Dr. Sharon Vipler

Dr. Sharon Vipler, MD, CCFP, Dip. ABAM, is Acting Executive Director with the BC Centre on Substance Use. Previously, she served as Regional Department Head & Program Medical Director in Addiction Medicine and Substance Use Services at Fraser Health Authority. Dr. Vipler is also a Clinical Associate Professor at the

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Cheyenne Johnson

Cheyenne Johnson, MPH, RN, CCRP, is the Executive Director with the BC Centre on Substance Use. She is away on maternity leave until January 2025. In her previous roles as Director of Clinical Activities and Development and founding director of the addiction nursing fellowship program, Cheyenne has overseen the development

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Dr. Thomas Kerr

Dr. Thomas Kerr, PhD, is Director of Research with the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU). He is a Professor and the Head of the Division of Social Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC), as well as an Associate Faculty Member in the

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Paxton Bach

Dr. Paxton Bach

Paxton Bach MD, MSc, ABIM, FRCPC is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia and a general internist and addiction medicine physician at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, BC. He additionally serves as the Co-Medical Director for the British Columbia Centre on

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