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

Biography

Contact David Juurlink

@DavidJuurlink

Education

PhD, Clinical Epidemiology, University of Toronto
Fellowship, Medical Toxicology, University of Toronto
FRCPC, Clinical Pharmacology, University of Toronto
FRCPC, Internal Medicine, University of Toronto
MD, Dalhousie University
BPharm, Dalhousie University

Research Focus

Adverse drug effects
Drug interactions
Pharmacology
Outcomes research
Toxicology

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

Recent ICES Publications

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.

8/29/2018

Contributions of prescribed and non-prescribed opioids to opioid-related deaths: a population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada

Gomes T, Khuu W, Martins D, Tadrous M, Mamdani MM, Paterson JM, Juurlink DN. BMJ. 2018; 362:k3207. Epub 2018 Aug 29.

See more ICES Publications

News coverage

ABC RN1/26/2018Audio

Canada moves to ban over-the-counter codeine sales

The National Post5/31/2017Article

A tiny 100-word research article helped start the deadly opioid crisis, Canadian study shows

Globe and Mail5/24/2017Article