Vitor Soares Tardelli

Dr. Tardelli is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and is based as an addictions psychiatrist at the St. Michael’s Hospital. His research involves the pharmacological and psychosocial treatment of substance use disorders, especially stimulants such as cocaine and methamphetamine. Dr. Tardelli also conducts research on the epidemiology of substance use and use disorders and keeps active collaborations with international agencies. 

Recent Publications

Ellis, M. S., Xu, K. Y., Tardelli, V. S., Fidalgo, T. M., Buttram, M. E., & Grucza, R. A. (2023). Gabapentin use among individuals initiating buprenorphine treatment for opioid use disorder. JAMA psychiatry, 80(12), 1269-1276.

Tardelli, V. S., Berro, L. F., Gerra, G., Tadonio, L., Bisaga, A., & Fidalgo, T. M. (2023). Prescription psychostimulants for cocaine use disorder: A review from molecular basis to clinical approach. Addiction biology, 28(4), e13271.

Tardelli, V., Xu, K. Y., Bisaga, A., Levin, F. R., Fidalgo, T. M., & Grucza, R. A. (2023). Prescription amphetamines in people with opioid use disorder and co-occurring psychostimulant use disorder initiating buprenorphine: an analysis of treatment retention and overdose risk. BMJ Ment Health, 26(1).

Tardelli, V. S., Bianco, M. C., Prakash, R., Segura, L. E., Castaldelli-Maia, J. M., Fidalgo, T. M., & Martins, S. S. (2022). Overdose deaths involving non-BZD hypnotic/sedatives in the USA: trends analyses. The Lancet Regional Health–Americas, 10.

Tardelli, V. S., Bisaga, A., Arcadepani, F. B., Gerra, G., Levin, F. R., & Fidalgo, T. M. (2020). Prescription psychostimulants for the treatment of stimulant use disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychopharmacology, 237(8), 2233-2255.

Honours and Awards

2025 Keynote Speaker, Stimulant use: A perspective from South America – Annual ISAM Global Congress 2025, Hamburg, Germany

2024 ISAM NIDA Grant-In-Aid-Of-Travel, Istanbul, Turkey

2024 CPDD NIDA Women & Sex/Gender Junior Investigator Travel Award, Montréal, Canada

2022 CPDD Travel Award for Early Career Investigators, Minneapolis, USA

2022 INPD/FAPESP Travel Award – American Psychiatric Association International Research Colloquium, New Orleans, USA

2020 American Psychopathological Association International Travel Award, New York, NY

2020 CPDD International Travel Award, Hollywood, USA (remote)

2017 The Ray E Trussel MD Fellowship, Columbia University, New York, USA