HIV Updates
BC Minister of Mental Health & Addictions Hon. Jennifer Whiteside addresses the Spring 2024 BC-CfE Update
Speaker:Hon. Jennifer Whiteside
Keynote Address
Presenter: Dr. Nora Volkow
Director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health
BC-CfE Hope to Health Overview
Presenter: Dr. Rolando Barrios
Senior Medical Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Director STOP HIV/AIDS® Program
Principal Investigator, Pharmacovigilance Initiative,
Interim Director, Epidemiology and Population Health & DTP
The Latest on COVID-19
Presenter: Dr. Peter Phillips
Medical Director, Urban Health Acute Care Unit
TasP® Update
Presenter: Dr. Julio Montaner
Executive Director and Physician-in-Chief, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Head, HIV/AIDS Program, St. Paul’s Hospital, Providence Health Care
UBC and St. Paul's Foundation Chair in AIDS Research and UBC-Killam Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Medical Cannabis and HIV/AIDS
Pippa Hawley, FRCPC (Pall Med) | Medical Director PSMPC Program, BC Cancer | Clinical Professor, UBC Deptartment of Medicine | Head, UBC Division of Palliative Care
Hepatitis B Virus: Assessment, Monitoring, and Management
Alnoor Ramji | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Clinical Associate Professor | Division of Gastroenterology | University Of British Columbia
Approach to HIV/Hepatitis B co-infection
Mark Hull, MD, FRCPC | Clinical Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
Gene Editing with CRISPR-Cas9: a new tool in HIV research (and treatment)?
Zabrina Brumme, PhD | Laboratory Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Harnessing the immune response to eliminate latent HIV reservoirs
Mark A. Brockman, PhD | Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair, Simon Fraser University | Associate Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
HIV Resistance Testing and Antiretroviral Drug Level Monitoring at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Chanson Brumme, PhD | Assistant Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Research Laboratories
What’s New in the Prevention & Management of HIV-related Opportunistic Infections (OI’s)
Peter Phillips, MD, FRCP | Infectious Diseases, St. Paul’s Hospital
The Traveller with HIV
David Harris | Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital
Viral Infection and Kidney Transplantation
John S. Gill, MD, MS, | Fellow American Society of Transplantation | Professor of Medicine | UBC Division of Nephrology | St Paul's Hospital
An Approach To Feeding Infants Of Women Living With HIV In 2019: A Data-driven Conversation
Chelsea Elwood, MD | Clinical Assistant Professor, | Division of Gynaecologic Specialties, | BC Women’s Hospital | Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA)
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Update
Julio Montaner, OC, OBC, MD | Executive Director and Physician-in-Chief, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS; | Head, HIV/AIDS Program, Providence Health Care; | UBC-Killam Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Update and Emerging Issues: HCV TasP and HIV Tx & Px
Julio Montaner, OC, OBC, MD | UBC Killam Professor of Medicine,Division of AIDS; | Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS at Providence Health Care
Towards an HIV cure: challenges and strategies
Zabrina Brumme, PhD | Laboratory Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Antiretroviral Therapy in Women with Reproductive Potential
Deborah Money, MD, FRCSC | Professor, Depts. Obstetrics & Gynecology. Medicine & SPPH | Executive Vice-Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Neurocognitive Dysfunction in People Living with HIV: What Can We Do?
Marianne Harris, MD, CCFPC | BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Stimulant Psychosis and Other Mental Health Issues Among HIV+ Patients Who Use Crystal Meth
Julius Elefante, MD, FRCPC, ISAM (Cert.) | Clinical Instructor, UBC | Staff Psychiatrist, SPH
Liver disease in the setting of HIV: Hepatitis C and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD)
Mark Hull, MHSc, FRCPC | Clinical Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
HCV Therapy: Considerations in 2018 /2019
Alnoor Ramji | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, University Of British Columbia, St. Paul’s Hospital Site
Hepatitis C Testing and Monitoring
Mel Krajden MD, FRCPC | Medical Director, BCCDC Public Health Laboratory | Medical Head, Hepatitis , BC Centre for Disease Control | Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC
Antiretroviral side effects
Katherine Lepik BSc(Pharm), MSc | BC-CfE Pharmacovigilance Initiative
BC- CfE Training Program for Nurse Practitioners in HIV Prevention & Treatment
Silvia Guillemi, MD, MCFP | Director of Clinical Education, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Assistant Medical Director, IDC | Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, UBC | Cathy Puskas, PhD | Clinical Educator, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Jennifer Beaveridge, RN, MN, NP | Nurse Practitioner Lead, VCH
The HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Program in British Columbia
Junine Toy, BSc, ACPR, PharmD | Senior Manager, Drug Treatment Program, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
The Overdose Emergency in BC: Reflections Two Years In
Dr Bonnie Henry | Provincial Health Officer
Best-Practices in ORAL OPIOID AGONIST THERAPY Collaborative: Update
