Our Team

The BC-CfE is comprised of a dedicated and professional team of physicians, health care providers, researchers, operational and administrative staff. Following our list of Directors, you will find an alphabetical listing of many of our longer-term staff and collaborative partners.

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Our Directors

Dr. Julio Montaner | Director of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS ; Director of the John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic (IDC), and Physician Program Director for HIV/AIDS at Providence Health Care
Dr. Rolando Barrios | Assistant Director, John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic (IDC); Principal Investigator, Pharmacovigilance Program | John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic (IDC), Pharmacovigilance Program
Irene Day | Director of Operations | Operations
Dr. Silvia Guillemi | Director; Clinical Education and Training Program; Assistant Medical Director, IDC | Clinical Education and Training Program
Dr. Richard Harrigan | Director; Laboratory Program | Laboratory Program
Dr. Robert Hogg | Director; Epidemiology and Population Health, Principal Investigator; Drug Treatment Program | Clinical Programs, Epidemiology and Population Health, Drug Treatment Program
Dr. Thomas Kerr | Co-Director; Addiction and Urban Health Research Initiative | Addiction and Urban Health Research Initiative
Dr. Kate Shannon | Director; Gender and Sexual Health Initiative | Gender and Sexual Health Initiative
Dr. Evan Wood | Co-Director; Addiction and Urban Health Research Initiative and and Founder; International Centre for Science in Drug Policy | Addiction and Urban Health Research Initiative, International Centre for Science in Drug Policy

