Overview

Dr. Hasina Samji received her doctorate in infectious disease epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, where she also completed a Master of Science degree. She holds joint appointments at the BCCDC as a Senior Scientist, and as an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University (SFU). Dr. Samji has expertise in the design and implementation of observational cohort studies and the analysis of administrative health data. She studies healthcare access for underserved populations, including people living with HIV, people who use drugs, and children and youth. She is a Research Associate at the Centre for Applied Research in Mental Heath and Addictions (CARMHA-SFU) and has spearheaded research to estimate the prevalence of mental disorders in BC to inform health services planning for the BC Ministry of Health. Dr. Samji is the Principal Investigator for the Youth Development Instrument (YDI), a study measuring predictors of positive youth well-being, mental health, and development in high school students in collaboration with the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP-UBC), community and clinical partners and youth themselves.

Publications

Development and validation of a youth climate anxiety scale for the Youth Development Instrument survey
International Journal of Mental Health Nursing
Judy Wu and David Long and Nada Hafez and Jacqueline Maloney and Yan Lim and Hasina Samji
DOI: 10.1111/inm.13201
12/2023

An intersectional analysis of moral distress and intention to leave employment among long-term care providers in British Columbia during the COVID-19 pandemic
Julia Smith and Muhammad Haaris Tiwana and Hasina Samji and Rosemary Morgan and Simran Purewal and Jorge Andres Delgado-Ron
DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/t4asc
06/2023

Evaluating the psychosocial status of BC children and youth during the COVID-19 pandemic: A MyHEARTSMAP cross-sectional study
PLOS ONE
Melissa L. Woodward and Abrar Hossain and Alaina Chun and Cindy Liu and Kaitlyn Kilyk and Jeffrey N. Bone and Garth Meckler and Tyler Black and S. Evelyn Stewart and Hasina Samji and Skye Barbic and Quynh Doan
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0281083
03/2023

Effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines in people living with HIV in British Columbia and comparisons with a matched HIV-negative cohort: a test-negative design
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Adeleke Fowokan and Hasina Samji and Joseph H. Puyat and Naveed Z. Janjua and James Wilton and Jason Wong and Troy Grennan and Catharine Chambers and Abigail Kroch and Cecilia T. Costiniuk and Curtis L. Cooper and Ann N. Burchell and Aslam Anis
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2022.11.035
02/2023

Using novel methodology to estimate the prevalence of mental disorders in British Columbia, Canada
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Ridhwana Kaoser and Wayne Jones and Naomi Dove and Corinne Tallon and Will Small and Daniel Vigo and Hasina Samji
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-022-02366-z
01/2023

Age-specific determinants of psychiatric outcomes after the first COVID-19 wave: baseline findings from a Canadian online cohort study
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
Stewart, S.E. and Best, J. and Selles, R. and Naqqash, Z. and Lin, B. and Lu, C. and Au, A. and Snell, G. and Westwell-Roper, C. and Vallani, T. and Ewing, E. and Dogra, K. and Doan, Q. and Samji, H.
DOI: 10.1186/s13034-023-00560-8
2023

Understanding COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence in People Living with HIV: A pan-Canadian Survey
AIDS and Behavior
Costiniuk, C.T. and Singer, J. and Needham, J. and Yang, Y. and Qian, H. and Chambers, C. and Burchell, A.N. and Samji, H. and Colmegna, I. and del Canto, S. and Godin, G.-H. and Habanyama, M. and Hui, C. and Kroch, A. and Mandarino, E. and Margolese, S. and Martin, C. and Owino, M. and Mohammadi, T. and Zhang, W. and Pelaez, S. and Kovacs, C. and Benko, E. and Vulesevic, B. and Cooper, C.L. and Anis, A.H.
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-023-03991-8
2023

Mental health-related healthcare utilization and psychotropic drug dispensation trends in British Columbia during the COVID-19 pandemic: Observational Study (Preprint)
Moe Zandy and Sylvia ElKurdi and Hasina Samji and Geoff McKee and Aman Dheri and Kate Smolina
DOI: 10.2196/preprints.40916
08/2022

Review: Mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and youth – a systematic review
Child and Adolescent Mental Health
Hasina Samji and Judy Wu and Amilya Ladak and Caralyn Vossen and Evelyn Stewart and Naomi Dove and David Long and Gaelen Snell
DOI: 10.1111/camh.12501
05/2022

Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men accessing STI clinics: Optimizing HIV PrEP implementation
PLOS ONE
Hasina Samji and Jia Hu and Michael Otterstatter and Mark Hull and Troy Grennan and David Moore and Mark Gilbert and Rob Higgins and Jason Wong
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0261705
01/2022

Coronavirus disease 2019 vaccine effectiveness among a population-based cohort of people living with HIV
AIDS
Chambers, C. and Samji, H. and Cooper, C.L. and Costiniuk, C.T. and Janjua, N.Z. and Kroch, A.E. and Arbess, G. and Benoit, A.C. and Buchan, S.A. and Chung, H. and Kendall, C.E. and Kwong, J.C. and Langlois, M.-A. and Lee, S.M. and Mbuagbaw, L. and McCullagh, J. and Moineddin, R. and Nambiar, D. and Walmsley, S. and Anis, A.H. and Burchell, A.N.
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003405
2022

Prevalence of Mental Health Needs, Substance Use, and Co-occurring Disorders Among People Admitted to Prison
Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
Butler, A. and Nicholls, T. and Samji, H. and Fabian, S. and Lavergne, M.R.
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202000927
2022

The Impact of Current Opioid Agonist Therapy on Hepatitis C Virus Treatment Initiation among People Who Use Drugs from the Direct-acting Antiviral (DAA) Era: A Population-Based Study
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Bartlett, S.R. and Wong, S. and Yu, A. and Pearce, M. and MacIsaac, J. and Nouch, S. and Adu, P. and Wilton, J. and Samji, H. and Clementi, E. and Velasquez, H. and Jeong, D. and Binka, M. and Alvarez, M. and Wong, J. and Buxton, J. and Krajden, M. and Janjua, N.Z.
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab546
2022

The relationship between outpatient service use and emergency department visits among people treated for mental and substance use disorders: analysis of population-based administrative data in British Columbia, Canada
BMC Health Services Research
Lavergne, M.R. and Loyal, J.P. and Shirmaleki, M. and Kaoser, R. and Nicholls, T. and Schütz, C.G. and Vaughan, A. and Samji, H. and Puyat, J.H. and Kaulius, M. and Jones, W. and Small, W.
DOI: 10.1186/s12913-022-07759-z
2022

Emergency department use for mental and substance use disorders: Descriptive analysis of population-based, linked administrative data in British Columbia, Canada
BMJ Open
Lavergne, M.R. and Shirmaleki, M. and Loyal, J.P. and Jones, W. and Nicholls, T.L. and Schutz, C.G. and Vaughan, A. and Samji, H. and Puyat, J.H. and Kaoser, R. and Kaulius, M. and Small, W.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-057072
2022

Estimating the Prevalence of Mental and Substance Use Disorders: A Systematic Approach to Triangulating Available Data to Inform Health Systems Planning,Estimer la prévalence des troubles mentaux et des troubles liés à une substance: une approche systématique de la triangulation des données disponibles pour éclairer la planification du système de santé
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry
Vigo, D. and Jones, W. and Dove, N. and Maidana, D.E. and Tallon, C. and Small, W. and Samji, H.
DOI: 10.1177/07067437211006872
2022

Prevalence of co-occurring mental illness and substance use disorder and association with overdose: a linked data cohort study among residents of British Columbia, Canada
Addiction
Keen, C. and Kinner, S.A. and Young, J.T. and Jang, K. and Gan, W. and Samji, H. and Zhao, B. and Krausz, M. and Slaunwhite, A.
DOI: 10.1111/add.15580
2022

