Danya
Fast

  • Assistant Professor and Associate Member ,
  • Department of Medicine | Department of Anthropology, University of British Columbia
  • Canada
In programme
  • November 23 10:50 to 12:20
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About

Danya Fast is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and an Associate Member of UBC’s Department of Anthropology. She is also Research Scientist at the British Columbia Centre on Substance Use. Her current anthropological and community-based participatory research focuses on tracing the substance use and treatment trajectories of young people who use drugs in Greater Vancouver, as these individuals navigate multiple systems of care and supervision and the ongoing opioid overdose crisis.