Program
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Monday, May 3, 2021
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10:30
11:00
BREAK | MEET THE EXPERT
A new therapeutic approach for Wilson Disease: Oligonucleotides targeting the genetic origin of the disease | Marina Berenguer
This education session is an unaccredited learning activity, with content developed by the speaker, and was made possible with the support of Deep Genomics
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10:30
11:00
BREAK | VISIT THE VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
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11:00
17:00
North American Viral Hepatitis Elimination Summit
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11:00
12:15
Plenary Panel on Elimination
How Disparities Affect the Viral Hepatitis Elimination Agenda
Moderator: John Ward
11:00 - 11:20 | Achieving Health Equity Through Hepatitis Elimination: Overcoming Ethnic / Racial Disparities | Julius Wilder, Health Advocate, Medical Expert
11:20 - 11:40 | Disparities Highlighted by the Opioid Epidemic | Stuart Skinner, Health Advocate, Medical Expert
11:40 - 12:00 | COVID and Other Syndemics – How Disparities have been Exacerbated | Judith Feinberg, Health Advocate, Medical Expert, Leader
12:00 - 12:15 | Panel Discussion/Q&A
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12:15
13:00
Oral Presentations ‑ Panel 1
Moderator: Brian Conway
12:15 - 12:25 | Validation Of A Simple Score To Identify Patients Who Can Safely Use Protease Inhibitor-Based Therapy For Hcv Infection | Lisette A.P. Krassenburg
12:25 - 12:35 | Homelessness, Unstable Housing And Risk Of Hiv And Hepatitis C Virus Acquisition Among People Who Inject Drugs – A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis | Andreea Adelina Artenie
12:35 - 12:45 | Pathways To Hepatitis C Care In Bc Provincial Corrections: Partnering With People In Prison To Co-Create Policies And Guidelines | Sofia Bartlett
12:45 - 13:00 | Q&A
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12:15
12:25
Welcome from CAHN President
Donna Zukowski
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12:25
13:00
CAHN Session
PSC/PBC
Moderator: Sarah De Coutere
A Case Based Approach to PBC and PSC | Magnus McLeod
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13:00
13:30
BREAK | VISIT THE VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
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13:30
14:20
CAHN Session
Fatty Liver
Moderator: Sarah De Coutere
13:30 - 14:10 | Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Management of NALFD and MAFLD | Giada Sebastiani
14:10 - 14:20 | Q&A
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13:30
14:10
Concurrent Sessions
Structural Racism – Impact on Burden and Equity to Care
Moderator: Alexandra King
13:30 - 13:45 | Structural Racism Affecting Viral Hepatitis Care: The US | Ani Kardashian, Health Advocate, Medical Expert
13:45 - 14:00 | Structural Racism Affecting Viral Hepatitis Care: Indigenous Challenges | Cheryl Barnabe
14:00 - 14:10 | Panel Discussion
Elimination of Viral Hepatitis in Children
Moderator: Mia Biondi
13:30 - 13:45 |
HBV Birth-Dose Vaccination | Carla Coffin, Health Advocate, Medical Expert
13:45 - 14:00 |
Case for Screening and Treatment for HCV in Pregnancy | Catherine Chappell, Health Advocate, Medical Expert
14:00 - 14:10 |
Panel Discussion
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14:10
14:50
Concurrent Sessions
Challenges Facing Newcomers / Immigrants / Migrants / Refugees – HBV (& HCV)
Moderator: Melisa Dickie
14:10 - 14:25 | Hepatitis B and C among Immigrants and Refugees: Health Disparities and Challenges | Christina Greenaway, Health Advocate, Medical Expert, Collaborator
14:25 - 14:40 | Overcoming Viral Hepatitis Challenges Facing Newcomers / Migrants / Refugees of Asian Ancestry: 2006-Present | Moon Chen, Health Advocate, Medical Expert, Collaborator
14:40 - 14:50 | Panel Discussion
Seizing Opportunities: Prevention of Late Diagnosis
Moderator: Anna Lok, Medical Expert, Communicator
14:10 - 14:25 | Strategies to Minimize the Consequences of Late Diagnosis: HBV | Mindie Nguyen, Health Advocate, Medical Expert
14:25 - 14:40 | Strategies to Minimize the Consequences of Late Diagnosis: HCV | Jordan Feld, Health Advocate, Medical Expert
14:40 - 14:50 | Panel Discussion
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14:20
15:15
CAHN Session
Nursing Strategies to Reach the 2030 Elimination Goal
Moderator: Dennaye Fuchs
14:20 - 14:45 | Finding Opportunities Amid a Global Pandemic: Cool Aid Community Health Centre's Nurse-led HCV Micro-elimination Program | Karen Lundgren
14:45 - 15:15 | Working Towards Elimination by Understanding Province to Province Variability in the HCV Cascade of Care | Mia Biondi
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14:50
15:30
Lived Experience Panel
Moderators: Christopher Hoy & Su Wang
Eliminating Stigma to Eliminate Viral Hepatitis: The Perspectives of People with Lived Experience | Matthew Bonn, Jodie Albert, Jacki Chen, & Bright Ansah
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15:30
16:20
Viral Hepatitis & PWID: Gateway to better care – HCV
This session was co-developed with AbbVie and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity and balance.
Moderator: Jason Grebely
15:30 - 15:45 | HCV as a Gateway to Better Care for PWID | Chris Fraser, Health Advocate, Medical Expert
15:45 - 16:00 | Learnings from HERO Study: How to go from pilot to standard of care? | Alain Litwin, Health Advocate, Medical Expert
16:00 - 16:20 | Discussion
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15:30
16:10
Progress Toward an HCV Vaccine
Moderator: Michael Houghton, Health Advocate, Medical Expert, Scholar
15:30 - 15:45 | The First HCV Vaccine Trial: What did we learn? | Andrea Cox, Medical Expert, Scholar
15:45 - 16:00 | Without Chimps, Do We Need CHIM (Controlled Human Infection Models)? | Jake Liang, Medical Expert, Scholar
16:00 - 16:10 | Discussion
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16:15
17:00
Poster Tours
Poster Tour 1
Poster Tour 2
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16:15
16:45
CAHN Session
The Great Debate: Virtual vs In Person Care - Which is best?
Moderator: Sarah De Coutere
16:15 - 16:30 | Arguing against Topic | Jac Atkinson
16:30 - 16:45 | Arguing for Topic | Carmen Cabral
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16:45
17:30
BREAK | VISIT THE VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
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19:00
20:15
BREAK | SYMPOSIUM
Exploring Touchpoints in HCV Care: An Interactive Debate | Alnoor Ramji and Anthony Martinez
This education session is an unaccredited learning activity, with content developed by the speakers, and was made possible with the support of Gilead.
