April 19, 2023
Update on Sexually-Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections (STBBIs)
Speaker:Dr. Natasha Press, MD, FRCPC
Webinars
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March 29, 2023
HIV PrEP for Trans and Gender Diverse People in BC
Speakers:Everett Blackwell, RN(C), BSN, BFA (he/him)
Andrea (Andy) Szewchuk, MD, CCFP (they/them)
February 15, 2023
Complications Of Hepatitis B And C Liver Disease
Speaker:Alnoor Ramji, MD FRCP(C)
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Division of Gastroenterology
University Of British Columbia
January 25, 2023
Update on Preventing Substance-Use Related Infections
Speaker:
Dr. Victoria Weaver
Infectious Diseases Physician, Vancouver General Hospital; Addiction Medicine Physician, St. Paul’s Hospital; Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Disease, University of British Columbia
November 23, 2022
The Traveller with HIV
Speaker:
Dr. David Harris
Infectious Disease Physician, St Paul’s Hospital; Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Disease, UBC.
October 19, 2022
Trauma Informed and Culturally Safe Care for Indigenous Peoples
Speakers:
Dr. Alana Hirsh, MD, CCFP (EM)(AM)
Physician at Kilala Lelum (Urban Indigenous Health and Healing Cooperative)
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Dr. David Tu, MD, CCFP, FCFP
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Board Member, Urban Indigenous Health & Healing Cooperative
Elder Bruce Robinson
Elder/Cultural Advisor for Kilala Lelum, Urban Native Youth Association,
and Broadway Youth Resource Center
September 21, 2022
Considerations Regarding Prevention and Treatment of HIV in Adolescents and Young Adults in BC
Presenter:Tatiana Sotindjo, MD, FRCPC
Adolescent Medicine Specialist Physician
Hudson Scholar in Equity Diversity and Inclusion | 2020-2022
Department of Pediatrics | Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine | Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
August 24, 2022
The Monkeypox 2022 Outbreak is declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. What are the implications?
Presenter:Dr. Victor Leung
Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control
Medical Lead, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
St. Paul's Hospital
August 13, 2022
Innovations in Hepatitis C care and treatment to end the epidemic
Presenters:Dr. Kate Salters
Research Scientist
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Dr. Mark Hull
Research Scientist
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Clinical Associate Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of British Columbia
June 15, 2022
Menopause for women living with HIV: how can we support women through this transition?
Presenters:
Dr. Elizabeth King, MD, FRCPC, MHSc
Infectious Diseases Specialist and CTN post-doctoral fellow
UBC Clinician Investigator Program and awarded Michael Smith Trainee Award.
Valerie Nicholson
Peer Indigenous Research Associate
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
May 19, 2022
Pharmacovigilance: Antiretroviral drug safety monitoring in BC
Presenter:
Katherine Lepik BSc(Pharm), MSc
Clinical Pharmacist
Research Coordinator, BC- CfE Pharmacovigilance Initiative
April 21, 2022
Updates to the Primary Care Guidelines: Caring for Women Living with HIV in Primary Care
Speaker:
Dr. Neora Pick, MD, FRCPC
Infectious Diseases Specialist, Oak Tree Clinic, BCWH;
Clinical Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases,
Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
March 31, 2022
Treating sleep issues in primary care: behavioural and pharmacological approaches
Presenters:
Chase Fisher
Clinical Pharmacist
Hope to Health Research and Innovation Centre
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Dr. Simon Elterman, R.Psych.
Psychologist, Behavioural Health Consultant
Hope to Health Research and Innovation Centre
British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Resources:
Assessment Checklist for Sleep in Primary Care Blank New Sleep Diary References Insomnia Severity Index Master Sleep Diary Calculator Sleep Hygiene Handout
March 9, 2022
COVID-19 Treatments in the Outpatient Setting
Presenters:
Dr. Peter Phillips
Clinical Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia
Dr. Junine Toy, PharmD
Senior Manager for the Drug Treatment Program
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
February 24, 2022
BC Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Program: a Refresher
Presenters:
Dr. Mark Hull MD, MHSc, FRCPC
Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia;
Research Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Dr. Junine Toy, PharmD
Senior Manager for the Drug Treatment Program
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
January 27, 2022
Considerations for trans, Two-Spirit, & other gender diverse people in HIV primary care
Presenters:
Dr. Marria Townsend, MD, CCFP
Medical Director, Trans Care BC,
Provincial Health Services Authority
Dr. Andrea Szewchuk, MD, CCFP
Family Physician, John Ruedy Clinic, St. Paul’s Hospital and Trans Specialty Care, Vancouver Coastal Health
Clinical Instructor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
December 15, 2021
Updates to the Primary Care Guidelines for the Management of HIV/AIDS in Adults: Common Non-Infectious Co-Morbidities
Presented by:
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
November 18, 2021
Review of the Updated Primary Care Guidelines for the Management of HIV/AIDS in Adults in BC
Presenters:
Dr. Cathy Puskas, PhD
Clinical Educator, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Dr. David Moore, MDCM, MHSc, FRCPC
Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Research Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Dr. Silvia Guillemi, MD, MCFP
Clinical Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Clinical Consultant, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Dr. Mark Hull, MD, MHSc, FRCPC
Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Research Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
November 10, 2021
Immune responses to COVID-19 vaccination in people living with HIV
Zabrina Brumme, Ph.D.
