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Health economic evaluation to inform strategies for HIV treatment and prevention
HIV treatment has advanced remarkably since 1996, with the advent of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). HAART…
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HIV adaptation to immune selection pressures: historic trends and future implications
HIV has tremendous capacity to mutate and evolve due to the body’s immune response. However, the extent…
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HIV risk environments among illicit drug users: A longitudinal ethno-spatial approach
Dr. Will Small’s research program will examine the influence of social, structural and physical environments upon illicit…
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HIV vaccine immunogen design to elicit broadly neutralizing antibodies
Existing viral vaccines provide immunity against a number of important infectious diseases. The technologies used to develop…
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Linking socioeconomic status to environmental pollution exposures over the life course: population-based research using biomarkers to investigate the effects of exposure on small for gestational age …
Dr. Scott Venners is studying the impact of exposures to environmental pollutants and their links to health…
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Manipulating the trajectory of the human fetal, newborn & infant immune system
Millions of newborns and infants die each year from infectious diseases. Many of these deaths are preventable,…
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Mechanistic and experimental evolution studies of metallo-beta-lactamases
Pathogenic bacteria, such as P. aeruginosa, E. coli, and K. pneumonia, can cause serious infectious diseases such…
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New chemical tools to diagnose and treat disease
Medical advances have played a fundamental role in dramatically increasing life expectancy in Canada and around the…
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Operations research applied to assess different strategies to reduce the public health and economic burdens of HIV/AIDS in British Columbia
Although traditional HIV prevention strategies — behaviour modification, condoms, needle exchange – have been very successful, their…
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Psycho-social predictors of physical activity in community-dwelling and vulnerable seniors: Linking daily life processes with long-term health outcomes
Canada is an aging society, and the proportion of Canadians older than 65 is estimated to double…
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Reducing sexual health inequities among vulnerable populations
The men and women who work in Canada’s off-street sex industry are an underserved and poorly understood…
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