What’s a Quasi-Experiment? …and Why Should I Care?
Michael Law, Ph.D. | Centre for Health Services and Policy Research | The University of British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada
Harnessing HIV-specific T cells to eliminate latent viral reservoirs
Mark A. Brockman, PhD | Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Simon Fraser University | Associate Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
An Exploration of Women’s Interest In Long-Acting Injectable HIV Therapy: A Qualitative Study in Six US Cities
Morgan Philbin, PhD, MHS | Department of Sociomedical Sciences | Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Timothy Brown, the Berlin Patient: the science behind the world’s first HIV cure
Zabrina Brumme, PhD | Laboratory Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Localized economic modeling to ‘End the HIV epidemic in the US’: A case study across 6 cities
Bohdan Nosyk, PhD | Associate Professor, St. Paul’s Hospital Canfar Chair in HIV/AIDS Research | Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
HIV Genetic Networks and Drug Resistance Surveillance in Mexico
Santiago Avila Ríos, PhD | Researcher in Medical Sciences, | Centre for Research in Infectious Diseases (CIENI) of the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases (INER), | Mexico City, Mexico
The Perfect Predator: A Scientist’s Race to Save Her Husband from A Deadly Superbug
Steffanie A. Strathdee, PhD | Associate Dean of Global Health Sciences, Harold Simon Professor, Co-director, IPATH | Thomas L. Patterson, PhD | Professor of Psychiatry
Injection drug use and food insecurity among people living with HIV-hepatitis C virus co-infection: associations, mechanisms, and interventions
Taylor McLinden, PhD | BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Long-term outcomes for patients receiving antiretroviral therapy in Uganda
Dr. David M. Moore | Research Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Migration-Related Determinants of HIV and Sexual Health among Marginalized Women: Barriers, Challenges and Implications for Health Service Delivery
Shira Goldenberg, PhD | Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University | Research Scientist, Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity | Adjunct Professor, Medicine, University of California San Diego
Sex, Equity, and Resistance: A Journey of Women Loving and Living with HIV from the CHIWOS study
Angela Kaida, PhD | CHIWOS PI, | Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University | Valerie Nicholson | CHIWOS Peer Research Associate, | Indigenous Peer Navigator at Positive Living Society of BC, | Member, Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network
Mortality Outcomes Among People Living With and Without HIV in British Columbia: Insights from the COAST Study
Oghenowede Eyawo, PhD, MPH, MSc | CANOC Post-doctoral Fellow & Researcher, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
The Impact of Demography on The End of AIDS
Robert S Hogg, MA, PhD | Senior Research Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Natural Product-Derived Compounds and Traditional Medicines in HIV Suppression, Remission, and Cure Strategies
Ian Tietjen, PhD | Assistant Professor, | Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Expanding understandings of violence against women
Andrew Gibbs, PhD<br /> Gender and Health Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council
Teams at the frontlines of the opioid crisis are driving system change to improve care
Rolando Barrios - Assistant Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS; Senior Medical Director, Vancouver Community Health Services, VCH | Cole Stanley - Medical Lead, Continuous Quality Improvement, VCH; Family Physician, Raven Song Community Health Centre and the Immunodeficiency Clinic
Health Care Access and Costs Related to Drug Use from Linked Survey and Administrative Health Data in Ontario
Ahmed Bayoumi, MD, MSc, FRCPC | Professor of Medicine and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Research, Evaluation, and Knowledge Translation at the Dr. Peter Centre
Rosalind Baltzer Turje
Unraveling molecular barriers to HIV-1 immune evasion: implications for a vaccine and cure
Mark A. Brockman, PhD | Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Simon Fraser University | Associate Scientist, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
From HIV Treatment as Prevention (TasP) to Targeted Disease Elimination to Promote Health Care Sustainability
Dr. Julio Montaner, OC, OBC | UBC Killam Professor of Medicine; | Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS; | Head, HIV/AIDS Program at Providence Health Care
Assessing Experiences of Sexual Violence across the Lifespan and it’s Associations with HIV Risk Behavior among Transgender Women and Cisgender Persons Living with HIV in the US
Laramie R. Smith, PhD | Professor of Medicine and Global Public Health | Center on Gender Equity and Health (GEH) | University of California, San Diego
Using multiple data sources to study health outcomes in a vulnerable population
Stuart Kinner, Rohan Borschmann, Jesse Young & Craig Cumming
Rates, characteristics and circumstances of methamphetamine-related death in Australia: A national 7 year study
Shane Darke, PhD | National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia
Knowledge as Prevention The Effect of New Information on Stigma and HIV Testing
Laura Derksen | Rotman School of Management | University of Toronto
Findings from a RCT of a Brief, Clinic-Based Safer Sex Program Designed for Young Black MSM Living in the Southern United States
Richard A Crosby, PhD
Aging and HIV: Insights from the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS)
Amy C. Justice, MD, PhD | Professor of Medicine and Public Health Yale University
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention – another tool for HIV elimination in British Columbia
Mark Hull MHSc FRCPC | Clinical Associate Professor, Division of AIDS, University of British Columbia | Research Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Hepatitis C and HIV in Substance Users: Economics of Screening and Linkage to Care
Bruce R Schackman, PhD | Saul P. Steinberg Distinguished Professor of Healthcare Policy & Research | Weill Cornell Medicine
Making the uncountable count: A public health approach to a world without street children
Paula Braitstein, PhD | Associate Professor | CIHR Chair of Applied Public Health
Policy, Place, & Race: Public Housing Relocations & Relocaters’ Biobehavioral Vulnerability to HIV
Hannah LF Cooper, ScD | Associate Professor | Faculty, Behavioral Sciences/Health Ed | Jointly Appointed, Epidemiology | Emory University
Injectable Opioids Treatment: Evidence to support its expansion in BC
Dr. Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes, Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health, UBC | Dr. Scott MacDonald, MD, Physician Lead, Providence Crosstown Clinic
Modelling the tuberculosis and HIV co-epidemic in South Africa
Leonid Chindelevitch, PHD | Assistant Professor, School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University
HIV Quality of Care : Are we there yet?
