Dr Brendan Patrick Jacka

My Expertise

Prevention, treatment and epidemiology of substance use and substance use disorder in North America
Novel psychoactive drugs and contaminated drug supply
Harm reduction
Access to healthcare for vulnerable or minoritized communities

Keywords

hepatitis c virus

substance use

drug overdose

clinical epidemiology

clinical trials

Fields of Research (FoR)

Public health, Health services and systems, Epidemiology

SEO tags

Infectious Diseases

Diagnostic Methods

Health Inequalities

Health and Support Services

Biography

Brendan Jacka completed his PhD at the Kirby Institute and was awarded Canadian Network on Hepatitis C (CanHepC) post-doctorate fellowship which he undertook at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre (CRCHUM) before moving to Brown University School of Public Health. Dr. Jacka is a Senior Research Associate in the Therapeutics and Vaccines Research Program (TVRP) of the Kirby Institute, with a focus on novel therapeutics and...view more