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What is the effectiveness of and what are the best practices for using contingency management and incentives to support linkage to care and treatment for hepatitis C infection among people who use drugs?
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Aging with HIV
The aging HIV patient and geriatric syndromes: “Will you still treat me when I’m 64?”
People living with HIV are getting older due both to extended survival and to an increase in new diagnoses over the age of 50. Dr. …
Preventing, Predicting and Managing Co-morbidities
Aging, comorbidities, and HIV
Ten years ago, few people over 50 were being treated for HIV; today this group makes up about one third of the HIV-positive population. This is due to more effective therapy, and also to more people …
Angiogenesis and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with HIV
Research Team: Lena Serghides (principal investigator), Mona Loutfy, Kellie Murphy, Mark Yudin, Sharon Walmsley
What is this research about?
HIV-positive women who become pregnant may have a greater risk of certain complications, such as pre-term delivery and low birth weight …
Probiotics to enhance gut health and immune function in people living with HIV in Ontario
Research Team: Rupert Kaul (principal investigator), Mario Ostrowski, Colin Kovacs, Gabe Kandel, Robert Reinhard
What is this research about?
Basic science research conducted by this team has shown that HIV damages the gut reducing the number and function …
Preventive use of statins to reduce arterial inflammation in HIV
Research Team: Paul MacPherson (principal investigator), Giresh Dwivedi, Rob Beanlands, Jonathan Angel, Kwan Chan, Robert deKamp, George Wells, Vicente Corrales-Medina
What is this research about?
Cardiovascular disease is an increasingly common health concern among people with HIV, typically occurring …