Earlier this year Providence Health Care announced Dr. Val Montessori as the new Head of its Division of Infectious Diseases in the Department of Medicine at St. Paul’s Hospital (SPH). We spoke with Dr. Montessori to find out what inspires and informs her work as she takes on this important new role.
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The fall HIV/ARV Update brought expert presentations about scientific findings on HIV decriminalization, phylogenetics, Indigenous health and more.
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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.
Researchers are investigating the impact of offering financial incentives to people who are at risk of acquiring or passing on HIV, the International AIDS Society conference in Rome heard last week. A large study in the United States is looking at whether a test-and-treat approach should be supported by offering incentives to newly diagnosed people
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Prestigious health science research prize recognizes B.C. researcher’s pivotal role in development and expansion of life-saving HIV treatment Vancouver, British Columbia (November 17, 2010) – Acclaimed British Columbia HIV/AIDS researcher Dr. Julio Montaner has been named the 2010 recipient of the prestigious Prix Galien Canada Research Award. Dr. Montaner, director of the British Columbia Centre
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TOLUCA, ESTADO DE MEXICO, MEXICO. OCTOBER 2010. The World Cultural Council will celebrate the twentyseventh Award Ceremony on Wednesday December 8th, at 11:00hrs, in the Universidad Autónoma del Estado de México, Toluca, State of México, México with the host of the Government of the State of Mexico. At this venue the”Albert Einstein” World Award of
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UNAIDS chief demands Harper put universal access on G8 agenda during UBC forum UNAIDS chief Michel Sidibé told a blue-ribbon panel of world health leaders brought together by the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) that Prime Minister Stephen Harper must put universal access to HIV therapies back on the Group of Eight (G8)
B.C. government funds $48-million Seek and Treat program The Government of B.C. and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) made history at St. Paul’s Hospital on the morning of February 4, 2010. In the hospital’s expansive New Lecture Theatre, B.C. Health Services Minister, Kevin Falcon, stepped up to the podium in front of
Will Harper’s G8 leadership advance the fight against HIV/AIDS? Today, on World AIDS Day, Canadians and indeed all citizens of the world have much to aspire to. We are now at a tipping point. We have extremely effective HIV treatment and the means to deliver it to millions of HIV-infected people worldwide. The treatment, called
NIDA invests $50 million to evaluate made-in-BC strategy for control of HIV/AIDS The US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) intends to fund research worth up to US$50 million over five years to evaluate the “seek-and-treat” strategy originally developed at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE). NIDA has issued a Request for Applications
