Lecture

The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Forefront Lecture Series is pleased to present a lecture by Karyn Kaplan titled “Global Activism for Equitable Access to Hepatitis C Virus Treatment”. Karyn Kaplan is the Director of International Hepatitis/HIV Policy and Advocacy with the Treatment Action Group (TAG) in New York. In this role, she provides […]

On Monday January 20th, the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Forefront Lecture Series is pleased to present a lecture by Dr. Trevor Hart titled “The HIV Prevention Lab: Clinical Trial and Observational Study Methods”. Dr. Hart is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University and an Associate Professor at the

Dear colleagues, On behalf of the Urban Health Research Initiative, we would like to invite you to join us on Thursday, January 30th at the fourth edition of the “What’s New in Addiction Medicine?” lecture series.  This (free) event features a presentation by St. Paul’s Hospital/Goldcorp Addiction Medicine Fellow, Dr. John Koehn, between 12-12:55pm.  Dr.

Employing people living with HIV as peer research associates is gaining popularity today as Community Based Organizations and researchers attempt to integrate the greater involvement of people living with HIV more meaningfully into new research projects. By openly discussing and including the input of peer workers to develop industry standards of support provision we hope

What’s New in Addiction Medicine? is a lunch-time series, featuring local and international experts, clinicians, and researchers who will deliver the latest research and information on novel, evidence-based addiction medicine topics. This free series is geared towards the needs and interests of individuals operating in a healthcare or research setting, however, the public and other

The second “What’s New?” lecture featuring a presentation by Dr. Nitasha Puri, of the St. Paul’s Addiction Medicine Fellowship Program, entitled “What’s new in Benzodiazepines?”. Dr. Puri will speak for approximately 40 minutes, allowing for about 15 minutes of questions and discussion. This lecture will will include a light lunch. As we had an overwhelming

On Tuesday October 29th, the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Forefront Lecture Series is pleased to present a lecture by Dr. Lisa Maher titled “Prevention as punishment: Impact of legislative change and policy changes designed to prevent human trafficking and sexual exploitation on female sex workers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia”. Dr. Maher is a

Widespread availability of HAART has dramatically decreased AIDS-related diseases and death since 1996. Furthermore, HAART rapidly and effectively renders HIV undetectable in blood and genital secretions and this is associated with decreased risk of transmission. HAART is therefore the best and most cost-effective means to stop disease progression and death, as well as HIV transmission:

Sex workers experience the worst health outcomes globally, with escalating rates of violence, HIV infection and premature mortality worldwide. Unfortunately recent history has shown that all too often moral debates dominate the public health response in sex work, and science continues to take a backseat to punitive approaches aimed at eliminating sex work and “rescue”

On Wednesday, March 21st, the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Forefront Lecture Series will be presenting a lecture by Dr. Paula Braitstein titled “The Orphaned and Separated Children’s Assessments Related to their (OSCAR’s) Health and Well-Being Study: A community-based cohort in western Kenya.” Dr. Braitstein is an epidemiologist living and working in Eldoret, Kenya