Posted On: Wednesday, January 20th, 2016
Are you a woman living with HIV (Trans inclusive, 14+) living or accessing care in Metro Vancouver? The SHAWNA Project (Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS: Women’s Longitudinal Needs Assessment) is looking for women living with HIV who are living with or accessing care in Metro Vancouver to participate in a five-year research project aimed at understanding… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, December 7th, 2015
Jaydee is a former staff member of PAN. Jaydee joined the PAN team in the Spring of 2015, as Manager of the Positive Leadership Development Institute, and Manager of the People Living with HIV Stigma Index project. What first piqued your interest in the HIV sector? I remember learning about HIV at the same time… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 30th, 2015
Writers, philosophers and artists around the globe have tried to capture the feeling of “home”—that psychological state of warmth and security, of familiarity and heart—and even though the feeling may be different for each of us, we can usually agree that “home” is a special place. It’s not surprising, then, that where we live can… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 30th, 2015
Man-Up Against Suicide is a research study taking place at UBC. They are currently recruiting gay, bisexual and trans men for the study who have: Had serious thoughts of killing themselves or Have lost a male friend, partner or family member to suicide and Are 19 years of age or older Suicide is hard to… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, November 24th, 2015
As many as 1 in 5 gay and bisexual men have attempted suicide. We don’t know why. A research study in Vancouver is gathering personal life-stories of men who have attempted suicide as an adult, in order to better understand this important issue. This study is asking local community-based organizations to help get the word… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 23rd, 2015
On October 23, 2015, the Gender & Sexual Health Initiative (of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS), Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, and Positive Women’s Network (PWN) on behalf of the Women, HIV and the Law Project held a one-day Research Roundtable for a small group of leading experts, including women living with HIV (WLWH), academics, AIDS support organizations (ASOs), clinicians, and legal… Read more »
Posted On: Sunday, November 22nd, 2015
Positive Plus One is looking for a person living with HIV who has sex with men (MSM) and is currently in a relationship with a person who does not have HIV, a person living with HIV with a past relationship with someone who does not have HIV, and a heterosexual couple, where one is living… Read more »
Posted On: Thursday, November 12th, 2015
Vicki is a former staff member of PAN. Vicki has been teaching sociology for many years at several BC universities and colleges, and the courses she loves most are the ones focused on social justice. She has worked on several research projects in the past, including a cross-Canada study on the situations of contingent… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 9th, 2015
In Canada and most other high-income countries today, standard treatment for people who have genotype 1 infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) includes combinations of medicines called direct-acting antivirals (DAAs). These are medicines that are taken orally, every day, usually for 12 to 24 consecutive weeks. In large clinical trials, treatment with modern DAAs—such as… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, November 2nd, 2015
We will be wrapping up our two-year recruitment period at the end of December, 2015. Please ask anyone you know who may be eligible to give us a call before then so that they can be included in this important research. So far, we’ve enrolled 86 individuals in the study and done qualitative interviews with 20 of those individuals…. Read more »
Posted On: Monday, October 26th, 2015
by MCM Murray, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Infectious Disease Specialist, BC Women’s and St. Paul’s Hospitals, Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia. Background Since its introduction in 1996, combined anti-retroviral therapy (cART) has led to enormous improvements in the health and survival of HIV positive (HIV+) persons. However, the success of cART is intrinsic upon patient… Read more »
Posted On: Monday, October 26th, 2015
The Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH) wants to hear from you! They are currently seeking patient input for grazoprevir / elbasvir and, therefore, the Pacific Hep C Network (PHCN) needs your thoughts, opinions, and experiences for our patient group input report. There are two PHCN Input Surveys Take this survey if… Read more »
