David Juurlink

Senior Core Scientist

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Chronic Disease & Pharmacotherapy Research Program

Phone
416-480-4055 Ext. 3039

Assistant
Tilley Creary, Research Administrative Assistant, 416-480-6100 Ext. 7834

Other Affiliations

Professor, Departments of Medicine, Pediatrics, and Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto

Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Intitute

Head, Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Attending Physician, Division of General Internal Medicine, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Medical Toxicologist, Ontario Poison Centre, Hospital for Sick Children

Recent ICES Grants

Studies on the safety of prescription opioids

Principal investigator: Juurlink DN
Co-investigator: Gomes T, Mamdani M, Paterson M, Zipursky JS

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Grant
2019-2021; $120,000

The Ontario Naloxone Program for Pharmacies (ONPP): a multiple method evaluation of naloxone distribution, access, program acceptability and risk avoidance

Principal investigators: Antoniou T, Gomes T, Wong A
Co-investigators: Juurlink D, Leece P, Lum-Wilson N, Mamdani M, Tadrous M

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Operating Grant: Evaluation of Interventions to Address the Opioid Crisis
2019-2020; $100,000

Population-based assessment of opioid use before and after total joint arthroplasty

Principal investigator: Ravi B
Co-investigators: Gomes T, Juurlink D, Kreder H, Redelmeier D.

Physicians' Service Incorporated Foundation, Operating Grant
2017-2018; $73,906

Recent Awards & Recognition

Eaton Scholar Award

2014: Dr. David Juurlink received the Eaton Scholar Award at the University of Toronto Department of Medicine's Annual Day.

6/9/2014

Toronto's 30 Best Doctors

2014: Dr. David Juurlink was named one of Toronto's 30 best doctors by Toronto Life magazine. Read the article here.

3/10/2014

Goldie Award

2013 — David Juurlink received the Goldie Award from the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto. The award is given annually to a member of the Department who is within ten years of appointment to the Department and who has made a contribution of notable merit to the advancement of sound knowledge in Internal Medicine through research or teaching. For more information on the award, see the Department of Medicine website.

7/3/2013

7/15/2019

Association of mirabegron with the risk of arrhythmia in adult patients 66 years or older—a population-based cohort study

Tadrous M, Matta R, Greaves S, Herschorn S, Mamdani MM, Juurlink DN, Gomes T. JAMA Intern Med. 2019; Jul 15 [Epub ahead of print]. DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2019.2011.

3/14/2019

Impact of delisting high‐strength opioid formulations from a public drug benefit formulary on opioid utilization in Ontario, Canada

Martins D, Khuu W, Tadrous M, Juurlink DN, Mamdani MM, Paterson JM, Gomes T. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2019; 28(5):726-33. Epub 2019 Mar 14. DOI: 10.1002/pds.4764.

2/8/2019

Evaluation of the fentanyl patch-for-patch program in Ontario, Canada

Tadrous M, Greaves S, Martins D, Nadeem K, Singh S, Mamdani MM, Juurlink DN, Gomes T. Int J Drug Policy. 2019; 66:82-6. Epub 2019 Feb 8.

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