William O'Leary, Wilfrid Laurier University

Research

Aging Health Equity Intesectionality Mental Health Poverty Substance Use

Latest papers

A structuration theory guided analysis of the hospitalization experience for people living with HIV who use drugs: My rules and their rules
International Journal of Drug Policy · 2022 · first author
Philanthropic donor perspectives about providing harm reduction services for people living with HIV/AIDS in a hospital setting
Harm Reduction Journal · 2022

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Intersectionality of aging, poverty, mental health, and substance use: Identifying equity-informed research priorities relevant to people who are aging on the fringes
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
$16,634
Striving to include and retain gay, bisexual, and men who have sex with men with crystal meth use lived experience in social health programming and services
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$24,972

All 2 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

A structuration theory guided analysis of the hospitalization experience for people living with HIV who use drugs: My rules and their rules

O'Leary W, Brennan DJ, Ashcroft R, Carusone SC, Guta A, Strike C

International Journal of Drug Policy20224 citationsFirst author

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2022.103743

02

Philanthropic donor perspectives about providing harm reduction services for people living with HIV/AIDS in a hospital setting

Rudzinski K, Chan Carusone S, Ceranto A, Ibáñez-Carrasco F, McDonald L, Valentine D, Guta A, Hyshka E, O’Leary W, Cardow A

Harm Reduction Journal20221 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-022-00711-8

Intersectionality of aging, poverty, mental health, and substance use: Identifying equity-informed research priorities relevant to people who are aging on the fringes

Nominated PICIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: O'Leary, William (Bill); Knight, Marjorie-Ann

Keywords: Aging; Health Equity; Intesectionality; Mental Health; Poverty; Substance Use

$16,634

Striving to include and retain gay, bisexual, and men who have sex with men with crystal meth use lived experience in social health programming and services

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: O'Leary, William

Keywords: GBMSM; social health; equity; inclusion; retention

$24,972

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

School of Social Work
Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Medicine
Physical Therapy
Other

Co-authors at Wilfrid Laurier University, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.

Soo Ying Chan Carusone

Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Carol Strike

Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Adrian Guta

School of Social Work

2 shared papers, latest 2022

Soo Chan Carusone

Physical Therapy

1 shared papers, latest 2022

Elaine Hyshka

Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2022

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Aging Dear Professor O'Leary, 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 "A structuration theory guided analysis of the hospitalization experience for people living with HIV who use drugs: My rules and their rules" (2022), 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 "Intersectionality of aging, poverty, mental health, and substance use: Identifying equity-informed research priorities relevant to people who are aging on the fringes" (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]