We study novel hospital and community-based health interventions aimed at improving the health outcomes and healthcare experiences of people who use drugs. The Second Heart Program is a peer-supported multidisciplinary endocarditis team designed to meet the needs of people who use drugs with injection drug use-associated infective endocarditis. The Safer Supply project assesses the feasibility and acceptability of a medical safer supply program using prescription opioids for people with treatment-refractory opioid use disorder. Through our research, we engage interdisciplinary health care providers, researchers and community members in the design, data collection and governance of this work.
Program Lead
Program Team
Marcie McIlveen
Research Assistant
News & Updates
Evaluating the impact of an integrated care program for individuals with substance use disorder in pregnancy
Care of PWUD, Research Project Update
Evaluating the impact of the Second Heart program: enhancing care and outcomes for individuals with infective endocarditis and injection drug use
Care of PWUD, Research Project Update
New program launching to support individuals admitted to hospital for an injection-related infection
Care of PWUD, Research Project Update