Impact of direct-acting antivirals for HCV on mortality in a large population-based cohort study
Journal of Hepatology
Naveed Z. Janjua and Stanley Wong and Younathan Abdia and Dahn Jeong and Terri Buller-Taylor and Prince A. Adu and Hasina Samji and James Wilton and Margo Pearce and Zahid A. Butt and Amanda Yu and Mawuena Binka and Sofia Bartlett and Maria Alvarez and Mel Krajden
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.05.028
11/2021

Differences in risk factors for hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and human immunodeficiency virus infection by ethnicity: A large population-based cohort study in British Columbia, Canada.
International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases
Binka M and Butt ZA and McKee G and Darvishian M and Cook D and Wong S and Yu A and Alvarez M and Samji H and Wong J and Krajden M and Janjua NZ
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2021.03.061
PubMed: 33771673
03/2021

Last in line: Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and well-being of young adults in BC
British Columbia Medical Journal
Samji, H. and Dove, N. and Ames, M. and Sones, M. and Leadbeater, B.
2021

Increased CD4:CD8 ratio normalization with implementation of current ART management guidelines
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Zhabokritsky, A. and Szadkowski, L. and Cooper, C. and Loutfy, M. and Wong, A. and Mcclean, A. and Hogg, R.S. and Walmsley, S.L. and Brumme, Z. and Burchell, A.N. and Cooper, C. and Kelly, D. and Klein, M. and Kroch, A. and Loutfy, M. and Machouf, N. and Montaner, J. and Salters, K. and Raboud, J. and Tsoukas, C. and Sanche, S. and Thomas, R. and Walmsley, S. and Antoniou, T. and Bayoumi, A. and Hull, M. and Nosyk, B. and Cescon, A. and Cotterchio, M. and Goldsmith, C. and Guillemi, S. and Harrigan, P.R. and Harris, M. and Hosein, S. and Johnston, S. and Kendall, C. and Liddy, C. and Lima, V. and Moore, D. and Palmer, A. and Patterson, S. and Phillips, P. and Rachlis, A. and Rourke, S.B. and Samji, H. and Smieja, M. and Trottier, B. and Wainberg, M. and Archibald, C. and Clement, K. and Doolittle-Romas, M. and Edmiston, L. and Gardner, S. and Huskins, B. and Lawless, J. and Lee, D. and Masching, R. and Tattle, S. and Zahirieh, A. and Allen, C. and Calvez, S. and Colley, G. and Chia, J. and Corsi, D. and Gilbert, L. and Gataric, N. and Light, L. and Mackie, D. and Pexos, C. and Shurgold, S. and Szadkowski, L. and Galanakis, C. and Yip, B. and Younger, J. and Zhu, J.
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkaa484
2021

Early childhood social-emotional profiles associated with middle childhood internalizing and wellbeing
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
Thomson, K.C. and Richardson, C.G. and Samji, H. and Dove, N. and Olsson, C.A. and Schonert-Reichl, K.A. and Shoveller, J. and Gadermann, A.M. and Guhn, M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101301
2021

Women in the 2019 hepatitis C cascade of care: findings from the British Columbia Hepatitis Testers cohort study
BMC Women's Health
Pearce, M.E. and Bartlett, S.R. and Yu, A. and Lamb, J. and Reitz, C. and Wong, S. and Alvarez, M. and Binka, M. and Velásquez Garcia, H. and Jeong, D. and Clementi, E. and Adu, P. and Samji, H. and Wong, J. and Buxton, J. and Yoshida, E. and Elwood, C. and Sauve, L. and Pick, N. and Krajden, M. and Janjua, N.Z.
DOI: 10.1186/s12905-021-01470-7
2021

Impact of COVID-19-related public health measures on HCV testing in British Columbia, Canada: An interrupted time series analysis
Liver International
Binka, M. and Bartlett, S. and Velásquez García, H.A. and Darvishian, M. and Jeong, D. and Adu, P. and Alvarez, M. and Wong, S. and Yu, A. and Samji, H. and Krajden, M. and Wong, J. and Janjua, N.Z.
DOI: 10.1111/liv.15074
2021

Risk of overdose-related death for people with a history of incarceration
Addiction
Gan, W.Q. and Kinner, S.A. and Nicholls, T.L. and Xavier, C.G. and Urbanoski, K. and Greiner, L. and Buxton, J.A. and Martin, R.E. and McLeod, K.E. and Samji, H. and Nolan, S. and Meilleur, L. and Desai, R. and Sabeti, S. and Slaunwhite, A.K.
DOI: 10.1111/add.15293
2021

Impact of HCV infection and ethnicity on incident type 2 diabetes: Findings from a large population-based cohort in British Columbia
BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care
Jeong, D. and Karim, M.E. and Wong, S. and Wilton, J. and Butt, Z.A. and Binka, M. and Adu, P.A. and Bartlett, S. and Pearce, M. and Clementi, E. and Yu, A. and Alvarez, M. and Samji, H. and Velásquez García, H.A. and Abdia, Y. and Krajden, M. and Janjua, N.Z.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2021-002145
2021

Incidence of HCV infection among gbMSM in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based cohort study
Journal of Hepatology
Naveed Janjua and Stanley Wong and James Wilton and Prince Adu and Zahid Butt and Hasina Samji and Geoff McKee and Mawuena Binka and Younathan Abdia and Amanda Yu and Sofia Bartlett and Dahn Jeong and Emilia Clementi and Dr. Margo Pearce and Maria Alvarez and Dr. Jason Wong and Mel Krajden
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(20)32080-8
08/2020

Population-level hepatitis C cascade of care among men who have sex with men in British Columbia, Canada
Journal of Hepatology
Naveed Janjua and Amanda Yu and James Wilton and Prince Adu and Dr. Margo Pearce and Hasina Samji and Geoff McKee and Sofia Bartlett and Zahid Butt and Mawuena Binka and Younathan Abdia and Stanley Wong and Dahn Jeong and Emilia Clementi and Maria Alvarez and Dr. Jason Wong and Mel Krajden
DOI: 10.1016/s0168-8278(20)30617-6
08/2020

Building bridges: Describing a process for indigenous engagement in epidemiology
Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action
Benoit, A.C. and Jaworsky, D. and Price, R. and Whitebird, W. and Benson, E. and Nowgesic, E. and Nicholson, V. and Ranville, F. and Loutfy, M. and Beaver, K. and Zoccole, A. and Nobis, T. and Kellman, C. and Jackson, R. and O?brien-Teengs, D. and Walsh, T. and Keshane, M. and Tom, J. and Tynes, T. and Brennan, E. and Giles, S. and Hanuse, B. and Campbell, D. and Xele?Milh Paul, D. and Samji, H. and Hull, M. and Masching, R.
DOI: 10.1353/cpr.2020.0051
2020

Climate anxiety in young people: a call to action
The Lancet Planetary Health
Wu, J. and Snell, G. and Samji, H.
DOI: 10.1016/S2542-5196(20)30223-0
2020

Drug-related deaths in a population-level cohort of people living with and without hepatitis C virus in British Columbia, Canada
International Journal of Drug Policy
Samji, H. and Yu, A. and Wong, S. and Wilton, J. and Binka, M. and Alvarez, M. and Bartlett, S. and Pearce, M. and Adu, P. and Jeong, D. and Clementi, E. and Butt, Z. and Buxton, J. and Gilbert, M. and Krajden, M. and Janjua, N.Z.
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2020.102989
2020

Loss to follow-up: A significant barrier in the treatment cascade with direct-acting therapies
Journal of Viral Hepatitis
Darvishian, M. and Wong, S. and Binka, M. and Yu, A. and Ramji, A. and Yoshida, E.M. and Wong, J. and Rossi, C. and Butt, Z.A. and Bartlett, S. and Pearce, M.E. and Samji, H. and Cook, D. and Alvarez, M. and Chong, M. and Tyndall, M. and Krajden, M. and Janjua, N.Z.
DOI: 10.1111/jvh.13228
2020

