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Dr. Barb Fornssler is an Assistant Professor at the School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, serving as Director of the Substance Use Health and Wellbeing Certificate Program and the micro-credential course on Municipal Leadership in Addressing Substance Use Harms. She leads the Knowledge Translation and Exchange role at the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM) Prairie Node. Her research emphasizes harm reduction, evidence-based policy, and amplifying voices of people with lived experience of substance use. She collaborates with Indigenous knowledge keepers, policymakers, and community organizations to drive systemic change.
Her work spans
- Substance use policy analysis
- Community-engaged scholarship
- Indigenous research methodologies
- Decriminalization advocacy
- Data synthesis for health equity
Recent grants include a 2024 Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation grant to build municipal capacity for reducing substance use harms and a 2024 CIHR grant for a pan-Canadian harm reduction research network. She has presented at major conferences such as the Lisbon Addictions Conference and contributed to media discussions on drug policy in Saskatchewan.
Her publications focus on longitudinal cohort studies, decriminalization frameworks, and stakeholder collaboration, with a strong emphasis on translating research into actionable policies and community programs.
