Bill O'Leary
Assistant Professor Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work Waterloo, Ontario boleary@wlu.ca
Media Relations
Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
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Media Relations
Aonghus Kealy
Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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Communications and Media Relations Officer
akealy@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4855
Lori Chalmers Morrison
Director: Integrated Communications
lchalmersmorrison@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4857
Vanessa Barrasa
Director: Communications & Issues Management
vbarrasa@wlu.ca
(548) 889-3812
Brantford Campus:
Beth Gurney
Director, Strategic Communications and Community Engagement
bgurney@wlu.ca
(548) 889-4199
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Bio/Research
I received my PhD at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto and my MSW at York University, Faculty of Social Work. My research and teaching interests are informed by my 15-plus years of social work practice as a prisoners’ rights advocate, a community mental health wor...
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Bio/Research
I received my PhD at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto and my MSW at York University, Faculty of Social Work. My research and teaching interests are informed by my 15-plus years of social work practice as a prisoners’ rights advocate, a community mental health worker, and as a hospital-based social worker. My research focus is inclusive of harm reduction/substance use; equitable healthcare practice/services; and identity construction.
My research interests/ongoing projects include:
2022 – 2024. Striving to include and retain gay, bisexual, and men who have sex with men with crystal meth use lived experience in social health programming and services; Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Principal Investigator.
2021 – 2024. Developing an innovative approach to treating methamphetamine use disorder among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men; Funder: Ontario HIV Treatment Network. Co-Investigator.
2020 – 2021. Engaging people living with HIV/AIDS who use drugs and other stakeholders in community-based knowledge generation to guide harm reduction service design and delivery; Funder: Ontario HIV Treatment Network. Co-Investigator.
2016 – 2021. Day Health Programs for complex care delivery: Using implementation science and participatory methods to evaluate success and ethical care delivery for people living with HIV; Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Co-Investigator.
2016 – 2018. At the intersection of clinical ethics and harm reduction: Clinician perspectives on reducing discharges against medical advice for substance using patients; Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Co-Investigator.
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My research interests/ongoing projects include:
2022 – 2024. Striving to include and retain gay, bisexual, and men who have sex with men with crystal meth use lived experience in social health programming and services; Funder: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Principal Investigator.
2021 – 2024. Developing an innovative approach to treating methamphetamine use disorder among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men; Funder: Ontario HIV Treatment Network. Co-Investigator.
2020 – 2021. Engaging people living with HIV/AIDS who use drugs and other stakeholders in community-based knowledge generation to guide harm reduction service design and delivery; Funder: Ontario HIV Treatment Network. Co-Investigator.
2016 – 2021. Day Health Programs for complex care delivery: Using implementation science and participatory methods to evaluate success and ethical care delivery for people living with HIV; Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Co-Investigator.
2016 – 2018. At the intersection of clinical ethics and harm reduction: Clinician perspectives on reducing discharges against medical advice for substance using patients; Funder: Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Co-Investigator.
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