Supervised drug consumption in Vancouver: History, evolving practices and next steps

Lecture Event

Audience: General Public

Wednesday, January 20, 2016, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Large Lecture Theatre, Providence Building, St. Paul's Hospital

Dr. Thomas Kerr
Co-Director, Urban Health Research Initiative, 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)

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

Dr. Thomas Kerr, is Co-Director of the Urban Health Research Initiative at the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), and a Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Kerr is a principal-/co-investigator of studies involving people who use drugs and individuals living with HIV/AIDS in Vancouver and elsewhere internationally, including in Thailand, the U.S., Russia and Australia. Dr. Kerr was a principal investigator of the scientific evaluation of Insite, North America’s first safer injecting facility.

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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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