Dr. Sunil Solomon is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. He has been working with drug using populations in India since 2004. He was instrumental in establishing MIDACS, one of the first longitudinal cohorts of drug users in India. His research is focussed on improving HIV and HCV related outcomes among substance using populations across India.

Dr Phillip Read is the director of the Kirketon Road Centre, a primary health care facility in Sydney involved in the prevention treatment and care of viral hepatitis among people who inject drugs, sex workers and at-risk young people

Natasha K. Martin , DPhil, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Global Public Health in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Diego. She is also an Honorary Senior Lecturer at the University of Bristol. Dr. Martin is an infectious disease and economic modeler. Dr. Martin’s work focuses on using dynamic epidemic modeling to evaluate the impact and cost-effectiveness of HIV, HCV, and HBV prevention interventions among high risk populations such as people who inject drugs, men who have sex with men, and incarcerated populations. She is one of the leading researchers examining the potential impact and cost-effectiveness of HCV treatment as prevention.

Clinical Research Coordinator at Mount Sinai Hospital/Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in Manhattan. Aspiring physician/scientist; completed Post-baccalaureate Program at Columbia University in 2016.

Mr. Alimohammadi is a Clinical Researcher at VIDC, and is Completing his Bsc. in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia. His work at VIDC mainly focuses on tackling HCV in vulnerable populations like people who use drugs.

Dr. Susan Nouch is a Family Physician based in Vancouver, Canada. She works with an multidisciplinary Hepatitis C treatment program in an inner-city community health center where she also practices addiction medicine. She is currently completing a Family Medicine research fellowship with the University of British Columbia. She is interested in the expanded role of Family Physicians in the management of Hepatitis C in vulnerable populations.

In 2015 Raphael Schubert started to work at the nursing department of the “Suchthilfe Vienna”. Since November 2016 he is the head of the nursing department and the organizational manager of the outpatient clinic. In addition, since 2015 he is involved in the hepatitis project. Educational Background: Bachelor of Health Science Registered Nurse