Minh T. Do

Adjunct Research Professor

• MSc (University of Ottawa), Ph.D (University of Toronto), Post-doctoral Fellow (CREAL-ISGLOBAL, Barcelona, Spain)
• Email Minh T. Do
• 613-797-7587

Affiliations and Primary Appointment

• Adjunct Research Professor, Carleton University
• Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
• Canadian Forces Health Services Group, Department of National Defence, Government of Canada

Primary Field of Specialization

• Substantive:
  • Mental Health – Substance related harms, post-traumatic stress disorder, major depressive disorder
  • Trauma-focused psychotherapy
• Methodological:
  • Randomized Controlled Trials – Equivalence and non-inferior trial design, randomization, endpoint selection, sample size requirements, error structure, intent-to-treat, equipoise and stopping rules for trials, adverse events reporting, database development, statistical analysis, considerations around missing data.

Research Interest

Trauma-focused psychotherapies can be effective in reducing psychological injury through directly address the memories, thoughts, and feelings related to a traumatic event. To date, a number of trauma-focused psychotherapies have been developed to help patients process the experience instead of avoiding it. In recent years, a relatively new approach called Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART) has been introduced to treat a number of traumatic events including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Early clinical evidence has shown some promise for treatment of PTSD in some populations. Given that ART generally requires fewer treatment sessions and is less intrusive than most evidence-based treatments for PTSD, the Canadian military is interested in determining whether the promising results are generalizable to members of the Canadian Armed Forces.

Dr. Do is the principal investigator of a multicentre randomized controlled trial study designed to compare of clinical effectiveness of ‘Treatment as Usual’ (TAU) against ART among Canadian Armed Forces members residing across Canada. Endorsed by the Surgeon General’s Health Research Program of the Canadian Armed Forces, this study can inform decisions in improving patient care and manage increasing requests for mental health services.

Selected Publications

• Minh T. Do, Vicky C. Chang, Semra Tibebu, Wendy Thompson, Anne-Marie Ugnat. Sentinel surveillance of suspected opioid-related poisonings and injuries: trends and context derived from the electronic Canadian Hospitals Injury Reporting and Prevention Program, March 2011 to June 2017. Health Promotion & Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy & Practice. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2018 Sep;38(9):317–327. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.38.9.03
• Minh T. Do, Greg Furlong, Matthew Leyenaar, Michael Nolan, Pierre Poirier, Brian Field, Wendy Thompson. What can paramedic data tell us about the opioid crisis in Canada? Health Promotion & Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy & Practice. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2018 Sep;38(9):339–342. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.38.9.06
• Qi Guan, Wayne Khuu, Diana Martins, Mina Tadrous, Maria Chiu, Minh T. Do, Tara Gomes. Evaluating the Impact of Delisting of High Strength Opioid on Patterns of Prescribing in Ontario. Health Promotion & Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy & Practice. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2018 Jun;38(6):256-262.
• Semra Tibebu, Vicky Chang, Charles-Antoine Drouin, Wendy Thompson, Minh T. Do. What can social media tell us about the opioid crisis in Canada? Health Promotion & Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada: Research, Policy & Practice. Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2018 Jun;38(6):263-267.