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Beth Sproule

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Beth Sproule

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
19 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2020.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2014.

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Publications

107

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Research

Prescription Drug Abuse Prescription Monitoring Programs Best Practice Medication Management Opioid Use Disorder Pharmacists Knowledge Synthesis Research Network

Latest papers

Investigating sex differences in the acute effects of smoked cannabis: a potency-ranging, controlled administration, human laboratory experiment.
Psychopharmacology · 2026
Dose-Dependent Effects of Cannabis Edibles on Simulated Driving Performance: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
JAMA network open · 2026
Knowledge, attitudes and practices among Australian community pharmacists towards naloxone and overdose prevention: a national cross-sectional study.
International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2026

All 34 publications

Latest funding

Evaluating the Safety and Effectiveness of Novel Opioid Agonist Therapy Prescribing Practices
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$650,252
Evaluating the Safety and Effectiveness of Evolving Prescribing Guidance for Opioid Agonist Treatment
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$562,275
An international comparative policy analysis of pharmacist-administered long-acting injectable buprenorphine
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$149,953

All 17 grants and awards

34 publications.

Investigating sex differences in the acute effects of smoked cannabis: a potency-ranging, controlled administration, human laboratory experiment.

Wright M, Matheson J, Zaweel A, Wickens CM, Di Ciano P, Sproule B, Le Foll B, Brands B

Psychopharmacology2026

DOI: 10.1007/s00213-026-07144-2 PMID: 42579005

Dose-Dependent Effects of Cannabis Edibles on Simulated Driving Performance: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Le Foll B, Matheson J, Antwi P, Wright M, Zaweel A, Hasan OSM, Kloiber S, Hassan AN, Sproule B, Wickens CM, Di Ciano P, Brands B

JAMA network open2026

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.31306 PMID: 42671837

Knowledge, attitudes and practices among Australian community pharmacists towards naloxone and overdose prevention: a national cross-sectional study.

Picco L, Jung M, Laing R, Bratberg J, Sproule B, Nielsen S

International journal of clinical pharmacy2026

DOI: 10.1007/s11096-026-02219-8 PMID: 42700208

Association between early methadone dose titration and treatment discontinuation and opioid toxicity: A retrospective cohort study.

Garg R, Luo J, Bozinoff N, Sproule B, Antoniou T, Wyman J, Leece P, Munro C, Besharh J, Gomes T

PLoS medicine2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1004748 PMID: 41955210

Potency-related effects of smoked cannabis on simulated driving performance: a randomized, controlled crossover trial.

Brands B, Zaweel A, Wright M, Di Ciano P, Wickens CM, Matheson J, Fares A, Hasan OSM, Sanches M, Sproule B, Huestis MA, Brown TL, Le Foll B

Scientific reports2026

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-43045-2 PMID: 41807521

Exploring perceived gender norms about cannabis among treatment-seeking adults in the era of cannabis legalization in Canada: A qualitative analysis.

Matheson J, Wright M, Watson TM, Sproule B, Le Foll B, Brands B

Journal of substance use and addiction treatment2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.josat.2025.209684 PMID: 40120814

Patient and Prescriber characteristics associated with return to daily-dispense methadone: A multilevel cohort study.

Garg R, Ledlie S, McCormack D, Bozinoff N, Wyman J, Sproule B, Leece P, Tadrous M, Smoke A, Munro C, Gomes T

PLOS mental health2025

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmen.0000442 PMID: 41662135

Initiation and Dose of Methadone Monotherapy vs Combination Therapy, 2015 to 2023.

Garg R, Luo J, Bozinoff N, Sproule B, Antoniou T, Wyman J, Munro C, Gomes T

JAMA network open2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.27290 PMID: 40815512

Corrigendum to "Separate and combined effects of alcohol and cannabis on mood, subjective experience, cognition and psychomotor performance: A randomized trial" [Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 118 (2022) 110570].

Wickens CM, Wright M, Mann RE, Brands B, Di Ciano P, Stoduto G, Fares A, Matheson J, George TP, Rehm J, Shuper PA, Sproule B, Samohkvalov A, Huestis MA, Le Foll B

Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2024.111074 PMID: 38937224

Participant Fraud in Virtual Qualitative Substance Use Research: Recommendations and Considerations for Detection and Prevention Based on a Case Study.

Wright M, Matheson J, Watson TM, Sproule B, Le Foll B, Brands B

Substance use & misuse2024

DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2024.2330892 PMID: 38503716

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Beth Sproule

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Latest funding

Investigating sex differences in the acute effects of smoked cannabis: a potency-ranging, controlled administration, human laboratory experiment.

Dose-Dependent Effects of Cannabis Edibles on Simulated Driving Performance: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

Knowledge, attitudes and practices among Australian community pharmacists towards naloxone and overdose prevention: a national cross-sectional study.

Association between early methadone dose titration and treatment discontinuation and opioid toxicity: A retrospective cohort study.

Potency-related effects of smoked cannabis on simulated driving performance: a randomized, controlled crossover trial.

Exploring perceived gender norms about cannabis among treatment-seeking adults in the era of cannabis legalization in Canada: A qualitative analysis.

Patient and Prescriber characteristics associated with return to daily-dispense methadone: A multilevel cohort study.

Initiation and Dose of Methadone Monotherapy vs Combination Therapy, 2015 to 2023.

Corrigendum to "Separate and combined effects of alcohol and cannabis on mood, subjective experience, cognition and psychomotor performance: A randomized trial" [Progress in Neuropsychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 118 (2022) 110570].

Participant Fraud in Virtual Qualitative Substance Use Research: Recommendations and Considerations for Detection and Prevention Based on a Case Study.

Frequent collaborators

Bruna Brands

Bernard Le Foll

Tara Gomes

Patricia Di Ciano

Nikki Bozinoff

Mina Tadrous

Pamela Leece

Jennifer Wyman

Tony Antoniou

Martine Puts

Kristin Cleverley

Gillian Kolla

J Michael Paterson

Gary Remington

Muhammad Mamdani

Gillian Kolla

Melanie Willows

Stefan Kloiber

Peter MacDougall

Martin Cooke

Jorge Flores-Aranda

Tejal Patel

Julia Davies

Danielle Rice

Brian Hutton

Andrea Furlan

Danielle Rice

Zahinoor Ismail

Norman Buckley

Andriy Samokhvalov

Lisa McCarthy