Michelle Klaiman, University of Toronto

Research

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Latest papers

The opportunity to save a life: A qualitative study of a point-of-care overdose education and naloxone distribution intervention.
PloS one · 2025
Correction: Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of rapid HIV testing in Canadian Emergency Departments: a mixed methods study.
CJEM · 2025
Guidelines for Reasonable and Appropriate Care in the Emergency Department (GRACE‐4): Alcohol use disorder and cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome management in the emergency department
Academic Emergency Medicine · 2024

All 8 publications

Latest funding

The Surviving Opioid Overdose with Naloxone Education and Resuscitation (SOON-ER) trial: a randomized study of an opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution intervention for laypeople in ambulatory and inpatient settings.
CIHR · 2016 · Co-investigator
$844,772
The Surviving Opioid Overdose with Naloxone (SOON) Project and Roundtable
CIHR · 2013 · Co-investigator
$24,922

All 2 grants and awards

8 publications.

01

The opportunity to save a life: A qualitative study of a point-of-care overdose education and naloxone distribution intervention.

Parsons JA, Markowitz B, Thomas R, Norris K, Charles M, King C, Sellen K, Campbell DM, Leece P, Klaiman M, Chapman L, Hopkins S, Shahin R, Handford C, Stergiopoulos V, Morrison LJ, Strike C, Orkin AM, SOONER investigators

PloS one20251 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0326495 PMID: 40560908

02

Correction: Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of rapid HIV testing in Canadian Emergency Departments: a mixed methods study.

Kent JT, Puchalski Ritchie LM, Klaiman M, Dell EM, Garnett M, Landes M, Ginocchio GF, Alsefaou A

CJEM2025Open Access

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00819-9 PMID: 39531112

03

Guidelines for Reasonable and Appropriate Care in the Emergency Department (GRACE‐4): Alcohol use disorder and cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome management in the emergency department

Borgundvaag B, Bellolio F, Miles I, Schwarz ES, Sharif S, Su MK, Baumgartner K, Liss DB, Sheikh H, Vogel J

Academic Emergency Medicine202441 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1111/acem.14911

04

Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of rapid HIV testing in Canadian Emergency Departments: a mixed methods study.

Kent JT, Puchalski Ritchie LM, Klaiman M, Dell EM, Garnett M, Landes M, Ginocchio GF, Alsefaou A

CJEM20242 citations

DOI: 10.1007/s43678-024-00716-1 PMID: 38960973

05

Factors associated with frequent buprenorphine / naloxone initiation in a national survey of Canadian emergency physicians.

MacKinnon N, Lane D, Scheuermeyer F, Kaczorowski J, Dong K, Orkin AM, Daoust R, Moe J, Andolfatto G, Klaiman M, Yan J, Koh JJ, Crowder K, Atkinson P, Savage D, Stempien J, Besserer F, Wale J, Kestler A

PloS one20241 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0297084 PMID: 38315732

06

Phenobarbital for the management of severe acute alcohol withdrawal (the PHENOMANAL trial): a pilot randomized controlled trial

Filewod N, Hwang S, Turner CJ, Rizvi L, Gray S, Klaiman M, Buell D, Ailon J, Caudarella A, Ginocchio GF

Pilot and Feasibility Studies20224 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s40814-021-00963-4

07

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest survival in drug-related versus cardiac causes in Ontario: A retrospective cohort study.

Orkin AM, Zhan C, Buick JE, Drennan IR, Klaiman M, Leece P, Morrison LJ

PloS one201731 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176441 PMID: 28445501

08

Quality Assessment Errors and Study Misclassification Threaten Systematic Review Validity

Orkin AM, Bingham K, Buick JE, Klaiman M, Leece P, Kouyoumdjian F

Journal of Addiction Medicine20157 citations

DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000000161

The Surviving Opioid Overdose with Naloxone Education and Resuscitation (SOON-ER) trial: a randomized study of an opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution intervention for laypeople in ambulatory and inpatient settings.

