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Carol Strike

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ProfessorDivision of Social and Behavioural Health SciencesUniversity of Toronto

Carol Strike

Professor

Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Supervision signals

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51 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 15 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 20 research grants (18 CIHR, 2 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 3 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2018.

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Academic metrics

122

Publications

613

Citations

h-index

100

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

Counts cover the works listed on the university profile; citation counts come from Dimensions.

Education

PhD, Community Health
MSc, Epidemiology
BA, Sociology

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Research

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

Public and population health Sociological methodology and research methods Health and community services Health services and systems

Latest papers

Policy pathways and historical insights: Canada's evolving approach to psychedelic access for end-of-life distress.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026
Correction: A sea of need: provider accounts of strategies used to manage admission demands to safer opioid supply programs in Ontario.
Harm reduction journal · 2026 · first author
How have liberalized drug policies impacted international policing practices across urban and rural jurisdictions? A scoping review.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026

All 122 publications

Latest funding

Advancing HIV, STBBI Health Equity through Substance Use Health: A Pan-Canadian Research, Knowledge Translation and Capacity Building Network
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$992,626
Advancing HIV, STBBI Health Equity through Substance Use Health: A Pan-Canadian Research, Knowledge Translation and Capacity Building Network
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$1,000,000
Community, capacity building and change for equity (3C for E): Developing a pan-Canadian HIV, STBBI, substance use and harm reduction community-based research network
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$100,000

All 51 grants and awards

122 publications.

Policy pathways and historical insights: Canada's evolving approach to psychedelic access for end-of-life distress.

Kratina S, Schwartz R, Strike C, Lo C, Rush B

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105414 PMID: 42407184

Correction: A sea of need: provider accounts of strategies used to manage admission demands to safer opioid supply programs in Ontario.

Strike C, Rudzinski K, Schmidt RA, Kolla G, Kryszajtys D, Perri M, Kaminski N, Guta A

Harm reduction journal2026First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-026-01473-3 PMID: 42219494

How have liberalized drug policies impacted international policing practices across urban and rural jurisdictions? A scoping review.

Jurkus M, Castañeda J, Strike C, Law J, Jayathilake A, Perlman CM, Bardwell G

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105249 PMID: 41903483

"With this you're not chained down to something": contrasting experiences of opioid agonist treatment and safer supply program participation among people receiving prescribed safer supply.

Michaud L, Guta A, Perri M, Schaff A, Boyle M, King K, Strike C, Kolla G

Harm reduction journal2026

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-026-01409-x PMID: 41652406

Safer supply deprescribing during a toxic drug poisoning crisis in Vancouver, Canada.

Norton A, Hayashi K, Sayre EC, Nolan S, Strike C, Milloy MJ, Kerr T

Drug and alcohol dependence2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2026.113274 PMID: 42470805

Reduced risk of overdose among clients of a safer opioid supply program in Southwestern Ontario: A pre-post observational cohort study.

Kolla G, Lewis JL, Guta A, Schaff A, Boyle M, King K, Strike C, Karamouzian M

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105124 PMID: 41456366

A scoping review of variations in psychedelic interventions for psychological suffering associated with the end of life.

Kratina S, Strike C, Schwartz R, Nayfeh A, Jopling S, Lo C, Rush B

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118536 PMID: 41389648

Defining success together: a collaborative approach for client and provider-engaged outcomes indicator development in Ontario

Perri M, Rudzinski K, Guta A, Xavier J, Kolla G, Carusone SC, Strike C

Research Involvement and Engagement2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s40900-025-00832-x

A sea of need: provider accounts of strategies used to manage admission demands to safer opioid supply programs in Ontario.

Strike C, Rudzinski K, Schmidt RA, Kolla G, Kryszajtys D, Perri M, Kaminski N, Guta A

Harm reduction journal2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-025-01344-3 PMID: 41299489

COVID-19 immunisation among individuals with opioid use disorder in Ontario: a population-based cohort study.

Hanna M, Subic AM, Park AL, Wu F, Campbell DM, Leece P, Morrison L, Parsons J, Sellen K, Strike C, Gomes T, Orkin AM

BMJ public health2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjph-2025-002755 PMID: 41321367

Advancing HIV, STBBI Health Equity through Substance Use Health: A Pan-Canadian Research, Knowledge Translation and Capacity Building Network

Nominated PICIHR2025Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research - People who use drugs

Principal investigators: Strike, Carol J; Johnson, Colin H; Penn, Rebecca; Guta, Adrian

Keywords: Capacity Building; Community Based Research; Hiv/Stbbi; Knowledge Transfer; Policy Analysis; Prevention; Substance Use

$992,626

Advancing HIV, STBBI Health Equity through Substance Use Health: A Pan-Canadian Research, Knowledge Translation and Capacity Building Network

Nominated PICIHR2025Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research - Supplementary Funding

Principal investigators: Strike, Carol J; Johnson, Colin H; Penn, Rebecca; Guta, Adrian

Keywords: Capacity Building; Community Based Research; Hiv/Stbbi; Knowledge Transfer; Policy Analysis; Prevention; Substance Use

$1,000,000

Community, capacity building and change for equity (3C for E): Developing a pan-Canadian HIV, STBBI, substance use and harm reduction community-based research network

Nominated PICIHR2024Team Gr.: HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research -People who use drugs -LOI

Principal investigators: Strike, Carol J; Penn, Rebecca; Guta, Adrian

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Hcv; Hiv; Hubs; People Who Use Drugs; Stbbi; Substance Use Health

$100,000

Examining the impact of unregulated fentanyl adulterated with non-medical benzodiazepines and xylazine on the health of people who use drugs: A sequential explanatory mixed methods study

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Strike, Carol J; Guta, Adrian

Keywords: Exploratory Study; Health Care; Mixed Methods; Non-Medical Benzodiazepines; Non-Medical Xylazine; Overdose; People Who Use Drugs; Surveys; Unregulated Drugs; Urine Drug Screening

$535,501

Mapping surveillance in harm reduction: A new materialist analysis of emerging practices, technologies, and partnerships

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Guta, Adrian

Keywords: Harm Reduction; Surveillance; New Materialism; Qualitative; Situational Analysis

$28,773

Ilaa negetsta-lia et'ii hoghagetoo xehoowi: Celebrating families in the Tlicho region

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Komarnisky, Sara V.

