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Dan Werb

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Faculty memberInstitute of Health Policy, Management, and EvaluationUniversity of Toronto

Dan Werb

Faculty member

Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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70 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 22 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 ONTARIO), most recently in 2017.

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167

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4,116

Citations

116

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Research

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Latest papers

A scoping review and concept analysis to inform Canada's safe(r) opioid supply research agenda.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026
Scholasticide and Population Health in the Eastern Mediterranean
International Journal of Health Policy and Management · 2026
Beyond encampments: an evidence-based path to solving Canada's homelessness crisis.
Lancet regional health. Americas · 2026 · senior author

All 167 publications

Latest funding

Preventing Injecting by Modifying Existing Responses (PRIMER)
ONTARIO · 2017 · Principal investigator
$140,000

All 1 grants and awards

From the 150 most recent of 167 publications.

A scoping review and concept analysis to inform Canada's safe(r) opioid supply research agenda.

Do U, Larney S, Bonn M, Matei I, Zolopa C, Bergeron A, Karamouzian M, Hyshka E, Brothers TD, Bozinoff N, Werb D, Jutras-Aswad D, Høj S, Boisvert I, Yakovenko I, Bruneau J

The International journal on drug policy20263 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2025.105070 PMID: 41289797

Scholasticide and Population Health in the Eastern Mediterranean

Mohammad Karamouzian, Martin McKee, Ruth Gibson, Karl Blanchet, Fouad Fouad, Roojin Habibi, AliAkbar Haghdoost, Wahid Majrooh, Maziar Moradi-Lakeh, Sameen Siddiqi, Dan Werb, Vahid Yazdi‐Feyzabadi, Iman A. Nuwayhid, Reza Majdzadeh

International Journal of Health Policy and Management20262 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.10011

Beyond encampments: an evidence-based path to solving Canada's homelessness crisis.

Karamouzian M, Hwang SW, Werb D

Lancet regional health. Americas20261 citationsSenior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.lana.2025.101362 PMID: 41551298

The Detection of Novel Nitazene-Class Opioids in Unregulated Drug Markets in Canada.

Gelgoot EA, Scarfone KM, Maghsoudi N, McDonald K, Hao W, Stefan C, Beriault DR, Delaney SR, Ti L, Tobias S, Bowles JM, Werb D, Members of Toronto's Drug Checking Service

Drug and alcohol review2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/dar.70189 PMID: 42381530

Beyond Kingpins: A Structural Approach to Cartel Violence Reduction in Mexico

Mohammad Karamouzian, Raúl Bejarano Romero, Felipe Krause, Jaime Arredondo Sánchez-Lira, Dan Werb

International Journal of Health Policy and Management2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.34172/ijhpm.9925

Supervised consumption service use and high-frequency public injecting among people who inject drugs in Toronto: A cross-sectional analysis (2018-2020).

Nafeh F, Greenwald ZR, Bonn M, Eeuwes J, Atkinson K, Strathdee SA, Karamouzian M, Werb D

The International journal on drug policy2026Senior authorOpen Access

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105473 PMID: 42636772

Building Meaningful Partnerships in Substance Use Research: Lessons from a Capacity-Building Initiative with People withLived/Living Experience of Substance Use in Canada

Sanjana Mitra, Aly Kassam, Katie Upham, Matthew Bonn, Jolene Eeuwes, Tanisha Palmer, Beth Haywood, Liz Singh, Ashley Smoke, Colin Johnson, Dan Werb, Mohammad Karamouzian

Research Square2026Open Access

DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-9891046/v1

A systematic survey of editorial diversity in substance use and addiction journals

Frishta Nafeh, Dan Werb, Mohammad Karamouzian

Harm Reduction Journal2026Open Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-026-01518-7

Looking through the cracks: vulnerabilities and deprivation in the Brazilian open drug scenes.

Almeida A, Kiene SM, Zúñiga ML, Werb D, Bórquez A, Bastos FI

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119249 PMID: 42105401

A Preliminary Assessment of Short-Term Social and Substance Use-Related Outcomes Among Clients of Integrated Safer Opioid Supply Pilot Programs in Toronto, Canada.

Nafeh F, Mbichila T, Bouck Z, Scheim A, Mitra S, Bonn M, Morris F, Atkinson K, Mason K, Eeuwes J, Strike C, Gomes T, Werb D, Karamouzian M

International journal of mental health and addiction202516 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1007/s11469-023-01219-3 PMID: 40703247

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Dan Werb

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A scoping review and concept analysis to inform Canada's safe(r) opioid supply research agenda.

Scholasticide and Population Health in the Eastern Mediterranean

Beyond encampments: an evidence-based path to solving Canada's homelessness crisis.

The Detection of Novel Nitazene-Class Opioids in Unregulated Drug Markets in Canada.

Beyond Kingpins: A Structural Approach to Cartel Violence Reduction in Mexico

Supervised consumption service use and high-frequency public injecting among people who inject drugs in Toronto: A cross-sectional analysis (2018-2020).

Building Meaningful Partnerships in Substance Use Research: Lessons from a Capacity-Building Initiative with People withLived/Living Experience of Substance Use in Canada

A systematic survey of editorial diversity in substance use and addiction journals

Looking through the cracks: vulnerabilities and deprivation in the Brazilian open drug scenes.

A Preliminary Assessment of Short-Term Social and Substance Use-Related Outcomes Among Clients of Integrated Safer Opioid Supply Pilot Programs in Toronto, Canada.

Preventing Injecting by Modifying Existing Responses (PRIMER)

Frequent collaborators

Daniel Werb

Evan Wood

Ayden Scheim

Thomas Kerr

Mohammad Karamouzian

Kora DeBeck

Julio Montaner

Kanna Hayashi

Jeanette Bowles

Tara Gomes

Matthew Bonn

Shaun Hopkins

Geoff Bardwell

Ahmed Bayoumi

Beth Fischer

Jane Buxton

Daniel Beriault

Elaine Hyshka

Benedikt Fischer

Ryan Mcneil