Faculty profile

Rita Shahin

Back to faculty

Adjunct ProfessorClinical Public Health DivisionUniversity of Toronto

Rita Shahin

Adjunct Professor

Clinical Public Health Division

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supervision signals

Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
12 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

These signals come from public records, including CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions. Ask the professor or the graduate program whether they are taking new students.

Academic metrics

Publications

Citations

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

Counts cover the publications linked to this profile. Citations and the h-index appear when the source records them.

Profiles and links

Search on Google Scholar

Find them onX · LinkedIn · Bluesky · YouTube

Signals and details

Research

Substance Use Harm Reduction People With Lived And Living Experience Prevention Research Treatment Covid-19 Vaccine Confidence

Latest papers

Healthcare utilization and HIV burden among Black communities in Ontario: a matched cohort study
Canadian Journal of Public Health · 2026
Shifting views on decriminalization in British Columbia: insights from public opinion polling, 2024-2025.
The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse · 2026
Exploring the early impacts of drug decriminalization on harm reduction and opioid agonist treatment service operations and delivery in British Columbia: insights from key informant interviews.
BMC public health · 2025

All 22 publications

Latest funding

Planning HSV-2 PrEP and PEP Trials by Studying Seroprevalence and Acceptability
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$200,000
Optimizing Mpox surveillance strategies and preventing epidemic resurgence: a three-province mathematical modeling study
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$500,000
The Ontario Canadian Research Initiative Node Team (OCRINT) Phase II Application
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$2,399,202

All 12 grants and awards

22 publications.

Healthcare utilization and HIV burden among Black communities in Ontario: a matched cohort study

Mbuagbaw L, Rezene F, Tharao W, Husbands W, Shahin R, Nyambi A, Lawson DO, Kihembo M, Aden M, Ongolo-Zogo C

Canadian Journal of Public Health20261 citations

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01204-y

Shifting views on decriminalization in British Columbia: insights from public opinion polling, 2024-2025.

Ali F, Russell C, Henderson I, Elton-Marshall T, Lock K, Patenaude S, Shahin R, Smith W, Rehm J, Imtiaz S

The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse2026

DOI: 10.1080/00952990.2026.2612977 PMID: 41642840

Exploring the early impacts of drug decriminalization on harm reduction and opioid agonist treatment service operations and delivery in British Columbia: insights from key informant interviews.

Russell C, Torres-Salbach S, MacKinnon L, Shahin R, Griffith D, Hodgson K, Burmeister C, Amoraal C, Crichlow F, Imtiaz S, Rehm J, Ali F

BMC public health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-25479-x PMID: 41353135

Examining opioid agonist treatment (OAT) site operations and early signals of change in the first year of British Columbia's drug decriminalization policy: Insights from a provincial survey.

Russell C, Law J, Hodgson K, MacKinnon L, Shahin R, Crichlow F, Patenaude S, Imtiaz S, Rehm J, Ali F

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01060-2 PMID: 40489049

Characterizing changes to harm reduction site operations in British Columbia following the implementation of the decriminalization of drugs: Findings from a provincial survey.

Ali F, Russell C, Law J, Imtiaz S, Budau J, Shahin R, MacKinnon L, Griffith D, Patenaude S, Xavier J, Rehm J

Harm reduction journal2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-025-01276-y PMID: 40682069

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 one2025

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

Impact of interventions on mpox transmission during the 2022 outbreak in Canada: a mathematical modeling study of three different cities.

Xiu F, Doyle CM, Anato JLF, Knight J, Wang L, Cox J, Grace D, Hart TA, Zhang T, Skakoon-Sparling S, Dvorakova M, Shahin R, Sachdeva H, Lachowsky N, Sbihi H, Tan DHS, Irvine MA, Mishra S, Maheu-Giroux M

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2025.107792 PMID: 39848438

Preparing for Mpox Resurgence: Surveillance Lessons From Outbreaks in Toronto, Canada.

Sachdeva H, Shahin R, Ota S, Isabel S, Mangat CS, Stuart R, Padhi S, Chris A, Mishra S, Tan DHS, Braukmann TW, Eshaghi A, Mejia EM, Hizon NA, Finkelstein M

The Journal of infectious diseases2024

DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiad533 PMID: 38035826

Identifying barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccination uptake among People Who Use Drugs in Canada: a National Qualitative Study.

Ali F, Kaura A, Russell C, Bonn M, Bruneau J, Dasgupta N, Imtiaz S, Martel-Laferrière V, Rehm J, Shahin R, Elton-Marshall T

Harm reduction journal2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-023-00826-6 PMID: 37516836

Community and Health Care Provider Preferences for Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Interventions for Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men: e-Delphi Study.

Yeung A, Lisk R, Rana J, Guiang CB, Bacon J, Brunetta J, Gilbert M, Gesink D, Grewal R, Kwag M, Logie CH, Mitterni L, Shahin R, Tan DH, Burchell AN

Journal of medical Internet research2023

DOI: 10.2196/40477 PMID: 37384393

Profile data last refreshed on July 30, 2025 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

Something wrong or missing on this profile? Suggest a correction

Rita Shahin

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Healthcare utilization and HIV burden among Black communities in Ontario: a matched cohort study

Shifting views on decriminalization in British Columbia: insights from public opinion polling, 2024-2025.

Exploring the early impacts of drug decriminalization on harm reduction and opioid agonist treatment service operations and delivery in British Columbia: insights from key informant interviews.

Examining opioid agonist treatment (OAT) site operations and early signals of change in the first year of British Columbia's drug decriminalization policy: Insights from a provincial survey.

Characterizing changes to harm reduction site operations in British Columbia following the implementation of the decriminalization of drugs: Findings from a provincial survey.

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

Impact of interventions on mpox transmission during the 2022 outbreak in Canada: a mathematical modeling study of three different cities.

Preparing for Mpox Resurgence: Surveillance Lessons From Outbreaks in Toronto, Canada.

Identifying barriers and facilitators to COVID-19 vaccination uptake among People Who Use Drugs in Canada: a National Qualitative Study.

Community and Health Care Provider Preferences for Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Interventions for Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men: e-Delphi Study.

Frequent collaborators

Curtis Handford

Shaun Hopkins

Pamela Leece

Carol Strike

Farihah Ali

Amy Wright

Sharmistha Mishra

Aaron Orkin

Allison Chris

Mark Gilbert

Daniel Grace

Kevin Thorpe

Dionne Gesink

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Charles Dabone

Tara Elton-Marshall

Effie Gournis

Winston Husbands

Michael Kwag

Herveen Sachdeva

Ramandip Grewal

Fatimah Jackson-Best

Winston Husbands

Ryan Lisk

Wangari Tharao

Janet Parsons

OmiSoore Dryden

Wangari Tharao

Michael Finkelstein

Todd Norwood

Shovita Padhi

Shayna Skakoon-Sparling

Fatimah Jackson-Best

Paul Mkandawire

Josephine Etowa

Fanta Ongoiba

Elizabeth Rea

Mary Ndungu

Terri Zhang