Update on BC-CfE Clinical Laboratory Testing Programs

Presenter: Chanson Brumme, PhD
Location: Conference Room 6, Providence Building Level 1, St. Paul’s Hospital
Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Dr. Chanson Brumme is the Assistant Director of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Research Laboratory Program. In his role, Dr. Brumme is responsible for overseeing the BCCfE laboratory’s clinical programs. These programs, which are delivered to nearly all Canadian provinces, include genotypic resistance testing services for HIV antiretrovirals and Hepatitis C Virus Direct Acting Antivirals, HIV Tropism Testing, HLA pharmacogenetic screening and Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of HIV antiretroviral drug levels.

Dr. Brumme received his PhD in 2015 under the supervision of Dr. Richard Harrigan in the Experimental Medicine Program in the UBC Faculty of Medicine. Prior to completing his PhD, Dr. Brumme held a number of research roles in HIV drug resistance, host genetics and immunology, including Director of Bioninformatics at the Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, and as a research affiliate at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.

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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’.
For more details and example reports, please click on the button below