Dr. Eugenia Socías, MD, MSc, is a Clinician Scientist and the Clinical Research Program Lead at the BC Centre on Substance Use, and Associate Professor in the Division of Social Medicine, Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. With a clinical and research background in infectious diseases and addiction medicine, Dr. Socías’ research interests focus on health services and clinical research in substance use, HIV, and HCV, particularly as they relate to the optimization of health care delivery. She has over ten years of experience in conducting observational and interventional research in HIV, HCV, and addiction medicine, and with vulnerable populations. She has published extensively in these areas including over 150 peer-reviewed articles.