Keywords: Indigenous Peoples; Northern Canada; Communityengaged; Childhood; Families; Applied research; Social change; Cultural continuity; Tlicho; Anticolonial

$45,898

It's All about the Data: Advancing Knowledge in Data Collection, Management and Accessibility among HIV Researchers in Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Kelly K; Becker, Marissa; Benoit, Anita C; Brennan, David; Guta, Adrian; Ibanez-Carrasco, Francisco; Lima, Viviane D; Perez-Brumer, Amaya G; Strike, Carol J; Tough, Riley H

Keywords: Capacity Building; Data Collection; Data Management; Hiv/Aids

$20,000

Gendering safe supply programs: Understanding women's experiences of victimization, criminalization, and resistance

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Rudzinski, Katherine

Keywords: Women who use drugs; Qualitative methods; Safe supply programs; Overdose; Victiminzation; Criminalization; Resistance; Feminist new materialism; Situational analysis; Harm reduction

$39,462

Decriminalization of Drugs: A Community-Based Systems Approach to Planning for Evaluation

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Bayoumi, Ahmed M; Dodd, Zoe; Firestone, Michelle

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Criminalization; Decriminalization; Policy Evaluation; Substance Use; System Dynamics; Systems Mapping

$20,000

Shifting the higher education landscape: Promoting authentic assessment to support learning

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022SSHRC Doctoral Awards

Principal investigators: Carbone, Katrina

Keywords: assessment education; authentic assessment; professional learning; higher education; student wellness

$69,990

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Public and population health Dear Professor Strike, 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 "Policy pathways and historical insights: Canada's evolving approach to psychedelic access for end-of-life distress." (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 "Advancing HIV, STBBI Health Equity through Substance Use Health: A Pan-Canadian Research, Knowledge Translation and Capacity Building Network" (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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Carol Strike

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Policy pathways and historical insights: Canada's evolving approach to psychedelic access for end-of-life distress.

Correction: A sea of need: provider accounts of strategies used to manage admission demands to safer opioid supply programs in Ontario.

How have liberalized drug policies impacted international policing practices across urban and rural jurisdictions? A scoping review.

"With this you're not chained down to something": contrasting experiences of opioid agonist treatment and safer supply program participation among people receiving prescribed safer supply.

Safer supply deprescribing during a toxic drug poisoning crisis in Vancouver, Canada.

Reduced risk of overdose among clients of a safer opioid supply program in Southwestern Ontario: A pre-post observational cohort study.

A scoping review of variations in psychedelic interventions for psychological suffering associated with the end of life.

Defining success together: a collaborative approach for client and provider-engaged outcomes indicator development in Ontario

A sea of need: provider accounts of strategies used to manage admission demands to safer opioid supply programs in Ontario.

COVID-19 immunisation among individuals with opioid use disorder in Ontario: a population-based cohort study.

Advancing HIV, STBBI Health Equity through Substance Use Health: A Pan-Canadian Research, Knowledge Translation and Capacity Building Network

Advancing HIV, STBBI Health Equity through Substance Use Health: A Pan-Canadian Research, Knowledge Translation and Capacity Building Network

Community, capacity building and change for equity (3C for E): Developing a pan-Canadian HIV, STBBI, substance use and harm reduction community-based research network

Examining the impact of unregulated fentanyl adulterated with non-medical benzodiazepines and xylazine on the health of people who use drugs: A sequential explanatory mixed methods study

Mapping surveillance in harm reduction: A new materialist analysis of emerging practices, technologies, and partnerships

Ilaa negetsta-lia et'ii hoghagetoo xehoowi: Celebrating families in the Tlicho region

It's All about the Data: Advancing Knowledge in Data Collection, Management and Accessibility among HIV Researchers in Canada

Gendering safe supply programs: Understanding women's experiences of victimization, criminalization, and resistance

Decriminalization of Drugs: A Community-Based Systems Approach to Planning for Evaluation

Shifting the higher education landscape: Promoting authentic assessment to support learning

Frequent collaborators

Adrian Guta

Pamela Leece

Soo Ying Chan Carusone

Gillian Kolla

Shaun Hopkins

Gillian Kolla

Amy Wright

Soo Chan Carusone

Marilou Gagnon

Elaine Hyshka

Laurel Challacombe

Tara Gomes

Gillian Kolla

Curtis Handford

Rita Shahin

Brian Rush

Mohammad Karamouzian

Sheena Taha

Tony Antoniou

Ross Upshur

Colleen Dell

Thomas Kerr

Paul Links

Heather Manson

Bernadette Pauly

Rebecca Penn

Michelle Firestone

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Fiona Kouyoumdjian

Sarah Flicker

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Curtis Cooper

William O'Leary

Benedikt Fischer

Claire Kendall

Mona Loutfy

Claire Kendall

Kora DeBeck