Dr Rolando Barrios MD, FRCPC | Assistant Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Tania Bubela, PhD | Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Dean, Simon Fraser University
Anal Cancer Screening in Individuals Living With HIV
Troy Grennan, MD MSc FRCPC DTM&H | Physician Lead, Provincial HIV/STI Program, BC Centre for Disease Control | Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia
Teams at the frontlines of the opioid crisis are driving system change to improve care
Dr. Cole Stanley | Medical Lead, BOOST Collaborative | Medical Lead, Continuous Quality Improvement, VCH Community | Family Physician, Raven Song Community Health Centre, VCH | Family Physician, John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic, St. Paul’s Hospital
Update on Vaccinations for Adults with HIV-infection
Peter Phillips, MD, FRCPC | Division of Infectious Diseases, St Paul’s Hospital
Implementation of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in British Columbia
Julio Montaner, OC, OBC, MD | UBC Killam Professor of Medicine, Division of AIDS; | Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS at Providence Health Care; | UNAIDS Special Advisor on HIV Therapeutics, 2014-2017 | Junine Toy, PharmD | Senior Manager, BC-CfE Drug Treatment Program
Can the Combination of TasP® and PrEP Eliminate HIV among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in British Columbia, Canada?
Viviane D. Lima, PhD, MSc | Research Scientist & Senior Statistician, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Division of AIDS, UBC
Pharmacovigilance update: Antiretroviral drug interactions
Dr Rolando Barrios MD, FRCPC | Assistant Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Ms Katherine Lepik BSc(Pharm), MSc | Research Coordinator, Pharmacovigilance Program
The Momentum Study: HIV and STI risk and PrEP awareness among gay, bisexual and other MSM in Vancouver
Dr. David M. Moore | Research Scientist,BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Concurrent Disorders: Models of care
Venu Karapareddy, FRCP(C), MBA(Exec) | Concurrent Disorder Lead, VCH Acute and Tertiary
Introduction
Fiona Dalton | President and Chief Executive Officer of Providence Health Care
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS UPDATE
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
New Guidelines for HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)
Marianne Harris, MD, CCFPC | BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Treating Pain with Chronic Opioid Therapy for Patients with HIV
Jeffrey H Samet, MD, MA, MPH | Chief, Section of General Internal Medicine, Boston Medical Center
HIV and Harm Reduction in Correctional Settings AND Prison Outreach Program: HIV and Harm Reduction in Prisons
M-J Milloy, PhD | Research scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Wayne Campbell | Prison Outreach Program (POP), Positive Living Society of British Columbia |
Management of CVS Risk in HIV positive patients
Dr Greg Bondy, MD, FRCPC | St Paul’s Hospital
Potential Impact of Generic Antiretrovirals in British Columbia: A work in progress
Viviane D. Lima, PhD, MSc | Research Scientist & Senior Statistician, | BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Associate Professor, | Faculty of Medicine, Division of AIDS, UBC
Cancer & HIV: A population health perspective
Kate Salters, PhD, MPH | BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) In Persons With HIV
Alnoor Ramji | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Clinical Associate Professor | Division of Gastroenterology | University Of British Columbia | St. Paul’s Hospital Site
Opioid Agonist Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder
Nadia Fairbairn, MD FRCPC | Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UBC | Research Scientist, BC Centre on Substance Use, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Physician Lead, St. Paul’s Hospital Addiction Medicine Consult Team
Mind the Gap: Key Gaps Along the HIV Continuum of Care in British Columbia
Réka Gustafson, MD, FRCPC for Rolando Barrios, MD, FRCPC | Assistant Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Management of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders in HIV
Greg Bondy, MD, FRCPC | St Paul’s Hospital
Syphilis Update
Peter Phillips, MD, FRCPC | Division of Infectious Diseases | St Paul’s Hospital
Current State of Global HIV Care Continua
Reuben Granich, MD, MPH | Strategy and Science Advisor, International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC)
Evaluation of kidney function in HIV positive patients
Dr R Werb | Clinical Professor of Medicine, UBC | Staff Nephrologist, SPH/PHC
Hepatitis C Virus Testing: Update and Recommendations
Lianping Ti, PhD | Research Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Pregnancy Planning in HIV Positive Women
Melanie Murray, MD, PhD, FRCPC | Assistant Professor, UBC | Oak Tree Clinic, BC Women’s Hospital
Update On HCV Therapy: 2017
Alnoor Ramji | Gastroenterology & Hepatology | Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, University Of British Columbia
HIV Associated Neurocognitive Disorders (HAND): An Update
G-Y. Robin Hsiung | Division of Neurology, UBC / St. Paul’s Hospital
Treatment as Prevention (TasP) A Strategy to End the AIDS Pandemic and Beyond
Julio Montaner, OC, OBC, MD | UBC Killam Professor of Medicine and Head, Division of AIDS | Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | UNAIDS Special Advisor on HIV Therapeutics
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention – What is its role in the Canadian Setting?