Our Team

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | Y | Z
Linda Akagi | Coordinator (Outreach Pharmacy Programs) | Clinical Programs
Janine Althorp | Project Coordinator, Sex Work Policy Project
Ofer Amran | Research Assistant/GIS Analyst
Aranka Anema | Research Assistant, Doctoral Student | AIDS Research Program
Elizabeth Barret | Clerk-IDC
Liliana Barrios | Laboratory Assistant, Research Associate | Laboratory Program
Dr. Rolando Barrios | Assistant Director, IDC; Principal Investigator | John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic (IDC)
Ladan Bayani-Mehrabadi | Clinical Research Associate
Belle Beach | Interviewer/Outreach Worker
Carolyn Beatty | Quality Assurance Coordinator | Laboratory Program
Dr. Richard Bedell | Clinical Associate | 10C AIDS Ward
Brittany Bingham | Aboriginal Research Coordinator
Alice Brewster | Research Secretary | AIDS Research Program
Dr. Mark Brockman | Associate Scientist | Laboratory Program
Dr. Zabrina Brumme | Associate Scientist | Laboratory Program
Cody Callon | Assistant Project Coordinator | Urban Health Research Initiative
Dennison Chan | Research Assistant | Laboratory Program
Keith Chan | Statistician | Clinical Programs
William Chau | Clinical Trials Assistant | AIDS Research Program
Jill Chettiar | Project Coordinator
Dr. Peter Cheung | Post Doctoral Fellow, Research Associate | Laboratory Program
Celia Chui | Research Assistant | Laboratory Program
Paul Crosson | Laboratory Manager | Laboratory Program
Irene Day | Director of Operations | Operations
Dr. Kathleen Deering | Postdoctoral Fellow & Analytical Research Coordinator
Lilly Do | Secretary (Specialty Office) | John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic (IDC)
Weiyan Dong | Research Assistant | Laboratory Program
Winnie Dong | Research Assistant | Laboratory Program
Putu Duff | Research Assistant
Beverley Eng | Junior Accountant | Operations
Danya Fast | Ethnographic Youth Research Coordinator | Urban Health Research Initiative
Chantelle Fitton | Clinical Research Associate
Dr. Anthony Fong | Clinical Associate | 10C AIDS Ward
Nada Gataric | Computer Programmer | Clinical Programs
Dr. Stephanie Glotman | Clinical Associate | 10C AIDS Ward
Dr. Shira Goldenberg | Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
Ramona Gomes | Senior Research Secretary | AIDS Research Program
Dr. Alex Gonzalez-Serna | Post Doctoral Fellow, Research Associate | Laboratory Program
Dr. Silvia Guillemi | Director, Clinical Education and Training Program; Assistant Medical Director at IDC | Clinical Education and Training Program, John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic (IDC)
Dr. Richard Harrigan | Director; Laboratory Program | Laboratory Program
Kanna Hayashi | Research Coordinator (Mitsampan Community Research Project) | Urban Health Research Initiative
Dr. Robert Hogg | Director; Epidemiology and Population Health Program, Principal Investigator | Clinical Programs, Epidemiology and Population Health
Rob Hollebakken | Research Assistant | Laboratory Program
Julia Homer | Clinical Research Associate
Kelly Hsu | Administrative Coordinator (AIDS Research Program), Administrator (Division of AIDS, UBC) | AIDS Research Program
Dr. Mark Hull | Researcher-ID, Medicine Attending | 10C AIDS Ward, AIDS Research Program
Steve Kain | Research Nurse Coordinator | Urban Health Research Initiative
Julie Kille | RN, Operations Leader, HIV/AIDS Program | John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic (IDC)
David Knapp | Student Research Assistant | Laboratory Program
Gerene Larsen | Clinical Trials Coordinator | AIDS Research Program
Thinh Le | Chief of Computer Operations, System Administration | Operations
Guinevere Lee | Research Assistant | Laboratory Program
Kathy Lepik | Research Coordinator, Pharmacovigilance Program | Clinical Programs
Debbie Lewis | Data Entry Clerk, Office Assistant | Clinical Programs, Drug Treatment Program
Dr. Richard Liang | Associate Research Scientist (Bioinformatics) | Laboratory Program
Maggie MacAulay | Research Assistant
Sylvia Machat | Interviewer/Outreach Worker
Dr. Iain Mackie | Medicine Attending | 10C AIDS Ward
Dr. Donna McClure | Clinical Associate | 10C AIDS Ward
Rachel McGovern | Research Assistant | Laboratory Program
Dr. Max Meyer | Clinical Associate | 10C AIDS Ward
Pamela Miller | Program Director for HIV/AIDS & Addictions Program, Patient Care Leader | 10C AIDS Ward, John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic (IDC)
Dr. M-J Milloy | Research Coordinator (ACCESS) | Urban Health Research Initiative
Dr. Edward Mills | Research Associate, Principal Investigator | International Program
Theresa Mo | Research Associate | Laboratory Program
Dr. Ibrahim Mohammed | Clinical Associate | 10C AIDS Ward
Michaela Montaner | Research Assistant (UHRI), Communications Coordinator (ICSDP) | Urban Health Research Initiative
Dr. Julio Montaner | Director of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS; Director of IDC and Physician Program Director for HIV/AIDS PHC
Dr. Val Montessori | Researcher-ID, Medicine Attending | 10C AIDS Ward, AIDS Research Program
Dr. David Moore | Research Scientist; Epidemiology and Population Health Program | Epidemiology and Population Health, International Program
Jennifer Morris | Assistant Project Coordinator
Dr. Tracey Morris | Clinical Associate | 10C AIDS Ward
Andy Mtambo | Clinical Trials Coordinator | AIDS Research Program
Ariel Nesbitt | Research Assistant
Carmond Ng | Research Assistant | Laboratory Program
Rachel Nicoletti | Clinical Research Associate
Christina Ok | Data Entry Clerk
Dr. Jake Onrot | Medicine Attending | 10C AIDS Ward
Emolyn Oreta | Research Secretary | AIDS Research Program
Michael T. O’Shaughnessy | Computer Operations Assistant | Operations
Alexis Palmer | Research Assistant and PhD Student | Epidemiology and Population Health
Shabnam Parsa | Biomedical Engineer | Laboratory Program
Dr. Tom Patterson | Research Associate
Dr. Peter Phillips | Medical Director; 10-C AIDS Ward | 10C AIDS Ward, AIDS Research Program
Dr. Lloyd Piszel | Clinical Associate | 10C AIDS Ward
Dr. Art Poon | Associate Research Scientist (Bioinformatics) | AIDS Research Program
Fernando Prado | Data Entry Clerk | Clinical Programs
Dr. Natasha Press | Researcher-ID, Medicine Attending | 10C AIDS Ward, AIDS Research Program
Leslie Rae | Administrative Assistant | Laboratory Program
Dana Ramsay | Data Entry Clerk | Clinical Programs
Carmen Rock | Administrative Assistant | Urban Health Research Initiative
Dr. Aida Sadr | Clinical Associate | 10C AIDS Ward
Ruth L. Saitz | Administrative Assistant | Operations
Kate Salters | Research Coordinator
Arn Schilder | Community Development Officer, Research & Community Development Officer, Health and Social Policy | AIDS Research Program, Clinical Programs
Alexandra Scott | Assistant Coordinator
Dr. Kate Shannon | Director; Gender and Sexual Health Initiative
Even Shen | Interviewer/Outreach Worker
Dr. Will Small | Qualitative Research Program Coordinator | Urban Health Research Initiative
Dr. Steffanie Strathdee | Research Associate
Luke Swenson | Research Assistant | Laboratory Program
Britanny Taylor | Data Entry Clerk/Interviewer | Urban Health Research Initiative
Christina Taylor | Interviewer / Outreach Worker
Jeremy Taylor | Research Assistant | Laboratory Program
Krista Tyler | Secretary of the Specialty Office | John Ruedy Immunodeficiency Clinic (IDC)
Brittney Udall | Interviewer/Outreach Worker
Dr. David Unger | Clinical Associate | 10C AIDS Ward
Helen Wang | Interviewer/Outreach Worker
Dr. Tinus Wasserfall | Clinical Associate | 10C AIDS Ward
Daniel Werb | Senior Research Assistant | Urban Health Research Initiative
Patricia White | Research Assistant | AIDS Research Program
Gina Willis | Program Coordinator
Steven Wong | Senior Accountant | Operations
Dr. Evan Wood | Co-Director, UHRI; Founder, ICSDP | Urban Health Research Initiative
Dr. T.C. Yang | Medicine Attending | 10C AIDS Ward
Benita Yip | Programmer, Data Analyst | Clinical Programs
Jenny Zhang | Interviewer/Outreach Worker
Cristy Zonneveld | Assistant Project Coordinator | Urban Health Research Initiative