Dr. Lindsey Richardson

Dr. Lindsey Richardson, D.Phil., is a Research Scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use, an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of British Columbia, and holds the Canada Research Chair in Social Inclusion and Health Equity. She is also the Lead for Research Trainee Development

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Dr. William Small

Dr. Will Small, PhD, is a Research Scientist with the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU) and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Small’s work applies social science methods to study public health issues among illicit drug users, with a focus on HIV

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Dr. Lianping Ti

Lianping Ti, PhD, is a Research Scientist and Health Administrative Data Lead for the BC Centre on Substance Use. She is also an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. An epidemiologist by training, her research program largely focuses on the intersections between unregulated drug

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Dr. Paxton Bach

Paxton Bach MD, MSc, ABIM, FRCPC, FASAM 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 also serves as the Co-Medical Director for the British Columbia Centre on

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Dr. M-J Milloy

Dr. M-J Milloy, PhD Social/clinical epidemiologist Associate professor, Division of Social Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia; Research scientist/Associate director of research, British Columbia Centre on Substance Use Unceded and ancestral territories of the Coast Salish Nations Dr. Milloy’s programme of research focuses on identifying and evaluating ways

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Dr. Nadia Fairbairn

Nadia Fairbairn, MD, FRCPC, MHSc, cISAM, is an Assistant Professor and holder of the Philip Owen Professorship in Addiction Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Fairbairn is a board-certified General Internal Medicine specialist and addiction medicine specialist, and practicing physician

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Dr. Ramm Hering

Ramm Hering MD MSc CCFP (AM) Dip PH Dip ABAM CCSAM FASAM is the Victoria Site Director for the BCCSU Clinical Addiction Medicine Fellowship and works as a clinical consultant on various projects for the BCCSU. He is the Medical Director, Addiction Medicine for Island Health. He is the founding

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Steve Kain

Steve Kain, BSN(c), RN, is the Senior Nursing Coordinator at the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU). He oversees and coordinates the nursing staff at all the frontline BCCSU studies, which include the Vancouver Injection Drug Users Study, the AIDS Care Cohort to Evaluate Exposure to Survival Services, and the

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Cristy Zonneveld

Cristy Zonneveld, BA, CCRP, is the Senior Cohort Research Coordinator at the BC Centre on Substance Use (BCCSU). She oversees and coordinates the staff at the frontline BCCSU research office at 439 East Hastings St. in Vancouver. Cristy has been with the Vancouver Injection Drug Users Study since 2005, and previous

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Mona Kwong

Mona Kwong, BSc(Pharm), PharmD, MSc is the Director for the BCCSU Clinical Addiction Pharmacy Fellowship and is the Pharmacy Advisor at the BCCSU. She is a community based primary care pharmacist. Dr. Kwong works at an urban community neighbourhood pharmacy and as a pharmacist consultant at Infinity Medical Specialists Clinic,

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