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Dr. Kerr is a principal investigator of two US National Institutes of Health-funded prospective cohort studies involving people who inject drugs and street-involved youth, including the Vancouver Injection Drug Users Study (VIDUS). Dr. Kerr’s primary research interests are injection drug use, health policy, HIV/AIDS and health service evaluation. Dr. Kerr’s work has including leading the scientific evaluation of Insite, North America’s first safer injecting facility. His research in this area has contributed significantly to academic, public, and government discussion, both nationally and internationally, and was critical to the Supreme Court of Canada’s ruling that allowed Insite to continue to operate. Dr. Kerr has also been involved in research focused on injection drug use and HIV/AIDS in Thailand, Australia, the US, Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union.
Dr. Kerr has published over 650 scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has received local and national awards for his contribution to public health, including the National Knowledge Translation Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for his efforts to promote scientific discussion on the links between drug policy and HIV/AIDS. Dr. Kerr was the co-recipient of the inaugural Population and Public Health Research Milestones Initiative Award for his outstanding contribution to developing Canada’s research base for harm reduction and health equity approaches to HIV prevention and control, and also received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by the Governor General of Canada for his contributions to science specific to substance use.
Dr. Kerr has published over 650 scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals and has received local and national awards for his contribution to public health, including the National Knowledge Translation Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for his efforts to promote scientific discussion on the links between drug policy and HIV/AIDS. Dr. Kerr was the co-recipient of the inaugural Population and Public Health Research Milestones Initiative Award for his outstanding contribution to developing Canada’s research base for harm reduction and health equity approaches to HIV prevention and control, and also received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal by the Governor General of Canada for his contributions to science specific to substance use.
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Journal of Urban Healthno. 2 (2024): 1-24
The International journal on drug policypp.104330-104330, (2024)
Vaccineno. 4 (2024): 864-870
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE (2024)
International Journal of Drug Policy (2024): 104444-104444
Harm Reduction Journalno. 1 (2024): 1-13
Social science & medicine (1982) (2024): 116683-116683
Harm reduction journalno. 1 (2024): 121-121
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BIOETHICSno. 5 (2024): 30-33
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