Syndemic profiles of people living with hepatitis C virus using population-level latent class analysis to optimize health services
International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Clementi, E. and Bartlett, S. and Otterstatter, M. and Buxton, J.A. and Wong, S. and Yu, A. and Butt, Z.A. and Wilton, J. and Pearce, M. and Jeong, D. and Binka, M. and Adu, P. and Alvarez, M. and Samji, H. and Abdia, Y. and Wong, J. and Krajden, M. and Janjua, N.Z.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.08.035
2020

Factors associated with interest in bacterial sexually transmitted infection vaccines at two large sexually transmitted infection clinics in British Columbia, Canada
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Plotnikoff, K.M. and Ogilvie, G.S. and Smith, L. and Donken, R. and Pedersen, H.N. and Samji, H. and Grennan, T.
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2019-054311
2020

Effectiveness of Ledipasvir/Sofosbuvir and Sofosbuvir/Velpatasvir in People Who Inject Drugs and/or Those in Opioid Agonist Therapy.
Hepatology communications
Janjua NZ and Darvishian M and Wong S and Yu A and Rossi C and Ramji A and Yoshida EM and Butt ZA and Samji H and Chong M and Chapinal N and Cook D and Alvarez M and Tyndall M and Krajden M and British Columbia Hepatitis Testers Cohort Team
DOI: 10.1002/hep4.1307
PubMed: 30976739
01/2019

Sustained virological response from interferon-based hepatitis C regimens is associated with reduced risk of extrahepatic manifestations
Journal of Hepatology
Rossi, C. and Jeong, D. and Wong, S. and McKee, G. and Butt, Z.A. and Buxton, J. and Wong, J. and Darvishian, M. and Bartlett, S. and Samji, H. and Yu, A. and Binka, M. and Alvarez, M. and Adu, P.A. and Tyndall, M. and Krajden, M. and Janjua, N.Z.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.07.021
2019

The Need and Desire for Mental Health and Substance Use-Related Services among Clients of Publicly Funded Sexually Transmitted Infection Clinics in Vancouver, Canada
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice
Salway, T. and Ferlatte, O. and Shoveller, J. and Purdie, A. and Grennan, T. and Tan, D.H.S. and Consolacion, T. and Rich, A.J. and Dove, N. and Samji, H. and Scott, K. and Blackwell, E. and Mirau, D. and Holgerson, N. and Wong, J. and Gilbert, M.
DOI: 10.1097/PHH.0000000000000904
2019

Factors associated with delayed and late ART initiation among people living with HIV in BC: results from the engage study
AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
Kesselring, S. and Osborne, C. and Bever, A. and Salters, K. and Cui, Z. and Chia, J. and Moore, D.M. and Parashar, S. and Kaida, A. and Samji, H. and Duddy, J. and Gabler, K. and Howard, T. and Nash, D. and McCandless, L.C. and Patterson, T.L. and Corneil, T. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Hogg, R.S.
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2018.1549722
2019

Incidence of select chronic comorbidities among a population-based cohort of HIV-positive individuals receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy
Current Medical Research and Opinion
Gali, B. and Eyawo, O. and Hull, M.W. and Samji, H. and Zhang, W. and Sereda, P. and Lima, V.D. and McGrail, K. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Hogg, R.S. and Moore, D.
DOI: 10.1080/03007995.2019.1645999
2019

Reply to: “Pitfalls in measuring temporal trends for late diagnosis of viral hepatitis”
Journal of Hepatology
Wilton, J. and Samji, H. and Yu, A. and Krajden, M. and Janjua, N.Z.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2019.09.015
2019

A162 SHIFT IN DISPARITIES IN HCV TREATMENT FROM INTERFERON TO DAA ERA: A POPULATION BASED COHORT STUDY.
Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
Janjua NZ and Islam N and Wong J and Yoshida EM and Ramji A and Samji H and Butt Z and Chong M and Alvarez M and Cook D and Tyndall M and Krajden M
02/2018

An Application of Syndemic Theory to Identify Drivers of the Syphilis Epidemic among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Ferlatte, O. and Salway, T. and Samji, H. and Dove, N. and Gesink, D. and Gilbert, M. and Oliffe, J.L. and Grennan, T. and Wong, J.
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000713
2018

Estimating the impact of early hepatitis C virus clearance on hepatocellular carcinoma risk
Journal of Viral Hepatitis
Darvishian, M. and Janjua, N.Z. and Chong, M. and Cook, D. and Samji, H. and Butt, Z.A. and Yu, A. and Alvarez, M. and Yoshida, E. and Ramji, A. and Wong, J. and Woods, R. and Tyndall, M. and Krajden, M.
DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12977
2018

Identifying injection drug use and estimating population size of people who inject drugs using healthcare administrative datasets
International Journal of Drug Policy
Janjua, N.Z. and Islam, N. and Kuo, M. and Yu, A. and Wong, S. and Butt, Z.A. and Gilbert, M. and Buxton, J. and Chapinal, N. and Samji, H. and Chong, M. and Alvarez, M. and Wong, J. and Tyndall, M.W. and Krajden, M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.02.001
2018

Effect of opioid-substitution therapy and mental health counseling on hiv risk among hepatitis c-infected individuals
Clinical Epidemiology
Butt, Z.A. and Shrestha, N. and Gesink, D. and Murti, M. and Buxton, J.A. and Gilbert, M. and Balshaw, R.F. and Wong, S. and Kuo, M. and Wong, J. and Yu, A. and Alvarez, M. and Samji, H. and Roth, D. and Consolacion, T. and Hull, M.W. and Ogilvie, G. and Tyndall, M.W. and Krajden, M. and Janjua, N.Z.
DOI: 10.2147/CLEP.S173449
2018

Multimorbidity among Persons Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Wong, C. and Gange, S.J. and Moore, R.D. and Justice, A.C. and Buchacz, K. and Abraham, A.G. and Rebeiro, P.F. and Koethe, J.R. and Martin, J.N. and Horberg, M.A. and Boyd, C.M. and Kitahata, M.M. and Crane, H.M. and Gebo, K.A. and Gill, M.J. and Silverberg, M.J. and Palella, F.J. and Patel, P. and Samji, H. and Thorne, J. and Rabkin, C.S. and Mayor, A. and Althoff, K.N. and Freeman, A.M. and Cescon, A. and Rachlis, A.R. and Rogers, B. and Rodriguez, B. and Grasso, C. and Benson, C.A. and Drozd, D.R. and Fiellin, D. and Haas, D. and Kirk, G.D. and Willig, J. and Globerman, J. and Brooks, J.T. and Eron, J.J. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Gabler, K. and Anastos, K. and Mayer, K.H. and Jacobson, L.P. and Kopansky-Giles, M. and Klein, M.B. and Turner, M. and Mugavero, M.J. and Saag, M.S. and Harrigan, P.R. and Dubrow, R. and Hunter-Mellado, R.F. and Hogg, R.S. and Bosch, R.J. and McKaig, R.G. and Bebawy, S. and Rourke, S.B. and Napravnik, S. and Boswell, S. and Sterling, T.R.
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix998
2018

Cohort profile: The Comparative Outcomes and Service Utilization Trends (COAST) Study among people living with and without HIV in British Columbia, Canada
BMJ Open
Eyawo, O. and Hull, M.W. and Salters, K. and Samji, H. and Cescon, A. and Sereda, P. and Lima, V.D. and Nosyk, B. and Whitehurst, D.G.T. and Lear, S.A. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Hogg, R.S.
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019115
2018

Long-term effect of sustained virological response on hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with hepatitis C in Canada
Journal of Hepatology
Janjua, N.Z. and Chong, M. and Kuo, M. and Woods, R. and Wong, J. and Yoshida, E.M. and Sherman, M. and Butt, Z.A. and Samji, H. and Cook, D. and Yu, A. and Alvarez, M. and Tyndall, M. and Krajden, M.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2016.10.028
2017

Rates and predictors of injury in a population-based cohort of people living with HIV
AIDS
Samji, H. and Zhang, W. and Eyawo, O. and Jabbari, S. and Colley, G. and Tanner, Z. and Hull, M. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Hogg, R.S.
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001328
2017

