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Publications

Journal Articles:

Home is where the HAART is: Factors affecting neighbourhood perception for people living with HIV/AIDS
Vasarhelyi K., Palmer A., Fernandes K., Zhang W., Drutys E., Hogg R.S. and Brandson E. | AIDS Care, 23(2):245-251, 2011

Estimating the Impact of Expanded Access to Antiretroviral Therapy on Maternal, Paternal and Double-Orphans in sub-Saharan Africa, 2009-2020
Amema A., Au-Yeung C.G., Joffres M., Kaida A., Vasarhelyi K., Kanters S., Montaner J.S.G., Hogg R.S., Wang L. and Schnaare R.L. | AIDS Research and Therapy, 8:13, 2011

Books:

Modelling in Healthcare (ISBN-10: 0-8218-4969-7)
Hare W., Rutherford A.R., Vasarhelyi K. (Principal Authors) and the Complex Systems Modelling Group | American Mathematical Society | 2010

Abstracts:

Evaluating the Impact of "Treatment as Prevention" on Reducing HIV Transmission, Using Surveillance Data
Rutherford A.R., Vasarhelyi K., Kok S., Lourenco L., Michelow W., Samji K., Wittenberg R.W. and Montaner J.S.G. | 6th International Workshop on HIV Trasmission | Rome, Italy July 15-15, 2011

Changes in Risk Behaviour Following HIV Diagnosis and Subsequent HAART Initiation in Men who have Sex with Men
Vasarhelyi K., Michelow W., Anema A., Chan K., Hogg R.S. and Montaner J.S.G. | 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogens, Treatment and Prevention | Rome, Italy July 17-20, 2011

Social-Structural Factors and Gendered Experiences of Vulnerability Continue to Drive Syringe Sharing in a Setting of Universal Healthcare, Readily Available Syringe Exchange Services and a Safe Injection Facility
Michelow W., Cescon A.M., Rutherford A.R., Small W., Parashar S., O'Brien N., Pai J., Montaner J.S.G. and Vasarhelyi K. | 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogens, Treatment and Prevention | Rome, Italy July 17-20, 2011

Balancing Simplicity and Complexity: A Conceptual Framework for a Mathematical Network Model Investigating HIV Prevention Among Injection Drug Users in Vancouver, Canada
Vasarhelyi, K., Small W., Marshall B.D.L., Ramadanovic B., Rutherford A.R., Cescon A., Michelow W., Ahrenberg L., Wittenberg R.W. and Montaner J.S.G. | 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogens, Treatment and Prevention | Rome, Italy July 17-20, 2011

Changes in the Proportion of Undiagnosed HIV-seropositive men-who-have-sex-with-men in a Canadian Cohort from 1995 to 2002
Anema A., Vasarhelyi K., Michelow W., Chan K., Montaner J.S.G. and Hogg R.S. | 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogens, Treatment and Prevention | Rome, Italy July 17-20, 2011

Using Mathematical Modelling to Access Public Health Strategy for HIV/AIDS
Rutherford A.R., Ramadanovic B., Wittenberg R.W., Vasarhelyi K. and Montaner J.S.G. | ORAHS 2011, Operational Research Applied to Health Services | Cardiff, UK July 24-29, 2011

Reducing HIV-Related Acute Care Admissions Through Drug Treatment Program Expansion
Rutherford A.R., Bastani P., Ramadanovic B., Vasarhelyi K. and Barrios R. | ORAHS 2011, Operational Research Applied to Health Services | Genova, Italy July 18-23, 2011

Stable Housing is Linked to Improved Neighbourhood Perception and Clinical Outcomes in People with HAART
Vasarhelyi K., Brandson E., Palmer A., Fernandes K., Zhang W., Druyts E., Montaner J., Hogg R. and Moore D. | NAHC 2009, North American Housing and HIV/AIDS Research Summit IV | Washington, DC, USA June 3-5, 2009

