Tara Gomes
CanadaresearcherFemale7.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Tara Gomes is a researcher and one of the authors of a study on opioid-prescribing trends, highlighting a decline in opioid dispensing to new patients in Canada, while also expressing concern over some prescribers outright refusing to prescribe these medications.
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Principal investigator Tara Gomes says the research reaffirms previous findings that construction workers are disproportionately affected by the opioid epidemic.
New research delves into occupations of people disproportionately affected by opioid deathsThe Globe and Mail·Canada· 2026-07-22
Canada· 2026-07-22
Tara Gomes, one of the study’s authors, said this is a positive trend.
Canada needs to tackle escalating opioid use among young people, doctors sayThe Globe and Mail·Canada· 2025-10-27
Canada· 2025-10-27