First occurrence of diabetes, chronic kidney disease, and hypertension among north American HIV-infected adults, 2000-2013
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Wong, C. and Gange, S.J. and Buchacz, K. and Moore, R.D. and Justice, A.C. and Horberg, M.A. and Gill, M.J. and Koethe, J.R. and Rebeiro, P.F. and Silverberg, M.J. and Palella, F.J. and Patel, P. and Kitahata, M.M. and Crane, H.M. and Abraham, A.G. and Samji, H. and Napravnik, S. and Ahmed, T. and Thorne, J.E. and Bosch, R.J. and Mayor, A.M. and Althoff, K.N.
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw804
2017

The continuum of HIV care in rural communities in the United States and Canada: What is known and future research directions
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Schafer, K.R. and Albrecht, H. and Dillingham, R. and Hogg, R.S. and Jaworsky, D. and Kasper, K. and Loutfy, M. and MacKenzie, L.J. and McManus, K.A. and Oursler, K.A.K. and Rhodes, S.D. and Samji, H. and Skinner, S. and Sun, C.J. and Weissman, S. and Ohl, M.E.
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001329
2017

Comparison of atazanavir/ritonavir and darunavir/ritonavir based antiretroviral therapy for antiretroviral naïve patients
BMC Infectious Diseases
Antoniou, T. and Szadkowski, L. and Walmsley, S. and Cooper, C. and Burchell, A.N. and Bayoumi, A.M. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Loutfy, M. and Klein, M.B. and Machouf, N. and Tsoukas, C. and Wong, A. and Hogg, R.S. and Raboud, J. and Kelly, D. and Sanche, S. and Hull, M. and Nosyk, B. and Cescon, A. and Cotterchio, M. and Goldsmith, C. and Guillemi, S. and Richard Harrigan, P. and Harris, M. and Hosein, S. and Johnston, S. and Kendall, C. and Liddy, C. and Lima, V. and Moore, D. and Palmer, A. and Patterson, S. and Phillips, P. and Rachlis, A. and Rourke, S.B. and Samji, H. and Smieja, M. and Trottier, B. and Wainberg, M. and Archibald, C. and Clement, K. and Doolittle-Romas, M. and Edmiston, L. and Gardner, S. and Huskins, B. and Lawless, J. and Lee, D. and Masching, R. and Tattle, S. and Zahirieh, A. and Allen, C. and Calvez, S. and Colley, G. and Chia, J. and Corsi, D. and Gilbert, L. and Gataric, N. and Merritt, K. and Light, L. and Mackie, D. and Pexos, C. and Shurgold, S. and Galanakis, C. and Yip, B. and Younger, J. and Zhu, J.
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2379-8
2017

Hepatitis C co-infection is associated with an increased risk of incident chronic kidney disease in HIV-infected patients initiating combination antiretroviral therapy
BMC Infectious Diseases
Rossi, C. and Raboud, J. and Walmsley, S. and Cooper, C. and Antoniou, T. and Burchell, A.N. and Hull, M. and Chia, J. and Hogg, R.S. and Moodie, E.E.M. and Klein, M.B. and Nosyk, B. and Palmer, A. and Patterson, S. and Kelly, D. and Loutfy, M. and Machouf, N. and Trottier, B. and Montaner, J. and Guillemi, S. and Lima, V. and Phillips, P. and Tsoukas, C. and Pexos, C. and Sanche, S. and Wong, A. and Bayoumi, A. and Samji, H. and Colley, G. and Gataric, N. and Shurgold, S. and Yip, B. and Zhu, J. and Leslie, A. and Cescon, A. and Marsh, D. and Cotterchio, M. and Goldsmith, C. and Harrigan, P.R. and David Moore and Harris, M. and Hosein, S. and Johnston, S. and Liddy, C. and Kendall, C. and Rachlis, A. and Rourke, S.B. and Smieja, M. and Wainberg, M. and Archibald, C. and Clement, K. and Masching, R. and Crouzat, F. and Ina Sandler and Doolittle-Romas, M. and Edmiston, L. and Huskins, B. and Gardner, S. and Lawless, J. and Lee, D. and Tattle, S. and Zahirieh, A. and Allen, C. and Calvez, S. and Corsi, D. and Gilbert, L. and Light, L. and Mackie, D. and Szadkowski, L. and Younger, J. and Galanakis, C.
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2350-8
2017

A tale of two countries: all-cause mortality among people living with HIV and receiving combination antiretroviral therapy in the UK and Canada
HIV Medicine
Patterson, S. and Jose, S. and Samji, H. and Cescon, A. and Ding, E. and Zhu, J. and Anderson, J. and Burchell, A.N. and Cooper, C. and Hill, T. and Hull, M. and Klein, M.B. and Loutfy, M. and Martin, F. and Machouf, N. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Nelson, M. and Raboud, J. and Rourke, S.B. and Tsoukas, C. and Hogg, R.S. and Sabin, C. and Kelly, D. and Sanche, S. and Wong, A. and Antoniou, T. and Bayoumi, A. and Nosyk, B. and Cotterchio, M. and Goldsmith, C. and Guillemi, S. and Richard Harrigan, P. and Harris, M. and Hosein, S. and Johnston, S. and Liddy, C. and Lima, V. and Moore, D. and Palmer, A. and Phillips, P. and Rachlis, A. and Smieja, M. and Trottier, B. and Wainberg, M. and Walmsley, S. and Archibald, C. and Clement, K. and Doolittle-Romas, M. and Edmiston, L. and Huskins, B. and Lawless, J. and Lee, D. and Masching, R. and Tattle, S. and Zahirieh, A. and Allen, C. and Calvez, S. and Colley, G. and Chia, J. and Corsi, D. and Gilbert, L. and Gataric, N. and Leslie, A. and Light, L. and Mackie, D. and Pexos, C. and Shurgold, S. and Szadkowski, L. and Wong, J. and Yip, B. and Younger, J. and Ainsworth, J. and Allan, S. and Babiker, A. and Chadwick, D. and Delpech, V. and Dunn, D. and Fisher, M. and Gazzard, B. and Gilson, R. and Gompels, M. and Hay, P. and Johnson, M. and Kegg, S. and Leen, C. and Orkin, C. and Palfreeman, A. and Phillips, A. and Pillay, D. and Post, F. and Pritchard, J. and Sachikonye, M. and Schwenk, A. and Tariq, A. and Walsh, J. and Thornton, A. and Glabay, A. and Perry, N. and Tilbury, S. and Youssef, E. and Churchill, D. and Everett, R. and Asboe, D. and Mandalia, S. and Korat, H. and Taylor, C. and Gleisner, Z. and Ibrahim, F. and Campbell, L. and Brima, N. and Williams, I. and Youle, M. and Lampe, F. and Smith, C. and Tsintas, R. and Chaloner, C. and Hutchinson, S. and Huntington, S. and Mackie, N. and Winston, A. and Weber, J. and Ramzan, F. and Carder, M. and Lynch, J. and Hand, J. and de Souza, C. and Munshi, S. and Miller, S. and Wood, C. and Wilson, A. and Morris, S. and Allan, S. and Memon, K. and Lewszuk, A. and Cope, E. and Gibson, J. and Main, P. and Dhillon, M. and Russell-Sharpe, S. and Harte, A. and Clay, S. and Spencer, H. and Jones, R. and Cumming, S. and Atkinson, C. and Trevelion, R.
DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12505
2017

Late hepatitis B and C diagnosis in relation to disease decompensation and hepatocellular carcinoma development
Journal of Hepatology
Samji, H. and Yu, A. and Kuo, M. and Alavi, M. and Woods, R. and Alvarez, M. and Dore, G.J. and Tyndall, M. and Krajden, M. and Janjua, N.Z.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2017.06.025
2017

Changes in mortality rates and causes of death in a population-based cohort of persons living with and without HIV from 1996 to 2012
BMC Infectious Diseases
Eyawo, O. and Franco-Villalobos, C. and Hull, M.W. and Nohpal, A. and Samji, H. and Sereda, P. and Lima, V.D. and Shoveller, J. and Moore, D. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Hogg, R.S.
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-017-2254-7
2017

