Posted On: Thursday, July 5th, 2018
Janice Duddy recently sat down with Heather Burgess and Sharyle Lyndon to talk about two research initiatives at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS related to HIV and Aging in BC: the Stronger Together initiative and the Thrive study. Heather is the Research Coordinator and Sharyle is a Collaborator in this work. Can… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, June 27th, 2018
Madeline was part of the PAN team from 2018-2022. Madeline is part of the Community Based Research and Evaluation section of the PAN team. In addition to working with PAN, they have worked at Pacific Hepatitis C Network, and is also on staff with YouthCO as the Mpowerment Fraser East Coordinator. Madeline follows in the… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, June 13th, 2018
The BC Community-Based Research (CBR) Quarterly Meetings (referred to as the CBR Quarterly Meetings hereon) is a community of practice that gathers three to four times a year to share learnings, challenges, and best practices related to CBR, evaluation, and knowledge translation/sharing initiatives. Meetings are organized by Pacific AIDS Network (PAN) staff, hosted by McLaren… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, May 28th, 2018
“Canadians are among the healthiest people in the world. However, the benefits of good health are not equally enjoyed by all.” A new report, Key Health Inequalities in Canada: A National Portrait, from the Public Health Agency of Canada presents results at the national level for 22 indicators of health status and determinants of health, selected to… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, May 28th, 2018
The Per-SVR (PrEseRvation of Sustained Virologic Response – pronounced “persevere”) study is still looking for participants. Read on! Read the Spring 2018 Newsletter Contact Information: Ph: 604 416 1566 Email: [email protected] Web: www.cfenet.ubc.ca
Posted On: Monday, May 28th, 2018
The deadline to give input into the the BC Primary Health Care Research Network @PREFeRProject survey is May 31, 2018. It is measuring patient, primary care providers and health researchers thoughts on priorities for patient-oriented research in BC. Take the short survey by clicking on these links: For BC patients and caregivers: https://is.gd/patients_prefer For BC… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, May 28th, 2018
The research team at the Positive Plus One study has sent us an update on the study and one last push for recruitment. If the study is new to you, visit the Positive Plus One site for more information. Hello everyone, We appreciate all of your efforts to assist us with recruitment for the project… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, May 18th, 2018
UPDATE May 23rd: Dear anti-stigma friends: Please, accept my apologies, we are postponing the KTE Committee meeting scheduled for this coming Friday, May 25 until further notice. Thanks to all of you who wrote expressing interest. It is advisable to wait until after June 15 when a national group is coming together to advice on… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, May 18th, 2018
Stigma 102 is a new video developed by Universities Without Walls, which provides distance education to “move people and HIV research evidence into practice, and practice into research.” Universities Without Walls provides many e-learning modules to learn at your convenience. . HIV Stigma 102 has been developed as a companion video that follows Stigma 101. Both… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, May 4th, 2018
Vancouver Foundation will be in Victoria on Friday May 11th and we would like to hear from youth and young adults in the region! Youth and Young Adults Invitation Vancouver Foundation wants to learn from you! Join us for a community conversation with other self-identified immigrant/refugee and Indigenous youth and young adults (aged 18… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, April 30th, 2018
The 2018 Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) conference was held in Vancouver this year, and representatives from our community-based research team were on hand to share data from some of our work. Information from The BC People Living with HIV Stigma Index Project was presented in two poster sessions. We presented one poster about the experience of the… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, April 30th, 2018
The 2018 Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) conference was held in Vancouver this year, and representatives from our community-based research team were on hand to share data from some of our work. Data from Positive Living Positive Homes was presented at an oral abstract session and in poster format. To see the the poster in… Read more »
