BC-CfE researchers among MSFHR’s 2013 Research Trainee Award recipients

Three BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS researchers are among the 59 recipients of post-doctoral fellowship awards through the Michael Smith Foundation of Health Research (MSFHR)’s 2013 Research Trainee funding competition.

Danya Fast, Shira Goldberg, and Ryan McNeil were selected from a pool of 283 applicants. All three will be conducting research in the field of Population Health.

Danya Fast –
Exploring the gendered dimensions of place, risk, and violence among street-involved youth who do sex work in Vancouver, Canada: A longitudinal ethnographic investigation

Shira Goldberg –
The socio-cultural context of mobility, migration and HIV/STI risk: A mixed methods study among female sex workers in Vancouver, BC

Ryan McNeil –
Exploring the natural history of nonmedical prescription opioid use among street-involved youth and adult injection drug users: An ethno-epidemiological study

Click HERE to see the MSFHR’s 2013 Trainee Award announcement.