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Colleen Anne Dell

Expertise

  • Animal Assisted Interventions 

  • Knowledge Translation

  • Knowledge Mobilization

  • Mental Health & Addictions

Email

colleen.dell@usask.ca

Research Projects:

  • A Pawsitive Addition to the Emergency Room Patient Experience

  • The Impact of Service Dogs in the Lives of Veterans Who Problematically Use Opioids (link)

Select Publications

  • A Case Study of the Patient Experience of Emergency Department Wait Times

  • A veteran’s best friend (link)

  • Senate of Canada: Open Caucus on The Opioid Crisis in Canada (link)

  • Impact of service dogs for veterans with PTSD and substance abuse (link), and (highlight video)

  • Studying Service Dogs (link)

Expertise

  • Animal Assisted Interventions 

  • Knowledge Translation

  • Mental Health and Addictions

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Heather Hadjistavropoulos

Email

hadjistt@uregina.ca

Research Projects

  • Optimizing Transdiagnostic Internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Depression and Anxiety in Clinical Practice (e.g., personalizing amount of therapist support, homework records, duration of treatment, motivational interviewing, booster session).

  • Understanding and Improving Therapist Support during Internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

  • Increasing Uptake and Integration of Internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy in Routine Care.

  • Tailoring and Evaluating Internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Specialized Populations (e.g., public safety personnel, university students, alcohol misuse, insomnia, spinal cord injury, chronic health conditions).

  • Matching Patient Needs to Level and Duration of Therapist Support during Internet-delivered Cognitive Behaviour Therapy.

Select Publications

  • Audit and feedback of therapist-assisted Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy with routine care: A quality improvement case study. Internet Interventions, 20. (link)

  • Development of the Internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy undesirable therapist behaviours scale (ICBT-UTBS). Internet Interventions, 18, 1-9. (link)

  • Preference trial of Internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy comparing standard weekly versus optional weekly therapist support. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 63, 51-60. (link)

  • Development and evaluation of a scale assessing therapist fidelity to guidelines for delivering therapist-assisted Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, 6, 447-461. (link)

  • Randomized controlled trial of Internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy comparing standard weekly versus optional weekly therapist support. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 52, 15-24. (link)

  • The University of Regina, Online Therapy Unit - video (link)

Research Expertise

  • Mental Health and Addictions

  • Digital mental health

  • Cognitive behaviour therapy

  • Chronic illness

  • Pain

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Geoffrey Maina

Email

geoffrey.maina@usask.ca

Research Projects

  • Exploring the needs for and developing resources for families affected by addiction in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

  • Engaging and empowering youth at risk of alcohol and drug use in Prince Albert: An art-based intervention

Select Publications

  • Exploring health-care providers’ experiences in the care of clients on opioid agonist treatment in two western Canadian clinics (link)

  • Nurses Taking the Lead: A Community Engagement and Knowledge Exchange Forum on Substance Abuse and Addiction in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan (link)

  • Sociodemographic Profiles and Clinical Outcomes for Clients on Methadone Maintenance Treatment in a Western Canadian Clinic: Implications for Practice (link)

Expertise

  • Community Based Research

  • Qualitative Methods

  • HIV and AIDS

  • Mental Health and Addictions

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Michelle McCarron

Email

Michelle.McCarron@saskhealthauthority.ca

Research Projects

  • Trans Health Research and Navigation SK

  • The 3 Wishes Project: Individualized, Patient-Oriented, Compassionate Care for Palliative Care Patients and Their Families

Select Publications

  • A prospective assessment of PTSD symptoms using analogue trauma training with nursing students. (link)

  • Experiences of trauma, depression, anxiety, and stress in western-Canadian HEMS personnel. (link)

  • Effectiveness of the Dedicated Substance Abuse Treatment Unit in the Regina Correctional Centre: A seven-year retrospective analysis. (link)

  • An innovative service collaboration to reduce criminal recidivism for inmates with severe addictions. (link)

  • Assessment and Treatment for Persons with Coexisting Ability and Substance Use Issues: A Review and Analysis of the Literature. (link)

Expertise

  • Post-Traumatic Stress Injuries

  • Mental Health and Addictions

  • Qualitative Methods

  • Ethics

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Jaris Swidrovich

Email

jaris.swidrovich@usask.ca

Research Projects

  • Towards and Understanding of Indigenous Perspectives on Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Saskatchewan

Select Publications

  • Decolonizing and Indigenizing Canadian Pharmacy Education

  • Why are we limiting access to opioid agonist therapies? (link)

  • Tips for Community Pharmacists to Support the Mental Health and Wellness of Indigenous Youth in Canada

Expertise

  • Indigenous Health

  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

  • Mental Health and Addictions

  • HIV and AIDS

  • Pain

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