FHS Adjunct Faculty Presentations
1. [Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) - Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health & Addiction
(CARMHA)] MacPherson D. Harm Reduction: A Family Focus. Presentation and Panel Moderation,
Charlottetown, PEI, 29 Oct 2015.
2. [Canadian Drug Policy Coalition (CDPC) - Centre for Applied Research in Mental Health & Addiction
(CARMHA)] MacPherson D. Arresting Harm: New Approaches to Law Enforcement and People Who
Use Drugs. Panel Participation, 2015 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, Drug Policy
Alliance, Washington, D.C., 21 Nov 2015.
3. Jenkins J, Nordio J, Vasarhelyi K, Nuñez A, Barrios R, Rutherford AR. A mathematical model to
determine potential costs and benefits of increasing antiretroviral therapy coverage in female sex
workers: The case of Panama. Oral Presentation, 8th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV
Pathogens, Treatment and Prevention, Vancouver, BC, 19-22 July 2015.
4. Nadaf A, Adams A, Kok S, Rutherford AR, Gustafson R, Barrios R, Vasarhelyi K. Reconciling the
individual and community benefits of Treatment as Prevention through optimizing an HIV testing
program. Poster Presentation, 8th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogens, Treatment
and Prevention, Vancouver, BC, 19-22 July 2015.
5. Nadaf A, Rutherford AR, Ramadanovic B, Vasarhelyi K, Yip B, Poon A, Liang R, Harrigan R, Gilbert M,
Wittenberg R, Montaner JSG. A new method for estimating HIV incidence that uses optimization to
reconcile and validate two models based on independent data sources for the same population.
Poster Presentation, IAS 2015, 8th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogens, Treatment
and Prevention, Vancouver, BC, 19-22 July 2015.
6. Vasarhelyi K, Ahrenberg L, Kok S, Gustafson R, Barrios R, Nadaf A, van der Waall A, Ramanadovic B,
Williams BG, Isip U, Rutherford AR. Health system modelling to evaluate operational strategies for the
implementation of UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets in Vancouver Canada. Poster Presentation, 8th
International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogens, Treatment and Prevention, Vancouver, BC,
19-22 July 2015.
7. Vasarhelyi K, Rutherford AR, Williams BG. How to do more for less? An urgent call for the expanded
use of mathematical operations research to help reach the UNAIDS 90-90-90 targets. Poster
Presentation, Controlling the HIV Epidemic with Antiretrovirals, Paris, France, 1-2 Oct 2015.
8. Vasarhelyi K, Williams BG, Ahrenberg L, Ramadanovic B, Rutherford AR, Interpreting the UNAIDS 9090-90 targets in the context of the HIV care continuum in Vancouver, Canada. Late-breaker Poster
Presentation, 8th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogens, Treatment and Prevention,
Vancouver, BC, 19-22 July 2015.
FHS Trainee publications
1. Clarke C, Cheng T, Reims K, Steinbock C, Milligan S, Hall D, Kanigan E, Postnikoff J, Thumath M, Toy J,
Undi R, Barrios R. Implementation of the HIV Treatment as Prevention strategy in 17 Canadian sites:
immediate and sustained outcomes from a 35-month quality improvement collaborative. BMJ
Quality & Safety, epub ahead of print, July 2015.
2. Eckhardt J, Elsig, M. Support for International Trade Law: the EU and the US compared. International
Journal of Constitutional Law, 2015; 14(3). doi: 10.1093/icon/mov056
3. Eckhardt J, Holden C, Callard C. Tobacco control and the World Trade Organisation: Mapping
member states’ positions after the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. Tobacco Control,
2015. doi:10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2015-052486
4. Eckhardt J, Poletti A. The politics of global value chains: import-dependent firms and EU-Asia trade
agreements. Journal of European Public Policy, 2015. doi:10.1080/13501763.2015.1085073
5. Eckhardt J. Business Lobbying and Trade Governance: The Case of EU-China Relations. London:
Palgrave Macmillan. 2015.
