Congratulations to Dr. Monty Ghosh on receiving 2025 Excellence in Community-Campus Research Partnership Award!
1 May 2025
The Excellence in Community-Campus Research Partnership Award recognizes the achievements of a promising community-based research partnership and signifies the importance of community-based research as a growing field of practice. The award by Community-Based Research Canada honours the exemplary contributions of a community-campus research partnership that has demonstrated excellence in community-based research.
Dr. Monty Ghosh
Assistant Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine
This national accolade recognizes Dr. Monty Ghosh's exceptional work in the field of harm reduction and community-based research. His outstanding contributions, embodied by Canada's National Overdose Response Service, exemplify academic merit and effective peer-led research.
The National Overdose Response Service (NORS) is a virtual safe consumption site available for all Canadians, 24/7 * 365. The service is 100% confidential, anonymous and judgement-free. The impact to date include:
- 20,000+ Interactions completed through NORS.
- 171+ Overdoses detected and responded to through NORS.
- 58+ Mental Health Emergencies responded to through NORS.
- 6704+ Naloxone Trainings completed through NORS.
Read more about Dr. Ghosh's study, Predictors of overdose response hotline use for mental health and fatal overdose prevention, in the Canadian Journal of Public Health (Feb. 2025).
Carolyn Boyle Edmonton