Danya Fast
MA, Ph.D.
UBC Division of Social Medicine
UBC Rank: Associate Professor
Areas of
Focus
Dr. Fast’s research examines young people’s drug use, care, and institutional trajectories in the context of successive waves of public health emergency, including ongoing housing and overdose crises. She uses applied and community-based participatory methods to create research in partnership with young people and families to drive change.
- Adolescents and Young Adults
- Substance Use
- Treatment and Care
- Housing and Homelessness
- Qualitative, ethnographic, and community-based participatory methods
Affiliations & Awards
- British Columbia Children’s Hospital Research Institute
- Foundry
- Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
- Department of Anthropology & Pediatrics, UBC
- Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Award (2018-2024)
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