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Rodney Knight

Professeur agrégé

École de santé publique - Département de médecine sociale et préventive

Secondary email: rodney.knight@umontreal.ca (Travail)

Profile

Research expertise

J’ai suivi une formation en sociologie et en épidémiologie. Ma formation théorique et méthodologique dans chacune de ces disciplines a influencé mon programme de recherche. Mon expérience dans ces domaines m’a conduit à poursuivre un postdoctorat interdisciplinaire afin de pouvoir conserver les synergies que je voyais comme essentielles à la progression de mon programme de sciences en promotion de la santé et à ma formation dans les domaines et les différentes méthodes que j’utilise au travail. Les principaux domaines dans lesquels je travaille sont la santé chez les jeunes, avec une concentration sur la santé sexuelle, la consommation de substances et la santé mentale.

Affiliations and responsabilities

Teaching and supervision Currently recruiting

Recruitment in research Currently recruiting

Je recrute actuellement des étudiants en master et en doctorat. J'offre une rémunération compétitive pour les deux niveaux.

Projects

Research projects

2024 - 2029

Clinic Mauve – Transforming integrated care and the health workforce for LGBTQIA+ migrant and racialized communities

Lead researcher : Edward Ou Jin Lee
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Subvention d'équipe
2024 - 2028

Prévention des surdoses : de l'action en réseau à la production d'innovations

Lead researcher : André-Anne Parent
Funding sources: CRSH/Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada
Grant programs: PVX99097-Subvention de développement de partenariat
2024 - 2027

Climate Resilience through Youth Engagement: A Participatory Approach

Lead researcher : Kate Zinszer
Co-researchers : Danielle Labbé , Rodney Knight , Sherilee Harper
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Subvention catalyseur
2023 - 2026

A FOCUS on youth mental health and substance use-related outcomes, inequities and trajectories during COVID-19 and beyond: A mixed-methods study in Canada and France

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-(PJT) Subvention Projet
2023 - 2026

Identifying the impact of cannabis use on mental health outcomes among sexual and gender minority youth: A mixed-methods study

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Co-researchers : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-(PJT) Subvention Projet
2024 - 2025

2SLGBTQ+ Health Hub: An Intersectional and Interdisciplinary Training and Mentorship Platform_Stipend for Sarah Mangle

Lead researcher : Daniel Grace
Co-researchers : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Subvention de formation
2023 - 2025

Un programme de recherche de méthodes mixtes et multisite axé sur les expériences des jeunes face aux inégalités liées à la consommation de substances, à la santé sexuelle et à la santé mentale

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: FRQS/Fonds de recherche du Québec - Santé (FRSQ)
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Bourse de chercheur-boursier : Junior 2
2018 - 2025

Addressing sexual- and drug-related HIV risk among young gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in British Columbia

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Subvention d'équipe
2021 - 2024

The impact of displacement on health among people living with HIV in Vancouver, Canada

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
2021 - 2024

Side by side: Identifying the strategies to address the health and social needs of youth who use stimulants

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight , Danya Fast
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-(PJT) Subvention Projet
2021 - 2024

Side by Side: Improving the care system to improve the health and well-being of youth who use crystal meth

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight , Danya Fast
2021 - 2024

Identifying the impact of cannabis use on mental health outcomes among sexual and gender minority youth in British Columbia and Québec

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight , Olivier Ferlatte
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-(PJT) Subvention Projet
2022 - 2023

Establishing an international research and policy collaborative to improve health outcomes for sexual minority men who use poppers (alkyl nitrites)

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Subventions pour réunion, planification et dissemination
2022 - 2023

Establishing a research collaboration to improve health outcomes associated with homelessness among 2SLGBTQ+ youth across British Columbia

Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Subventions pour réunion, planification et dissémination
2021 - 2023

Youth in a pandemic: A youth-led photovoice exploration of COVID-19 vaccine confidence

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Subvention de fonctionnement (COVID-19)
2021 - 2022

A mixed-methods comparative study identifying the social and health trajectories of young adults

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: ANR/Agence nationale de la recherche
Grant programs:
2021 - 2022

FOCUS on Adolescents: A mixed-methods study to optimize COVID-19 recovery and renewal efforts among adolescents in Canada and France

Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-Subvention de fonctionnement (COVID-19)
2016 - 2021

Identifying the experiences of people who inject drugs (PWID) with Direct-Acting Antiviral Hepatitis C treatment to inform policies and programs

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-(PJT) Subvention Projet
2016 - 2021

Socio-cultural contexts and young men’s sexual lives

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PVXXXXXX-(PJT) Subvention Projet
2017 - 2018

Establishing a Canada-France research collaboration to reduce drug- and sexual-related harms among HIV-positive and -negative MSM

