CoI goals
The CAMH Opioid Internal Network (COIN) Community of Interest aims to:
- Encourage alignment and collaboration in CAMH’s opioid-related research and public health work across project areas, including clinical, research, education, advocacy, knowledge exchange, policy and quality improvement
- Improve mentorship for students investigating opioids
- Enhance knowledge exchange around opioids with the larger CAMH community, and
- Increase evidence-based advocacy for opioid policy and treatment reform.
Steering Committee
CoI co-leads
| Name | Title(s) and Organization(s) |
| Farihah Ali | Scientific Lead, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Node Manager, Ontario Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse (CRISM) Node Team |
| Nikki Bozinoff | Physician, Concurrent Outpatient Medical and Psychosocial Addiction Support Service, CAMH Clinician Scientist, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, CAMH Program Director, Enhanced Skills in Addiction Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto (U of T) Division Head, Mental Health and Addictions and Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, U of T |
EENet Knowledge Broker
| Name | Organization | |
| Rossana Coriandoli | CAMH | Rossana.Coriandoli@camh.ca |
Steering Committee Members
| Name | Title(s) and Organization(s) |
Leslie Buckley | Chief, Addictions Division, CAMH Assistant Professor, U of T |
JF Crépault | Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Policy and Partnerships, CAMH |
Andrew Johnson | Manager, Patient and Family Education, Education Services, CAMH |
| Bernard Le Foll | Clinician Scientist and Head, Translational Addiction Research Laboratory, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, CAMH Lead, Clinical Research Innovation Service, Addiction Division, CAMH Head, Alcohol Research and Treatment Clinic, CAMH Chair, Addiction Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, U of T Professor, departments of Family and Community Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Psychiatry, Institute of Medical Sciences and the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, U of T |
Peter Selby | Clinician Scientist and Senior Medical Consultant, Addictions Division, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, CAMH Clinician Scientist and Director of the Mental Health and Addictions Division in the Department of Family and Community Medicine, CAMH Interim Vice-Chair of Research, Department of Family and Community Medicine, CAMH Dr. Barnett & Beverley Giblon Professor in Family Medicine Research, U of T Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, U of T |
Beth Sproule | Independent Scientist, Pharmacy Services, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, CAMH Associate Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, U of T Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, U of T |
Samantha Wells | Senior Director and Senior Scientist, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, CAMH Associate Professor, Clinical Public Health Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, U of T Adjunct Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Psychology, Deakin University, Australia |
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