Mark Hull, MHSc, FRCPC | Clinical Associate Professor, Division of AIDS, UBC | Research Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Health, Heroin and Hydromorphone siOAT: Supervised Injectable Opioid Assisted Treatment
D Scott MacDonald, MD | Providence crosstown Clinic
When To Switch Antiretrovirals
Silvia A. Guillemi | Assistant Medical Director, John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic, St Paul’s Hospital | Director of Clinical Education, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Clinical Professor, Department of Family Practice, UBC
90-90-90 Update and Next Steps
Julio Montaner, OC, OBC, MD | Director, BC Centre for Excellence on HIV/AIDS, Providence Health Care | Professor of Medicine & Head, Division of AIDS, University of British Columbia | UNAIDS Special Advisor on HIV Therapeutics
Women and HIV: Structural Inequities & Gendered Gaps in Cascade of Care
Kate Shannon, PhD, MPH | Associate Professor, Medicine, UBC | Director, Gender and Sexual Health Initiative, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Canada Research Chair - Global Sexual Health & HIV/AIDS
Expanding HIV Testing The Vancouver Experience
Réka Gustafson, MD, FRCPC | Senior Medical Health Officer | Director of Communicable Disease Control | Vancouver Coastal Health
Women, HIV & Aging: Current & future challenges
Neora Pick, MD, FRCPC | Medical Director, Oak Tree Clinic | Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Medicine, UBC
New HIV Diagnosis: What is Next? Building the scaffolding for long-term retention in treatment and care
Miranda Compton, MSW, RSW | Regional Director, Prevention, Vancouver Coastal Health | Glen Bradford | Program Manager, Peer Navigators & Prison Outreach, Positive Living BC
Provincial Guidelines for the Clinical Management of Opioid Use Disorder
Keith Ahamad, MD | Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC | Family and Addiction Medicine, Providence Health Care / Vancouver Coastal Health | Research Scientist, BC Centre on Substance Use
Progress in Monitoring Therapy
Richard Harrigan | Director, Research Labs, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Update on Hepatitis C Diagnosis
Mel Krajden MD, FRCPC | Medical Director, BCCDC Public Health Laboratory | Medical Head, Hepatitis, BC Centre for Disease Control | Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, UBC
Frailty and HIV – a perfect storm
Amanda Hill, MD, FRCPC | Division of Geriatric Medicine | Department of Medicine, | University of British Columbia
Changing Epidemiology of Opioid Use and HIV Infection: Indiana 2015
Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH | National Center for HIV/AIDS, | Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Criminization of HIV – and what researchers can do about it
Peter McKnight | National Core for Neuroethics, UBC | School of Criminology, SFU | Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network
Treatment as Prevention Exporting HIV-TasP to HCV
Julio Montaner, OC, OBC, MD | Director, BC Centre for Excellence on HIV/AIDS, Providence Health Care | Professor of Medicine & Head, Division of AIDS, University of British Columbia | UNAIDS Special Advisor on HIV Therapeutics
High Impact Prevention: Science, Practice, and the Future of HIV
Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH | National Center for HIV/AIDS, | Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Psychiatric illness in hard to reach populations
Bill MacEwan, MD | Head, Department of Psychiatry, SPH
What is new in the management of Diabetes in HIV Patients
Greg Bondy, MD, FRCPC | St Paul’s Hospital
IFN-Free HCV Therapies – Update on Current Management for Co-infected Patients
Mark Hull MD, MHsc, FRCPC | Clinical Associate Professor, University of British Columbia | Research Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Update on Addiction Management
Seonaid Nolan MD, FRCPC, dip ABAM | Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC | General Internal & Addiction Medicine Physician, SPH | Research Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Gynecologic issues for women in HIV
Deborah M Money, MD, FRCSC | Professor, UBC | Vice-President, Research, BC Women's Hospital and Health Care
Update on HIV Testing
Mel Krajden, MD, FRCPC | Acting Medical Director, Public Health Laboratory | Medical Head, Hepatitis, BCCDC | Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC
Medicinal Cannabis in HIV and AIDS
Pippa Hawley, FRCPC | Division Head, Palliative Care, UBC
International AIDS Society 2015
Julio Montaner, OC, OBC, MD | Director, BC Centre for Excellence on HIV/AIDS, Providence Health Care | Professor of Medicine & Head, Division of AIDS, University of British Columbia | UNAIDS Special Advisor on HIV Therapeutics
Determinants of ART Outcome in BC
Viviane Dias Lima, PhD, MSc, | Research Scientist & Senior Statistician, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Assistant Professor, Division of AIDS, UBC
Progress in HIV cure research
