Dr. Jinhui Zhao
About Jinhui
Dr. Jinhui Zhao received his medical degree from Harbin Medical University, China, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Demography from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, a MSc degree in Epidemiology and Diploma in Addiction Studies from University of Toronto and his PhD in Community Health and Epidemiology from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. He is currently working as scientist and senior data analyst at the 番茄社区 Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research (CISUR). His research interests include epidemiology and statistics of substance use (including alcohol, nicotine, illicit drugs and gambling).
Projects
- Alcohol, energy drinks and other stimulants: An emergency room study assessing the effects of gender, context and substance use on injury risk
- An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of alcohol use and all-cause mortality
- BC Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) monitoring project
- Evaluating the Impact of Minimum Pricing in Saskatchewan on Crime and Health Outcomes
- How much do people under-report their drinking in surveys, and by how much?
- Managed alcohol and cannabis substitution: A feasibility study
- Northern Territories Alcohol Labels Study
- Systematic error and confounding: Meta-analyses of alcohol and disease
- The Canadian Managed Alcohol Program Studies (CMAPS)
- The economic costs of substance use in Canada (CSUCH)
- The impact of immediate roadside prohibitions for drinking drivers on alcohol-related collisions
- The impact of minimum pricing on low, medium and high income areas of British Columbia
Publications
- Alcohol consumption in British Columbia and Canada: A case for liquor taxes that reduce harm (PDF 334kb)
- How should we label our alcohol? (PDF 726kb)
- Legalization of Cannabis in Canada: Implementation strategies and public health
- Market share of alcohol products and price incentives (PDF 176kb)
- Model-based appraisal of alcohol minimum pricing in Ontario and British Columbia
- Model-based appraisal of alcohol minimum pricing in Ontario and British Columbia: A Canadian adaptation of the Sheffield Alcohol Policy, Model Version 2 (PDF 1mb)
- Per adult consumption of alcohol in British Columbia: 2002 to 2005. In: Mapping Substance Use in BC and Canada (PDF 265kb)
- Prevalence report 2008-12: Alcohol, cannabis, cigarettes & other drugs in BC & other provinces (PDF 262kb)
- Prevalence report 2008-12: Alcohol, cannabis, cigarettes & RX drugs in BC & other provinces (PDF 391kb)
- Prevalence report 2008-12: Cocaine, ecstasy, heroin & other drugs in BC & other provinces (PDF 341kb)
- Regional variations and trends in substance use and related harm in BC (PDF 349kb)
- The price of getting high, stoned and drunk in BC: A comparison of minimum prices for alcohol and other psychoactive substances (PDF 423kb)
- Towards alcohol harm reduction and housing stability: Preliminary findings of Thunder Bay managed alcohol programs (PDF 645kb)