Success at the CAHR Conference Weekend

Congratulations Options Lab Team! Everyone who submitted an abstract got accepted and did an amazing job in Quebec City at the CAHR Conference. Ashan, Dr. Tan on behalf of Maryam, Matthew, Oscar and Yasamin had presentations while Sam, Oscar, Rob and Darrell also had abstracts accepted for poster presentations. Here are some photos from the […]

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Risk Mitigation Strategies for gbMSM blood donors – International Symposium on Alternatives to Donation Deferral

Héma-Québec, in partnership with Canadian Blood Services, hosted a free, virtual international symposium, on April 20, 2023. This one-day symposium focused on the strategies to mitigate the risk of transfusion-transmitted infections following the removal of deferral criteria related to sexual orientation. For the occasion, experts from countries which have moved to a gender-neutral, individualized risk […]

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Congrats Rob T!!

Robinson is on a roll with the conferences! Another abstract has been accepted for presentation at the upcoming IAPAC Adherence 2023 meeting in Puerto Rico. Congratulations Rob, we are all very proud of you!

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Congrats Rob & Shreya – IAS 2023

We are absolutely delighted to announce that both Robinson Truong and Shreya Shah have abstracts accepted to the International AIDS Society conference coming up in July. They were also both awarded scholarships to support their presentations at the IAS 2023 conference in Brisbane, Australia. Way to go!

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CAHR 2023 – Congrats Team!

We are so happy to announce that many members of our team have their abstracts accepted for either an oral presentation or a poster presentation at the 32nd Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research. The conference will be held April 27th-30th, 2023 in Quebec City. Congratulations! Post-doc Fellow, Dr. Oscar Javier Pico Espinosa is presenting […]

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Guest Blog: CTN postdoc Dr. Oscar J Pico Espinosa

What a great feature on the CTN Guest Blog!! Our very own post-doc fellow, Dr. Oscar J. Pico Espinosa talks about his journey in healthcare and medicine research. He goes on to explain about the study he is currently working on called PrEP Implementation Project (PRIMP) and what he has learned so far from the […]

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CBRC Summit 2022 – Vox Pop: Darrell Tan on mobilizing community in response to MPX

For Summit 2022: Pushing Possibilities, CBRC partnered with CATIE to create a series of short interviews with 2S/LGBTQ+ health leaders at the conference, asking them to share with us their thoughts about Summit 2022, including what they took taking away from the experience and their thoughts when it comes to pushing possibilities in queer and […]

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CBRC Summit 2022 – Plenary talk on MPX

CBRC’s annual knowledge exchange and capacity building conference on 2SLGBTQ+ health research, programming, and advocacy in Canada takes place online from October 18-20 and in-person on October 27-28. Summit 2022 begins with free online events beginning on October 18, and concludes with a two-day in-person conference held in Vancouver. PI of the Options Lab, Dr. […]

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