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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2004 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

Martin T. Schechter is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with 76 publications, including significant contributions to public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, general health professions, clinical psychology, and geriatrics and gerontology.

The scientist's main topics of study include opioid use disorder treatment, substance abuse treatment and outcomes, HIV, drug use, sexual risk, migration, health and trauma, pharmaceutical practices and patient outcomes, patient satisfaction in healthcare, and prenatal substance exposure effects.

Frequent publication venues for Martin T. Schechter include:

  • Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy
  • International Journal of Drug Policy
  • Research Square (Research Square)
  • PLoS ONE
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Martin T. Schechter has several frequent co-authors, namely:

  • Scott Macdonald
  • Scott Harrison
  • Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes
  • Patricia M. Spittal
  • Kate Jongbloed

Selected recent papers by Martin T. Schechter include:

  • Building healthcare provider relationships for patient-centered care: A qualitative study of the experiences of people receiving injectable opioid agonist treatment, 2020, Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy
  • The Cedar Project: Relationship between child apprehension and attempted suicide among young Indigenous mothers impacted by substance use in two Canadian cities, 2021, PLoS ONE
  • The impact of relaxing restrictions on take-home doses during the COVID-19 pandemic on program effectiveness and client experiences in opioid agonist treatment: a mixed methods systematic review, 2023, Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy
  • The Cedar Project - Mobile Phone Use and Acceptability of Mobile Health Among Young Indigenous People Who Have Used Drugs in British Columbia, Canada: Mixed Methods Exploratory Study, 2020, JMIR mhealth and uhealth
  • How injectable opioid agonist treatment (iOAT) care could be improved? service providers and stakeholders' perspectives, 2023, Drugs Education Prevention and Policy

In 2004, Martin T. Schechter was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada by the Academy of Science.

Best Publications

  • Circulating microRNAs in sera correlate with soluble biomarkers of immune activation but do not predict mortality in ART treated individuals with HIV-1 infection : a case control study

    Daniel D. Murray;Kazuo Suzuki;Matthew Law;Jonel Trebicka

  • Preliminary evaluation of a scheme for grading the gross morphology of the human intervertebral disc

    J. P. Thompson;R. H. Pearce;M. T. Schechter;M. E. Adams

  • Improved Survival Among HIV-Infected Individuals Following Initiation of Antiretroviral Therapy

    Robert S. Hogg;Katherine V. Heath;Benita Yip;Kevin J. P. Craib

  • Needle exchange is not enough: lessons from the Vancouver injecting drug use study.

    Steffanie A. Strathdee;David M. Patrick;Sue L. Currie;Peter G. A. Cornelisse

  • Treatment for adult HIV infection.

    Yeni Pg;Hammer Sm;Hirsch Ms;Saag Ms

  • Spinal Bone Loss and Ovulatory Disturbances

    Jerilynn C. Prior;Yvette M. Vigna;Martin T. Schechter;Arthur E. Burgess

  • Barriers to Use of Free Antiretroviral Therapy in Injection Drug Users

    Steffanie A. Strathdee;Anita Palepu;Peter G. A. Cornelisse;Benita Yip

  • The Psychological Consequences of Predictive Testing for Huntington’s Disease

    Sandi Wiggins;Patti Whyte;Marlene Huggins;Shelin Adam

  • Decline in deaths from AIDS due to new antiretrovirals.

    Robert S Hogg;Michael V O'Shaughnessy;Nada Gataric;Benita Yip

  • Intensive injection cocaine use as the primary risk factor in the Vancouver HIV-1 epidemic.

    Mark W Tyndall;Sue Currie;Patricia Spittal;Kathy Li

  • Diacetylmorphine versus methadone for the treatment of opioid addiction.

    Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes;Suzanne Brissette;David C. Marsh;Pierre Lauzon

  • Improved survival among HIV-infected patients after initiation of triple-drug antiretroviral regimens.

    R. S. Hogg;B. Yip;C. Kully;K. J. P. Craib

  • Hospital utilization and costs in a cohort of injection drug users

    Anita Palepu;Mark W. Tyndall;Hector Leon;Jennifer Muller

  • Opportunities for prevention: Hepatitis C prevalence and incidence in a cohort of young injection drug users

    Cari L. Miller;Caitlin Johnston;Patricia M. Spittal;Kathy Li

  • Impacts of intensified police activity on injection drug users: Evidence from an ethnographic investigation

    Will Small;Thomas Kerr;John Charette;Martin T. Schechter

  • Corticosteroids prevent early deterioration in patients with moderately severe Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

    Julio S.G. Montaner;Lindsay M. Lawson;Nirvair Levitt;Allan Belzberg

  • Incidence of hepatitis C virus infection among injection drug users during an outbreak of HIV infection

    David M. Patrick;Mark W. Tyndall;Peter G.A. Cornelisse;Kathy Li

  • Short-course antiretroviral therapy in primary HIV infection.

    S Fidler;K Porter;F Ewings

  • Risk factors for elevated HIV incidence rates among female injection drug users in Vancouver

    Patricia M. Spittal;Kevin J.P. Craib;Evan Wood;Nancy Laliberté

  • Unsafe injection practices in a cohort of injection drug users in Vancouver: Could safer injecting rooms help?

    Evan Wood;Mark W. Tyndall;Patricia M. Spittal;Kathy Li

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert S. Hogg
Robert S. Hogg Simon Fraser University
Julio S. G. Montaner
Julio S. G. Montaner University of British Columbia
Michael V. O'Shaughnessy
Michael V. O'Shaughnessy University of California, San Francisco
Patricia M. Spittal
Patricia M. Spittal University of British Columbia
Aslam H. Anis
Aslam H. Anis University of British Columbia
Evan Wood
Evan Wood University of British Columbia
Mark W. Tyndall
Mark W. Tyndall University of British Columbia
Steffanie A. Strathdee
Steffanie A. Strathdee University of California, San Diego
Thomas Kerr
Thomas Kerr University of British Columbia
Michael Krausz
Michael Krausz University of British Columbia

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