Sheena Taha, PhD
Associate Director, Quality and AccountabilitySheena Taha's Area of expertise
Roles and responsibilities
Sheena leads and develops the highly collaborative diverse team in CCSA’s Quality and Accountability stream. She provides scientific direction and expertise in enhancing services that support individuals’ well-being and increasing access and availability to quality substance use health care. Sheena is also responsible for establishing strong working relationships and actively collaborating with key internal and external partners, with a particular focus on people experiencing health and social inequities.
About Sheena
Sheena Taha finds the most intriguing part of her role at CCSA is developing partnerships to understand knowledge needs and then blending research findings with the partners’ experiential evidence.
Her interest in mental health and substance use led Sheena to join CCSA in June 2013. She hopes that her ongoing work will contribute to a better understanding of the social and structural determinants of health, and to the availability of a complete continuum of care to anyone who wishes to receive support.
Sheena has a Bachelor of Science (Honours) from Wilfred Laurier University. She holds a Master of Science and a PhD — in both health psychology and neuroscience — from Carleton University.
Sheena's CCSA Publications
Experiences of Harm Reduction Service Providers During Dual Public Health Emergencies in Canada
Exploring Expanded Response Options to Opioid Harms: Case Studies from Four Canadian Clinics
Sheena's External Publications
Lessons learned from the opioid crisis across the pillars of the Canadian drugs and substances strategy
Publication: Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy
The Mental Health and Substance Use Health Standardization Roadmap
Publication: The Standards Council of Canada
Evaluation of the outcomes of equity-deserving individuals receiving services and support from integrated substance use health and mental health services: a pilot study protocol
Publication: National Library of Medicine