Is there a rural/urban gap in the quality of HIV care for treatment-naïve HIV-positive individuals initiating antiretroviral therapy in British Columbia?
AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV
MacKenzie, L.J. and Hull, M.W. and Samji, H. and Lima, V.D. and Yip, B. and Zhang, W. and Louren?o, L. and Colley, G. and Hogg, R.S. and Montaner, J.S.G.
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2017.1322678
2017

Increased mortality among indigenous persons in a multisite cohort of people living with HIV in Canada
Canadian Journal of Public Health
Benoit, A.C. and Younger, J. and Beaver, K. and Jackson, R. and Loutfy, M. and Masching, R. and Nobis, T. and Nowgesic, E. and O?brien-Teengs, D. and Whitebird, W. and Zoccole, A. and Hull, M. and Jaworsky, D. and Benson, E. and Rachlis, A. and Rourke, S.B. and Burchell, A.N. and Cooper, C. and Hogg, R.S. and Klein, M.B. and Machouf, N. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Tsoukas, C. and Raboud, J. and Kelly, D. and Montaner, J. and Sanche, S. and Wong, A. and Bayoumi, A. and Antoniou, T. and Nosyk, B. and Cescon, A. and Cotterchio, M. and Goldsmith, C. and Guillemi, S. and Harrigan, P.R. and Harris, M. and Hosein, S. and Johnston, S. and Kendall, C. and Liddy, C. and Lima, V. and Marsh, D. and Moore, D. and Palmer, A. and Patterson, S. and Phillips, P. and Samji, H. and Smieja, M. and Trottier, B. and Wainberg, M. and Walmsley, S.
DOI: 10.17269/CJPH.108.5708
2017

Hepatitis C cross-genotype immunity and implications for vaccine development
Scientific Reports
Islam, N. and Krajden, M. and Shoveller, J. and Gustafson, P. and Gilbert, M. and Wong, J. and Tyndall, M.W. and Janjua, N.Z. and Yu, A. and Kuo, M. and Alvarez, M. and Chong, M. and Butt, Z.A. and Shrestha, N. and Samji, H. and Rizi, S.A.M.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-10190-8
2017

Shift in disparities in hepatitis C treatment from interferon to DAA era: A population-based cohort study
Journal of Viral Hepatitis
Janjua, N.Z. and Islam, N. and Wong, J. and Yoshida, E.M. and Ramji, A. and Samji, H. and Butt, Z.A. and Chong, M. and Cook, D. and Alvarez, M. and Darvishian, M. and Tyndall, M. and Krajden, M.
DOI: 10.1111/jvh.12684
2017

Quality of initial HIV care in Canada: extension of a composite programmatic assessment tool for HIV therapy
HIV Medicine
Kesselring, S. and Cescon, A. and Colley, G. and Osborne, C. and Zhang, W. and Raboud, J.M. and Hosein, S.R. and Burchell, A.N. and Cooper, C. and Klein, M.B. and Loutfy, M. and Machouf, N. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Rachlis, A. and Tsoukas, C. and Hogg, R.S. and Lima, V.D. and Kelly, D. and Sanche, S. and Wong, A. and Antoniou, T. and Bayoumi, A. and Hull, M. and Nosyk, B. and Cotterchio, M. and Goldsmith, C. and Guillemi, S. and Harrigan, P.R. and Harris, M. and Johnston, S. and Kendall, C. and Liddy, C. and Marsh, D. and Moore, D. and Palmer, A. and Patterson, S. and Phillips, P. and Rachlis, A. and Rourke, S.B. and Samji, H. and Smieja, M. and Trottier, B. and Wainberg, M. and Walmsley, S. and Archibald, C. and Clement, K. and Crouzat, F. and Doolittle-Romas, M. and Edmiston, L. and Gardner, S. and Huskins, B. and Lee, D. and Masching, R. and Tattle, S. and Zahirieh, A. and Calvez, S. and Chia, J. and Corsi, D. and Gilbert, L. and Gataric, N. and Light, L. and Mackie, D. and Merritt, K. and Pexos, C. and Shurgold, S. and Szadkowski, L. and Galanakis, C. and Sandler, I. and Yip, B. and Younger, J. and Zhu, J.
DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12409
2017

A syndemic approach to assess the effect of substance use and social disparities on the evolution of HIV/HCV infections in British Columbia
PLoS ONE
Butt, Z.A. and Shrestha, N. and Wong, S. and Kuo, M. and Gesink, D. and Gilbert, M. and Wong, J. and Yu, A. and Alvarez, M. and Samji, H. and Buxton, J.A. and Johnston, J.C. and Cook, V.J. and Roth, D. and Consolacion, T. and Murti, M. and Hottes, T.S. and Ogilvie, G. and Balshaw, R. and Tyndall, M.W. and Krajden, M. and Janjua, N.Z.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0183609
2017

International Congress of Drug Therapy in HIV Infection 23-26 October 2016, Glasgow, UK.
Journal of the International AIDS Society
DOI: 10.7448/ias.19.8.21487
PubMed: 27780519
10/2016

Risk of End-Stage Liver Disease in HIV-Viral Hepatitis Coinfected Persons in North America From the Early to Modern Antiretroviral Therapy Eras.
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
Klein MB and Althoff KN and Jing Y and Lau B and Kitahata M and Lo Re V and Kirk GD and Hull M and Kim HN and Sebastiani G and Moodie EE and Silverberg MJ and Sterling TR and Thorne JE and North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design (NA-ACCORD) of IeDEA
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw531
PubMed: 27506682
08/2016

Improvements in HIV treatment outcomes among indigenous and non-indigenous people who use illicit drugs in a Canadian setting.
Journal of the International AIDS Society
Milloy MJ and King A and Kerr T and Adams E and Samji H and Guillemi S and Wood E and Montaner J
DOI: 10.7448/ias.19.1.20617
PubMed: 27094914
04/2016

High prevalence of depression symptomology among adolescents in Soweto, South Africa associated with being female and cofactors relating to HIV transmission
Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
Barhafumwa, B. and Dietrich, J. and Closson, K. and Samji, H. and Cescon, A. and Nkala, B. and Davis, J. and Hogg, R.S. and Kaida, A. and Gray, G. and Miller, C.L.
DOI: 10.1080/17450128.2016.1198854
2016

Incidence of AIDS-Defining Opportunistic Infections in a Multicohort Analysis of HIV-infected Persons in the United States and Canada, 2000-2010
Journal of Infectious Diseases
Buchacz, K. and Lau, B. and Jing, Y. and Bosch, R. and Abraham, A.G. and Gill, M.J. and Silverberg, M.J. and Goedert, J.J. and Sterling, T.R. and Althoff, K.N. and Martin, J.N. and Burkholder, G. and Gandhi, N. and Samji, H. and Patel, P. and Rachlis, A. and Thorne, J.E. and Napravnik, S. and Henry, K. and Mayor, A. and Gebo, K. and Gange, S.J. and Moore, R.D. and Brooks, J.T. and Kirk, G.D. and Benson, C.A. and Bosch, R.J. and Boswell, S. and Mayer, K.H. and Grasso, C. and Hogg, R.S. and Harrigan, P.R. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Cescon, A. and Gebo, K.A. and Carey, J.T. and Rodriguez, B. and Horberg, M.A. and Jacobson, L.P. and D'Souza, G. and Klein, M.B. and Rourke, S.B. and Burchell, A.N. and Rachlis, A.R. and Hunter-Mellado, R.F. and Mayor, A.M. and Deeks, S.G. and Saag, M.S. and Mugavero, M.J. and Willig, J. and Eron, J.J. and Kitahata, M.M. and Crane, H.M. and Drozd, D.R. and Rebeiro, P.F. and Haas, D. and Bebawy, S. and Turner, M. and Justice, A.C. and Dubrow, R. and Fiellin, D. and Anastos, K.
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiw085
2016

