Dr. Nancy Carnide
Dr. Nancy Carnide is a scientist at the Institute for Work & Health. She is also an assistant professor in the Division of Epidemiology at the University of Toronto's Dalla Lana School of Public Health.
She has a PhD in epidemiology from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. During her PhD, she was the recipient of a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship and a CIHR Strategic Training Fellowship in Work Disability Prevention. Carnide was previously a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute.
Carnide conducts research at the intersection between occupational health and safety and substance use. Her research projects have involved analysis of survey and administrative data, as well as systematic reviews. Her program of research includes examining the use and non-medical use of prescription and recreational drugs among workers, their risk factors and the workplace consequences of their use, with a focus on cannabis and opioids.
“The gaps in knowledge around the scope, determinants and effects of substance use among workers are vast. Given the current opioid crisis and the move towards cannabis legalization in multiple jurisdictions, including Canada, I cannot think of a more timely area for research in occupational health and safety.” – Dr. Nancy Carnide
Projects
- Ontario Life After Work Injury Study: Understanding the long-term recovery and labour market outcomes of injured workers in the shadow of COVID-19. Funded by Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. Ongoing.
- Opioid-related harms among Ontario workers: a surveillance tool. Funded by Public Health Agency of Canada. Ongoing. (PI on the project)
- Project ECHO Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM): Implementation and evaluation. Funded by Workplace Safety and Insurance Board. Ongoing.
- Toking 9 to 5: Workplace cannabis use and perceptions among Canadian workers. Funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Ongoing. (PI on the project)
- What are the long-term health and labour market outcomes of workers who experienced work-related COVID-19 transmission?. Funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Ongoing.
Publications
- Franche RL, Murray E, Ibrahim S, Smith PM, Carnide N, Cote P, Gibson J, Koehoorn M. Examining the impact of worker and workplace factors on prolonged work absences among Canadian nurses. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 2011;53(8):919-927. doi:10.1097/JOM.0b013e3182255dea.
- Furlan AD, Carnide N. Opioids for workers with an acute episode of low-back pain. Pain. 2010;151(1):42737. doi:10.1016/j.pain.2010.07.033.
- Carnide N, Kreiger N, Cotterchio M. Association between frequency and intensity of recreational physical activity and epithelial ovarian cancer risk by age period. European Journal of Cancer Prevention. 2009;18(4):322-330. doi:10.1097/CEJ.0b013e32832bf3fa.
- Franche RL, Carnide N, Hogg-Johnson S, Cote P, Breslin FC, Bultmann U, Severin C, Krause N. Course, diagnosis, and treatment of depressive symptomatology in workers following a workplace injury: a prospective cohort study. Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 2009;54(8):534-546.
- Bultmann U, Franche RL, Hogg-Johnson S, Cote P, Lee H, Severin C, Vidmar M, Carnide N. Health status, work limitations, and return-to-work trajectories in injured workers with musculoskeletal disorders. Quality of Life Research. 2007;16(7):1167-1178. doi:10.1007/s11136-007-9229-x.
Speaker Series presentations
- Clearing the haze: Understanding how Canadian workers use and perceive cannabis at work. IWH Speaker Series. November 20, 2018.
Interviews and articles
- IWH review outlines promising strategies to prevent prescribed opioid abuse. At Work: Institute for Work & Health; No. 94, Fall 2018.
- New systematic review outlines promising strategies to prevent prescribed opioid abuse, overdoses. OOHNA Journal. October 16, 2018. Available from: https://www.iwh.on.ca/sites/iwh/files/oohna_journal_fw_2018_opioid.pdf
- Canadian companies revisiting workplace policies with cannabis legalization just one week away. The Globe and Mail. October 9, 2018. Available from: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/cannabis/article-canadian-companies-revisiting-workplace-policies-with-cannabis/
- Grant round-up: Emerging issues and innovative prevention approaches seen in latest IWH projects. At Work: Institute for Work & Health; No. 94, Fall 2018.
- Opioids linked to longer disability leaves. Canadian HR Reporter. June 1, 2018. Available from: https://www.hrreporter.com/workplace-health-and-wellness/37069-opioids-linked-to-longer-disability-leaves/