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Dr. O’Leary received his Ph.D. at the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto and his MSW at York University, Faculty of Social Work. Dr. O’Leary’s research and teaching interests are informed by his 15-plus years of social work practice as a prisoners’ rights advocate, a community mental health worker, and as a hospital-based social worker. His research focus is inclusive of harm reduction/substance use; equitable healthcare practice/services; and identity construction.
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.