Near real-time monitoring of HIV transmission hotspots in BC: Harnessing Big Data for Public Health

Lecture Event

Audience: General Public

Wednesday, November 4, 2015, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Large Lecture Theatre, Providence Building, St. Paul's Hospital

Dr. Art Poon
Associate Research Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS

This talk is open to the public
A light lunch will be served

The Forefront Lectures are accredited for 1.0 Mainpro-M1 credit (College of Family Physicians of Canada)

Art Poon, is an Associate Research Scientist (Bioinformatics) at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and an Assistant Professor (Medicine) at the University of British Columbia. His research focus is the development and application of new methods in bioinformatics, phylogenetics and machine learning to the study of virus evolution, with an emphasis on human RNA viruses like HIV and hepatitis C virus. Dr. Poon is the recipient of a Scholar Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and a New Investigator Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

For more information, please contact education@cfenet.ubc.ca / local 66255

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© Copyright BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
St. Paul's Hospital 608–1081 Burrard Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1Y6
Tel: 604-806-8477 | Fax: 604-806-9044
General inquiries: info@bccfe.ca
Media inquiries: communications@bccfe.ca
(Please do not use any of these email addresses to send personal information or book an appointment. To book appointments or contact the H2H clinic, please call 604-416-1517 or fax: 604-564-4893. Do not send your or your client's personal information via email.)

Our work serves clients and communities across British Columbia on lands and waters cared for and nurtured by the many distinct First Nations across the province. The BC-CfE humbly and gratefully acknowledge the stewards of these lands, particularly the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔ (Tsleil-Waututh) on whose unceded, traditional and ancestral territories our offices are located.

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