Laboratory Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences
Simon Fraser University
Scholar, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research
October 21, 2021
Burnt out and lonely: Canadian Health and Wellness in the Late Pandemic Period
Kiffer G. Card, PhD
Pronouns: he, him, his
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar
Adjunct Professor | Faculty of Health Sciences
Simon Fraser University
July 15, 2021
Approaching World Hepatitis Day: the landscape of Hepatitis C in British Columbia
Dr. Kate Salters
Research Scientist
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Dr. Mark Hull
Research Scientist
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Associate Clinical Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases
University of British Columbia
May 20, 2021
HIV in Children and Youth
Dr. Laura Sauve | Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist | Children and Women's Hospital of BC | Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, | Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, | University of British Columbia
April 22, 2021
COVID-19 Update and Vaccination in PLWH
Dr Peter Phillips Clinical Professor Division of Infectious Diseases University of British Columbia
March 24, 2021
Lessons from a new safe supply pilot project at the Hope to Health Centre in the Downtown Eastside
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
February 24, 2021
“Water Women Rising:” Indigenizing Re-search to explore how Indigenous women living with HIV understand and support their health
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
January 20, 2021
COVID-19, The Continued BC-CfE Response
Dr. Julio Montaner | Executive Director & Physician-in-Chief | BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Dr. Peter Phillips | Clinical Professor | Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia | Dr. Zabrina Brumme and Dr. Chanson Brumme | Laboratory Director and Assistant Director, Research Laboratories | Laboratory Program | BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Dr. Junine Toy, Pharm D | Senior Manager, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Drug Treatment Program | Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, St. Paul’s Hospital
December 17, 2020
Weight Gain Associated with HIV
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
November 18, 2020
Antiretroviral Drug Interactions
Presenter: Kathy Lepik, Research Coordinator, Pharmacovigilance Initiative BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Facilitator: Dr. Junine Toy, Senior Manager, Drug Treatment Program, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
October 28, 2020
HPV-SAVE and PEACH studies: An update on Canadian studies examining anal cancer
Troy Grennan, MD MSc FRCPC DTM&H | Physician Lead, HIV/STI Program - Clinical Prevention Services | BC Centre for Disease Control | Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia
September 23, 2020
Next-Generation Sequencing and Proviral DNA: The Future of HIV Drug Resistance Testing?
Chanson Brumme, PhD | Assistant Director, BC-CfE Research Laboratories | Assistant Professor, UBC Division of Infectious Diseases
June 18, 2020
An Update on the BC-CfE HIV Prevention and Treatment Guidelines and Training Program
Speakers: Dr. Marianne Harris, Dr. Junine Toy and Dr. Silvia Guillemi
April 29, 2020
COVID-19, the BC-CfE Update
Dr. Peter Phillips | Clinical Professor | Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia | Dr. Zabrina Brumme | Laboratory Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University Scholar, | Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research | Dr. Jeffrey Joy | Research Scientist (Evolutionary Genetics and Bioinformatics | BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Dr. Rolando Barrios | Senior Medical Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Director STOP HIV/AIDS® Program | Dr. Julio Montaner | Executive Director & Physician-in-Chief | BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
March 25, 2020
COVID-19, the BC-CfE Response
Presenters: Dr. Julio Montaner | Executive Director & Physician-in-Chief | BC-CfE | Dr. Peter Phillips | Clinical Professor | Division of Infectious Diseases, University of British Columbia | Dr. Zabrina Brumme | Laboratory Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University | Scholar, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research | Junine Toy, Pharm D | Senior Manager, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Drug Treatment Program | Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, St. Paul's Hospital |
December 4, 2019
Curing Hepatitis C in People Living with HIV
Speakers: Mark Hull, MD, FRCPC, MHSs | Hesham Ali, Peer Navigator, JRC and Positive Health Services Clinic, Positive Living Society, British Columbia
June 19, 2019
Navigating the Labyrinth: Decreased Cognition and Aging among People Living with HIV
Wayne Campbell, Treatment Outreach Coordinator, Positive Living Society of British Columbia | Julius Elefante, MD, FRCPC, ISAM (Cert.), Clinical Instructor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia; Department of Psychiatry, St. Paul’s Hospital | Aiko Yamamoto, PhD, R. Psych, St. Paul’s Hospital Neuropsychology Service, Providence Health Care; Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, Neuropsychiatry Division, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
January 23, 2019
Are we There Yet? An Update on HIV Cure Research