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs:
2016 - 2017

Interventions to address HIV and other STBBI among young men

Lead researcher : Rodney Knight , Jean-Anne Shoveller
Funding sources: IRSC/Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada
Grant programs: PV138772-Subvention de fonctionnement: VIH/SIDA

Outreach

Publications and presentations

Publications

Publications récentes

  1. Lowik A, Prangnell A, Carson A, Wong J & Knight R. Factors influencing the acceptability of nominal, non-nominal, and anonymous HIV testing options among young men living in Vancouver, Canada: A qualitative study. Accepted on October 20, 2022 at Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care
  2. Thulien M, Charlesworth R, Haleigh A, Rainbow D, Katey K, Sedgemore K, Knight R & Fast D. (2022) Navigating Treatment in the shadow of the overdose crisis: Perspectives of youth experiencing street-involvement across British Columbia. Canadian Journal of Addiction: 13(2S), S62-S71.  
  3. Koenig B, Murphy A, Johnston S, Pearson J, Knight R, Gilbert M, Shannon K & Krüsi A. (2022) Digital exclusion and the structural barriers to safety strategies among men and non-binary sex workers who solicit clients online. Social Sciences: 11(7), 318. 
  4. Ferlatte O, Gareau P, Poirier A.J., Salway T, Morgan J, Gaudette M, Knight R & Lachowsky N. (2022). Workplace discrimination as a social determinant of health among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. Accepted on 9 July 2022 at Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health
  5. Coulaud P, Jesson J, Bolduc N, Ferlatte O, Jenkins E, Bertrand K, Salway T, Jauffret-Roustide M & Knight R. (2022). Young adults’ mental health and unmet service needs in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic across Canada and France. Published online 28 June 2022 at Community Mental Health Journal
  6. Salway T, Black S, Kennedy A, Watt S, Ferlatte O, Gaspar M, Knight R & Gilbert M. (2022). “Syndemic moral distress”: Sexual health provider practices in the context of co-occurring, socially produced sexual and mental health epidemics. BMC Health Services Research, 2022; 22:750.
  7. Ferlatte O, Handlovsky I, Ridge D, Chanady T, Knight R & Oliffe J. (2022). Understanding stigma and suicidality among gay men living with HIV: A photovoice project. Accepted on June 4 2022 at SSM-Qualitative Health Research
  8. Dahlby L, Boyd J, Knight R, Philbin M, Kerr T, Small W & McNeil R. (2022). Perspectives of street-involved young people who use drugs regarding the acceptability and feasibility of HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis: A qualitative study. Accepted on 31 May 2022 at AIDS Care
  9. Young J, Ablona A, Klassen BJ, Higgins R, Kim J, Lavoie S, Knight R & Lachowsky NJ. (2022). Implementing community-based dried blood spot (DBS) testing for HIV and Hepatitis C: A qualitative analysis of key facilitators and ongoing challenges. BMC Public Health. 22:1085. 
  10. Goodyear T, Ferlatte O, Fast D, Salway T, Jenkins E, Robinson S, & Knight R. (2022). Using photovoice to understand experiences of opioid use among sexual and gender minority youth in Vancouver, Canada. Culture, Health & Sexuality. 1-18.
  11. Handlovsky I, Ferlatte O, Kia H, Knight R, Broom A & Oliffe J. (2022). Processes underpinning survival in gay men living with HIV and a history of suicidality. Published online 25 May 2022 at Sociology of Health and Illness
  12. Nairn S, Audet M, Stewart S, Hawke L, Isaacs J, Henderson J, Haines-Saah R, Knight R, Fast D, Khan F, Lam A, Conrod P. (2022). Interventions to reduce opioid use in youth at-risk and in treatment for substance use disorders: A scoping review. Published online 9 May 2022 at Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 
  13. Nairn S, Hawke L, Isaacs J, Knight R, Henderson J, Stewart S, Haines-Saah R, Fast D, Lam A & Conrod P. (2022). Characterizing the landscape of service provider needs and gaps in services during the Canadian youth polysubstance use health crisis. Canadian Journal of Addiction. 13:2S, S29-S38. 
  14. Nairn S, Isaacs J, Stewart S, Hawke L, Thulien M, Fast D, Henderson J, Knight R, Conrod P, Lam A, Khan F & Haines-Saah R. (2022). Lessons Learned from ‘A Day for Youth Voices on the Opioid Overdose Crisis’ and Future Directions for Research on the Youth Polysubstance Use Emergency in Canada. Canadian Journal of Addiction13;2S:S8-S17 
