Thomas Kerr
Ph.D.
UBC Division of Social Medicine
UBC Rank: Professor
Areas of
Focus
Dr. Kerr’s research on substance use and related harms aims to improve health outcomes for individuals who use drugs through evidence-based policy and practices.
- Substance use
- Injection drug use
- Harm reduction
- Drug policy
- Health service evaluation
Affiliations & Awards
- Head, UBC Division of Social Medicine
- Director, British Columbia Centre on Substance Use
- PHC, Department of Medicine, and UBC Martin M. Hoffman Award for Excellence in Research (2016)
- Governor General of Canada’s Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013)
- CIHR Inaugural Population and Public Health Research Milestones Initiative Award (2011)
- Drug Policy Alliance’s Alfred R. Lindesmith Award for Achievement in the Field of Scholarship (2011)
- CIHR National Knowledge Translation Award (2007)
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