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Gillian Kolla

ResearcherUniversity of Toronto

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Gillian Kolla

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.
15 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2021.

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Research

Developmental Disabilities Homelessness Intersectionality Marginalization Opioid Agonist Therapy Program Evaluation Realist Analysis Substance Use Services

Latest papers

COVID-19 isolation and recovery sites evaluation: Lessons learned for systems innovation.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2025
Safer opioid supply and health outcomes - Authors' reply.
The Lancet. Public health · 2025
Comparing the effects of prescribed safer opioid supply and methadone in Ontario, Canada: a population-based matched cohort study.
The Lancet. Public health · 2025

All 30 publications

Latest funding

Advancing HIV, STBBI Health Equity through Substance Use Health: A Pan-Canadian Research, Knowledge Translation and Capacity Building Network
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$992,626
Advancing HIV, STBBI Health Equity through Substance Use Health: A Pan-Canadian Research, Knowledge Translation and Capacity Building Network
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$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 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 15 grants and awards

30 publications.

COVID-19 isolation and recovery sites evaluation: Lessons learned for systems innovation.

Firestone M, Khoee K, Kolla G, O'Campo P, Nisenbaum R, Holness DL, Schlosser L, Beder M, Steer L, Pariseau T, Bayoumi AM

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01031-7 PMID: 40279072

Safer opioid supply and health outcomes - Authors' reply.

Gomes T, Kolla G, Young S, Bayoumi A, Antoniou T

The Lancet. Public health2025

DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00119-7 PMID: 40441811

Comparing the effects of prescribed safer opioid supply and methadone in Ontario, Canada: a population-based matched cohort study.

Gomes T, McCormack D, Kolla G, Young S, Bayoumi AM, Smoke A, Li P, Antoniou T

The Lancet. Public health2025

DOI: 10.1016/s2468-2667(25)00070-2 PMID: 40280140

"Everybody is impacted. Everybody's hurting": Grief, loss and the emotional impacts of overdose on harm reduction workers.

Kolla G, Khorasheh T, Dodd Z, Greig S, Altenberg J, Perreault Y, Bayoumi AM, Kenny KS

The International journal on drug policy2024First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104419 PMID: 38599035

Prescribed safer opioid supply: A scoping review of the evidence.

Ledlie S, Garg R, Cheng C, Kolla G, Antoniou T, Bouck Z, Gomes T

The International journal on drug policy2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104339 PMID: 38335867

Substance use care innovations during COVID-19: barriers and facilitators to the provision of safer supply at a toronto COVID-19 isolation and recovery site.

Kolla G, Tarannum CN, Fajber K, Worku F, Norris K, Long C, Fagundes R, Rucchetto A, Hannan E, Kikot R, Klaiman M, Firestone M, Bayoumi A, Laurence G, Hayman K

Harm reduction journal2024First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-024-00935-w PMID: 38243267

Assessing the impact of the slow-release oral morphine drug shortages in Ontario, Canada: A population-based time series analysis.

Ledlie S, Tadrous M, McCormack D, Campbell T, Leece P, Kleinman RA, Kolla G, Besharah J, Smoke A, Sproule B, Gomes T

The International journal on drug policy2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2023.104119 PMID: 37429161

Trends in Rates of Opioid Agonist Treatment and Opioid-Related Deaths for Youths in Ontario, Canada, 2013-2021.

Rosic T, Kolla G, Leece P, Kitchen S, Gomes T

JAMA network open2023

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.21947 PMID: 37410463

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

Association of Illicit Fentanyl Use with Injection Risk Practices Among People who Inject Drugs.

Kenny KS, Kolla G, Greig S, Bannerman M, Phillips D, Altenberg J, Strike C, Bayoumi AM

AIDS and behavior2023

DOI: 10.1007/s10461-022-03908-x PMID: 36401145

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Gillian Kolla

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COVID-19 isolation and recovery sites evaluation: Lessons learned for systems innovation.

Safer opioid supply and health outcomes - Authors' reply.

Comparing the effects of prescribed safer opioid supply and methadone in Ontario, Canada: a population-based matched cohort study.

"Everybody is impacted. Everybody's hurting": Grief, loss and the emotional impacts of overdose on harm reduction workers.

Prescribed safer opioid supply: A scoping review of the evidence.

Substance use care innovations during COVID-19: barriers and facilitators to the provision of safer supply at a toronto COVID-19 isolation and recovery site.

Assessing the impact of the slow-release oral morphine drug shortages in Ontario, Canada: A population-based time series analysis.

Trends in Rates of Opioid Agonist Treatment and Opioid-Related Deaths for Youths in Ontario, Canada, 2013-2021.

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

Association of Illicit Fentanyl Use with Injection Risk Practices Among People who Inject Drugs.

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Michelle Firestone

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Tony Antoniou

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Zoe Dodd

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Kate Hayman

Lorie Steer

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