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OUR COLLABORATORS

BCCDC

Dr. Jane Buxton

Dr. Naveed Janjua

Aaron McMillan , Chee Mamuk

CCPHE
Dr. Ruth Elwood Martin

BC WOMENS HOSPITAL + HEALTH CENTRE
Dr. Neora Pick

COELS
Merv Thomas
Barb Ellis

UTG
Pam Young
Mo Korchinski

BCMHSUS
Dr. Vijay Seethapathy   Roy Ang
Nancy Desrosiers           Dr. Abu Hamour
Adam Beaumont            Nina Padjen

Past BCMHSUS Collaborators
Dr. Nader Sharifi           Maylene Fong

AVI Health and Community Services
Terry Marion (project consultant)
Taylor Teal (project consultant)
Sarah Hughes (project consultant)
Dr. Richard Roe
Douglas Laird

VICTORIA COOL AID SOCIETY
Dr. Matthew Moher

CENTRE FOR GENDER AND
SEXUAL HEALTH EQUITY

Margaret Erickson (project consultant)
Dr. Andrea Krüsi

PASAN
Lindsay Jennings
Janet Rowe
Arpa Azmila

BC Hepatitis Network
Daryl Luster
Deb Schmitz
Cheryl Reitz

FNHA
Lily Zhou
Louise Meilleur

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NEWS & STORIES

The News & Stories page include blogs written by team members, news, project updates and past and upcoming events.

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Blogs

  • You Matter: Pathways to care for STBBIs for people who have been incarcerated

    By Webmaster | Comments are Closed

    By Hannah Branch & Sofia Bartlett SEPTEMBER 26, 2022, CATIE Blog People who have experienced incarceration are disproportionately affected by sexually transmittedRead more

  • World Hepatitis Day 2022

    By Webmaster | Comments are Closed

    By Hannah Branch July 28 is World Hepatitis Day. This year’s campaign theme is ‘I can’t wait,’ highlighting the need to accelerateRead more

Media / Press

  • Making a real difference: People who are incarcerated help peers get immunized for COVID-19

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    “The beginning of the pandemic was really challenging for everyone, including people in corrections,” says Pam Young, manager with Unlocking the GatesRead more

  • Megaphone magazine September 2022 issue features article on Test Link Call Project!

    By Sofia Bartlett PhD | Comments are Closed

    By Sofia Bartlett Megaphone magazine ran an article in their September 2022 issue on Test Link Call (TLC) Project. Check the articleRead more

Project Updates

STBBI Policy and Guideline
Development for BC Corrections

The You Matter Pathways to STBBI Care project is funded through the Public Health Agency of Canada …

DETAILS

Test, Link,
Call Project

We recently received funding for the Test, Link, Call (TLC) Project which will be launched in Fall 2021 …

DETAILS

Upcoming Events

American Association for the Study of
Liver Diseases (Digital Conference)

Date: Nov 12-15, 2021

Link to conference
https://www.aasld.org/the-liver-meeting/program/digital-experience

  • Benefits of DAA treatment on mortality related to extrahepatic manifestations among people who inject drugs: a population-based study in British Columbia, Canada
  • Hepatitis C virus reinfection after successful treatment with direct acting antiviral therapy in Canada
  • Hepatitis C screening



In partnership with the BCCDC, BCMHSUS, UBC and other
stakeholders, we created a group that has been working on
transformative projects to improve health outcomes for
people in prison related to STBBIs.

PROJECTS

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  • Test, Link, Call Project
  • ADVANCE COVID-19 Vaccines Study
  • ASSESS-DBS Study

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