Mortality According to CD4 Count at Start of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy among HIV-infected Patients Followed for up to 15 Years after Start of Treatment: Collaborative Cohort Study
Clinical Infectious Diseases
May, M.T. and Vehreschild, J.-J. and Trickey, A. and Obel, N. and Reiss, P. and Bonnet, F. and Mary-Krause, M. and Samji, H. and Cavassini, M. and Gill, M.J. and Shepherd, L.C. and Crane, H.M. and D'Arminio Monforte, A. and Burkholder, G.A. and Johnson, M.M. and Sobrino-Vegas, P. and Domingo, P. and Zangerle, R. and Justice, A.C. and Sterling, T.R. and Miró, J.M. and Sterne, J.A.C. and Boulle, A. and Stephan, C. and Chêne, G. and Costagliola, D. and Dabis, F. and Del Amo, J. and Van Sighem, A. and Fätkenheuer, G. and Gill, J. and Guest, J. and Haerry, D.H.-U. and Hogg, R. and Obel, N. and Smith, C. and Saag, M. and Teira, R. and Williams, M. and Ingle, S.
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciw183
2016

The Population Level Cascade of Care for Hepatitis C in British Columbia, Canada: The BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort (BC-HTC)
EBioMedicine
Janjua, N.Z. and Kuo, M. and Yu, A. and Alvarez, M. and Wong, S. and Cook, D. and Wong, J. and Grebely, J. and Butt, Z.A. and Samji, H. and Ramji, A. and Tyndall, M. and Krajden, M.
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2016

An integrated approach to care attracts people living with HIV who use illicit drugs in an urban centre with a concentrated HIV epidemic
Harm Reduction Journal
Fernando, S. and McNeil, R. and Closson, K. and Samji, H. and Kirkland, S. and Strike, C. and Turje, R.B. and Zhang, W. and Hogg, R.S. and Parashar, S.
DOI: 10.1186/s12954-016-0121-2
2016

Geographic variations in retention in care among HIV-infected adults in the United States
PLoS ONE
Rebeiro, P.F. and Gange, S.J. and Horberg, M.A. and Abraham, A.G. and Napravnik, S. and Samji, H. and Yehia, B.R. and Althoff, K.N. and Moore, R.D. and Kitahata, M.M. and Sterling, T.R. and Curriero, F.C. and Boswell, S. and Grasso, C. and Mayer, K.H. and Brooks, J.T. and Buchacz, K. and Gebo, K.A. and Rodriguez, B. and Silverberg, M.J. and Saag, M.S. and Mugavero, M.J. and Willig, J. and Eron, J.J. and Crane, H.M. and Justice, A.C. and Dubrow, R. and Fiellin, D. and Haas, D. and Bebawy, S. and Turner, M.
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2016

Predictors of viral suppression and rebound among HIV-positive men who have sex with men in a large multi-site Canadian cohort
BMC Infectious Diseases
Tanner, Z. and Lachowsky, N. and Ding, E. and Samji, H. and Hull, M. and Cescon, A. and Patterson, S. and Chia, J. and Leslie, A. and Raboud, J. and Loutfy, M. and Cooper, C. and Klein, M. and Machouf, N. and Tsoukas, C. and Montaner, J. and Hogg, R.S.
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2016

Cause-specific mortality in HIV-positive patients who survived ten years after starting antiretroviral therapy
PLoS ONE
Trickey, A. and May, M.T. and Vehreschild, J. and Obel, N. and Gill, M.J. and Crane, H. and Boesecke, C. and Samji, H. and Grabar, S. and Cazanave, C. and Cavassini, M. and Shepherd, L. and Monforte, A.D. and Smit, C. and Saag, M. and Lampe, F. and Hernando, V. and Montero, M. and Zangerle, R. and Justice, A.C. and Sterling, T. and Miro, J. and Ingle, S. and Sterne, J.A.C. and Boulle, A. and Stephan, C. and Chêne, G. and Costagliola, D. and Dabis, F. and Del Amo, J. and Van Sighem, A. and Guest, J. and Haerry, D.H.-U. and Hogg, R. and McRane, H. and Reiss, P. and Teira, R. and Williams, M.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0160460
2016

Using observational data to emulate a randomized trial of dynamic treatmentswitching strategies: An application to antiretroviral therapy
International Journal of Epidemiology
Cain, L.E. and Saag, M.S. and Petersen, M. and May, M.T. and Ingle, S.M. and Logan, R. and Robins, J.M. and Abgrall, S. and Shepherd, B.E. and Deeks, S.G. and Gill, M.J. and Touloumi, G. and Vourli, G. and Dabis, F. and Vandenhende, M.-A. and Reiss, P. and van Sighem, A. and Samji, H. and Hogg, R.S. and Rybniker, J. and Sabin, C.A. and Jose, S. and del Amo, J. and Moreno, S. and Rodríguez, B. and Cozzi-Lepri, A. and Boswell, S.L. and Stephan, C. and Pérez-Hoyos, S. and Jarrin, I. and Guest, J.L. and D'ArminioMonforte, A. and Antinori, A. and Moore, R. and Campbell, C.N.J. and Casabona, J. and Meyer, L. and Seng, R. and Phillips, A.N. and Bucher, H.C. and Egger, M. and Mugavero, M.J. and Haubrich, R. and Geng, E.H. and Olson, A. and Eron, J.J. and Napravnik, S. and Kitahata, M.M. and Van Rompaey, S.E. and Teira, R. and Justice, A.C. and Tate, J.P. and Costagliola, D. and Sterne, J.A.C. and Hernán, M.A.
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyv295
2016

Declines in highly active antiretroviral therapy initiation at CD4 cell counts = 200 cells/µL and the contribution of diagnosis of HIV at CD4 cell counts = 200 cells/µL in British Columbia, Canada
HIV Medicine
L Lourenço and H Samji and A Nohpal and W Chau and G Colley and K Lepik and R Barrios and V Lima and RS Hogg and JSG Montaner and S Kesselring and DM Moore
DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12212
07/2015

Suicide mortality among people accessing highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS in British Columbia: a retrospective analysis.
CMAJ open
Gurm J and Samji H and Nophal A and Ding E and Strehlau V and Zhu J and Montaner JS and Hogg RS and Guillemi S
DOI: 10.9778/cmajo.20140101
PubMed: 26389091
04/2015

Predictors of unstructured antiretroviral treatment interruption and resumption among HIV-positive individuals in Canada
HIV Medicine
H Samji and TE Taha and D Moore and AN Burchell and A Cescon and C Cooper and JM Raboud and MB Klein and MR Loutfy and N Machouf and CM Tsoukas and JSG Montaner and RS Hogg
DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12173
02/2015

Impact of low-level viremia on clinical and virological outcomes in treated HIV-1-infected patients.
AIDS (London, England)
Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration (ART-CC) and Vandenhende MA and Ingle S and May M and Chene G and Zangerle R and Van Sighem A and Gill MJ and Schwarze-Zander C and Morlat P
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PubMed: 25686685
01/2015

Laboratory measures as proxies for primary care encounters: Implications for quantifying clinical retention among HIV-infected adults in North America
American Journal of Epidemiology
Rebeiro, P.F. and Althoff, K.N. and Lau, B. and Gill, J. and Abraham, A.G. and Horberg, M.A. and Kitahata, M.M. and Yehia, B.R. and Samji, H. and Brooks, J.T. and Buchacz, K. and Napravnik, S. and Silverberg, M.J. and Rachlis, A. and Gebo, K.A. and Sterling, T.R. and Moore, R.D. and Gange, S.J.
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv181
2015

