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DTES Connections: Low-Barrier Care for Opioid Use Disorder

Presenter:    Dr. Daniel Paré Credit: This Group Learning program has been reviewed by the College of Family Physicians of Canada and British Columbia Chapter for up to 1 Mainpro+ credits. Dr. Daniel Paré is a Family Physician with VCH and provides inner-city primary care, Hepatitis C and addiction care through the Downtown Community Health Centre […]

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Making the Uncountable Count: A public health approach to achieving a world without street children

Dr. Paula Braitstein, PhDAssociate Professor and CIHR Chair Research Chair of Applied Public Health, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto Visiting Professor, Moi University, School of Medicine This is a free lecture and is open to the public. The lectures are geared towards researchers, clinicians, students and hospital staff. A light lunch

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Policy, place, and race: Public housing relocations and biobehavioral risk of HIV among people who use drugs

Dr. Hannah Cooper, ScDAssociate Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Rollins School of Public Health, Emroy University This is a free lecture and is open to the public. The lectures are geared towards researchers, clinicians, students and hospital staff. A light lunch will be served For more information, please contact

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Injectable Opioids Treatment: Evidence to support its expansion in BC

Dr. Scott MacDonald, MDPhysician Lead, Providence Crosstown Clinic Dr. Eugenia Oviedo-JoekesAssociate Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC   This talk is open to the publicA light lunch will be served Dr. Scott MacDonald is the physician lead at the Providence Crosstown Clinic in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia. He began his work with substance

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“What’s New in Addiction Nursing?” lecture series

Opioids and Cannabis: Double Trouble, or Potential Harm Reduction Approach? Pauline Voon, RN, BSNResearch Associate, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDSTrudeau & Vanier Scholar, UBC School of Population & Public Health What’s New in Addiction Nursing? is a lunch-time series featuring local and international experts, nurses, and researchers who will deliver the latest research and

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Modelling the tuberculosis and HIV co-epidemic in South Africa

Dr. Leonid Chindelevitch, PHDAssistant Professor, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University This talk is open to the publicA 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. Leonid Chindelevitch earned a Bachelor’s degree

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HPV-Associated Disease in MSM: A review of the evidence

Dr. Troy Grennan, MDPhysician Lead, HIV/STI Program, Clinical Prevention Services, BC Centre for Disease Control 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. Troy Grennan

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Preventing Overdose Deaths due to Fentanyl in the Drug Supply

Dr. Mark LysyshynMedical Health Officer, Vancouver Coastal Health Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia 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. Mark Lysyshyn,

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

Dr. Thomas KerrCo-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

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