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Available below is a selected list of publications by EMBARC since 2015. Plain language summaries are attached to each publication to provide insight into the work.

Longitudinal evolution of the HIV effective reproduction number following sequential expansion of treatment as prevention and pre-exposure prophylaxis in British Columbia, Canada: a population-level programme evaluation

Viviane D. Lima, Jielin Zhu, Rolando Barrios, Junine Toy, Jeffrey B. Joy, Brian G. Williams, Reuben Granich, Zunyou Wu, Jason Wong, and Julio S. G. Montaner. The Lancet HIV (2024) 11 (7): e461-e469.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV treatment gap lengths and viremia among people living with HIV British Columbia, Canada, during the COVID-19 pandemic: Are we ready for the next pandemic?

Lalani L. Munasinghe, Weijia Yin, Hasan Nathani, Junine Toy, Paul Sereda, Rolando Barrios, Julio S. G. Montaner, and Viviane D. Lima. Social Science & Medicine (2024) 350: 116920.

Impact of screening and doxycycline prevention on the syphilis epidemic among men who have sex with men in British Columbia: a mathematical modelling study

Jielin Zhu, Bronhilda T. Takeh, Jummy David, Jordan Sang, David M. Moore, Mark Hull, Troy Grennan, Jason Wong, Julio S. G. Montaner, and Viviane D. Lima. The Lancet Regional Health – Americas (2024) 33: .

Expanding access to healthcare for people who use drugs and sex workers: hepatitis C elimination implications from a qualitative study of healthcare experiences in British Columbia, Canada

Nance E. Cunningham, Jessica Lamb, Amanda Staller, Mel Krajden, Robert S. Hogg, Angela Towle, Viviane Dias Lima, and Kate Salters. The Lancet Regional Health – Americas (2024) 21 (1): 75.

Impact of Substance Use and Mood/Anxiety Disorders on the HIV Continuum of Care in British Columbia, Canada, from 2001 to 2019

Sara Shayegi-Nik, Lu Wang, Jenny Li, Michael Budu, Katherine Kooij, William G. Honer, Robert S. Hogg, Julio S. G. Montaner & Viviane D. Lima. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction (2024) : .

Incidence and contributing factors of dementia among people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada, from 2002 to 2016: a retrospective cohort study

Sara Shayegi-Nik, William G Honer, Fidel Vila-Rodriguez, Ni Gusti Ayu Nanditha, Thomas L Patterson, Silvia Guillemi, Hasan Nathani, Jason Trigg, Weijia Yin, Alejandra Fonseca, Bronhilda T Takeh, Rolando Barrios, Julio S G Montaner, Viviane D Lima. BMJ Public Health (2024) 2 (1): e000627.

Process description of developing HIV prevention monitoring indicators for a province-wide pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) program in British Columbia, Canada

Lalani L Munasinghe, Junine Toy, Katherine J Lepik, David M Moore, Mark Hull, Nic Bacani, Paul Sereda, Rolando Barrios, Julio SG Montaner, Viviane D Lima. PLOS ONE (2023) 18 (3): e0283025.

Identifying Longitudinal CD4: CD8 Ratio Trajectories Indicative of Chronic Renal Disease Risk among People Living with HIV: An Application of Growth Mixture Models

Alejandra Fonseca-Cuevas, Patrick Newsome, Lu Wang, Michelle Y Chen, Chris G Richardson, Mark Hull, Taylor McLinden, Silvia Guillemi, Rolando Barrios, Julio SG Montaner, Viviane D Lima. Viruses (2023) 15: 385.

Healthcare utilisation and costs associated with adherence to antipsychotics among people living with HIV/AIDS and schizophrenia: a population-based cohort study in British Columbia, Canada

Sony Subedi, Ni Gusti Ayu Nanditha, Hiwot M. Tafessu, Hasan Nathani, Martin St-Jean, Julius Elefante, Thomas L. Patterson, William G. Honer, Julio S. G. Montaner, Viviane D. Lima. BMJ Open (2023) 13 (4): Pages e070680.

Identifying Longitudinal CD4: CD8 Ratio Trajectories Indicative of Chronic Renal Disease Risk among People Living with HIV: An Application of Growth Mixture Models

Doreen Nehumba, Adrianna Paiero, Hiwot Tafessu, Kate Salters, David Moore, Viviane D Lima. Canadian Journal of Public Health (2022) 113 (6): 944-954.

Disability-adjusted life years associated with chronic comorbidities among people living with and without HIV: Estimating health burden in British Columbia, Canada

Ni Gusti Ayu Nanditha, Jielin Zhu, Lu Wang, Jacek Kopec, Robert S Hogg, Julio SG Montaner, Viviane D Lima. PLOS Global Public Health (2022) 2 (10): e0001138.

Use of Gay Chatlines and Online Dating Platforms as Potential Mediators or Moderators in the Relationship Between Loneliness, Self-Rated Attractiveness and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Acquisition Risk Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Vancouver, Canada

Alejandra Fonseca-Cuevas, Ni Gusti Ayu Nanditha, Tian Shen, David M Moore, Nathan J Lachowsky, Kiffer G Card, Jordan M Sang, Lu Wang, Jason Chia, Felipe Duailibe, Robert S Hogg, Viviane D Lima. Sexually Transmitted Diseases (2022) 49 (10): 706-712.

