Julio Montaner, BC-CfE Director and Professor in the UBC Department of Medicine and Head of the UBC Division of AIDS, has been given the highest faculty honour from the University of British Columbia.

A novel approach to treating opioid addiction in British Columbia is attracting major international attention after being reviewed and featured in the prestigious Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).

New research raises significant concerns about the impact of criminalized PCEPA laws targeting third party advertising

The Province has provided $2 million to the Vancouver General Hospital (VGH) and UBC Hospital Foundation to motivate men to live healthier lives, Health Minister Terry Lake announced today while marking the start of Canadian Men’s Health Week.

Inquiries about a patient’s overdose history by a family doctor or first line health care professional could help identify those most at risk of dying from a fatal drug overdose. A new study from researchers at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) found individuals who experienced a non-fatal overdose are more likely to subsequently die from a fatal overdose than those who did not report a recent overdose.

A new study by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), presented at the Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) Conference, finds HIV-positive clients who used drugs and accessed support services provided by the Dr. Peter Centre (DPC) had better results from HIV treatment than study participants who were not accessing DPC services. The link between use of DPC services and suppressed viral load may be due, in large part, to programs offered by the DPC to clients living with HIV including a meal program, counselling, art therapy and nursing services.

The Province has provided $5 million to the St. Paul’s Hospital Foundation for a research study on how to reduce new infections of hepatitis C in the province, announced Health Minister Terry Lake today, along with BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BCCfE) director Dr. Julio Montaner.

Supreme Court of Canada to announce decision on Joseph Ryan Lloyd v. Her Majesty the Queen – April 15 Vancouver, BC [April 14, 2015] The Supreme Court of Canada will announce its judgment in the case of Joseph Ryan Lloyd v. Her Majesty the Queen on Friday, April 15. The court will decide if mandatory

Vancouver, BC [April 8, 2016] The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE), in collaboration with Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH), has created a first-of-its-kind system for identifying HIV transmission outbreaks in near real-time, published in The Lancet HIV. The innovative system has shown to be an effective and cost-saving means to address localized outbreaks of HIV transmission within the province of British Columbia.

Results support routine HCV testing for all people born between 1945 and 1964.

The recent spike in opioid-related overdoses and deaths, due to escalating prescription opioid use and the introduction of illicit fentanyl, has raised concerns regarding the impact of opioid use and illegal drug manufacturing in communities across Canada. While most of the emphasis had been focused on the harms of opioids, less emphasis has been placed on benzodiazepines – also known as tranquilizers.

Effective prevention tool not reaching those who could benefit from it, say researchers.