COVID-19 Publications

2025

• McLane P, Gray M, Barnabe C, Rittenbach K, Bill L, Holroyd BR, Lang E, Stang A, Hayward J, Henderson R, Cummings GG, Rosychuk R. (2025). Examining the impact of the first wave of COVID-19 on equitable access to emergency care across Alberta demographic groups: a retrospective observational study. BMJ Open. 15(10):e104487.
• Gehring ND, Weicker SA, Hyshka E, Lail P, Mrochuk M, Rittenbach K, Speed KA, Salvalaggio G, Harvey G, Twan S, Dong K. (2025). Staff perspectives on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of emergency department care for patients who use opioids. CJEM. 2025 Nov 11. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41217727.
• Speed KA, Bwala H, Gehring ND, Ahmed M, Dong K, Lail P, Twan S, Harvey G, McLane P, Salvalaggio G, Wild TC, Dmitrienko K, Hathaway J, Hyshka E. (2025). The relationship between COVID-19 and opioid-related emergency department visits in Alberta, Canada: an interrupted time series analysis. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 45(9):347-356.
• Gehring ND, Weicker SA, Hyshka E, Lail P, Mrochuk M, Rittenbach K, Speed KA, Salvalaggio G, Harvey G, Twan S, Dong K. Staff perspectives on the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the provision of emergency department care for patients who use opioids. CJEM. 2025 Nov 11. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41217727.

2023

• Karamouzian M, Rafat B, Kolla G, Urbanoski K, Atkinson K, Bardwell G, Bonn M, Touesnard N, Henderson N, Bowles J, Boyd J, Brunelle C, Eeuwes J, Fikowski J, Gomes T, Guta A, Hyshka E, Ivsins A, Kennedy MC, Laurence G, Martignetti L, Nafeh F, Salters K, Tu D, Strike C, Pauly B, Werb D. (2023). Challenges of implementing safer supply programs in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative analysis. Int J Drug Policy. 120:104157.

2022

• Minoyan N, Høj SB, Zolopa C, Vlad D, Bruneau J, Larney S. (2022). Self-reported impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among people who use drugs: a rapid assessment study in Montreal, Canada. Harm Reduct J. 19(1):38. 
• Weicker SA, Speed KA, Hyshka E, Mrochuk M, Kosteniuk B, Dong K.  (2022). Emergency department care for patients who use opioids during the COVID-19 pandemic. CJEM. 24(2):123-125. 

2021

• Ali F, Russell C, Nafeh F, Rehm J, LeBlanc S, Elton-Marshall T. (2021).  Changes in substance supply and use characteristics among people who use drugs (PWUD) during the COVID-19 global pandemic: A national qualitative assessment in Canada. Int J Drug Policy. 2021 Jul;93:103237.
• Galarneau LR, Hilburt J, O’Neill ZR, Buxton JA, Scheuermeyer FX, Dong K, Kaczorowski J, Orkin AM, Barbic SP, Bath M, Moe J, Miles I, Tobin D, Grier S, Garrod E, Kestler A. (2021).  Experiences of people with opioid use disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study. PLoS One. 16(7):e0255396.
• Rivera-Sepulveda A, Maul T, Dong K, Crate K, Helman T, Bria C, Martin L, Bogers K, Pearce JW, Glass TF. (2021).  Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Pediatric Emergency Department Flow. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. 2021 Dec 20:1-7.
• Gupta S, Xie E, Dong K. (2021). Treating homelessness as an emergency: learning from the COVID-19 response. CJEM. 23(1):8-9.
• Shaw CA, Hodgins DC, Williams RJ, Belanger YD, Christensen DR, El-Guebaly N, McGrath DS, Nicoll F, Smith GJ, Stevens RMG. (2021). Gambling in Canada During the COVID Lockdown: Prospective National Survey. J Gambl Stud. 20:1–26.
• Russel, C., Ali, F., Nafeh, F., Rehm, J.., LeBlanc, S., Elton-Marshall, T. (2021). Identifying the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on service access for people who use drugs (PWUD): A national qualitative study. Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment. 129; 108374.