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Amy Porath

ResearcherPsychiatryUniversity of Ottawa

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Amy Porath

Researcher

Psychiatry

Health Sciences

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Publications

153

Citations

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Publications by year

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Research

Population Health Precision Child & Youth Mental Health Barriers And Facilitators Children And Young People Community-Based Settings Evidence-Based Care Implementation Learning Health Systems

Latest papers

What Matters Most When Visiting a Rapid Access Addiction Medicine Clinic in Canada for Alcohol Use Care: A National eDelphi Study: Ce qui compte le plus lorsque l'on visite une clinique d'accès rapide au traitement médical de la toxicomanie (RAAM) au Canada pour des soins liés à la consommation d'alcool : une étude eDelphi nationale.
Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2026
Associations Between Cannabis Use and Mental Health in Patients Accessing Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study
Substance Use and Misuse · 2025
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

All 10 publications

Latest funding

Hospital-Community Youth Substance Use Health Partnership
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$150,000
Integrating Precision Child and Youth Mental Health with Population Health: A Community-Researcher Partnership to Co-Produce a Blueprint for Implementation
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$149,999
Vaping in Adolescents Pan-Canadian Evidence-informed Standards of Care
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$199,953

All 9 grants and awards

10 publications.

What Matters Most When Visiting a Rapid Access Addiction Medicine Clinic in Canada for Alcohol Use Care: A National eDelphi Study: Ce qui compte le plus lorsque l'on visite une clinique d'accès rapide au traitement médical de la toxicomanie (RAAM) au Canada pour des soins liés à la consommation d'alcool : une étude eDelphi nationale.

Dowson M, Thavorn K, Palumbo A, Willows M, Suschinsky K, Garner G, Peters B, Epp T, Hutton B, Wolfe D, Chaiyakunapruk N, Ngorsuraches S, Nochaiwong S, Bartram M, Grant A, Tran C, Porath A, Corace K, Presseau J

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2026

DOI: 10.1177/07067437251412555 PMID: 41671160

Associations Between Cannabis Use and Mental Health in Patients Accessing Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study

Matheson J, MacKillop J, Sloan ME, Sanches M, Saini H, Haines-Saah R, Zaweel A, Hassan A, Buckley L, Porath A

Substance Use and Misuse20252 citations

DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2025.2519419

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

Impacts of medical and non-medical cannabis on the health of older adults: Findings from a scoping review of the literature

Wolfe D, Corace K, Butler C, Rice D, Skidmore B, Patel Y, Thayaparan P, Michaud A, Hamel C, Smith A

PLoS ONE202372 citations

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281826

Psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions for problematic methamphetamine use: Findings from a scoping review of the literature

Hersi M, Corace K, Hamel C, Esmaeilisaraji L, Rice D, Dryburgh N, Skidmore B, Garber G, Porath A, Willows M

PLoS ONE202313 citations

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292745

Service-level barriers to and facilitators of access to services for the treatment of alcohol use disorder and problematic alcohol use: protocol for a scoping review.

Wolfe D, Hutton B, Corace K, Chaiyakunapruk N, Ngorsuraches S, Nochaiwong S, Presseau J, Grant A, Suschinsky K, Skidmore B, Bartram M, Cohen K, Garner G, DiGioacchino L, Pump A, Peters B, Konefal S, Porath A, Thavorn K

BMJ open2022

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064578 PMID: 36410826

Evaluating how has care been affected by the Ontario COVID-19 Opioid Agonist Treatment Guidance: Patients' and prescribers' experiences with changes in unsupervised dosing.

Corace K, Suschinsky K, Wyman J, Leece P, Cragg S, Konefal S, Pana P, Barrass S, Porath A, Hutton B

The International journal on drug policy2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103573 PMID: 35123246

How High? Trends in Cannabis Use Prior to First Admission to Inpatient Psychiatry in Ontario, Canada, between 2007 and 2017.

McGuckin T, Ferro MA, Hammond D, Stewart S, Maloney-Hall B, Madi N, Porath A, Perlman CM

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2021

DOI: 10.1177/0706743720984679 PMID: 33380219

Evaluating comparative effectiveness of psychosocial interventions adjunctive to opioid agonist therapy for opioid use disorder: A systematic review with network meta-analyses

Rice D, Corace K, Wolfe D, Esmaeilisaraji L, Michaud A, Grima A, Austin B, Douma R, Barbeau P, Butler C

PLoS ONE202060 citations

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0244401

Evaluating comparative effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for persons receiving opioid agonist therapy for opioid use disorder: protocol for a systematic review

Rice DB, Hutton B, Poulin P, Sproule BA, Wolfe D, Moher D, Thavorn K, Garber G, Taha S, Porath A

BMJ Open20186 citations

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023902

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Population Health Dear Professor Porath, 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 "What Matters Most When Visiting a Rapid Access Addiction Medicine Clinic in Canada for Alcohol Use Care: A National eDelphi Study: Ce qui compte le plus lorsque l'on visite une clinique d'accès rapide au traitement médical de la toxicomanie (RAAM) au Canada pour des soins liés à la consommation d'alcool : une étude eDelphi nationale." (2026), 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 "Integrating Precision Child and Youth Mental Health with Population Health: A Community-Researcher Partnership to Co-Produce a Blueprint for Implementation" (2025), 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]

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Amy Porath

Research

Latest papers

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Associations Between Cannabis Use and Mental Health in Patients Accessing Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: An Exploratory Cross-Sectional Study

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

Impacts of medical and non-medical cannabis on the health of older adults: Findings from a scoping review of the literature

Psychosocial and pharmacologic interventions for problematic methamphetamine use: Findings from a scoping review of the literature

Service-level barriers to and facilitators of access to services for the treatment of alcohol use disorder and problematic alcohol use: protocol for a scoping review.

Evaluating how has care been affected by the Ontario COVID-19 Opioid Agonist Treatment Guidance: Patients' and prescribers' experiences with changes in unsupervised dosing.

How High? Trends in Cannabis Use Prior to First Admission to Inpatient Psychiatry in Ontario, Canada, between 2007 and 2017.

Evaluating comparative effectiveness of psychosocial interventions adjunctive to opioid agonist therapy for opioid use disorder: A systematic review with network meta-analyses

Evaluating comparative effectiveness of psychosocial interventions for persons receiving opioid agonist therapy for opioid use disorder: protocol for a systematic review

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