BC-Hepatitis Testers Cohort (BC-HTC) Webinar
On Thursday April 16th at 10 AM Pacific: PAN (Pacific Aids Network) is excited to host the webinar “Research update from the BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort & highlights from the 2020 CanHepC Symposium & Canadian Liver Meeting: Implications for community & frontline providers.”
Please read this before you register
After registration you should receive a confirmation email. SAVE THE CONFIRMATION EMAIL as it provides your unique link to get into the webinar. Check your Junk folder in email if it doesn’t arrive within an hour.
If you DO NOT receive an email within an hour of registering, please EMAIL simon@pacificaidsnetwork.org as soon as you realize this. We won’t be able to provide access to links on the morning of the webinar as we will be setting up.
Topics
- Monitoring progress towards hepatitis C elimination
- Access to hepatitis C testing & treatment among People in Prison and People Who Use Drugs
- Burden of hepatitis C infection and re-infection
- Extra-hepatic manifestations and mortality associated with hepatitis C infection
Summaries of Conference Presentations and their Implications will include:
- Each presenter’s research
- Other BC-HTC research
- Highlights from other conference presentations
Presenters
- Dr. Sofia Bartlett- Postdoctoral Fellow at UBC School of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine & BC-HTC at the BCCDC
- Dr. Prince Adu- Postdoctoral Fellow at UBC School of Population and Public Health & BC-HTC at the BCCDC
- Dahn Jeong- PhD Student at UBC School of Population and Public Health & BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort (BC-HTC) at the BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC)
- Emilia Clementi- Masters Student at UBC School of Population and Public Health & BC-HTC at the BCCDC
There will be a Q&A at the end of the session.
Details
Date: Thursday April 16, 2020
Time: 10 -11:30 AM Pacific time
Suggested audience
- HIV and hepatitis C organization staff and volunteers, including harm reduction workers
- Community members and other allies
- Researchers
- People interested in the epidemiology of infectious disease in BC