The Role of Stable Housing and Food Security in Treatment Success Among People on HAART
Vasarhelyi K., Brandson E.K., Palmer A., Fernandes K.A., Zhang W., Druyts E.F., Moore D., Montaner J. and Hogg R.S. | 18th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research | Vancouver, Canada April 23-26, 2009

A Cellular Automata Model of the Spread of HIV in a Community Injection Drug Users
Dabbaghian V., Richardson N., Rutherford A.R. and Vasarhelyi K. | 13th International Workshop on Cellular Automata | Toronto, Canada August 27-28, 2007

A Delay Differential Equation Model of HIV Testing and Treatment
Alimadad A., Gusev Y., Vasarhelyi K. and Rutherford A.R. | CMS-MITACS Joint Conference 2007 | Winnipeg, Canada May 31-June 3, 2007

Revisiting Treatment Strategies: Variable Viral Load, High CD4= Counts and HIV Transmission
Alimadad A., Vasarhelyi K. and Rutherford A.R. | Statistical and Epidemiological Issues in HIV Research | Vail, Colorado, USA April 11-13, 2007.

Research, Technical and Government Reports:

Simulation Modelling of the Criminal Justice System of British Columbia: Phase II Incorporating Crime Types, Regions and Resourcing
Alimadad A., Dabbaghian V., Fowler E., Giles C., Ramadanovic B., Richardson N., Rutherford R., Vasarhelyi K. and van der Waall A. | A Summary Report Prepared for the Ministry of Attorney General and Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General | CSMG, 2008

MACH-1, Modelling Acute Capacity in Hospitals Phase One - Results and 2006/2007 Data Analysis
Hare W., Vertesi L., Li J., Rutherford A.R., Vasarhelyi K. and Wang Y. | Prepared for the British Columbia Ministry of Health Services | 2008

Simulation Modelling of the Criminal Justice System of British Columbia: Phase II Incorporating Six Crime Types in Five Regions
Alimadad A., Dabbaghian V., Fowler E., Giles C., Ramandanovic B., Richardson N., Rutherford A.R., Vasarhelyi K. and van der Waall A. | End of Phase Report Prepared for the Ministry of Attorney General and Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General | CSMG, 2008

Simulation Modelling of the Criminal Justice System of British Columbia: Phase IIb Incorporating Five Crime Types in Five Regions
Alimadad A., Dabbaghian V., Fowler E., Giles C., Ramadanovic B., Richardson N., Rutherford A.R., Vasarhelyi K. and van der Waall A. | Prepared for the Ministry of Attorney General and Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General | CSMG, 2008

Modelling of the Criminal Justice System for British Columbia: Phase IIa, Incorporating Five Different Crime Types
Alimadad A., Dabbaghian V., Fowler E., Giles C., Richardson N., Rutherford A.R., Vasarhelyi K. and van der Waall A. | Prepared for the British Columbia Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General and the Ministry of the Attorney General | CSMG, 2008

MACH-1: Modelling Acute Capacity in Hospitals, Phase 1- Modelling Methodology
Rutherford A.R., Vertesi L., Ferguson R., Hare W., Li J., Vasarhelyi K. and Wang Y. | Technical Report Prepared for the British Columbia Ministry of Health | 2008

Piecewise Linear Model for Cataract Surgery Rates in British Columbia for 2007-2013
Rutherford A., Vasarhelyi K. and Vertesi L. | Prepared for the British Columbia Ministry of Health | 2007

Assesment of Cataract Surgery Wait Lists of British Columbia
Alimadad A., Ghasminejad A.H., Hare W., Li J., Mitrovic-Minic S., Rutherford A.R., Vasarhelyi K. and Vertesi L. | Prepared for the British Columbia Ministry of Health | March 17, 2007

