Presenters:
Alia Ali
Founder and Principal Consultant
Empathy Catalyst Consulting
Elder Valerie Nicholson
Peer Indigenous Research Associate
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Surita Parashar, PhD
Research Scientist
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Patience Magagula
Executive Director
Afro-Canadian Positive Network of BC
Claudette Cardinal
Peer Indigenous Research Associate
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Dr Peter Phillips
Clinical Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of British Columbia
Dr. Julius Elefante
Medical Education Lead, Department of Psychiatry, St. Paul’s Hospital
Clinical Instructor, UBC Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Tanya Fairweather
Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Faculty of Medicine
VGH Tertiary Mental Health GP
Physician, Hope to Health Research and Innovation Centre
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Dr. Cole Stanley
Medical Lead for the Hope to Health Research and Innovation Centre
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Kate Salters, PhD
Research Scientist
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Julie Foreman, RN
Hope to Health Research and Innovation Centre BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Edward Rooke, MD, CCFP
Physician
Hope to Health Research and Innovation Centre
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Olivia Toews
Peer Specialist
RainCity Housing
Celine Ho Celine Ho, MScOT
Occupational Therapist
Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Stabilization Unit
Surrey Memorial Hospital
Philipp Santiago, MScOT
Interim Clinical Lead, Occupational Therapy
Mental Health & Substance Use Services
Fraser Health Authority
Dr. Tanya Fairweather, MD, CCFP, FCFP
Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC Faculty of Medicine
VGH Tertiary Mental Health GP
DTES Research and Innovation Centre, Hope to Health Clinic, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Elder Sheila Nyman
Indigenous Elder, Clinical Social Worker
Bear Rock Consulting, CHIWOS-PAW
Valerie Nicholson
Co-investigator, Indigenous Peer Research Associate
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Debbie Cardinal
Peer Indigenous Research Associate
CHIWOS-PAW
Becky Gormley
Research Coordinator
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Angela Kaida
Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair Tier II in Global Perspectives in HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health
Faculty of Health Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Presenter: Dr. Marianne Harris, MD, CCFP
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia;
Clinical Trials Physician, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.
Presenter: Brendan Munden, MSW, RSW
Clinical Supervisor for ACT 1
Vancouver Coastal Health
Assertive Community Treatment Team 1
Dr. Greg Bondy, MD, FRCPC
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology at the University of British Columbia (UBC) | Director of the IDC Metabolic
Clinic and Associate Director of the Healthy Heart Prevention Clinic, St. Paul’s Hospital
Dr. Simon Elterman, Behavioural Health Clinician, Hope to Health Research and Innovation Centre, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Presenters: Julie Foreman, RN BSN
Hope to Health Research and Innovation Centre, BC-CfE
Dr. Christy Sutherland, MD CCFP
Medical Director, PHS Community Services Society
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Facilitator: Dr. Junine Toy, Senior Manager, Drug Treatment Program, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Dr. Clare Alexander, MD, CCFP and Dr. Rupinder Brar, MD, CCFP, CSIAM