BC’s provincial state of emergency, in place since March of 2020 due to COVID-19, was lifted on July 1st. While the pandemic endures around the world, BC’s vaccine rates are high and continue to climb and case counts are steadily dropping.
BC-CfE COVID-19 update – July 2021 Read More »
This June 21st is the 25thanniversary of NationalIndigenousPeoplesDay. This year the occasion, which celebrates the cultures of First Nations, Inuit andMétisPeoples and their contributions toCanada,closely follows the horrific discoveries of unmarked graves of Indigenous children at the sites of former residential schools.
The BC-CfE Commemorates National Indigenous Peoples Day Read More »
BC-CfE researchers presented their latest findings and publications at this month’s annual Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) conference.
BC-CfE researchers well represented at 2021 CAHR Conference Read More »
On June 8th the United Nations General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS adopted a set of new and ambitious targets.
United Nations adopts ambitious 95-95-95-95 Target Read More »
National Nursing Week is upon us again and the BC-CfE is proud to celebrate this event honouring our registered nurses (RN), licensed practical nurses (LPN), and nurse practitioners (NP). Many of our frontline nursing staff work at the BC-CfE’s Hope to Health Research and Innovation Centre (H2H) in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES), where they serve a difficult-to-reach population with compassion and strength.
The BC-CfE Celebrates its nursing staff for National Nursing Week 2021 Read More »
CAHR is excited to announce that this meeting will be delivered on a new and exciting technological platform, to provide an interactive and user-friendly experience.
Virtual conference participants will enjoy all the activities that make the CAHR Conference an engaging learning experience including plenary sessions; special sessions on a wide variety of topics; oral abstracts and poster viewings; and opportunities to converse and network with colleagues and friends. The agenda and format are under development, and the CAHR website will be updated regularly as additional information becomes available.
BC-CfE Research Presented at the CAHR 2021 Virtual Conference Read More »
The webinar was presented by Alia Ali, the founder and Principal Consultant with Empathy Catalyst Consulting. The BC-CfE’s Valerie Nicholson, an Elder, Co-investigator, and Indigenous Peer Research Associate also presented, and Dr. Surita Parashar, a BC-CfE Research Scientist, organized and helped host the event.
BC-CfE webinar examines unconscious bias Read More »
Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) have been disproportionally affected by the HIV epidemic in British Columbia (BC). Since 2010, Treatment as Prevention¨ (TasP¨) has been adopted as a public health policy in BC to maximize health care engagement of people living with HIV and improve virologic suppression, and as a result, to reduce secondary new infections. However, TasP¨ has been relatively less responsive in reducing HIV transmission among MSM than in other populations in BC, which calls for further optimization and combination with other preventive strategies.
PrEP and TasP¨ modelling shows need for optimization Read More »
The BC-CfE’s Laboratory Director Dr. Zabrina Brumme alongside Dr. Mark Brockman of Simon Fraser University and Dr. Marc Romney of Providence Health Care and UBC co-led research which found that a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine produces a much weaker antibody response inlong-term care (LTC) residents than it does in younger healthy adults.
BC-CfE research explores antibody response to COVID-19 vaccine among LTC residents Read More »
The BC-CfE’s Dr. Kate Salters, a research scientist with the Centre’s Epidemiology and Population Health program, along with BC-CfE Senior Scientist Dr. Robert Hogg, recently published research investigating mortality among under-served people living with HIV in BC.
Opioid crisis is driving mortality among under-served people living with HIV in BC Read More »