A Model for Hip and Knee Surgery Wait Lists in British Columbia Incorporating Transitions in Booking and Surgery Rates
Alimadad A., Borwein P., Dabbaghian-Abdoly V., Ferguson R., Fowler E., Gusev Y., Hayes M., Joffre M., Li J., Mitrovic-Minic S., Rutherford A.R., Vasarhelyi K. and Vertesi L. | Prepared for the British Columbia Ministry of Health | 2006

Mathematical Modelling in Health Care
Rutherdford A.R. and Vasarhelyi K. | Report to the British Colombia Ministry of Health | 2006

Modelling the Demand for Heath Care
Alimadad A., Borwein P., Dabbaghian-Abdoly V., Ferguson R., Fowler E., Gusev Y., Hayes M., Joffre M., Li J., Mitrovic-Minic S., Rutherford A.R., Vasarhelyi K and Vertesi L. | Report Prepared for the British Columbia Ministry of Health | 2006

How Many More Cases are Needed? A Report on Hip and Knee Surgery Waits in British Columbia
Alimadad A., Borwein P., Dabbaghian-Abdoly V., Ferguson R., Fowler E. Gusev Y., Hayes M., Joffre M., Li J., Mitrovic-Minic S., Rutherford A.R., Vasarhelyi K. and Vertesi L. | Prepared for the British Columbia Ministry of Health | 2006

Regional Pandemic Influenza Plan
Vasarhelyi K. (ed). | Vancouver Costal Health Authority | 2005
First Draft Five-Year Health Promotion Plan for Nunavut
Vasarhelyi K. (ed). | Shroff Consulting | 2005

Posters:

Peer Interaction Among Injection Drug Users and the HIV Epidemic
Dabbaghian V., Richardson N., Rutherford A.R., Vasarhelyi K. | XVII International AIDS Conference | Mexico City, 2008

Evaluating the Potential Role of Changing Risk Behaviour in the Effectiveness of Interventions Aimed to Control the Spread of HIV
Bastani A., Ramadanovic B., Hogg R.S., Montaner J.S.G., Vasarhelyi K., Wittenberg R.W., Rutherford A.R. | XVIII International AIDS Conference | Vienna, 2010

The Potential Impact of HAART Expansion on Hospital Utilization and Related Costs in Vancouver, BC
Vasarhelyi K., Bastani A., Hogg R.S., Kanters S., Montaner J.S.G., Ramadanovic B., Rutherford A.R., Wittenberg R.W., Yip B., Barrios R. | XVILL International AIDS Conference | Vienna, 2010

Expanding HAART to Control the Spread of HIV Among Injection Drug Users
Richardson N., Rutherford A.R., Ramadanovic B., Marshall B., Kaida A., Bastani P., van der Waall A., Montaner J.S.G., Lima V.D., Fernandes K., Hogg R.S., Borwein P., Vasarhelyi K. | 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention | Cape Town, 2009

Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Eliminates HIV Epidemics in a Network Model of an Injecting Drug User Community
Bastani P., Hogg R.S., Marshall B., Montaner J.S.G., Ramadanovic B., Rutherford A.R., Vasarhelyi K. | 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections | San Francisco, 2010

Estimating the Rate of HIV Transmission in British Columbia, Canada
Vasarhelyi K., Ramadanovic B., Adams A., Kok S., Gustafson R., Montaner J.S.G., Wittenberg R.W., Hogg R.S., Lima V.D., Rutherford A.R. | 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections | Boston, 2011

HIV Epidemics Driven by Needle-Sharing Among Injection Drug Users
Vasarhelyi K., Dabbaghian V., Richardson N., Ramadanovic B., Lima V.D., Hogg R., Rutherford A.R., | 18th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research | Vancouver, 2009

The Role of Stable Housing and Food Security in Treatment Success Among People with HAART
Vasarhelyi K., Brandson E.K., Palmer A.K., Fernandes K., Zhang W., Druyts E., Montaner J.S.G., Hogg R.S. | 18th Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research | Vancouver, 2009

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