Highlighted Partnerships
ICES
The ODPRN is comprised of a multidisciplinary team of dedicated ICES scientists, epidemiologists, and analysts. ICES houses a vast and secure array of large, linkable and anonymized health-related databases including administrative and demographic datasets, population-based surveys, disease registries and coronial records. The ODPRN leverages these databases to conduct rigorous analysis and research to generate evidence-based insights that inform and evaluate health policy, assess quality of health care services, and support decision-making.
Public Health Ontario
Public Health Ontario (PHO) provides expert scientific and technical advice and support to clients working in government, public health, health care and related sectors. PHO’s work also includes public health surveillance, epidemiology, research and professional development. The ODPRN has collaborated with PHO on numerous projects related to substance use and related harms (e.g. Substance Toxicity Report Series, Opioid-related toxicity deaths within Ontario shelters, Opioid toxicity and access to treatment among adolescents and young adults in Ontario, among many others).
Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario
Together the Office of the Chief Coroner/Ontario Forensic Pathology Service (OCC/OFPS) provide death investigation services in Ontario, serving the living through high quality investigations and inquests to ensure that no death will be overlooked, concealed or ignored. The findings are used to generate recommendations to help improve public safety and prevent further deaths. The OCC has worked closely with ODPRN for over a decade, beginning with the initial abstraction of details on opioid-related deaths across Ontario to be linked at ICES, and continued collaboration on rapid reports on emerging issues on this topic.