Karla Ghartey
Assistant Professor

Prof. Karla Ghartey

She/her/hers

Biography

Karla Ghartey a settler originally from and currently resides in Sudbury, Ontario which is located on the traditional lands of the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek and also the Wahnapitae First Nations, or its traditional name Wahnapitaeping. As a nurse with years over 15 years of experience working in Canada and abroad, her passion is community health. She has worked in many countries and realms of nursing, with her focus always being on the determinants of health and how they affect our most targeted persons. She is currently a student of the Doctor of Public Health (DrPH) program at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto with a focus on harm reduction. Always remember, HARM REDUCTION SAVES LIVES.

Positions

Full-time Faculty
Faculty of Education and Professional Studies

Education

DrPH(c), University of Toronto
Areas of specialization
Harm Reduction
Public Health
Community Health

Teaching Areas

Undergraduate Programs

  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN)

Research

Research Interests

  • Meaningful collaboration with people who use substances
  • Public health and health equity
  • Harm reduction

Current Research Projects / Labs

Unregulated Drug Use in Hospital Settings: A Risk Environment Pilot Study in Northern Ontario

Collaborations / Affiliations

  • Affiliate Scientist - Health Sciences North Research Institute (HSNRI), Sudbury, Ontario
  • Affiliate - Gilles Arcand Center for Health Equity, NOSM University, Sudbury, Ontario

Grants & Funding

2022-23 Northern Ontario Academic Medicine Association (NOAMA) Clinical Innovation Grant

Open to Media Inquiries

Publications

Morin, K. A., Bodson, A., Ghartey, K., Patrick, K. A., Knowlan, S., Marsh, D. C., Aubin, N., & Leary, T. (2024). The Patient Perspective of an Inpatient Addiction Medicine Unit Implemented in an Urban Northern Acute Care Hospital in Ontario, Canada. Substance use : research and treatment, 18, 29768357241280579. https://doi.org/10.1177/29768357241280579 Morin, K. A., Ghartey, K., Bodson, A., Sirois, A., & Leary, I. Evaluating an addiction medicine unit in Sudbury, Ontario Canada: a mixed-methods study protocol. BMC health services research, 23(1), 1366. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-023-10313-0 Killam, L. A., McAuliffe, J. C., Hutton, S. A., Lefebvre, M. A, Campbell, E. E., Robinson, R., & Ghartey, K. Cocreation of Virtual Online Poverty Simulations in Google Slides: An Interprofessional Collaboration Between Students and Their Professors. Computers, informatics, nursing : CIN, 40(1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.1097/CIN.0000000000000858

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