  15. Canêdo J, Sedgemore K, Ebbert K, Anderson H, Dykeman R, Kinkaid K, The Youth Health Advisory Council, Knight R & Fast D. (2022). Harm reduction calls to action from young people who use drugs on the streets of Vancouver and Lisbon. Harm Reduction Journal. 19:43. 
  16. Coulaud PJ, Ablona A, Bolduc N, Fast D, Bertrand J, Ward J, Greyson D, Jauffret-Roustide M, Knight R. (2022). COVID-19 vaccine intention among young adults: Comparative results from a cross-sectional study in Canada and France. Vaccine. 40(6): 2442-2456. 
  17. Slemon A, Richardson C, Goodyear T, Salway T, Gadermann A, Oliffe J, Knight R, Dhari S & Jenkins EK. (2021). Widening mental health and substance use inequities among sexual and gender minority populations: Findings from a repeated cross-sectional monitoring survey during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. Published online 6 December 2021 at Psychiatry Research
  18. Goodyear T, Slemon A, Richardson C, Gadermann A, Salway T, Dhari S, Knight R & Jenkins E. (2021). Increases in alcohol and cannabis use associated with deteriorating mental health among LGBTQ2+ adults in the context of COVID-19: Findings from a repeated cross-sectional study in Canada, 2020-2021. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health18(12155), 1-14. 
  19. Schwartz C, Tooley L, Knight R & Steinberg M. (2022). Queering poppers literature: A critical interpretive synthesis of health sciences research on alkyl nitrite use and Canadian policy. International Journal of Drug Policy. 101(103546).  
  20. Van Draanen J, Morgan J, Satti S, Gaudette L, Knight R & Ti L. (2021). Using Passive Surveillance Technology for Overdose Prevention: Key Ethical and Implementation Issues. Drug and Alcohol Review. 41(2), 406-409. 
  21. Kinitz DJ, Goodyear T, Dromer E, Gesink D, Ferlatte O, Knight R & Salway, T. (2022). “Conversion therapy” experiences in their social contexts: A qualitative study of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression change efforts in Canada.  The Canadian Journal of Psychiatry. 67(6): 441-451. 
  22. Gagliano N, Black S, Mniszak C, Morgan J, Lachowsky N & Knight R. (2021). "Exchanging a “gnawing thought” for “taking a pill once a day”: Examining sexual minority men’s experiences with PrEP and mental health in a universal PrEP access context. AIDS Education and Prevention. 33(5), 411-423.
  23. Jacob J, Goodyear TCoulaud PJ, Hoong P, Ti L & Knight R. (2021). “I want to feel young again”: Experiences and perspectives of young people who inject drugs living with hepatitis C in Vancouver, Canada. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 112(5), 947-956. [
  24. Jauffret-Roustide M, Coulaud PJ, Jesson J, Filipe E, Bolduc N & Knight R. (2021). Les oubliés de la pandémie: Santé mentale et bien-être social des jeunes adultes. Esprit. Juin 2021: Une épidémie de fatigue. Available at https://esprit.presse.fr/tous-les-numeros/une-epidemie-de-fatigue/900 . English Version: Jaufret-Roustide M, Coulaud PJ, Jesson J, Filipe E, Bolduc N & Knight R. (2021). An epidemic of fatigue, COVID-19 and mental health. Online article of ESPRIT translated by Cadenza Academic Translations. Eurozinehttps://www.eurozine.com/an-epidemic-of-fatigue/
  25. Salway T, Juwono S, Klassen B, Ferlatte O, Ablona A, Pruden H, Morgan J, Kwag M, Card K, Knight R & Lachowsky NJ. (2021). Experiences with sexual orientation and gender identity conversion therapy practices among sexual minority men in Canada. PLoS One. 16(6). 
  26. Goodyear T, Brown H, Browne AJ, Hoong P, Ti L & Knight R. (2021). “Stigma is where the harm comes from”: Exploring expectations and lived experiences of hepatitis C virus post-treatment trajectories among people who inject drugs. International Journal of Drug Policy. 96 (October 2021). 
  27. Goodyear T, Kinitz DJ, Dromer E, Gesink D, Ferlatte O, Knight R & Salway T. (2021). “They want you to kill your inner queer but somehow leave the human alive”: Delineating the impacts of sexual orientation and gender identity and expression change efforts. The Journal of Sex Research. Epub ahead of print. 
  28. Goodyear T, Lowik A, Robinson S & Knight R. (2021). Re: “Disparities in prescription opioid misuse affecting sexual minority adults are attenuated by depression and suicidal ideation.” LGBT Health. 8(3), 240-241. 

Disciplines

  • Public Health
  • Sociology
  • Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Areas of expertise

  • Youths
  • Canada
  • France
  • Social Determinants of Health
  • Mental health
  • Intravenous drug use
  • Health Promotion
  • Population’s health