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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Posted On: Tuesday, April 30th, 2013
Discussions and research about the use of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis as an HIV prevention tool continue to expand our understanding of how it might fit into our toolkit. In this guest blog post (originally published on PositiveLite.com) Robert Birch talks to Jody Jollimore of B.C.’s Health Initiative for Men, whose position on Pre-Exposure prophylaxis remains “cautiously… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, April 10th, 2013
Please help CATIE evaluate – Prevention in Focus – CATIE’s prevention bulletin that covers HIV and hepatitis C prevention research and programs. Please complete this brief survey to provide us with your thoughts on this publication and how we might improve it. The survey should take no longer than 20 minutes to complete. All responses… Read more »
Posted On: Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013
Universities Without Walls HIV SOS Seminars Online Series welcomes Dr. Barry Adam (U of Windsor, Ontario HIV Treatment Network) who provides a thought-provoking talk titled “Where are we in HIV Reduction among Gay, Bisexual, and other Men who have Sex with Men?” and welcomes you online in an engaging seminar conversation. When? Watch Dr. Adam’s… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, April 2nd, 2013
Research has shown that successful nonprofit organizations tend to be armed with a foundational understanding of evaluation. But what does a “foundational understanding of evaluation” involve? The Ontario Centre of Excellence for Child and Youth Mental Health has developed an Evaluation Capacity Checklist that assesses key elements in building and sustaining an organization’s capacity for evaluation… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, March 26th, 2013
What’s Hot: The HIV Treatment Cascade I didn’t attend AIDS 2012 in Washington last July, but I do remember that when others came back they were all abuzz about the concept of the treatment cascade as possibly the next “big thing” in the way that we conceptualize HIV prevention and treatment. Now, many months later,… Read more »
Posted On: Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
Posted On: Friday, March 8th, 2013
The Pacific Hepatitis C Network is a provincial network giving voice to people living with and at-risk for getting hepatitis C, joined by those affected by and concerned about hepatitis C. If you are a person in BC living with hepatitis C our ‘Living with the Dragon for people with hepatitis C’ survey is for… Read more »
Posted On: Friday, March 8th, 2013
Last week, almost 70 individuals from around the province joined the Pacific AIDS network in Richmond for a lively 2-day event called Knowledge to Action: Strategic Directions for Community-Based Research (K2A2013). The enthusiasm and engagement from the diverse participants – from peer research associates, to community-based organization representatives, to academic researchers, and others – reminded me… Read more »
