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
Fields of Research (FoR)
Public health, Health services and systems, EpidemiologySEO tags
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
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 models of care for treatment of infectious diseases in marginalised communities.
My Qualifications
BSc (Hons)
MSc
PhD
My Research Activities
- Clinical & public health epidemiology
- New models of care, including point of care diagnostics and patient navigator protocols
- Randomized clinical trials, observational studies, public health surveillance
- Trauma and distress among professional and layperson first responders
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Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5910-853X