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Session S: Hepatitis C and Health for People who Use Drugs

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Friday, September 13, 2019
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Montreal Ballroom, Level 11

Speaker

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Doctor Mark Tyndall
Professor
University of British Columbia

Beyond Hepatitis C: Improving the health and lives of people who use drugs

9:30 AM - 9:50 AM

Speaker Presentation

Video Recording

Biography

Dr. Tyndall is a Professor at the UBC School of Population and Public Health and the former Executive Director of the BC Centre for Disease Control. He is an infectious diseases specialist and epidemiologist with an interest in urban health, drug use and drug policy reform. He is an author on over 250 peer-reviewed publications, with a focus on HIV and Hepatitis C care and prevention.
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Dr. Bruce Schackman
Professor
Weill Cornell Medicine

Health economics of substance use and hepatitis C: Informing practice and policy

9:50 AM - 10:10 AM

Video Recording

Biography

Dr. Schackman is the Saul P. Steinberg Distinguished Professor of Healthcare Policy & Research at Weill Cornell Medical College. He conducts research relating to economic evaluations of the comparative effectiveness of health interventions alongside clinical trials and cohort studies, cost-effectiveness and comparative effectiveness simulation modeling, and implementation science studies—particularly relating to treatment of infectious diseases and substance use disorders.
Panel

Questions & Discussion

10:10 AM - 10:30 AM

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Dr. Evan Cunningham
Research Fellow, Viral Hepatitis and Clinical Research Program
Kirby Institute

COMPARING ADHERENCE TO ONCE-DAILY AND TWICE DAILY DAA THERAPY AMONG PEOPLE WITH RECENT INJECTION DRUG USE OR CURRENT OPIOID SUBSTITUTION THERAPY: THE SIMPLIFY AND D3FEAT STUDIES

10:30 AM - 10:45 AM

Abstract

Speaker Presentation

Video Recording

Biography

Evan is a postdoctoral candidate in the Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program at the Kirby Institute in Sydney, Australia. His research is focused on the treatment of HCV in high-risk populations including people who inject drugs and prisoners.
Mr Andrew Radley
Consultant In Public Health Pharmacy
NHS Tayside

CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS OF PHARMACY-LED VERSUS CONVENTIONALLY DELIVERED ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT FOR HEPATITIS C IN PATIENTS RECEIVING OPIOID SUBSTITUTION THERAPY: A PRAGMATIC CLUSTER RANDOMISED TRIAL

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM

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Biography

Andrew Radley works as a Consultant in Public Health Pharmacy for NHS Tayside. He participates in the work of the Liver Group at the University Of Dundee. He has undertaken a Phd on treating Hepatitis C in community pharmacy settings

Chair

Naveed Janjua
Clinical Associate Professor
Bc Centre For Disease Control

Laurence Mersilian
Director
Capahc

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