Dr. Kiffer Card
Dr. Kiffer G. Card is the Scientific Director of the Institute for Social Connection and an Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. He received his training as a behavioural epidemiologist, social ecologist, and health services researcher from Brigham Young University (B.Sc.), Simon Fraser University (Ph.D.), and the University of Victoria (PDF).
Building on this training, Dr. Card’s research is focused on the ecological, political, and social determinants of health — with an emphasis on understanding how emotional distress and coping responses impact health, well-being, and equity. Dr. Card approaches his work by leveraging community-based mixed methods study designs — with an emphasis on theoretically-informed quantitative analyses. He primarily conducts his research among and with marginalized communities, including gay and bisexual men, youth and other people who use drugs, and other populations who experience stigma, discrimination, violence, and social exclusion as a result of their social position and identity.
Projects
Publications
- A Brief on Methodology: Using Proximity Analysis to Study the Impact of Substance Use Services On Local Neighborhoods
- Commentary – Problematic substance use or problematic substance use policies?
- Evidence Brief: Needle and Syringe Exchange Programs
- Evidence Brief: Supervised Consumption Sites are Necessary Public Health Services
- Factors associated with 60-day adherence to “safer supply” opioids prescribed under British Columbia's interim clinical guidance for health care providers to support people who use drugs during COVID-19 and the ongoing overdose emergency
- Factors contributing to frequent police contact among young people: a multivariate analysis including homelessness, community visibility, and drug use in British Columbia, Canada
- Respondent-Driven Sampling With Youth Who Use Drugs: A Mixed Methods Assessment
- Youth Experiences: How police interactions impact youth who use drugs
- “It's like super structural” – Overdose experiences of youth who use drugs and police in three non-metropolitan cities across British Columbia