Zabrina Brumme, PhD | Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Science, SFU | Scientific Associate, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Update on HIV Post-Exposure Prophylaxis and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Mark Hull, MHSc, FRCPC | Clinical Associate Professor, Division of AIDS, UBC
HIV Integrase Resistance
Richard Harrigan | Director, Research Labs, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Education Update
Silvia Guillemi, MD, MCFP Director of Clinical Education, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Assistant Medical Director, IDC | Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, UBC | Helen Kang, PhD | Clinical Educator, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Troy Grennan, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H, MSc (c) Medical Head, HIV/STI Program BC Centre for Disease Control
Vaccines in HIV-infected People
Peter Phillips, MD, FRCPC Division of Infectious Diseases, St Paul's Hospital
HIV Primary Care Guidelines Update (Part I and II)
Dr Rolando Barrios, Assistant Director, Co-Chair - Committee for Drug Evaluation and Therapies, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Dr Silvia A Guillemi Director of Clinical Education, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Assistant Director at the Immunodeficiency Clinic, St Paul's Hospital
New PharmaCare Coverage for Chronic Hepatitis C
Eric Lun, PharmD, ACPR, BSc Pharm Executive Director, Drug Intelligence and Optimization Branch Medical Benegiciary and Pharmaceutical Services Dvision, Ministry of Health
HIV and Bone Disease: Assessment and Management
Dr Greg Bondy, MD, FRCPC IDC Clinic/Healthy Heart Program St Paul's Hospital
Arrhythmia Effects of ARVs
Matthew Bennett, MD, FRCPC Clinical Assistant Professor Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
An Update from the Urban Health Research Initiative
Thomas Kerr, PhD Director, Urban Health Research Initiative, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
HIV/HCV Therapy: Drug Interactions with the new DAA regimens
Mark Hull, MD, MHSc, FRCPC Division of AIDS, University of British Columbia Junine Toy, PharmD Providence Health Care
The cost-effectiveness of HAART expansion in British Columbia: 1997-2010
Bohdan Nosyk, PhD Associate Professor, St Paul's Hospital Canfar Chair in HIV/AIDS Research Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University Research Scientist, Health Economics Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Approaches for Healing for Indigenous People Living with HIV in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
Elder Roberta Price David Tu Vancouver Native Health Society Medical Clinic
HCV Genomics and Therapy
Richard Harrigan Director, Research Laboratories BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Post CROI Update
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
Psychiatric Manifestations of HIV
Jennifer K Wide, MD, MSc, FRCPC Immunodeficiency Clinic, St Paul's Hosptial
State of the ART: An Update on Treatment as Prevention and the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS ARV Guidelines
Julio Montaner, MD, DSc(hon), FRCPC, FCCP, FRSC, OBC 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
New Testing Guidelines for British Columbia
Dr Perry Kendall Provincial Health Officer
HIV-TB in British Columbia
Victoria Cook, MD, FRCPC Provincial Health Services Authority
HIV/Hepatitis C Co-infection Treatment Update
Mark Hull, MHSc, FRCPC Clinical Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Aging with Grace: Menopause and Women Living with HIV
Mary Kestler, MD, DTMH University of British Columbia Division of Infectious Disease, St Paul's Hospital Oak Tree Clinic, British Columbia Women's Hospital and Health Care
Pre- and Post-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV
Marianne Harris, MD, CCFPC Department of Family Practice and Division of AIDS, University of British Columbia
Addiction Medicine Update
Evan Wood, MD, PhD, ABIM, FRCPC Professor & Canada Research Chair in Inner City Medicine, University of British Columbia Medical Director, Addiction Services, Vancouver Coastal Health & Providence Health Care
HIV and Aging
Silvia Guillemi, MD Director of Clinical Education, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Clinical Associate Professor, UBC Family Practice
Low Viral Loads and HIV Drug Resistance
Richard Harrigan Director, Research Laboratory BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
HPV and the HPV Vaccine in HIV Positive Persons
Deobrah Money, MD, FRCSC Professor, UBC Vice-President, Research, BC Women's for the HPV/HIV study group, CTN 236
Syphilis Management
Peter Phillips, MD, FRCPC Head, Division of Infectious Diseases University of British Columbia
Practical Management of Renal Function Test Results in Patients on HAART
Marianne Harris, MD, CCFP AIDS Research Program, St Paul's Hospital Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, UBC