The impact of lookback windows on the prevalence and incidence of chronic diseases among people living with HIV: an exploration in administrative health data in Canada

Ni Gusti Ayu Nanditha, Xinzhe Dong, Taylor McLinden, Paul Sereda, Jacek Kopec, Robert S Hogg, Julio SG Montaner, Viviane D Lima. BMC Medical Research Methodology (2022) 22 (1): 1.

A province-wide HIV initiative to accelerate initiation of treatment-as-prevention and virologic suppression in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based cohort study

Ni Gusti Ayu Nanditha, Xinzhe Dong, Hiwot M Tafessu, Lu Wang, Michelle Lu, Rolando Barrios, Julio SG Montaner, Viviane D Lima. CMAJ Open (2022) 10 (1): E27-E34.

Sexual minority status modifies the association between HIV risk behavior and prevalent mood or anxiety disorders in British Columbia, Canada

Martin St-Jean, Kalysha Closson, Travis Salway, Kiffer Card, Thomas L Patterson, Robert S Hogg, Viviane D Lima. ocial Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology (2022) 57 (1): 207-18.

Disparities in multimorbidity and mortality among people living with and without HIV across British Columbia’s health regions: a population-based cohort study

Ni Gusti Ayu Nanditha, Grace Zheng, Hiwot M Tafessu, Taylor McLinden, Andreea Bratu, Jacek Kopec, Robert S Hogg, Julio SG Montaner, Viviane D Lima. Canadian Journal of Public Health (2021) 112 (6): 1030-1041.

Overdose mortality is reducing the gains in life expectancy of antiretroviral-treated people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada

Martin St-Jean, Xinzhe Dong, Hiwot Tafessu, David Moore, William G Honer, Fidel Vila-Rodriguez, Paul Sereda, Robert S Hogg, Thomas L Patterson, Kate Salters, Rolando Barrios, Julio SG Montaner, Viviane D Lima. International Journal of Drug Policy (2021) 96: 103195.

Can the combination of TasP and PrEP eliminate HIV among MSM in British Columbia, Canada?

Viviane D. Lima, Jielin Zhu, Kiffer G. Card, Nathan J. Lachowsky, Gerardo Chowell-Puente, Zunyou Wu, Julio S.G. Montaner. Epidemics
Volume 35, June 2021, 100461.

A co-interaction model of HIV and syphilis infection among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men

Jummy Funke David, Viviane Dias Lima, Jielin Zhu, Fred Brauer. Infectious Disease Modelling (2020) 5: 855-870.

The Impact of Treatment as Prevention on the HIV Epidemic in British Columbia, Canada.

Viviane D Lima, Zabrina L Brumme, Chanson Brumme, Paul Sereda, Mel Krajden, Jason Wong, Silvia A Guillemi, Bonnie Henry, Robert S Hogg, Rolando Barrios, Julio SG Montaner. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep (2020) 17: 77-87.

The syndemic effect of HIV/HCV co-infection and mental health disorders on acute care hospitalization rate among people living with HIV/AIDS: a population-based retrospective cohort study

Martin St-Jean, Hiwot Tafessu, Kalysha Closson, Thomas L Patterson, M Ruth Lavergne, Julius Elefante, Lianping Ti, Mark W Hull, Robert S Hogg, Rolando Barrios, Jean A Shoveller, Julio SG Montaner, Viviane D Lima. Canadian Journal of Public Health (2019) 110(6): 779-791.

The potential impact of initiating antiretroviral therapy with integrase inhibitors on HIV transmission risk in British Columbia, Canada

Jielin Zhu, Ignacio Rozada, Jummy David, David M Moore, Silvia A Guillemi, Rolando Barrios, Julio SG Montaner, Viviane D Lima. EClinicalMedicine (2019) 13: 101-111.

Missed opportunities for earlier diagnosis of HIV in British Columbia, Canada: A retrospective cohort study

Ni Gusti Ayu Nanditha, Martin St-Jean, Hiwot Tafessu, Silvia A Guillemi, Mark W Hull, Michelle Lu, Bonnie Henry, Rolando Barrios, Julio SG Montaner, Viviane D Lima. PLoS One (2019) 14(3):e0214012.

The impact of HCV co-infection status on healthcare-related utilization among people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada: a retrospective cohort study

Huiting Ma, Conrado Franco Villalobos, Martin St-Jean, Oghenowede Eyawo, Miriam Ruth Lavergne, Lianping Ti, Mark W Hull, Benita Yip, Lang Wu, Robert S Hogg, Rolando Barrios, Jean A Shoveller, Julio SG Montaner, Viviane D Lima. BMC health services research (2018) 18(1):319.

Distance to HIV care and treatment adherence: Adjusting for socio-demographic and geographical heterogeneity

Ofer Amram, Junine Shoveller, Robert Hogg, Lu Wang, Paul Sereda, Rolando Barrios, Julio Montaner, Vivivane D Lima. Spatial and spatio-temporal epidemiology (2018) 27:29-35.

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