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Patrick O'Byrne

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Full ProfessorNursing SciencesUniversity of Ottawa

Patrick O'Byrne

Full Professor

Nursing Sciences

Faculty of Health Sciences

University of Ottawa

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

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40 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 14 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (8 CIHR), most recently in 2023.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2022.

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106

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Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Ottawa profile.

Hiv Risk Critical Public Health Men Having Sex With Men Online Sex Poststructuralism Qualitative Research Sexual Practices

Latest papers

Females at the intersection: Housing instability, drug use, and syphilis risk among street-involved populations in Ontario, Canada.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026
Should we still treat asymptomatic Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis contacts in the era of NAATs? Reviewing data from the GetaKit study to inform practice.
Sexually transmitted infections · 2026 · first author
Asynchronous Online Platforms Can Reduce Healthcare Costs for STI and HIV Testing: Evaluating GetaKit.ca in Ontario, Canada.
Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing · 2026 · first author

All 106 publications

Latest funding

Pornographic imaginaries, global assemblages, and risk: A netnography of slam-camming amongst gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$141,526
Peer Response to Opioid Overdoses in the Community: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
CIHR · 2022 · Supervisor
$110,000
Understanding the Outcomes of Implementing Online HIV and COVID Self-Testing during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The GetaKit Study
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$47,466

All 11 grants and awards

106 publications.

Females at the intersection: Housing instability, drug use, and syphilis risk among street-involved populations in Ontario, Canada.

Mackrell L, Carter M, Antoun JP, Guan H, Oglaza P, Stoner B, O'Byrne P, Southall M, Baldeh T, Larkin N, Burbidge J, Belanger K, Keck A, Martinez-Cajas J, Rasinaho B, St John M, Tran V, Saeed S, SPRITE study

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105482 PMID: 42727135

Should we still treat asymptomatic Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis contacts in the era of NAATs? Reviewing data from the GetaKit study to inform practice.

O'Byrne P, Orser L

Sexually transmitted infections2026First author

DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2025-056697 PMID: 41093438

Asynchronous Online Platforms Can Reduce Healthcare Costs for STI and HIV Testing: Evaluating GetaKit.ca in Ontario, Canada.

O'Byrne P, Orser L

Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing2026First author

DOI: 10.1177/00469580261489227 PMID: 42742164

Intersecting Risk Factors Associated With High Syphilis Seroprevalence Among a Street-Involved Population in Canada.

Mackrell L, Antoun JP, Carter M, Larkin N, Burnside J, Hoover M, Khandakar F, O'Byrne P, Cassan C, Burbidge J, Vance S, Belanger K, Saeed S, SPRITE study

Open forum infectious diseases2025

DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofaf472 PMID: 40852137

To whom should we prescribe doxy-PEP? A retrospective review of public health surveillance data for bacterial STI diagnoses among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Ottawa, Canada.

O'Byrne P, Friedman DS, Orser L

BMJ public health2025First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2025-002661 PMID: 40756175

Safer Stimulant Supply: Program Outcomes.

Haines M, O'Byrne P

The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/08445621251314227 PMID: 39865880

HIV self-testing relative to the landscape of HIV testing in Ontario, Canada.

O'Byrne P, Kesler M, Orser L, Kwag M, Biggin B, Draenos C

International journal of STD & AIDS2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/09564624251324978 PMID: 40024902

Safer supply programs: Discussions on medication diversion, sharing, and selling.

Haines M, Hill E, O'Byrne P

The International journal on drug policy2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.104731 PMID: 39914038

Comparing the Uptake of HIV Self-Testing to HIV Serology: Findings from GetaKit-A Prospective Open Cohort Study in Ontario, Canada.

O'Byrne P, Orser L, Musten A, Lindsay J

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/23259582251393357 PMID: 41252301

HIV self-testing in cis women in Canada: The GetaKit study.

Orser L, Musten A, Newman H, Bannerman M, Haines M, Lindsay J, O'Byrne P

Women's health (London, England)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/17455057251322810 PMID: 40162898

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Patrick O'Byrne

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Females at the intersection: Housing instability, drug use, and syphilis risk among street-involved populations in Ontario, Canada.

Should we still treat asymptomatic Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Chlamydia trachomatis contacts in the era of NAATs? Reviewing data from the GetaKit study to inform practice.

Asynchronous Online Platforms Can Reduce Healthcare Costs for STI and HIV Testing: Evaluating GetaKit.ca in Ontario, Canada.

Intersecting Risk Factors Associated With High Syphilis Seroprevalence Among a Street-Involved Population in Canada.

To whom should we prescribe doxy-PEP? A retrospective review of public health surveillance data for bacterial STI diagnoses among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Ottawa, Canada.

Safer Stimulant Supply: Program Outcomes.

HIV self-testing relative to the landscape of HIV testing in Ontario, Canada.

Safer supply programs: Discussions on medication diversion, sharing, and selling.

Comparing the Uptake of HIV Self-Testing to HIV Serology: Findings from GetaKit-A Prospective Open Cohort Study in Ontario, Canada.

HIV self-testing in cis women in Canada: The GetaKit study.

Frequent collaborators

Dave Holmes

Paul Macpherson

Amanda Vandyk

Megan Carter

Abigail Kroch

Sahar Saeed

Lance McCready

Vera Etches

Bradley Stoner

Wangari Tharao

Faiz Ahmad Khan

Adrian Guta

Eric Mykhalovskiy

Ciann Wilson

Suzanne Hindmarch

Wei Zhang

Marilou Gagnon

Notisha Massaquoi

Alexander Mcclelland

Michael Kwag

Saara Greene

Kevin Woodward

Mona Loutfy

Notisha Massaquoi