Rolando Barrios, MD, FRCPC | Assistant Director | BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
HPV-Associated Disease in MSM: A Review of Evidence
Troy Grennan, MD MSc FRCPC DTM&H | Medical Head, Provincial HIV/STI Program BC Centre for Disease Control | Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UBC
Preventing Overdose Deaths due to Fentanyl in the Drug Supply
Dr. Mark Lysyshyn, Medical Health Officer Vancouver Coastal Health
Supervised Drug Consumption in Vancouver: History, Evolving Practices and Next Steps
Thomas Kerr | Director, Urban Health Research Initiative, | BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Professor, Department of Medicine, | University of British Columbia
HIV & Other STBBIs: Prevention and linkage to care among young men
Jeannie Shoveller, PhD | Professor, UBC School of Population & Public Health | Fellow, Canadian Academy of Health Sciences |
Near real-time monitoring of HIV transmisson hotspots in BC: Harnessing Big Data for public health
Art FY Poon, MSc, PhD | Associate Research Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Challenges to research and surveillance in the HIV treatment as prevention era – an Australian perspective
Martin Holt, BSc, MSc, PhD | Associate Professor, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, The University of New South Wales, Australia
The Pizza Effect: Implications for life expectancy estimation and patient care
Robert S Hogg, MA, PhD | Senior Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Professor, Simon Fraser University
Healthcare Utilization and Associated Outcomes Among People Who Use Drugs
Lianping Ti | Research Associate, Urban Health Research Initiative (UHRI) | BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
UNSW Hepatitis C Vaccine Preparedness Studies 2008-2014
Professor Lisa Maher AM, Program Head and NHMRC Senior Research Fellow The Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia
Can hepatitis C virus infection be eradicated among people who inject drugs?
Jason Grebely, PhD Associate Professor, Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program The Kirby Institute UNSW Australia
Treatment as Prevention: Building on the HIV Experience to Promote Health Care Sustainability
Julio Montaner, MD, DSc(hon), FRCPC, FCCP, FRSC, OBC, OC Director, BC Centre for Excellence on HIV/AIDS, Providence Health Care Professor of Medicine & Head, Division of AIDS, University of British Columbia Past-President, International AIDS Society
Drug Prohibition and Harm Reduction among People who Inject Drugs in Thailand
Kanna Hayashi, PhD Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia Research Scientist, Urban Health Research Initiative, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Adherence to HIV Treatment and Prevention
David Bangsberg, MD, MPH Director, Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health Professor, Harvard Medical School Professor, Harvard School of Public Health Visiting Professor, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
Migration, Mobility and HIV/STIs among Key Populations: Evidence From Canada, Mexico and Central America
Shira Goldenberg, PhD Gender and Sexual Health Initiative, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Treatment as prevention and HIV risk behaviour among men who have sex with men in Vancouver: The Momentum Men’s Health Study
David Moore Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia Research Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Physician Lead PHSA STOP HIV Program, BC Centre for Disease Control
Ending AIDS: How can we leverage solidarity, science and momentum to reach the next milestone in global health?
Michel Sidibè Executive Director, UNAIDS
Hepatitis C Cases and Treatment Options with Newer Therapies
Val Monessori, MD, FRCPC Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, UBC BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Global Advocacy for Equal Access to Hepatitis C Virus Treatment
Karyn Kaplan Director, International Hepatitis/HIV Policy and Advocacy Treatment Action Group (TAG)
The HIV Prevention Lab: Clinical Trial and Observational Study Methods
Trevor A Hart, PhD, C Psych OHTN Chair in Applied HIV Research Ryerson University and University of Toronto
Prevention as Punishment: Impact of Legislative and Policy Changes Designed to Prevent Human Trafficking and Sexual Exploitation on Female Sex Workers in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Professor Lisa Maher Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity University of New South Wales