Academic Appointment Assistant Professor Research Focus Substance Use Degrees / Designations PhD Contact Info danya.fast@ubc.ca News and Awards Shaping the future of health care through research Jun 7, 2025 Collaboration is key when it comes to supports for youth opioid use Aug 30, 2022 Publications SSM - population health - Opioid agonist therapy trajectories among street entrenched youth in the context of a public health crisis.Giang V, Thulien M, McNeil R, Sedgemore K, Anderson H, Fast DPloS one - "Something that actually works": Cannabis use among young people in the context of street entrenchment.Paul B, Thulien M, Knight R, Milloy MJ, Howard B, Nelson S, Fast DSocial science & medicine (1982) - Coming 'down here': young people's reflections on becoming entrenched in a local drug scene.Fast D, Small W, Wood E, Kerr THuman organization - Did Somebody Say Community? Young People's Critiques of Conventional Community Narratives in the Context of a Local Drug Scene.Fast D, Shoveller J, Small W, Kerr THarm reduction journal - Perceptions of a drug prevention public service announcement campaign among street-involved youth in Vancouver, Canada: a qualitative study.Ti L, Fast D, Small W, Kerr T