Life expectancy of HIV-positive individuals on combination antiretroviral therapy in Canada
BMC Infectious Diseases
Patterson, S. and Cescon, A. and Samji, H. and Chan, K. and Zhang, W. and Raboud, J. and Burchell, A.N. and Cooper, C. and Klein, M.B. and Rourke, S.B. and Loutfy, M.R. and Machouf, N. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Tsoukas, C. and Hogg, R.S. and Kelly, D. and Sanche, S. and Wong, A. and Antoniou, T. and Bayoumi, A. and Hull, M. and Nosyk, B. and Cotterchio, M. and Goldsmith, C. and Guillemi, S. and Harrigan, P.R. and Harris, M. and Hosein, S. and Johnston, S. and Kendall, C. and Liddy, C. and Lima, V. and Moore, D. and Palmer, A. and Phillips, P. and Rachlis, A. and Smieja, M. and Trottier, B. and Wainberg, M. and Walmsley, S. and Archibald, C. and Clement, K. and Doolittle-Romas, M. and Edmiston, L. and Gardner, S. and Huskins, B. and Lawless, J. and Lee, D. and Masching, R. and Tattle, S. and Zahirieh, A. and Allen, C. and Calvez, S. and Colley, G. and Chia, J. and Corsi, D. and Gilbert, L. and Gataric, N. and Leslie, A. and Light, L. and Mackie, D. and Pexos, C. and Shurgold, S. and Szadkowski, L. and Galanakis, C. and Yip, B. and Younger, J. and Zhu, J.
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2015

Cohort profile: HAART observational medical evaluation and research (HOMER) cohort
International Journal of Epidemiology
Patterson, S. and Cescon, A. and Samji, H. and Cui, Z. and Yip, B. and Lepik, K.J. and Moore, D. and Lima, V.D. and Nosyk, B. and Richard Harrigan, P. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Shannon, K. and Wood, E. and Hogg, R.S.
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu046
2015

Impact of age on retention in care and viral suppression
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Yehia, B.R. and Rebeiro, P. and Althoff, K.N. and Agwu, A.L. and Horberg, M.A. and Samji, H. and Napravnik, S. and Mayer, K. and Tedaldi, E. and Silverberg, M.J. and Thorne, J.E. and Burchell, A.N. and Rourke, S.B. and Rachlis, A. and Mayor, A. and Gill, M.J. and Zinski, A. and Ohl, M. and Anastos, K. and Abraham, A.G. and Kitahata, M.M. and Moore, R.D. and Gebo, K.A.
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000489
2015

Late initiation of combination antiretroviral therapy in Canada: A call for a national public health strategy to improve engagement in HIV care
Journal of the International AIDS Society
Cescon, A. and Patterson, S. and Davey, C. and Ding, E. and Raboud, J.M. and Chan, K. and Loutfy, M.R. and Cooper, C. and Burchell, A.N. and Palmer, A.K. and Tsoukas, C. and Machouf, N. and Klein, M.B. and Rourke, S.B. and Rachlis, A. and Hogg, R.S. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Kelly, D. and Montaner, J. and Sanche, S. and Wong, A. and Antoniou, T. and Bayoumi, A. and Hull, M. and Nosyk, B. and Cotterchio, M. and Goldsmith, C. and Guillemi, S. and Harrigan, P.R. and Harris, M. and Hosein, S. and Johnston, S. and Kendall, C. and Liddy, C. and Lima, V. and Marsh, D. and Moore, D. and Phillips, P. and Samji, H. and Smieja, M. and Trottier, B. and Wainberg, M. and Walmsley, S. and Archibald, C. and Clement, K. and Crouzat, F. and Doolittle-Romas, M. and Edmiston, L. and Gardner, S. and Huskins, B. and Lawless, J. and Lee, D. and Masching, R. and Tattle, S. and Zahirieh, A. and Allen, C. and Calvez, S. and Colley, G. and Chia, J. and Corsi, D. and Gilbert, L. and Gataric, N. and Leslie, A. and Light, L. and Mackie, D. and Pexos, C. and Shurgold, S. and Szadkowski, L. and Galanakis, C. and Sandler, I. and Yip, B. and Younger, J. and Zhu, J.
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.18.1.20024
2015

Factors associated with the frequency of monitoring of liver enzymes, renal function and lipid laboratory markers among individuals initiating combination antiretroviral therapy: A cohort study
BMC Infectious Diseases
Gillis, J. and Bayoumi, A.M. and Burchell, A.N. and Cooper, C. and Klein, M.B. and Loutfy, M. and Machouf, N. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Tsoukas, C. and Hogg, R.S. and Raboud, J. and Goldsmith, C. and Hull, M. and Samji, H. and Colley, G. and Chia, J. and Gataric, N. and Leslie, A. and Zhu, J. and Shurgold, S. and Yip, B. and Galanakis, C. and Patterson, S. and Nosyk, B. and Palmer, A. and Kelly, D. and Trottier, B. and Montaner, J. and Guillemi, S. and Richard Harrigan, P. and Lima, V. and Moore, D. and Phillips, P. and Pexos, C. and Sanche, S. and Wong, A. and Antoniou, T. and Cescon, A. and Marsh, D. and Cotterchio, M. and Harris, M. and Hosein, S. and Johnston, S. and Kendall, C. and Liddy, C. and Rachlis, A. and Rourke, S.B. and Smieja, M. and Wainberg, M. and Walmsley, S. and Archibald, C. and Clement, K. and Masching, R. and Doolittle-Romas, M. and Edmiston, L. and Huskins, B. and Gardner, S. and Lawless, J. and Lee, D. and Tattle, S. and Zahirieh, A. and Allen, C. and Calvez, S. and Corsi, D. and Gilbert, L. and Light, L. and Mackie, D. and Szadkowski, L. and Younger, J.
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1206-3
2015

The cascade of HIV care in British Columbia, Canada, 1996-2011: A population-based retrospective cohort study
The Lancet Infectious Diseases
Nosyk, B. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Colley, G. and Lima, V.D. and Chan, K. and Heath, K. and Yip, B. and Samji, H. and Gilbert, M. and Barrios, R. and Gustafson, R. and Hogg, R.S.
DOI: 10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70254-8
2014

Correlates of Unstructured Antiretroviral Treatment Interruption in a Cohort of HIV-Positive Individuals in British Columbia
AIDS and Behavior
Samji, H. and Chen, Y. and Salters, K. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Hogg, R.S.
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0776-1
2014

Temporal trends in the discontinuation of first-line antiretroviral therapy
Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Gonzalez-Serna, A. and Chan, K. and Yip, B. and Chau, W. and McGovern, R. and Samji, H. and Lima, V.D. and Hogg, R.S. and Harrigan, R.
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dku112
2014

Trends in plasma hiv-rna suppression and antiretroviral resistance in british columbia, 1997-2010
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Cescon, A. and Kanters, S. and Brumme, C.J. and Lepik, K.J. and Forrest, J.I. and Hull, M. and Samji, H. and Nosyk, B. and Harrigan, P.R. and Hogg, R.S. and Montaner, J.S.G.
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182a8efc3
2014

Long-term mortality in HIV-positive individuals virally suppressed for >3 years with incomplete CD4 recovery
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Engsig, F.N. and Zangerle, R. and Katsarou, O. and Dabis, F. and Reiss, P. and Gill, J. and Porter, K. and Sabin, C. and Riordan, A. and Fätkenheuer, G. and Gutiérrez, F. and Raffi, F. and Kirk, O. and Mary-Krause, M. and Stephan, C. and De Olalla, P.G. and Guest, J. and Samji, H. and Castagna, A. and D'arminio Monforte, A. and Skaletz-Rorowski, A. and Ramos, J. and Lapadula, G. and Mussini, C. and Force, L. and Meyer, L. and Lampe, F. and Boufassa, F. and Bucher, H.C. and De Wit, S. and Burkholder, G.A. and Teira, R. and Justice, A.C. and Sterling, T.R. and M. Crane, H. and Gerstoft, J. and Grarup, J. and May, M. and Chêne, G. and Ingle, S.M. and Sterne, J. and Obel, N.
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu038
2014

