| IDENTIFICATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION |
| Last name: | Kerr |
First name: | Thomas H |
| Address: | BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
St. Paul's Hospital
608-1081 Burrard Street
Vancouver (British Columbia)
V6Z 1Y6 |
Fax: | (604) 806-9044 |
| BC academic affiliation: | University of British Columbia |
| Department: | Medicine |
| E-mail address: |
uhri-tk@cfenet.ubc.ca |
BC research location(s): |
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS |
| Web Page: |
http://www.uhri.cfenet.ubc.ca
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MSFHR Research Unit(s): |
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| Status: | Researcher |
| Last update: |
05/08/2010
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| TRAINING AND CREDENTIALS |
| Diploma / Credentials |
Specialty |
Year |
Institution |
| New Investigator Award |
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2006 |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
| Scholar Award |
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2006 |
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research |
| Doctorate (PhD) |
Health Psychology |
2003 |
University of Victoria |
| Master's |
Counselling Psychology |
1997 |
University of Victoria |
| Bachelor's |
Music Therapy |
1994 |
Open University/ Capilano College |
| Last update: |
28/07/2010
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| AREAS OF EXPERTISE |
| Area of research: |
Health sciences |
| Disciplines trained in: |
Psychology |
| Research disciplines: |
Psychology |
| Research topics: |
Social Determinants of Infectious and Immune-Mediated Diseases (Infection and Immunity)
AIDS / HIV (Infection and Immunity)
Drug Abuse (Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
Lifestyle Determinants and Health (Population Health)
Community Health / Public Health (Population Health) |
| Fields of application: |
Public Health |
| Last update: |
05/08/2010
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| TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS |
| Technological applications: |
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| Last update: |
05/08/2010
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| RESEARCH ACTIVITIES - Description used by investigators to specify their area of expertise. |
| Key words: |
addiction, HIV/AIDS, injection drug use, counselling psychology, health psychology, harm reduction, counselling psychology (F), drug policy |
| Research interests: |
My research over the next year will focus on the study of psychosocial issues related to HIV incidence in injection drug users, with the longer-term goal of gathering information that can be applied in future interventions pertaining to the prevention of initiation into injection drug use and the prevention of HIV infection among drug users. |
| Last update: |
05/08/2010
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| RECENT AND REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS |
| Authors |
| Title (article or book chapter) |
| Year |
Volume |
Number |
Pages |
Journal or book |
Editors |
City and publishing house |
| Kerr T, Small W, Buchner C, Zhang R, Li K, Montaner JS, Wood E |
| "Reductions in syringe sharing and HIV incidence among injection drug users coinciding with increased access to sterile syringes" |
| 2010 |
100 |
8 |
pp. 1449-1453 |
American Journal of Public Health |
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| Kerr T, Stoltz J, Tyndall M, Li K, Zhang R, Montaner JS, Wood E |
| "Impact of a medically supervised safer injection facility on community drug use patterns: A before and after study" |
| 2006 |
332 |
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pp. 220-222 |
British Medical Journal |
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| Kerr T, Tyndall M, Li K, Montaner J, Wood E |
| "Safer injection facility use and syringe sharing in injection drug users" |
| 2005 |
366 |
9482 |
pp. 316-318 |
Lancet |
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| Last update: |
05/08/2010
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| LANGUAGE COMPETENCIES |
| Understand: |
English |
| Read: |
English |
| Write: |
English |
| Speak: |
English |
| Last update: |
05/08/2010
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