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

Dr. Thomas Kerr
Co-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)

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For more information, please contact education@cfenet.ubc.ca / local 66255


Dr. Thomas Kerr, is Co-Director of the Urban Health Research Initiative at the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), and a Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Kerr is a principal-/co-investigator of studies involving people who use drugs and individuals living with HIV/AIDS in Vancouver and elsewhere internationally, including in Thailand, the U.S., Russia and Australia. Dr. Kerr was a principal investigator of the scientific evaluation of Insite, North America’s first safer injecting facility.



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