Jeffrey Brubacher

Dr. Jeffrey Brubacher promoted to professor with UBC Department of Emergency Medicine

Congratulations to Dr. Jeffrey Brubacher for being promoted to the rank of professor, with grant tenure, with the UBC Department of Emergency Medicine (DEM).

In the News! Calgary cannabis road impairment numbers drop since legalization: police

Calgary Herald mentioned a study of emergency room blood samples led by Dr. Jeffrey Brubacher, a professor with UBC Department of Emergency Medicine, that suggests cannabis-impaired driving in B.C. has more than doubled since legalization in 2018.

UBC Emergency Medicine Researcher Dr. Jeffrey Brubacher Attracts CIHR Fall 2021 Funding to Study Inequality in Road Trauma Outcomes

Congratulations to UBC Department of Emergency Medicine Associate Professor Dr. Jeffrey Brubacher. Dr. Brubacher was among the 417 successful applicants for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Project Grants Fall 2021 competition who were awarded a total of $325 million in research grants.

In the News! Cannabis found in twice as many injured drivers since legalization: B.C. study

Dr. Jeffrey Brubacher, Associate Professor with UBC Department of Emergency Medicine, discusses a new study publish in the New England Journal of Medicine that looked at the effect of cannabis legalization in Canada on the prevalence of injured drivers testing positive for THC. Ottawa Sun, Calgary Sun, Vancouver Sun, The Province, MobileSyrup, Times Colonist, CTV, AM 1150, NBC, HealthDay, […]

More Canadians may be driving high since cannabis legalization: UBC study

THC is being detected in twice as many injured drivers since cannabis was legalized in Canada, according to new UBC Department of Emergency Medicine research published in the New England Journal of Medicine. UBC Emergency Medicine Associate Professor, Dr. Jeffrey Brubacher, and colleagues analyzed blood samples from 4,339 moderately injured drivers who were treated at four BC trauma centres between 2013 and 2020. The largest increase in blood THC concentrations was among drivers over the age of 50.

UBC researchers identify the most dangerous prescriptions for B.C. drivers

A team of UBC researchers led by Dr. Jeff Brubacher, an Associate Professor in UBC’s Department of Emergency Medicine, investigated the risk of collision responsibility associated with common classes of prescription medications.

Jeff Brubacher receives CIHR Grant for Partnerships for cannabis policy evaluation

Congratulations to Jeff Brubacher and his team for receiving 3-year funding from CIHR for a “Partnerships for cannabis policy evaluation” grant that they submitted last fall. The grant is just under $510,000 total.

Jeff Brubacher Receives $1.36M in research funding from Health Canada

Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Brubacher and his research team for being awarded $1.36M over 36 months for their national study “Monitoring and Preventing Impaired Driving in Canada”. The study will measure drug levels in injured drivers from ten trauma centres across Canada, in addition to four centres in BC. The goal of this project is […]

Dr. Jeff Brubacher & Team Receive Major CIHR Award!

Congratulations to Dr. Jeff Brubacher and his research team on their recent CIHR award of $876,000 over five years for a study titled “Predictors of poor health and functional recovery following road trauma: An emergency department inception cohort study”. This success in a field of 50 submissions from across Canada is a monumental accomplishment by […]