Posted On: Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
Thanks to the many benefits of potent combination anti-HIV therapy (commonly called ART or HAART) more HIV-positive people in Canada and similar countries are living longer. The power of ART is so profound that researchers increasingly expect that some HIV-positive people will have near-normal life spans. As people with HIV enter their later years, changes… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, March 25th, 2015
by Shazia Masud, PGY-3 Medical Microbiology, UBC Purpose of the study Lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) is a sexually transmitted infection (STI) caused by Chlamydia trachomatis serovars L1, L2, and L3. Depending on the site of inoculation, LGV can manifest either as an inguinal syndrome with a unilateral painful inguinal lymphadenopathy (buboes) or as an anorectal syndrome… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, March 20th, 2015
In Canada and other high-income countries, the widespread availability of potent combination anti-HIV therapy (commonly called ART or HAART) has had a tremendous impact on the health of HIV-positive people. Since 1996, deaths due to AIDS-related infections have plummeted. Furthermore, researchers increasingly expect some HIV-positive people who take ART to live into their 80s. As… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
CATIE is developing its new strategic plan for the next three years, and to help us in that task, we would love to hear your thoughts on CATIE’s role and how it might evolve. Please take a few minutes and answer the questions in our online survey. We are seeking input across the country from… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, March 11th, 2015
Researchers at the University of Toronto are seeking individuals to participate in a project aiming to explore and understand the intersection of immigration status and racialization related to the criminalization of HIV in Canada. It asks: What is the significance of immigration status and racialization for the criminalization of HIV non-disclosure in Canada?
Posted On: Monday, February 16th, 2015
The Canadian HIV Observational Cohort (CANOC) Collaboration is currently seeking qualified individuals to join our team as Community Investigators. The CANOC Community Investigator will meet with a CANOC Principal Investigator 3-4 times yearly, commit up to 12 hours/year of teleconferences, work independently on a CANOC research project. Skype calls will be coordinated for individuals in rural… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, February 13th, 2015
Positive Leadership Development Institute™ & Stigma Index Project Manager (Full-time, Vancouver) The Pacific AIDS Network is looking for a motivated and dynamic individual to oversee all activities of two of our most exciting programs – the Positive Leadership Development Institute™ and the HIV Stigma Index study. This new role at the Pacific AIDS Network presents… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, February 11th, 2015
Andrea is a former staff member of PAN. Andrea Langlois was PAN’s Director of Community-Based Research. What first piqued your interest in HIV research? Previous to working at PAN, I enjoyed a 6 year stint at AIDS Vancouver Island (AVI) as their Manager of Communications, Community Relations and Research. While in that role, I… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, February 10th, 2015
The community-based response to HIV/AIDS has evolved significantly over the past 30 years. From bake sales to AIDS walks, from kitchen table meetings to board rooms, from helplines to one-stop health centers, and, in some cases, from HIV-only to integrated services, the response to the epidemic itself has shifted. These shifts are due in part… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
The Canadian Working Group on HIV and Rehabilitation (CWGHR) is conducting a preliminary survey about access to and use of, the E-Module for Evidence-Informed HIV Rehabilitation. The E-Module was originally developed as a resource for practicing rehabilitation professionals, to increase their knowledge about rehabilitation in the context of HIV, but it has evolved into a… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, February 4th, 2015
Take this survey if you are living with hep C or if you have had hep C. Take this survey if you are a loved one or caregiver of someone who is living with hep C or has had hep C. Survey participants with hep C or living with/caring for someone with hep… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, February 3rd, 2015
By: Joanna Mendell You’ve likely heard that HPV (the Human Papilloma Virus) is able to cause cervical cancer… you’ve probably heard that vaccines are available to protect against HPV… and you may even know that HPV is also linked with penile, anal, and oral and head and/or neck cancers… But are you aware that biological… Read more »