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Morrison, Laurie J; Campbell, Douglas M; Handford, Curtis; Stergiopoulos, Vicky; Werb, Daniel M

Keywords: Addictions And Mental Health; Basic Life Suppoprt; Design Thinking; Emergency Medicine And Resuscitation; Family Medicine; Harm Reduction; Overdose Prevention And Take-Home Naloxone; Randomized Controlled Trials; Simulation; Task Shifting

$844,772

The Surviving Opioid Overdose with Naloxone (SOON) Project and Roundtable

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Planning Grants-Priority Announcement:Partnerships for Health System Improvement

Principal investigators: Hu, Howard

Keywords: Basic Life Support; Epidemiology; Guideline Development; Harm Reduction; Knowledge Translation; Medical Devices; Naloxone; Opioids; Public Health; Resuscitation

$24,922

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Laurie Morrison and Ian Drennan: 64 shared papers
Lisa Puchalski-Ritchie and Lisa Ritchie: 59 shared papers
Laurie Morrison and Aaron Orkin: 22 shared papers
Carol Strike and Pamela Leece: 20 shared papers
Pamela Leece and Aaron Orkin: 18 shared papers
Ian Drennan and Aaron Orkin: 17 shared papers
Frank Scheuermeyer and Andrew Kestler: 17 shared papers
Jessica Moe and Frank Scheuermeyer: 15 shared papers
Jessica Moe and Andrew Kestler: 15 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Aaron Orkin: 14 shared papers
Laurie Morrison and Janet Parsons: 13 shared papers
Carol Strike and Aaron Orkin: 12 shared papers
Jessica Moe and Kathryn Dong: 12 shared papers
Kathryn Dong and Aaron Orkin: 12 shared papers
Kathryn Dong and Andrew Kestler: 11 shared papers
Laurie Morrison and Pamela Leece: 10 shared papers
Pamela Leece and Kate Sellen: 10 shared papers
Laurie Morrison and Carol Strike: 9 shared papers
Janusz Kaczorowski and Kathryn Dong: 9 shared papers
Carol Strike and Kate Sellen: 9 shared papers
Pamela Leece and Rita Shahin: 9 shared papers
Laurie Morrison and Megan Landes: 8 shared papers
Laurie Morrison and Curtis Handford: 8 shared papers
Laurie Morrison and Kate Sellen: 8 shared papers
Janusz Kaczorowski and Aaron Orkin: 8 shared papers
Janusz Kaczorowski and Andrew Kestler: 8 shared papers
Carol Strike and Curtis Handford: 8 shared papers
Carol Strike and Janet Parsons: 8 shared papers
Megan Landes and Lisa Puchalski-Ritchie: 8 shared papers
Megan Landes and Lisa Ritchie: 8 shared papers
Curtis Handford and Pamela Leece: 8 shared papers
Janet Parsons and Pamela Leece: 8 shared papers
Rita Shahin and Aaron Orkin: 8 shared papers
Laurie Morrison and Frank Scheuermeyer: 7 shared papers
Laurie Morrison and Raoul Daoust: 6 shared papers
Laurie Morrison and Rita Shahin: 6 shared papers
Raoul Daoust and Kathryn Dong: 5 shared papers
Raoul Daoust and Aaron Orkin: 5 shared papers
Ian Drennan and Frank Scheuermeyer: 5 shared papers
Raoul Daoust and Floyd Besserer: 4 shared papers
Frank Scheuermeyer and Floyd Besserer: 4 shared papers
Aaron Orkin and Michelle Klaiman: 4 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Carol Strike: 3 shared papers
Pamela Leece and Michelle Klaiman: 3 shared papers
Karen Burns and Danielle Buell: 2 shared papers
Laurie Morrison and Michelle Klaiman: 2 shared papers
Janusz Kaczorowski and Kathryn Crowder: 2 shared papers
Megan Landes and Michelle Klaiman: 2 shared papers
Lisa Puchalski-Ritchie and Michelle Klaiman: 2 shared papers
Jessica Moe and Kathryn Crowder: 2 shared papers
Kathryn Dong and Kathryn Crowder: 2 shared papers
Andrew Kestler and Floyd Besserer: 2 shared papers
Michelle Klaiman and Lisa Ritchie: 2 shared papers
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Janusz Kaczorowski: 1 shared paper
Fiona Kouyoumdjian and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Karen Burns and Norman Dewhurst: 1 shared paper
Karen Burns and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Janusz Kaczorowski and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Carol Strike and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Curtis Handford and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Jessica Moe and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Raoul Daoust and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Kathryn Dong and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Janet Parsons and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Rita Shahin and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Ian Drennan and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Frank Scheuermeyer and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Kathryn Crowder and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Andrew Kestler and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Floyd Besserer and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Kate Sellen and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Norman Dewhurst and Danielle Buell: 1 shared paper
Norman Dewhurst and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper
Danielle Buell and Michelle Klaiman: 1 shared paper

Clinical Public Health Division
Department of Medicine
Department of Emergency Medicine
Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences
Department of Family Medicine
Other

1 shared papers, latest 2024

Andrew Kestler

Department of Emergency Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2024

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