The Ontario Drug Policy Research Network (ODPRN) has been conducting population- based research on opioids safety and utilization in Ontario since 2008. The key objective of the ODPRN’s studies is to provide evidence to inform discussions regarding the safe and appropriate use of opioids.
In this free webinar, presenters from the ODPRN will discuss the findings of their real-world research on:
Opioid safety and utilization patterns in Ontario and across Canada
Safety concerns surrounding escalating use and dose, including provincial rates of opioid-related mortality
Participants will have the opportunity to discuss the ODPRN's studies and the policy, clinical, and public health implications of their opioids research.
Presenters
Tara Gomes
Tara Gomes is an epidemiologist and Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael’s Hospital and Principal Investigator of the ODPRN. She is also a Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), and an assistant professor in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and the Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.
David Juurlink
David Juurlink is the Eaton Scholar and Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of Toronto, a Senior Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES), and Head of the Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Toronto. He is a staff internist at Sunnybrook Hospital and a consulting medical toxicologist at the Ontario Poison Centre at the Hospital for Sick Children. In addition to his clinical work, he maintains an active research program in drug safety, the consequences of drug interactions in clinical practice, and the epidemiology of self-harm and suicide.
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