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Shaun Hopkins

ResearcherDivision of Social and Behavioural Health SciencesUniversity of Toronto

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Shaun Hopkins

Researcher

Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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8 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2016.

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Hiv Prevention Collaborative Relationships Evaluation Policing Training Programs Best Practice Recommendations Community-Based Research Harm Reduction

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
A quantitative bias analysis of the association between supervised consumption service use and sharing of injection equipment among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada.
Annals of epidemiology · 2025
Frequency of supervised consumption service use and acute care utilization in people who inject drugs.
Drug and alcohol dependence · 2024

All 21 publications

Latest funding

Developing a COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy that Addresses the Needs of People Who Use Drugs in Canada
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$197,614
Rapidly assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and response on clinical and social outcomes, service utilization, and the unregulated drug supply experienced by people who use drugs in Toronto
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$206,760
Analysis of Spatial and Temporal Relationships in Ontario for Supervised Consumption and Overdose Prevention Evaluation (ASTROSCOPE)
CIHR · 2018 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 9 grants and awards

21 publications.

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

A quantitative bias analysis of the association between supervised consumption service use and sharing of injection equipment among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada.

Nassau T, Bouck Z, Welles SL, Evans AA, Hopkins S, Tookey P, Werb D, Scheim AI

Annals of epidemiology2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2025.04.009 PMID: 40233868

Frequency of supervised consumption service use and acute care utilization in people who inject drugs.

Scheim AI, Bouck Z, Greenwald ZR, Ling V, Hopkins S, Johnson M, Bayoumi A, Gomes T, Werb D

Drug and alcohol dependence2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.112490 PMID: 39546979

Client experiences using a new supervised consumption service in Sudbury, Ontario: A qualitative study.

Ali F, Russell C, Kaura A, Leslie P, Bayoumi AM, Hopkins S, Wells S

PloS one2023

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292862 PMID: 37844109

Considerations for the design of overdose education and naloxone distribution interventions: results of a multi-stakeholder workshop.

Sellen K, Markowitz B, Parsons JA, Leece P, Handford C, Goso N, Hopkins S, Klaiman M, Shahin R, Milos G, Wright A, Charles M, Morrison L, Strike C, Orkin A, SOONER Investigators

BMC public health2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-023-15554-6 PMID: 37189052

Design details for overdose education and take-home naloxone kits: Codesign with family medicine, emergency department, addictions medicine and community.

Sellen K, Goso N, Halleran L, Mulvale-Fletcher A, Sarmiento F, Ligabue F, Handford C, Klaiman M, Milos G, Wright A, Charles M, Sniderman R, Hunt R, Parsons JA, Leece P, Hopkins S, Shahin R, Jüni P, Morrison L, Campbell DM, Strike C, Orkin A, SOONER Investigators

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2022

DOI: 10.1111/hex.13559 PMID: 35909312

Service utilization patterns and characteristics among clients of integrated supervised consumption sites in Toronto, Canada.

Nassau T, Kolla G, Mason K, Hopkins S, Tookey P, McLean E, Werb D, Scheim A

Harm reduction journal2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-022-00610-y PMID: 35351160

Diverse psychotropic substances detected in drug and drug administration equipment samples submitted to drug checking services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 2019-April 2020.

Scarfone KM, Maghsoudi N, McDonald K, Stefan C, Beriault DR, Wong E, Evert M, Hopkins S, Leslie P, Watson TM, Werb D, Toronto’s Drug Checking Service Working Group

Harm reduction journal2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-021-00585-2 PMID: 35012557

Corrigendum to "Mixed methods feasibility study for the surviving opioid overdose with naloxone education and resuscitation (SOONER) trial" [Resuscitation Plus 6 (2021) 100131].

Orkin AM, Charles M, Norris K, Thomas R, Chapman L, Wright A, Campbell DM, Handford C, Klaiman M, Hopkins S, Shahin R, Thorpe K, Juni P, Parsons J, Sellen K, Goso N, Hunt R, Leece P, Morrison LJ, Stergiopoulos V, Turner S, Strike C

Resuscitation plus2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2021.100158 PMID: 34553182

Mixed methods feasibility study for the surviving opioid overdose with naloxone education and resuscitation (SOONER) trial.

Orkin AM, Charles M, Norris K, Thomas R, Chapman L, Wright A, Campbell DM, Handford C, Klaiman M, Hopkins S, Shahin R, Thorpe K, Jüni P, Parsons J, Sellen K, Goso N, Hunt R, Leece P, Morrison LJ, Stergiopoulos V, Turner S, Strike C

Resuscitation plus2021

DOI: 10.1016/j.resplu.2021.100131 PMID: 34223388

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Shaun Hopkins

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

A quantitative bias analysis of the association between supervised consumption service use and sharing of injection equipment among people who inject drugs in Toronto, Canada.

Frequency of supervised consumption service use and acute care utilization in people who inject drugs.

Client experiences using a new supervised consumption service in Sudbury, Ontario: A qualitative study.

Considerations for the design of overdose education and naloxone distribution interventions: results of a multi-stakeholder workshop.

Design details for overdose education and take-home naloxone kits: Codesign with family medicine, emergency department, addictions medicine&#xa0;and community.

Service utilization patterns and characteristics among clients of integrated supervised consumption sites in Toronto, Canada.

Diverse psychotropic substances detected in drug and drug administration equipment samples submitted to drug checking services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 2019-April 2020.

Corrigendum to "Mixed methods feasibility study for the surviving opioid overdose with naloxone education and resuscitation (SOONER) trial" [Resuscitation Plus 6 (2021) 100131].

Mixed methods feasibility study for the surviving opioid overdose with naloxone education and resuscitation (SOONER) trial.

Frequent collaborators

Carol Strike

Amy Wright

Rita Shahin

Pamela Leece

Curtis Handford

Laurel Challacombe

Aaron Orkin

Kevin Thorpe

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Ted Myers

Janet Parsons

Gillian Kolla

Benedikt Fischer

Gillian Kolla

Samantha Wells

Tara Gomes

Douglas Campbell

Ahmed Bayoumi

Ayden Scheim

Farihah Ali

Gary Garber

Rebecca Penn

Design details for overdose education and take-home naloxone kits: Codesign with family medicine, emergency department, addictions medicine and community.