Angela Russolillo

Angela Russolillo is an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Applied Science. Her research addresses critical public health challenges at the intersection of substance use disorders, mental health, and social determinants of health, with a focus on vulnerable populations including homeless individuals and justice-involved persons in British Columbia.

Her educational background includes a Master of Science (MSc) and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD). Research interests span substance use epidemiology, mental health service delivery, addiction treatment adherence, and integrated care models for perinatal mental health. She employs population-level data analysis and longitudinal cohort studies to investigate health inequities and intervention effectiveness.

Analysis of her 2023-2025 publications reveals dominant themes in British Columbia's unregulated drug crisis response, including upstream policy solutions, clinician attitudes toward substance use, and workplace violence in care settings. Her work consistently examines methadone treatment outcomes, Housing First impacts, and structural determinants of health across justice-involved and homeless populations using robust epidemiological methods.