Category: Community-Based Research

July Review of What’s Hot in Hepatitis Research

Posted On: Wednesday, July 24th, 2013

Welcome to PAN’s July review of What’s HOT in Research! In honour of World Hepatitis Day on July 28, this posting will focus on hepatitis C research. Hepatitis is often known as the “silent killer” so on this World Hepatitis Day the call is to “Know it, confront it!” First, let’s start with the epidemiological… Read more »

outREACH News July 2013

Posted On: Wednesday, July 10th, 2013

outREACH News CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS News July 2013 Recent News + Updates: Call for submissions: BC Gay Men’s Health Summit 2013  Save the Date! 2014 Canadian Mobilization Forum, June 9-10, 2014, Saskatoon, SK Applications Now Open: REACH Policy Symposium, October 4-5, 2013, Ottawa, ON Nouvelles ressources pour la recherche communautaire! / New resources… Read more »

CHIWOS official website launch

Posted On: Friday, July 5th, 2013

The Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS) has launched their official website at www.chiwos.ca! Visit the website and find out more about the study, view a short video on the project, and access news about the project, papers and presentations, and learn more about their team. Women who are HIV-positive have… Read more »

New International Report on HIV Prevention Urges Localized Consideration of Antiretroviral Strategies

Posted On: Thursday, July 4th, 2013

First Report on Antiretroviral Drugs for HIV Prevention to Bring Science Together with the Wisdom of Communities June 19, 2013 – To make an impact on new HIV infections globally, antiretroviral (ARV)-based HIV prevention strategies need to be closely tailored to local contexts and cultures, according to a new report released today by RAND Europe… Read more »

The Drug Situation in Vancouver 2013 Edition Launch

Posted On: Tuesday, June 18th, 2013

Please join the Urban Health Research Initiative for the launch of the 2013 edition of The Drug Situation in Vancouver.  This is the latest comprehensive report on drug use in Vancouver and contains more than 15 years of prospective data on drug use and related trends among some of the city’s most vulnerable drug users…. Read more »

BC Health Research Strategy Survey

Posted On: Tuesday, June 11th, 2013

To ensure the BC health research strategy will meet the needs of the health research community in BC, we are looking for input from a wide range of individuals. One element of our multi-pronged consultation process is an online survey that we are hoping will be completed by as many stakeholders as possible. The survey… Read more »

“Stepping Up” Report on Young Gay Men’s Health Launch Event (Vancouver)

Posted On: Tuesday, May 28th, 2013

To young gay men and their advocates, The Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC), in partnership with YouthCO, would like to invite you to the launch of the Stepping Up to the Future of Young Gay Men’s Health report. What is the report about? Last November, the Community-Based Research Centre, in partnership with YouthCO, gathered a diverse… Read more »

Vancouver selected to host the 8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention

Posted On: Monday, May 27th, 2013

The world’s largest international open scientific conference on HIV/AIDS will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 19 to 22 July 2015  The International AIDS Society (IAS) has announced the selection of Vancouver as the host of the 8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS2015).IAS 2015 will take place at the… Read more »

CHNet Webinar: Need a faster, more efficient way to find high quality research evidence?

Posted On: Tuesday, May 21st, 2013

June 7, 2013 Feature: Search Pyramids from the National Collaborating Centre for Methods and Tools. [REGISTER HERE] 1pm EDT (10am PDT) Need a faster, more efficient way to find high quality research evidence? Searching online for research evidence can be frustrating.  Searching can take a lot of time and may not produce the results you… Read more »

Knowledge to Action 2013 Conference Report is now online!

Posted On: Thursday, May 9th, 2013

The Conference Report from our February 2013 Knowledge to Action event is now up on our website. The report captures the main themes of the event and also outlines the results of our evaluation of the conference, including lists of research and capacity building priorities identified by attendees. Click here to read the report. Please… Read more »