Forecast Newsletter
With BC currently in its longest-ever state of emergency, the BC-CfE continues to perform its critical work of promoting testing, treating and learning from people living with HIV (PLHIV), while carrying out epidemiological and infectious disease research and the mandate of Treatment as Prevention. In a recent webinar, BC-CfE’s senior leadership outlined how the Centre’s […]
During these uncertain and unprecedented times, the senior leadership of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) presented a webinar to inform and reassure its clients, staff, and stakeholders, their critical work, with only a few minor modifications, will continue during the global COVID-19 pandemic. Presented on March 25th, the webinar titled, “COVID-19, the […]
We are in a new era of HIV research and care. We have never known more about the virology of HIV. We also have an array of highly effective antiretroviral therapies which suppress HIV to undetectable levels, while extending the life expectancy of individuals with HIV to close to that of the general population. These […]
Dr. Mark Brockman, a BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) Scientific Associate, recently presented at St. Paul’s Hospital as part of the BC-CfE’s Forefront Lecture series on the potential of using host T cells to eliminate the HIV viral reservoir. One of the principal challenges in achieving long-term ART-free HIV remission or a cure […]
On Sunday December 1, 2019, World AIDS Day, the Minister of Health Adrian Dix and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) announced the end of AIDS as an epidemic in British Columbia (BC). The announcement was made along with the opening of the BC-CfE’s new laboratory on Powell Street. The new BC-CfE Research […]
“It’s extraordinary story,” begins Dr. Zabrina Brumme, Laboratory Director at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and Professor of Health Sciences at SFU. Timothy Brown, known worldwide as the “Berlin patient” and the first person to be cured of HIV, was introduced by Dr. Brumme to a conference room in Vancouver. Attendees included […]
The spring HIV/ARV Update brought expert presentations about scientific findings on hepatitis B and HIV co-infection, breastfeeding policies, HIV cure strategies, and more. China’s chief epidemiologist addresses the country’s HIV epidemic Dr. Zunyou Wu—Chief Epidemiologist, China Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), and Director of Division of HIV Prevention, the National Centre for […]
On April 24th, Federal Health Minister Hon. Ginette Petitpas Taylor visited the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) to speak to Executive Director & Physician-in-Chief Dr. Julio Montaner about BC’s leadership in HIV, hepatitis C (HCV) and opioid use disorder (OUD). The BC-CfE has long played an essential role in the testing, diagnosis, treatment […]
The BC-CfE applauds the news that emerged from CROI (Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections) and captured global news headlines: an individual living with HIV has been in remission and off treatment for 18 months after receiving a bone-marrow transplant. The “London patient” is now the second individual to achieve HIV remission. To briefly explain, […]
Dr. Robert (“Bob”) Hogg was officially inducted into the Order of Canada on February 1st, an accomplishment he doesn’t just see as an award but as a national responsibility. “It’s very humbling, especially when you start to meet other people who have been inducted, to be a part of that group,” he said. Dr. Hogg’s […]
On January 17th, the BC-CfE announced the launch of a provincewide initiative, supported by a funding grant from Health Canada’s Substance Use and Addiction Program. The first-of-its-kind initiative based on the BC-CfE’s world-renowned Treatment as Prevention (TasP) strategy to curb HIV and AIDS—will roll out across all BC regional health authorities in early 2019. This […]
China is facing an HIV epidemic that is on the scale of its population of approximately 1.4 billion. The BC-CfE is providing valuable insights on successful tactics, programs and strategies implemented in British Columbia to curb HIV. Namely, the BC-CfE’s Treatment as Prevention (TasP) strategy has transformed the province from the one with the highest […]