Selene Etches, Dalhousie University

Research

Concurrent Disorders Indigenous Substance Use Intervention Trials Knowledge Transfer And Exchange Polysubstance Use Rural Access To Health Services Substance Use Telemedicine

Latest papers

Evaluating practices in the management of youth nicotine vaping in hospital-based child and youth mental health and addictions settings in Canada: protocol for a mixed-methods study
BMJ Open · 2025
Intentional Hand Fractures are Associated with Future Psychiatric Conditions in Youth.
Plastic and reconstructive surgery · 2025
Drug decriminalization: The importance of policy change for the health and wellbeing of children and youth in Canada.
Paediatrics & child health · 2024

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Vaping in Adolescents Pan-Canadian Evidence-informed Standards of Care
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$199,953
Proposed Plans for the CRISM Atlantic Node: Establishing a Fifth Node in the Multidisciplinary, Multisectoral Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM) Research-Practice Network-of-Networks
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$2,399,974
Pan-Canadian Study of Psychiatric Care (PCPC)
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$711,451

All 3 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Evaluating practices in the management of youth nicotine vaping in hospital-based child and youth mental health and addictions settings in Canada: protocol for a mixed-methods study

Mahdi A, Alfadhli L, Chadi N, Etches S, Ignaszewski MJ, Panesar B, Porath A, Desclouds P, Constantakis S, Samaan Z

BMJ Open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-109023

02

Intentional Hand Fractures are Associated with Future Psychiatric Conditions in Youth.

Piccolo O, Boudreau C, Dow T, Bati B, Etches S, Bezuhly M

Plastic and reconstructive surgery2025

DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000012759 PMID: 41434748

03

Drug decriminalization: The importance of policy change for the health and wellbeing of children and youth in Canada.

Holland A, Etches S, Gander S

Paediatrics & child health2024

DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxad006 PMID: 38586481

04

Pan-Canadian study of psychiatric care (PCPC): protocol for a mixed-methods study.

Rudoler D, Lavergne MR, Marshall EG, Zaheer J, Etches S, Good KP, Grudniewicz A, Katz A, Kurdyak P, Bolton J, Kaoser R, Moravac C, Morrison J, Mulsant B, Peterson S, Tibbo PG

BMJ open2023

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-073183 PMID: 37463812

Vaping in Adolescents Pan-Canadian Evidence-informed Standards of Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Catalyst Grant: Standards for Children and Youth Mental Health Services

Principal investigators: Rosic, Tea; Chadi, Nicholas

Keywords: Child Mental Health; Implementation Science; Mixed Methods; Substance Health

$199,953

Proposed Plans for the CRISM Atlantic Node: Establishing a Fifth Node in the Multidisciplinary, Multisectoral Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM) Research-Practice Network-of-Networks

Principal investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: CRISM Phase II: Regional Nodes

Principal investigators: Stewart, Sherry H; Asbridge, Mark; Bombay, Amy; Brunelle, Caroline; Davidson, Sara; Etches, Selene; Harris, Nicholas; Hollett, Bruce; Hudson, Amanda; Yetman, Gerard F

Keywords: Concurrent Disorders; Indigenous Substance Use; Intervention Trials; Knowledge Transfer And Exchange; Polysubstance Use; Rural Access To Health Services; Substance Use; Telemedicine; Vaping; Youth Substance Use

$2,399,974

Pan-Canadian Study of Psychiatric Care (PCPC)

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rudoler, David; Lavergne, Miriam (Ruth) R; Marshall, Emily G; Zaheer, Juveria

Keywords: Health Human Resources; Mental Health Services; Mixed Methods; Psychiatric Care

$711,451

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

Psychiatry
Community Health Sciences
Department of Psychiatry
Kinesiology
Internal Medicine
School of Epidemiology and Public Health
Microbiology and Immunology
Other

Applying for

Paper to mentionMention their CIHR grant from 2022

Subject: Prospective PhD student: Concurrent Disorders Dear Professor Etches, 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 "Evaluating practices in the management of youth nicotine vaping in hospital-based child and youth mental health and addictions settings in Canada: protocol for a mixed-methods study" (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 "Proposed Plans for the CRISM Atlantic Node: Establishing a Fifth Node in the Multidisciplinary, Multisectoral Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM) Research-Practice Network-of-Networks" (2022), 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]