Vancouver Street Soccer League
Vancouver Street Soccer League Areas of Interest: • Aboriginal Health • Addictions Health • Women’s Health • Mental Health • Underhousing and Health Description: The VSSL is a volunteer organization which empowers people suffering from or at risk of homelessness, addiction and mental illness through the power of sport and the community it fosters. VSSL addresses […]
BC Healthy Communities Society (BCHC)
BC Healthy Communities Society (BCHC) Area of Interest: Addressing the multiple determinants of health Description: BCHC addresses the multiple determinants of health and works with community leaders to build capacity and integrate a health lens into planning; connects different sectors, such as Health Authorities, Local Government and Non-profit Organizations in dialogue on priority and innovative […]
Micheal Krausz (Mental Health)
Michael Krausz Current Roles: Health Professional – Dr. Krausz has worked as a psychiatrist for over 30 years, and is heavily involved in trauma care and treatment. Professor – Dr. Krauz is cross-appointed to the University’s Department of Psychiatry and School of Population and Public Health. Researcher – Dr. Krausz is the University of British […]
Micheal Krausz (Health and Underhousing)
Michael Krausz Current Roles: Health Professional – Dr. Krausz has worked as a psychiatrist for over 30 years, and is heavily involved in trauma care and treatment. Professor – Dr. Krauz is cross-appointed to the University’s Department of Psychiatry and School of Population and Public Health. Researcher – Dr. Krausz is the University of British […]
Michael Krausz (Addictions Medicine)
Michael Krausz Current Roles: Health Professional – Dr. Krausz has worked as a psychiatrist for over 30 years, and is heavily involved in trauma care and treatment. Professor – Dr. Krauz is cross-appointed to the University’s Department of Psychiatry and School of Population and Public Health. Researcher – Dr. Krausz is the University of British […]
Anita Palepu (Access and Resources in Health Care)
Anita Palepu Current Roles: Internal Medicine specialist, St. Paul’s Hospital Program Director for the General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program, University of British Columbia Researcher – Dr. Palepu is a researcher at the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences at St. Paul’s Hospital. Her research interests include: urban health, substance use, harm reduction, addiction treatment, […]
Anita Palepu (Health Education and advocacy)
Anita Palepu Current Roles: Internal Medicine specialist, St. Paul’s Hospital Program Director for the General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program, University of British Columbia Researcher – Dr. Palepu is a researcher at the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences at St. Paul’s Hospital. Her research interests include: urban health, substance use, harm reduction, addiction treatment, […]
Anita Palepu (Addictions Health)
Anita Palepu Current Roles: Internal Medicine specialist, St. Paul’s Hospital Program Director for the General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program, University of British Columbia Researcher – Dr. Palepu is a researcher at the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences at St. Paul’s Hospital. Her research interests include: urban health, substance use, harm reduction, addiction treatment, […]
Anita Palepu (Health and Underhousing)
Anita Palepu Current Roles: Internal Medicine specialist, St. Paul’s Hospital Program Director for the General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program, University of British Columbia Researcher – Dr. Palepu is a researcher at the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences at St. Paul’s Hospital. Her research interests include: urban health, substance use, harm reduction, addiction treatment, […]
Community Health Centers in BC
Recently Community Health Centres have been in the news. Vancouver Coastal Health has said that it is consolidating three of its community health centers into one center. As quoted in an article by Vancouver Sun, “…the goal is to move patients with lower needs into the care of family physicians. Those with high needs will [get] centralized […]