Thomas Dashwood, University of Toronto

Research

Decriminalization Of Drugs Health Policy Incarceration Substance Use

Latest papers

Risk mitigation of shared room ventilation and filtration on SARS-CoV-2 transmission: a multicenter test-negative study.
Infection control and hospital epidemiology · 2025
The Intersection of HIV and Syphilis: Update on the Key Considerations in Testing and Management.
Current HIV/AIDS reports · 2021

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Alternatives to Criminalization of Drugs: Community-based Systems Mapping of Social and Health effects (ACDC SMASH)
CIHR · 2023 · Principal investigator
$401,625
Decriminalization of Drugs: A Community-Based Systems Approach to Planning for Evaluation
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$20,000

All 2 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Risk mitigation of shared room ventilation and filtration on SARS-CoV-2 transmission: a multicenter test-negative study.

Williams V, Schwartz KL, Brown K, Muller M, Powis J, Ricciuto D, Kiss A, Downing M, Sukhdeo S, Dashwood T, Romano J, Kozak R, Maze Dit Mieusement L, Leis JA

Infection control and hospital epidemiology2025

DOI: 10.1017/ice.2025.10256 PMID: 40928142

02

The Intersection of HIV and Syphilis: Update on the Key Considerations in Testing and Management.

Ren M, Dashwood T, Walmsley S

Current HIV/AIDS reports2021

DOI: 10.1007/s11904-021-00564-z PMID: 34091858

Alternatives to Criminalization of Drugs: Community-based Systems Mapping of Social and Health effects (ACDC SMASH)

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bayoumi, Ahmed M; Dashwood, Thomas; Dodd, Zoe; Firestone, Michelle

Keywords: Decriminalization Of Drugs; Health Policy; Incarceration; Substance Use

$401,625

Decriminalization of Drugs: A Community-Based Systems Approach to Planning for Evaluation

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Bayoumi, Ahmed M; Dodd, Zoe; Firestone, Michelle

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Criminalization; Decriminalization; Policy Evaluation; Substance Use; System Dynamics; Systems Mapping

$20,000

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

Sharon Walmsley

Infectious Diseases

1 shared papers, latest 2021

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Decriminalization Of Drugs Dear Professor Dashwood, 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 "Risk mitigation of shared room ventilation and filtration on SARS-CoV-2 transmission: a multicenter test-negative study." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Alternatives to Criminalization of Drugs: Community-based Systems Mapping of Social and Health effects (ACDC SMASH)" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. 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]