Disparities in the quality of HIV care when using US department of health and human services indicators
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Althoff, K.N. and Rebeiro, P. and Brooks, J.T. and Buchacz, K. and Gebo, K. and Martin, J.N. and Hogg, R.S. and Thorne, J.E. and Klein, M.B. and Gill, M.J. and Sterling, T.R. and Yehia, B. and Silverberg, M.J. and Crane, H.M. and Justice, A.C. and Gange, S.J. and Moore, R. and Kitahata, M.M. and Horberg, M.A. and Kirk, G.D. and Benson, C.A. and Bosch, R.J. and Collier, A.C. and Boswell, S. and Grasso, C. and Mayer, K.H. and Richard Harrigan, P. and Montaner, J.S. and Cescon, A. and Samji, H. and Carey, J.T. and Goedert, J.J. and Jacobson, L.P. and Rourke, S.B. and Burchell, A.N. and Rachlis, A.R. and Hunter-Mellado, R.F. and Mayor, A.M. and Deeks, S.G. and Saag, M.S. and Mugavero, M.J. and Willig, J. and Eron, J.J. and Napravnik, S. and Dubrow, R. and Fiellin, D. and Haas, D. and Bebawy, S. and Turner, M. and Anastos, K. and McKaig, R.G. and Freeman, A.M. and Lent, C. and Van Rompaey, S.E. and Morton, L. and McReynolds, J. and Lober, W.B. and Abraham, A.G. and Lau, B. and Zhang, J. and Jing, J. and Golub, E. and Modur, S. and Hanna, D.B. and Wong, C. and Mendes, A.
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciu044
2014

Cohort profile: Seek and treat for the optimal prevention of HIV/AIDS in British Columbia (STOP HIV/AIDS BC)
International Journal of Epidemiology
Heath, K. and Samji, H. and Nosyk, B. and Colley, G. and Gilbert, M. and Hogg, R.S. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Lima, V. and Barrios, R. and Daly, P. and Gustafson, R. and Kendall, P.R.W. and Panessa, C. and South, N. and McGowan, G.
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu070
2014

Durability of first ART regimen and risk factors for modification, interruption or death in HIV-positive patients starting ART in Europe and North America 2002-2009.
AIDS (London, England)
Abgrall S and Ingle SM and May MT and Costagliola D and Mercie P and Cavassini M and Reekie J and Samji H and Gill MJ and Crane HM and Tate J and Sterling TR and Antinori A and Reiss P and Antiretroviral Therapy Cohort Collaboration (ART-CC)
DOI: 10.1097/qad.0b013e32835cb997
PubMed: 23719350
03/2013

Closing the gap: Increases in life expectancy among treated HIV-positive individuals in the United States and Canada
PLoS ONE
Samji, H. and Cescon, A. and Hogg, R.S. and Modur, S.P. and Althoff, K.N. and Buchacz, K. and Burchell, A.N. and Cohen, M. and Gebo, K.A. and Gill, M.J. and Justice, A. and Kirk, G. and Klein, M.B. and Korthuis, P.T. and Martin, J. and Napravnik, S. and Rourke, S.B. and Sterling, T.R. and Silverberg, M.J. and Deeks, S. and Jacobson, L.P. and Bosch, R.J. and Kitahata, M.M. and Goedert, J.J. and Moore, R. and Gange, S.J.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081355
2013

Association between U.S. state AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) features and HIV antiretroviral therapy initiation, 2001-2009
PLoS ONE
Hanna, D.B. and Buchacz, K. and Gebo, K.A. and Hessol, N.A. and Horberg, M.A. and Jacobson, L.P. and Kirk, G.D. and Kitahata, M.M. and Todd Korthuis, P. and Moore, R.D. and Napravnik, S. and Patel, P. and Silverberg, M.J. and Sterling, T.R. and Willig, J.H. and Collier, A. and Samji, H. and Thorne, J.E. and Althoff, K.N. and Martin, J.N. and Rodriguez, B. and Stuart, E.A. and Gange, S.J.
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0078952
2013

Cohort profile: Longitudinal investigations into supportive and ancillary health services
International Journal of Epidemiology
Duncan, K.C. and Salters, K. and Forrest, J.I. and Palmer, A.K. and Wang, H. and O'Brien, N. and Parashar, S. and Cescon, A.M. and Samji, H. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Hogg, R.S.
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dys035
2013

Influence of geographical origin and ethnicity on mortality in patients on antiretroviral therapy in Canada, Europe, and the United States
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Del Amo, J. and Jarrin, I. and May, M. and Dabis, F. and Crane, H. and Podzamczer, D. and Sterling, T.R. and Abgrall, S. and Lampe, F. and Justice, A. and Castagna, A. and Boesecke, C. and Staehelin, C. and De Wolf, F. and Guest, J. and Mugavero, M.J. and Khaykin, P. and Samji, H. and Ingle, S. and Sterne, J.A.C. and Gill, M.J.
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit111
2013

Trends and disparities in antiretroviral therapy initiation and Virologic suppression among newly treatment-eligible HIV-infected individuals in North America, 2001-2009
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Hanna, D.B. and Buchacz, K. and Gebo, K.A. and Hessol, N.A. and Horberg, M.A. and Jacobson, L.P. and Kirk, G.D. and Kitahata, M.M. and Korthuis, P.T. and Moore, R.D. and Napravnik, S. and Patel, P. and Silverberg, M.J. and Sterling, T.R. and Willig, J.H. and Lau, B. and Althoff, K.N. and Crane, H.M. and Collier, A.C. and Samji, H. and Thorne, J.E. and Gill, M.J. and Klein, M.B. and Martin, J.N. and Rodriguez, B. and Rourke, S.B. and Gange, S.J.
DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit003
2013

Incarceration is associated with used syringe lending among active injection drug users with detectable plasma HIV-1 RNA: A longitudinal analysis
BMC Infectious Diseases
Milloy, M.-J. and Kerr, T. and Salters, K. and Samji, H. and Guillemi, S. and Montaner, J. and Wood, E.
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-565
2013

HIV incidence and prevalence among aboriginal peoples in Canada
AIDS and Behavior
Duncan, K.C. and Reading, C. and Borwein, A.M. and Murray, M.C.M. and Palmer, A. and Michelow, W. and Samji, H. and Lima, V.D. and Montaner, J.S.G. and Hogg, R.S.
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9792-y
2011

First nations communities and tobacco taxation: A commentary
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research
Samji, H. and Wardman, D.
DOI: 10.5820/aian.1602.2009.1
2009

Research

Youth Development Instrument
Youth achieve positive developmental outcomes when they learn skills to negotiate adversity and establish healthy behaviours that promote well-being in early life. The Youth Development Instrument (YDI) is a survey of students that will identify the individual and contextual resources, opportunities, and practices that foster or hinder positive youth development. It is a collaborative project with researchers from SFU and the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP-UBC), school district and community partners, policymakers and practitioners, and young people themselves.

Grade 11 students will be provided a one-time survey and with the option to provide contact details for a follow-up survey. We will build on HELP’s Early (Kindergarten) and Middle Years (Grades 4, 7) Development instruments by asking questions related to social and emotional learning, physical and mental well-being, school experiences, time use, and connectedness, and add new developmentally appropriate questions focusing on youth purpose, future goals, and romantic relationships. We will use linked data to follow student trajectories for important outcomes such as high school graduation, health services utilization and mental well-being.

Grants

2020-2022: The Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, $40,000. Role: Principal Investigator. Project: There is no health without mental health: characterizing the burden of severe and persistent mental illness among people living with HIV and HCV

2019-2021: Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, $20,000. Role: Principal Investigator. Project: Using mobile technologies to enhance understanding of successful mental health trajectories from youth to young adulthood

2019-2021: Institute for the Study of Teaching and Learning in the Disciplines, Simon Fraser University, $5,000. Role: Principal Investigator. Project: Evaluation of a short intervention to promote happiness and mental wellness for undergraduate students

2019-2021: SFU Office of Vice-President Research/BCCDC, $250,000. Role: Principal Investigator. Project: Predicting successful well-being trajectories from childhood to emerging adulthood

2018-2020: CIHR, $1,197,225. Role: Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator: Christina Greenaway. Project: Achieving hepatitis C elimination in Canada; addressing the needs of the diverse groups at risk

Honours & Awards

2020: Mowafaghian Child Health Award, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University

2015: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

2011: New Investigator Award, Canadian Association for HIV Research