Emily Jenkins

Assistant Professor

School of Nursing

Faculty of Applied Science

Dr. Emily Jenkins, a registered nurse, is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia. She brings extensive clinical and research expertise from acute and community mental health and substance use settings. Her clinical training and experience informs her program of research, which aims to enhance mental health outcomes and reduce substance use harms for Canadians through mental health promotion strategies; health services and policy redesign; and knowledge translation approaches. Dr. Jenkins’ current research is characterized by an "upstream" focus and includes studies exploring strategies to facilitate citizen engagement in mental health and substance use policy and intervention design (grounded in principles of health/mental health promotion; social justice and equity), and youth-engaged research to reduce harms of cannabis use (grounded in health promotion and harm reduction theory). She is recognized as a leader in the youth mental health and substance use field and was an invited expert witness, providing testimony to the Senate of Canada during the study of Bill C-45 (the Cannabis Act). She is regularly a featured expert in media interviews on mental health and substance use topics.

Research Interests:  participatory research approaches, qualitative and mixed methods research, knowledge translation, mental health, substance youth. 

First Nations land acknowledegement

We acknowledge that the UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people.

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Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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