Karen Urbanoski, University of Toronto

Research

Addiction Longitudinal Analysis Child Health Pregnancy Treatment Women'S Health Addiction Treatment Evaluation

Latest papers

Psychometric evaluation of the treatment entry questionnaire to assess extrinsic motivation for inpatient addiction treatment
Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports · 2022
Levels and predictors of participation in integrated treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women with problematic substance use.
BMC public health · 2019 · senior author
Performance Measurement in Mental Health and Addictions Systems: A Scoping Review.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. Supplement · 2019 · first author

All 16 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 6 grants and awards

16 publications.

01

Psychometric evaluation of the treatment entry questionnaire to assess extrinsic motivation for inpatient addiction treatment

Walji A, Romano I, Levitt E, Sousa S, Rush B, MacKillop J, Urbanoski K, Costello MJ

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports202210 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.dadr.2021.100014

02

Levels and predictors of participation in integrated treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women with problematic substance use.

Le TL, Kenaszchuk C, Milligan K, Urbanoski K

BMC public health2019Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-6455-4 PMID: 30727978

03

Performance Measurement in Mental Health and Addictions Systems: A Scoping Review.

Urbanoski K, Inglis D

Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs. Supplement2019First author

DOI: 10.15288/jsads.2019.s18.114 PMID: 30681956

04

Community networks of services for pregnant and parenting women with problematic substance use.

Urbanoski K, Joordens C, Kolla G, Milligan K

PloS one2018First author

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206671 PMID: 30452454

05

Integrated treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women with problematic substance use: Service descriptions and client perceptions of care.

Tarasoff LA, Milligan K, Le TL, Usher AM, Urbanoski K

Journal of substance abuse treatment2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2018.04.008 PMID: 29866387

06

A system-level study of initiation, engagement, and equity in outpatient substance use treatment.

Urbanoski K, Kenaszchuk C, Inglis D, Rotondi NK, Rush B

Journal of substance abuse treatment2018First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2018.04.006 PMID: 29866380

07

Frequent use of emergency departments for mental and substance use disorders.

Urbanoski K, Cheng J, Rehm J, Kurdyak P

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ2018First author

DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2015-205554 PMID: 29311114

08

The clustering of psychopathology among adults seeking treatment for alcohol and drug addiction.

Urbanoski K, Kenaszchuk C, Veldhuizen S, Rush B

Journal of substance abuse treatment2015First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jsat.2014.07.004 PMID: 25124260

09

"Do you think you have mental health problems?": advantages and disadvantages of a single screening question for mental disorder in substance use disorder treatment.

Veldhuizen S, Rush B, Urbanoski K

Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs2014Senior author

DOI: 10.15288/jsad.2014.75.1039 PMID: 25343663

10

Correlations between prescription opioid analgesic dispensing levels and related mortality and morbidity in Ontario, Canada, 2005-2011.

Fischer B, Jones W, Urbanoski K, Skinner R, Rehm J

Drug and alcohol review2014

DOI: 10.1111/dar.12089 PMID: 24261474

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

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Team 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

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Team 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

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team 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

Healthy mothers, healthy families: Evaluating integrated treatment for pregnant and parenting women with addictions

Nominated PICIHR2013Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)

Principal investigators: Urbanoski, Karen A; Bowlby, Anne; Hume, Lucy E; Milligan, Karen V

Keywords: Addiction; Child Health; Pregnancy; Treatment; Women'S Health

$399,705

Advancing theory, improving prevention: A multi-level longitudinal investigation of addiction risk

Nominated PICIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Urbanoski, Karen A

Keywords: Addiction; Aetiology; Conceptual Models; Life Course; Longitudinal Analysis; Risk; Substance Use; Theory

$120,000

Quality care for all: A system-level evaluation of performance and equity in addiction treatment

Nominated PICIHR2012Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Urbanoski, Karen A

Keywords: Addiction Treatment; Evaluation; Health Services Research; Longitudinal Analysis; Multilevel Modeling; Service Equity; Systems Research; Treatment Process

$149,110

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

Frequent collaborators

Social and Epidemiological Research
Psychology
Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research
Epidemiology Division
School of Nursing
Social, Prevention and Health Policy Research
Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences
Other

Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Karen Urbanoski

Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research

7 shared papers, latest 2022

Brian Rush

Epidemiology Division

5 shared papers, latest 2022

Karen Urbanoski

School of Nursing

4 shared papers, latest 2019

Karen Milligan

Social and Epidemiological Research

3 shared papers, latest 2019

Benedikt Fischer

Social, Prevention and Health Policy Research

2 shared papers, latest 2014

James MacKillop

Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Addiction Dear Professor Urbanoski, 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 "Psychometric evaluation of the treatment entry questionnaire to assess extrinsic motivation for inpatient addiction treatment" (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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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Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Psychometric evaluation of the treatment entry questionnaire to assess extrinsic motivation for inpatient addiction treatment

Levels and predictors of participation in integrated treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women with problematic substance use.

Performance Measurement in Mental Health and Addictions Systems: A Scoping Review.

Community networks of services for pregnant and parenting women with problematic substance use.

Integrated treatment programs for pregnant and parenting women with problematic substance use: Service descriptions and client perceptions of care.

A system-level study of initiation, engagement, and equity in outpatient substance use treatment.

Frequent use of emergency departments for mental and substance use disorders.

The clustering of psychopathology among adults seeking treatment for alcohol and drug addiction.

"Do you think you have mental health problems?": advantages and disadvantages of a single screening question for mental disorder in substance use disorder treatment.

Correlations between prescription opioid analgesic dispensing levels and related mortality and morbidity in Ontario, Canada, 2005-2011.

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

Healthy mothers, healthy families: Evaluating integrated treatment for pregnant and parenting women with addictions

Advancing theory, improving prevention: A multi-level longitudinal investigation of addiction risk

Quality care for all: A system-level evaluation of performance and equity in addiction treatment

Frequent collaborators

Karen Urbanoski

Karen Urbanoski

Brian Rush

Karen Urbanoski

Karen Milligan

Karen Milligan

Scott Veldhuizen

Benedikt Fischer

Shannon Lange

Gillian Kolla

Paul Kurdyak

James MacKillop