict with gambling problems? Testing a serial mediational model.

Do we really need two sessions?: The use of a structured interview as a trauma cue reactivity paradigm.

Predictors of polysubstance vaping in emerging adults.

CAN-P: A Team Engaged in Cognitive-Neuroscience Investigations of Cannabis and PTSD links.

How and For Whom Does Gambling-Related Cyberloafing Explain the Links of Problem Gambling Severity to Adverse Work and Mental Health Outcomes?

An evaluation of gambling-like money spending in video games and its impact on clinical risk for gaming disorder using a novel behavioral observation approach

Health Research Training Platform: Digital Mental Health for families, parents, youth and children

The Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth substance use problems and services: Knowledge synthesis with Indigenous Nations and organizations.

PTSD-Cannabis Use Disorder Comorbidity: Associative Memory Mechanisms

Univenture: A Partnership to Address Heavy Drinking and Other Substance Misuse on Canadian University Campuses

Univenture: A Partnership to Address Heavy Drinking and Other Substance Misuse on Canadian University Campuses

Secondary prevention of cannabis-related harms among youth and young adults: A pilot RCT

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Matthew Bonn

Sarah Larney

Abraham Rudnick

Sarah Larney

JianLi Wang

Rita Orji

Alexa Bagnell

Mohammad Karamouzian

JianLi Wang

JianLi Wang

Nikki Bozinoff

Brian Bird

Rudolf Uher

Martin Alda

Didier Jutras-Aswad

Julie Bruneau

Tomas Hajek

Cynthia Calkin

Penny Corkum

Elaine Hyshka

Philip Tibbo

Derek Fisher

Sandra Meier

Lori Wozney

Jim Petrik