Lecture

On Wednesday, October 5th the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS will present a Forefront Lecture by Dr. Will Small called “Injection drug use and drug-related harm in Vancouver: Findings from a program of qualitative research.” Will Small, Ph.D is a Qualitative Research Program Coordinator at the Urban Health Research Initiative, here at the British […]

“When work is more than a job: Predicting employment and its impacts among people who inject drugs” Lindsey Richardson, MPhil, is a 3rd year doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford and Nuffield College. Her research focuses on the employment patterns of people who inject drugs and the social and

Art Poon, PhD, is an Associate Research Scientist (bioinformatics) in the Laboratory Program at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. His work involves developing, testing, and implementing computational and statistical methods for HIV-1 genetic sequence analysis. His research interests include virus evolution, phylogenetics, population genetics, bioinformatics, machine learning, software development, and parallel computing. While

On Friday, March 4th, 2011, the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Forefront Lecture Series will present a joint lecture by Dr. Elizabeth Phillips and Dr. Simon Mallal. Dr. Phillips’s presentation is titled “Immunogenetics and immunopathology of drug hypersensitivity”; Dr. Mallal’s presentation is titled “Co-evolution of HLA and viruses”. Elizabeth Phillips, MD, is a Professor

As part of UBC’s Celebrate Research Week, the Child & Family Research Institute, Providence Health Care Research Institute, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute and UBC Faculty of Medicine are presenting a free public forum on the latest directions and discoveries in bone and mobility research with four of the Lower Mainland’s leading experts. Moderator: Dr. Heather

“Gay men and HIV: Findings from the Vancouver ManCount Survey” Mark Gilbert, MD, is a physician epidemiologist at the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC), where he leads the Surveillance team in the Division of STI/HIV Prevention and Control. He is currently a co-principal investigator on the ManCount study, a national survey that measures rates

“Understanding and improving health outcomes for ex-prisoners” Dr. Stuart Kinner has a background in forensic psychology and is currently Chief Investigator for two large studies of ex-prisoner health in Australia: a randomized controlled trial of a health-based intervention for more than 1,300 ex-prisoners in Queensland, and a study of the timing, causes and predictors of

“Homelessness, Health, and Social Inclusion” Julian Somers, MSc, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. His research focuses on the integration of services and information in order to reduce substance use problems and improve mental health in the population. He has collaborated extensively with branches of government

UBC is hosting a series of presentations exploring the current reality of HIV/AIDS around the world and how those living with or affected by the virus have joined together to promote awareness, understanding and social change. Presented by AIDS Vancouver/CIHR (Canadian Institute for Health Research) and UBC Continuing Studies. For more please visit the UBC