Grant: New Investigator Award - PA: HIV/AIDS Services/Population Health Research
University of British Columbia
$300,000.00
Operations research applied to assess different strategies to reduce the individual and public health burdens of HIV and HCV in British Columbia
FY 2012-13
Summary
The worldwide burden of hepatitis C (HCV), especially among those individuals who use illicit injection drugs and those also infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is tremendous. This project proposes to access the long-term impact of increasing HCV testing, treatment coverage and retention into care as means of preventing individuals from dying prematurely and from transmitting both HCV and HIV. This proposed five-year research program has important implications, since we will identify strategies to diminish the gap in the delivery of care to those afflicted by HIV and HCV. This research proposal will employ innovative statistical and mathematical models to answer our research goal. Furthermore, this research program will have different co-investigators and collaborators with strong and diverse backgrounds with an exceptional publication record, and it create great opportunities to trainees to be supported across a variety of disciplines, further enhancing BC's competitive advantage in population-health and in HIV and HCV research.
Department
Program
New Investigator Award - PA: HIV/AIDS Services/Population Health Research
Recipient
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
270183
Name
Lima Viviane D
Region
British Columbia
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Population and Public Health
Theme2
Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health
Prcname2
Health Research Salary A
Projecttitle
Operations research applied to assess different strategies to reduce the individual and public health burdens of HIV and HCV in British Columbia
Programtype2
Salary Programs
Orgnameinp2
University of British Columbia
Cihramount2
$300,000
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
New Investigator Award - PA: HIV/AIDS Services/Population Health Research
Keyworddelim
Biomedical Intervention; Burden Of Disease; Hcv; Hepatitis C; Hiv/Aids; Incidence; Mathematical Modeling; Mortality; Prevention
Abstract
The worldwide burden of hepatitis C (HCV), especially among those individuals who use illicit injection drugs and those also infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), is tremendous. This project proposes to access the long-term impact of increasing HCV testing, treatment coverage and retention into care as means of preventing individuals from dying prematurely and from transmitting both HCV and HIV. This proposed five-year research program has important implications, since we will identify strategies to diminish the gap in the delivery of care to those afflicted by HIV and HCV. This research proposal will employ innovative statistical and mathematical models to answer our research goal. Furthermore, this research program will have different co-investigators and collaborators with strong and diverse backgrounds with an exceptional publication record, and it create great opportunities to trainees to be supported across a variety of disciplines, further enhancing BC's competitive advantage in population-health and in HIV and HCV research.
Competitiondate
201209
Approvedterm2
5 yrs 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Lima, Viviane D
Approvedterm
5 ans 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
~ $300,000~ $0~