Speakers: Zabrina Brumme, PhD and Terry Howard
October 9, 2018
Bone Health of Women Living and Aging with HIV
SPEAKERS: Dr. Neora Pick, FRCPC | Medical Director, Oak Tree Clinic, BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre | Clinical Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia | Valerie Nicholson | Indigenous Peer Navigator, Positive Living Society of British Columbia | Chair of the Board of Directors, Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network | Peer Research Associate, Canadian HIV Sexual Reproductive Health Cohort Study | HOST: Dr. Silvia Guillemi | Director, Clinical Education and Training Program, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Clinical Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia
June 27, 2018
ARV Based Chemoprophylaxis to Reduce HIV Transmission in British Columbia: the Science and Community Perspectives
SPEAKERS: Dr. Julio SG Montaner, OC, OBC, MD, DSc (Hon), FRCPC, FCCP, FACP, FRSC, | Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Killam Professor of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia | Yaz Shariff | Treatment Outreach Coordinator | Positive Living Society of British Columbia HOST: Dr. Silvia Guillemi | Director, Clinical Education and Training Program BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Clinical Professor, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia
March 14, 2018
Getting Prepped for PrEP! All you Need to Know about Accessing HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in BC
<strong>Refilling antiretroviral prescriptions falls within the scope of practice of nurse practitioners who have completed HIV-related training equivalent to the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Intensive Preceptorship Program.</strong> SPEAKERS: Dr. Mark Hull Clinical Associate Professor, Division of AIDS, University of British Columbia Research Scientist, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Junine Toy Senior Manager of the Drug Treatment Program, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Joshua Edward Knowledge Translation Manager, Health Initiative for Men HOST: Dr. Silvia Guillemi Director, Clinical Education and Training Program, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS Clinical Professor, Department of Family Practice, UBC
September 6, 2017
Strategies for HIV Prevention: What’s New in Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (PEP)?
Dr. Marianne Harris - Clinical Research Advisor, AIDS Research Program, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Liz Kirkpatrick, RN - Immunodeficiency Clinic, St. Paul's Hospital | Hesham Ali - Peer Navigator, Positive Living Society of BC | Dr. Silvia Guillemi - Assistant Medical Director, Immunodeficiency Clinic, St. Paul’s Hospital
April 19, 2017
Mind the Gap: Targeted Interventions for Closing Gaps Along the HIV Continuum of Care
Dr. Rolando Barrios | Assistant Director, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, | Director, STOP HIV/AIDS | Glen Bradford | Manger, Peer Navigator Program, | Positive Living Society of BC | Emma Gauvin | Social Work Lead, | STOP Program | HOSTED BY: | Dr. Silvia Guillemi | Assistant Medical Director, | Immunodeficiency Clinic, St. Paul’s Hospital
June 8, 2016
Navigating the Medico-Legal Borderland
Michael Vonn | Lawyer & Policy Director | British Columbia Civil Liberties Association | Jonathan Postnikoff | Treatment Outreach Coordinator | Positive Living Society of BC | Host | Dr. Silvia Guillemi | Director of Clinical Education | British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS | Facilitaror | Helen Kang | Clinical Educator | British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
February 17, 2016
The Next Wave : Realities of Aging with HIV
Hosted by Jonathan Postnikoff, Treatment Outreach Coordinator, Positive Living BC | Silvia Guillemi, MD, Assistant Medical Director, Immunodeficiency Clinic, St Paul's Hospital | Glen Bradford, Manager, Peer Navigator Program, Positive Living BC
September 30, 2015
Connecting with Youth: HIV Testing Care and Support for Under 30
Dr. David Moore (Physician Lead PHSA HIV Program [BC CDC] - Research Scientist [BC-CfE]) | Clynton James Cheveyo Olausen-Walker (Member [YouthCO]) | Sarah Chown (Program Coordinator [YouthCO])
June 3, 2015
Examining Challenges of Addictions and Mental Health in HIV Care
Speakers: Dr. Aida Sadr (Physician, Vancouver Native Health) and Matthew Beasley (Peer Navigator, Positive Living Society of BC)
June 24, 2014
Dr. Julio Montaner and Mr. Paul Kerston discuss issues related to Treatment as Prevention in HIV
Dr. Julio Montaner and Mr. Paul Kerston discuss issues related to Treatment as Prevention in HIV.
April 9, 2014
HIV/AIDS Webinar Learning Series – April 9, 2014 – A collaboration between BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and Positive Living Society BC
Dr. Mary Kestler (Oak Tree Clinic) and Alana LaMalice discuss issues related to caring for women living with HIV.
December 4, 2013
HIV/AIDS Webinar Learning Series – December 4, 2013
Glen Bradford, Dr. Silvia Guillemi and Mary Petty discuss issues in linkages and access to care.
September 11, 2013
HIV/AIDS Webinar Learning Series – September 11, 2013
A collaboration between BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and Positive Living BC
May 1, 2013
HIV/AIDS Webinar Learning Series – May 1, 2013
A collaboration between BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS and Positive Living BC