Gillian Kolla

Gillian Kolla

University of Victoria

H-index: 24

North America-Canada

About Gillian Kolla

Gillian Kolla, With an exceptional h-index of 24 and a recent h-index of 21 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of Victoria, specializes in the field of Harm Reduction, Drug use, Social determinants of health, Community based research.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

RE: Safer Opioid Supply Programs Have Unintended Consequences

Mapping a moral panic: News media narratives and medical expertise in public debates on safer supply, diversion, and youth drug use in Canada

“Everybody is impacted. Everybody's hurting”: Grief, loss and the emotional impacts of overdose on harm reduction workers

RE: Response to Drs. Bromley and Kahan

Substance use care innovations during COVID-19: barriers and facilitators to the provision of safer supply at a toronto COVID-19 isolation and recovery site

Characteristics of Opioid Toxicity Deaths Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Ontario Prior To and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Prescribed safer supply during dual public health emergencies: a qualitative study examining service providers perspectives on early implementation

Characteristics, treatment patterns and retention with extended-release subcutaneous buprenorphine for opioid use disorder: A population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada

Gillian Kolla Information

University

Position

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Citations(all)

1263

Citations(since 2020)

1056

Cited By

573

hIndex(all)

24

hIndex(since 2020)

21

i10Index(all)

29

i10Index(since 2020)

29

Email

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University of Victoria

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Gillian Kolla Skills & Research Interests

Harm Reduction

Drug use

Social determinants of health

Community based research

Top articles of Gillian Kolla

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

RE: Safer Opioid Supply Programs Have Unintended Consequences

Tara Gomes

Gillian Kolla

Andrea Sereda

Tony Antoniou

2024/2/11

Mapping a moral panic: News media narratives and medical expertise in public debates on safer supply, diversion, and youth drug use in Canada

International Journal of Drug Policy

Liam Michaud

Gillian Kolla

Katherine Rudzinski

Adrian Guta

2024/5/1

“Everybody is impacted. Everybody's hurting”: Grief, loss and the emotional impacts of overdose on harm reduction workers

International Journal of Drug Policy

Gillian Kolla

Triti Khorasheh

Zoë Dodd

Sarah Greig

Jason Altenberg

...

2024/5/1

RE: Response to Drs. Bromley and Kahan

Tara Gomes

Gillian Kolla

Andrea Sereda

Tony Antoniou

2024/2/2

Substance use care innovations during COVID-19: barriers and facilitators to the provision of safer supply at a toronto COVID-19 isolation and recovery site

Harm Reduction Journal

Gillian Kolla

Chowdhury Nishwara Tarannum

Kaitlin Fajber

Fiqir Worku

Kris Norris

...

2024/1/20

Characteristics of Opioid Toxicity Deaths Among Adolescents and Young Adults in Ontario Prior To and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Journal of Adolescent Health

Sadia Akbar

Anita Iacono

Joanna Yang

Tony Antoniou

David Juurlink

...

2024/4/9

Prescribed safer supply during dual public health emergencies: a qualitative study examining service providers perspectives on early implementation

Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy

J McCall

H Hobbs

C Ranger

F Cameron

H Stuart

...

2024/3/5

Characteristics, treatment patterns and retention with extended-release subcutaneous buprenorphine for opioid use disorder: A population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Anita Iacono

Tianru Wang

Mina Tadrous

Tonya Campbell

Gillian Kolla

...

2024/1/1

Prescribed safer opioid supply: A scoping review of the evidence

Shaleesa Ledlie

Ria Garg

Clare Cheng

Gillian Kolla

Tony Antoniou

...

2024/3/1

Trends in rates of opioid agonist treatment and opioid-related deaths for youths in Ontario, Canada, 2013-2021

JAMA Network Open

Tea Rosic

Gillian Kolla

Pamela Leece

Sophie Kitchen

Tara Gomes

2023/7/3

Just have this come from their prescription pad: the medicalization of safer supply from the perspectives of health planners in BC, Canada

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Celeste Macevicius

Daniel Gudiño Pérez

Alexa Norton

Gillian Kolla

Phoenix Beck-McGreevy

...

2023/11/27

Impact of safer supply programs on injection practices: client and provider experiences in Ontario, Canada

Harm Reduction Journal

Marilou Gagnon

Katherine Rudzinski

Adrian Guta

Rose A Schmidt

David T Kryszajtys

...

2023/6/28

‘I don't chase drugs as much anymore, and I'm not dead’: Client reported outcomes associated with safer opioid supply programs in Ontario, Canada

Drug and Alcohol Review

Rose A Schmidt

Nat Kaminski

David T Kryszajtys

Katherine Rudzinski

Melissa Perri

...

2023/11

Disease-related stigma among people who inject drugs in Toronto amidst the COVID-19 pandemic

Drug and Alcohol Dependence Reports

Jeanette M Bowles

Gillian Kolla

Laramie R Smith

Ayden Scheim

Zoe Dodd

...

2023/6/1

Challenges of implementing safer supply programs in Canada during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative analysis

International Journal of Drug Policy

Mohammad Karamouzian

Bijan Rafat

Gillian Kolla

Karen Urbanoski

Kate Atkinson

...

2023/10/1

Association of illicit fentanyl use with injection risk practices among people who inject drugs

AIDS and Behavior

Kathleen S Kenny

Gillian Kolla

Sarah Greig

Molly Bannerman

Debbie Phillips

...

2023/6

Trends in varying modes of drug use in opioid toxicity deaths in Ontario from 2017 to 2021

International Journal of Drug Policy

Martha MacDonald

Clare Cheng

Tianru Wang

Daniel McCormack

Gillian Kolla

...

2023/9/22

Supervised Consumption Services

Jeanette Bowles

Meaghan Thumath

Gillian Kolla

Zoe Dodd

Jaime Arredondo Sanchez Lira

...

2023/4/20

Assessing the impact of the slow-release oral morphine drug shortages in Ontario, Canada: A population-based time series analysis

International Journal of Drug Policy

Shaleesa Ledlie

Mina Tadrous

Daniel McCormack

Tonya Campbell

Pamela Leece

...

2023/8/1

Initiations of safer supply hydromorphone increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario: an interrupted time series analysis

Plos one

Samantha Young

Tara Gomes

Gillian Kolla

Daniel McCormack

Zoë Dodd

...

2023/12/19

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