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Samantha Wells

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Adjunct Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsWestern University

Samantha Wells

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
30 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 7 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.

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Latest papers

Climate change experiences among women with psychiatric illness - a qualitative exploration of lived experiences and service needs.
Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026
Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioids: Use to Experience Subjective Effects Versus Other Nonmedical Use Among Adults in Ontario, Canada From 2020 to 2024.
Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs · 2026
Socio-economic factors associated with alcohol and cannabis use across waves of the COVID-19 pandemic: an intersectional analysis of a repeated cross-sectional survey.
BMC public health · 2025

All 93 publications

93 publications.

Climate change experiences among women with psychiatric illness - a qualitative exploration of lived experiences and service needs.

Xue S, Lacap LM, Hawke LD, Munro C, Husain MI, Wells S, Umer M, Pasricha S, Kidd SA

Social science & medicine (1982)2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2026.119619 PMID: 42492186

Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioids: Use to Experience Subjective Effects Versus Other Nonmedical Use Among Adults in Ontario, Canada From 2020 to 2024.

Nigatu YT, Wells S, Buckley L, Quilty LC, Bozinoff N, Ali F, Imtiaz S, Hamilton HA

Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs2026

DOI: 10.15288/jsad.25-00213 PMID: 41273246

Socio-economic factors associated with alcohol and cannabis use across waves of the COVID-19 pandemic: an intersectional analysis of a repeated cross-sectional survey.

Somé NH, Imtiaz S, Wells S, de Oliveira C, Hamilton HA, Ali S, Elton-Marshall T, Rehm J, Shield K

BMC public health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-25423-z PMID: 41257732

Experiences and barriers to alcohol use disorder treatment among adults with and without self-reported executive functioning challenges: A mixed-methods study.

Russell C, Wiese JL, Ruocco AC, Bozinoff N, Gonzalez R, Jennings S, Leyton M, Nikolova YS, Orson J, Potenza MN, Quilty LC, Shield KD, Verdejo-Garcia A, Wells S, Lange S, CDiA Program Study Group

Alcohol, clinical & experimental research2025

DOI: 10.1111/acer.70154 PMID: 40890992

"I want to hear you talk with your heart": perspectives on receiving and providing mental wellness supports during the COVID-19 pandemic within a First Nation community in Canada.

Brubacher LJ, Tanner B, George N, Bernards S, Morton Ninomiya ME, Cornect-Benoit A, Linklater R, Wells S

BMC public health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-025-23723-y PMID: 40814043

Cognitive Dysfunction in the Addictions (CDiA): protocol for a neuron-to-neighbourhood collaborative research program.

Nikolova YS, Ruocco AC, Felsky D, Lange S, Prevot TD, Vieira E, Voineskos D, Wardell JD, Blumberger DM, Clifford K, Naik Dharavath R, Gerretsen P, Hassan AN, Hope IM, Irwin SH, Jennings SK, Le Foll B, Melamed O, Orson J, Pangarov P, Quigley L, Russell C, Shield K, Sloan ME, Smoke A, Tang V, Valdes Cabrera D, Wang W, Wells S, Wickramatunga R, Sibille E, Quilty LC

Frontiers in psychiatry2025

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2025.1455968 PMID: 40462873

Beliefs and attitudes about men's alcohol-related sexual harassment and aggression (BAMASHA): Development and initial validation of a new scale.

Huellemann KL, Graham K, Bernards S, Tremblay P, Abbey A, Senn C, Banyard V, McMahon S, Dumas TM, Wells S

Alcohol, clinical & experimental research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/acer.15477 PMID: 39740247

Eco-Depression and Eco-Anxiety Among Youth: A Sex and Gender Analysis.

Man LLY, Rotenberg M, Andari S, Wells S, Hamilton HA, Boak A, Kidd SA

Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie2024

DOI: 10.1177/07067437241287153 PMID: 39350726

Cognitive Dysfunction in the Addictions (CDiA): A Neuron to Neighbourhood Collaborative Research Program on Executive Dysfunction and Functional Outcomes in Outpatients Seeking Treatment for Addiction.

Nikolova YS, Ruocco AC, Felsky D, Lange S, Prevot TD, Vieira E, Voineskos D, Wardell JD, Blumberger DM, Clifford K, Dharavath RN, Gerretsen P, Hassan AN, Jennings SK, Le Foll B, Melamed O, Orson J, Pangarov P, Quigley L, Russell C, Shield K, Sloan ME, Smoke A, Tang V, Cabrera DV, Wang W, Wells S, Wickramatunga R, Sibille E, Quilty LC, CDiA Program Study Group

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences2024

DOI: 10.1101/2024.08.30.24312806 PMID: 39252904

Can a health warning label diminish the persuasive effects of health-oriented nutrition advertising on ready-to-drink alcohol product packaging? A randomized experiment.

Hobin E, Thielman J, Forbes SM, Poon T, Bélanger-Gravel A, Demers-Potvin É, Haynes A, Li Y, Niquette M, Paradis C, Provencher V, Smith BT, Wells S, Atkinson A, Vanderlee L

Addiction (Abingdon, England)2024

DOI: 10.1111/add.16475 PMID: 38528612

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Samantha Wells

Research

Latest papers

Climate change experiences among women with psychiatric illness - a qualitative exploration of lived experiences and service needs.

Nonmedical Use of Prescription Opioids: Use to Experience Subjective Effects Versus Other Nonmedical Use Among Adults in Ontario, Canada From 2020 to 2024.

Socio-economic factors associated with alcohol and cannabis use across waves of the COVID-19 pandemic: an intersectional analysis of a repeated cross-sectional survey.

Experiences and barriers to alcohol use disorder treatment among adults with and without self-reported executive functioning challenges: A mixed-methods study.

"I want to hear you talk with your heart": perspectives on receiving and providing mental wellness supports during the COVID-19 pandemic within a First Nation community in Canada.

Cognitive Dysfunction in the Addictions (CDiA): protocol for a neuron-to-neighbourhood collaborative research program.

Beliefs and attitudes about men's alcohol-related sexual harassment and aggression (BAMASHA): Development and initial validation of a new scale.

Eco-Depression and Eco-Anxiety Among Youth: A Sex and Gender Analysis.

Cognitive Dysfunction in the Addictions (CDiA): A Neuron to Neighbourhood Collaborative Research Program on Executive Dysfunction and Functional Outcomes in Outpatients Seeking Treatment for Addiction.

Can a health warning label diminish the persuasive effects of health-oriented nutrition advertising on ready-to-drink alcohol product packaging? A randomized experiment.

Frequent collaborators

Samantha Wells

Kathryn Graham

Tara Elton-Marshall

Tara Elton-Marshall

Renee Linklater

Shehzad Ali

Daniel Felsky

Farihah Ali

Kevin Shield

Sergio Rueda

Erin Hobin

Mark Speechley

Shannon Lange

Bernard Le Foll

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Mark Asbridge

Charlene Senn

Julie George

Etienne Sibille

Gerald McKinley