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WIP Seminar: Optimal timing and dosing strategies for administering the seasonal influenza vaccine to HIV-positive patients

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Greg Werker, MEng, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, CHÉOS Abstract: One of the most effective public health strategies for protection against influenza-like illness is vaccination. For healthy individuals, a single dose of the seasonal influenza vaccine around the start of flu season offers adequate immonogenicity. However, HIV-positive patients, when vaccinated, tend to maintain protection for a shorter

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Migration and mobility, the sex work risk environment, and HIV/STIs: Mixed-methods research with female sex workers and their male clients

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Speaker: Shira Goldenberg Shira Goldenberg is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the Gender and Sexual Health Initiative of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and the Division of AIDS in the Department of Medicine at UBC. She is a global health researcher who has been conducting qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods research on social

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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’.
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