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Ayden Scheim

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Ayden Scheim

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2024.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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Research

Addiction Treatment Clinical Severity Mixed Methods People Who Inject Drugs Qualitative Service Barriers Street Drug Checking Supervised Injection Services

Latest papers

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who use drugs in three Canadian cities: a cross-sectional analysis.
Harm reduction journal · 2024
Disease-related stigma among people who inject drugs in Toronto amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
Drug and alcohol dependence reports · 2023
Drug checking use and interest among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada.
The International journal on drug policy · 2022

All 9 publications

Latest funding

The Toronto Disparities, Overdose, and Treatment (T-DOT) Study: Investigating clinical outcomes among people who inject drugs during a period of rapid programmatic and policy change
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$1,560,600
Preventing Injecting and Overdose by Disrupting Injection Drug Use Transitions: The PRIMER II Study
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$761,175
Rapidly assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and response on clinical and social outcomes, service utilization, and the unregulated drug supply experienced by people who use drugs in Toronto
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$206,760

All 8 grants and awards

9 publications.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who use drugs in three Canadian cities: a cross-sectional analysis.

Mitra S, Bouck Z, Larney S, Zolopa C, Høj S, Minoyan N, Upham K, Rammohan I, Mok WY, Hayashi K, Milloy MJ, DeBeck K, Scheim A, Werb D

Harm reduction journal2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-024-00996-x PMID: 38750575

Disease-related stigma among people who inject drugs in Toronto amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Bowles JM, Kolla G, Smith LR, Scheim A, Dodd Z, Werb D

Drug and alcohol dependence reports2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.dadr.2023.100167 PMID: 37273749

Drug checking use and interest among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada.

Rammohan I, Bouck Z, Fusigboye S, Bowles J, McDonald K, Maghsoudi N, Scheim A, Werb D

The International journal on drug policy2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103781 PMID: 35803177

Measurement of public health impacts of cannabis legalization in Canada to reflect policy maker priorities: A rapid scoping review of instruments and content domains.

Lazor T, Blondal E, Scheim A, Cubillos P, Werb D, Milloy MJ, Bonato S, Maghsoudi N, Rueda S

Drug and alcohol dependence2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2022.109463 PMID: 35594643

Requiring help injecting among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada: Characterising the need to address sociodemographic disparities and substance-use specific patterns.

Mitra S, Kolla G, Bardwell G, Wang R, Sniderman R, Mason K, Werb D, Scheim A

Drug and alcohol review2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/dar.13473 PMID: 35577755

Service utilization patterns and characteristics among clients of integrated supervised consumption sites in Toronto, Canada.

Nassau T, Kolla G, Mason K, Hopkins S, Tookey P, McLean E, Werb D, Scheim A

Harm reduction journal2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-022-00610-y PMID: 35351160

Health of transgender men in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review.

Scheim A, Kacholia V, Logie C, Chakrapani V, Ranade K, Gupta S

BMJ global health2020First author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003471 PMID: 33239337

"That's a double-edged sword": Exploring the integration of supervised consumption services within community health centres in Toronto, Canada.

Bardwell G, Strike C, Mitra S, Scheim A, Barnaby L, Altenberg J, Kerr T

Health & place2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.102245 PMID: 31740126

Characterizing Men Who Have Sex with Men and Use Injection Drugs in Vancouver, Canada.

Scheim A, Knight R, Shulha H, Nosova E, Hayashi K, Milloy MJ, Kerr T, DeBeck K

AIDS and behavior2019First author

DOI: 10.1007/s10461-019-02605-6 PMID: 31327107

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Addiction Treatment Dear Professor Scheim, 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 "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who use drugs in three Canadian cities: a cross-sectional analysis." (2024), 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 "Rapidly assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and response on clinical and social outcomes, service utilization, and the unregulated drug supply experienced by people who use drugs in Toronto" (2020), 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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Ayden Scheim

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who use drugs in three Canadian cities: a cross-sectional analysis.

Disease-related stigma among people who inject drugs in Toronto amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

Drug checking use and interest among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada.

Measurement of public health impacts of cannabis legalization in Canada to reflect policy maker priorities: A rapid scoping review of instruments and content domains.

Requiring help injecting among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada: Characterising the need to address sociodemographic disparities and substance-use specific patterns.

Service utilization patterns and characteristics among clients of integrated supervised consumption sites in Toronto, Canada.

Health of transgender men in low-income and middle-income countries: a scoping review.

"That's a double-edged sword": Exploring the integration of supervised consumption services within community health centres in Toronto, Canada.

Characterizing Men Who Have Sex with Men and Use Injection Drugs in Vancouver, Canada.

The Toronto Disparities, Overdose, and Treatment (T-DOT) Study: Investigating clinical outcomes among people who inject drugs during a period of rapid programmatic and policy change

Preventing Injecting and Overdose by Disrupting Injection Drug Use Transitions: The PRIMER II Study

Rapidly assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and response on clinical and social outcomes, service utilization, and the unregulated drug supply experienced by people who use drugs in Toronto

Developing a community-based study of transgender men's health and human rights in India

Transgender women removing healthcare barriers to engagement in the HIV prevention and care cascades: The development and pilot study of Transgender Education for Affirmative and Competent HIV and Healthcare (TEACHH)

A community-based cohort study of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Ontario

The Women and HIV Research Program: Impactful Research with Diverse Women Living with and at Risk of HIV in Canada

HIV Prevention, Risk Perceptions, Behaviours, and Health Care Access Among Gay, Bisexual, Two-Spirit, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in the Context of Changing Social-Historical, Messaging, and Socio-Sexual Environments

Frequent collaborators

Gillian Kolla

Gillian Kolla

Thomas Kerr

Kora DeBeck

Kanna Hayashi

Ayden Scheim

Kanna Hayashi

Jeanette Bowles

Sergio Rueda

Zoe Dodd

Carol Strike

Shaun Hopkins

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