Tag: CHIWOS

Job Posting – Research Coordinator, CHIWOS & WATCH

Posted On: Tuesday, September 13th, 2016

The Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health cohort study (CHIWOS) and the Woman And The Criminalization of HIV (WATCH) study are hiring a Research Coordinator. The Research Coordinator works with a dynamic team of Peer Research Associates, community collaborators, clinicians, researchers, and trainees to help plan, implement, and coordinate a CIHR-funded national community-based research program by, with, and… Read more »

Infographics from the CHIWOS Study: Women and HIV in BC

Posted On: Thursday, June 9th, 2016

Written by Micaela Pereira Bajard The Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS, www.chiwos.ca) is a community-based research study seeking to measure the use and impact of women-centred care for women living with HIV. The study meaningfully engages HIV-positive women throughout the research process and aims to create new knowledge that can… Read more »

AVI – Women & HIV Forum and Training

Posted On: Monday, April 4th, 2016

Friday, April 22 10am-4pm Begbie Hall, 2199 Richmond Road, Victoria Register here AIDS Vancouver Island is pleased to invite you to this free, all day forum and training on HIV as it relates to women and their unique experiences with the virus.  The day will include presentations by Dr. Mary Kestler, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network,… Read more »

Job Posting: Peer Research Associate for Women Under Surveillance Project

Posted On: Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015

The community-based research project Women Under Surveilllance: Mapping Criminalization’s Creep into the Health and Social Care of Women Living with HIV is hiring 4 peer research associates — 1 in British Columbia, 1 in Saskatchewan and 2 in Ontario, one in Toronto and one in Thunder Bay. JOB DEFINITION: PRAs are women living with HIV… Read more »

Job Posting – SFU: BC Research Coordinator for a National Women & HIV Study

Posted On: Tuesday, August 4th, 2015

Working with the Principal Investigator, the Research Coordinator assists in the planning, development, implementation, and coordination of two CIHR-funded studies involving women living with HIV: 1) Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS) (0.7 FTE) 2) Women Under Surveilllance: Mapping Criminalization’s Creep into the Health and Social Care of Women Living with… Read more »

Volunteer Posting – CHIWOS Study: More participants needed for study about the health of women living with HIV in Canada

Posted On: Wednesday, February 11th, 2015

Canadian HIV Women’s Sexual and Reproductive Health Study (CHIWOS), is seeking at at least another 30 participants for a study about the health of women living with HIV in Canada. To date, 320 women in BC and over 1,250 women nationally have participated. CHIWOS would like to recruit at least another 30 participants by March including 17… Read more »

Huffington Post: Women Living with HIV Aim to Break the Glass Ceiling

Posted On: Wednesday, December 10th, 2014

By Allison Carter Public health professional with the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University and the Epidemiology and Population Health Program at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. BC Community-Based Research Coordinator for CHIWOS. Read original article More than half of all people living with HIV worldwide are women, and yet they… Read more »

Summer Review of What’s Hot in HIV Research

Posted On: Friday, July 18th, 2014

Welcome to the Pacific AIDS Network’s summer review of What’s HOT in HIV Research! In this edition we are going to take a look at contributions by our organization and some of our partners to the Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) 2014 Conference in St. John’s Newfoundland. 1. Peer Leadership Training for Positive Women… Read more »