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Our Team

Our team is an innovative collaboration among older adults living with HIV (peer researchers), data scientists, epidemiologists, social scientists, and HIV clinicians.

How it all began...

This project started as part of an effort to put statistical data into the hands of the people it is extracted from – in this case, People Living with HIV. It was inspired by pioneering work that integrates Indigenous Engagement and Cultural Practices with administrative health data research in two related Canada-wide projects called Building Bridges and Building More Bridges.


Friends and colleagues (now team members) felt there was an opportunity to do important work on aging and HIV. For example, Wayne (peer researcher) voiced that, “We [People Living with HIV] feel left behind” by health research and services that “didn’t account for us. No one thought we would live this long.”


Cardiovascular health is a personal concern among peer researchers, and we know through our personal and professional networks that it is important to the HIV community. With a shared passion to work with and for People Living with HIV, we came together to help improve health and healthcare for those at risk of, or have living experience with, cardiovascular disease.


We are thankful to all members of our HIV and Eng/aging family. We are grateful to peer researchers who needed to step away to practice healthy self-care.

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During the Canada Post strike announced September 25, 2025, the following measures will be undertaken to minimize service disruption to BC-CfE clients and providers.

  • The BC-CfE Laboratory has transitioned to private courier for delivery of outgoing reports and documents. Results required urgently can be faxed upon request. (Lab Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8775; FAX 604-806-9463)
  • The BC-CfE Drug Treatment Program (DTP) will fax outgoing forms and documents to the provider’s office. (DTP Contact Information: Phone 604-806-8515; FAX 604-806-9044)
  • St. Paul’s Hospital Ambulatory Pharmacy has transitioned to private courier for delivery of medications. We recommend requesting medication at least 2 weeks in advance in case of delivery delays, particularly to rural/remote parts of BC. (Contact Information: Phone 1-800-547-3622; FAX 604-806-8675)

During the Canada Post strike, we recommend that documents be faxed or couriered to our sites, versus utilization of regular mail service

The BC-CfE Laboratory is streamlining reporting processes for certain tests in order to simplify distribution and record-keeping, and to ensure completeness of results. Beginning September 2, 2025, results for the ‘Resistance Analysis of HIV-1 Protease and Reverse Transcriptase’ (Protease-RT) and ‘HIV-1 Integrase Resistance Genotype’ tests will be combined into a single ‘HIV-1 Resistance Genotype Report’.
For more details and example reports, please click on the button below