6. Ferlatte O, Dulai J, Hottes TS, Trussler T, Marchand R. Suicide related Ideation and Behavior Among
Canadian Gay and Bisexual Men: a Syndemic Analysis. BMC Public Health, 2015 Jul 2; 15:(597).
http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/15/597
7. Gomîs B, Carrillo Botero N. Behind Drug’s Glare, Paraguay’s Illegal Cigarette Trade Flourishes. World
Politics Review, 2015 October 1. http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/16833/behinddrugs-glare-paraguay-s-illegal-cigarette-trade-flourishes
8. Johnston LM, Finegood DT. Cross-sector partnerships and public health: challenges and
opportunities with the private sector. Front Public Health Serv Sys Res, 2015; 4(6):1–7. doi:
10.13023/FPHSSR.0406.01.
9. Shoveller J, Viehbeck S, Di Ruggiero E, Greyson D, Thomson K, Knight R. A critical examination of
representations of context within research on population health interventions. Critical Public Health,
in press, October 2015.
10. Kennedy M. C, Milloy M. J, Markwick N, McNeil R, Dong H, Wood E, Kerr T. Encounters with private
security guards among people who inject drugs in a Canadian setting. International Journal of Drug
Policy, e-pub ahead of print, November 2015.
11. Ti L, Milloy M. J, Buxton J, McNeil R, Dobrer S, Hayashi, Kerr T. Factors Associated with Leaving
Hospital against Medical Advice among People Who Use Illicit Drugs in Vancouver, Canada. PLoS
ONE, 2015; 10(10), e0141594.
FHS Trainee presentations
1. Cheng T, Clarke C, Milligan RS, Thumath M, Reims KG, Steinbock C, Day I, Barrios R. Barriers to
improving clinical HIV/AIDS outcomes during the first 11 months of a quality improvement
collaborative. 21st Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) Scientific Symposium, Orlando, FL, 7
Dec 2015.
2. Cheng T, Kerr T, Nguyen P, Wood E, DeBeck K. HIV risk factors associated with risky and illegal
income generation among street-involved youth in a Canadian setting. 8th IAS Conference on HIV
Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, Vancouver, BC, 21 July 2015.
3. Clarke C, Cheng T, Reims K, Steinbock C, Milligan S, Hall D, Kanigan E, Postnikoff J, Thumath M, Toy J,
Undi R, Barrios R. Descriptive case study of a quality improvement intervention to implement
evidence-based HIV care and improve HIV care and treatment outcomes in 17 British Columbia sites.
8th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, Vancouver, BC, 21 July 2015.
4. Knight R, Shoveller J. Examining how human rights are addressed in Canada’s reporting to the
United Nation’s National Composite Policy Index. Oral Presentation, Association for the Social
Sciences and Humanities in HIV Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 6-9 July 2015.
5. Knight R. Empirical population and public health ethics regarding HIV: Renewing the plea for robust
empirical-normative inquiry. Oral Presentation, Association for the Social Sciences and Humanities in
HIV Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa, 6-9 July 2015.
6. Ti L, Milloy M.J, Buxton J, McNeil R, Dobrer S, Hayashi K, Wood E, Kerr T. Conceptualizing the
hospital ‘risk environment’ for people who use drugs: Challenges and potential solutions. Oral
presentation, International Harm Reduction Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Oct 2015.
7. Palmer AL, Setton ES. Environmental Exposures to Cancer-Causing Substances. Cancer and the
Environment Session. First Nations, Inuit and Métis Cancer Control Forum - The Canadian
Partnership Against Cancer. St John's, Newfoundland, 8 Oct 2015.
8. Smith J. Globalisation, the Tobacco Industry and Policy Influence. Faculty of Health Sciences 10th
Anniversary Conference, 31 Oct 2015.
9. Zappelli R. Getting to Ready, Collective Impact Summit, Vancouver, BC, 30 Sept 2015.