The Canadian HIV Observational Cohort (CANOC) Collaboration

The CANOC Centre is funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network (CTN242).

Our vision

Our VISION is to establish a world-class Centre for HIV health services and epidemiologic cohort research that will collect and disseminate essential information to guide HIV management and care.

Our goal

Our GOAL is to improve treatment quality, health outcomes, and engagement with evidence-based programs and services for people living and aging with HIV across Canada, prioritizing approaches to treatment and care that are sensitive to the health needs of key populations affected by HIV.

Our focus

The Canadian HIV Observational Cohort (CANOC) Collaborative Research Centre focuses on HIV health services and epidemiologic cohort research. We aim to place Canadian HIV/AIDS research on par with existing international efforts.

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Who we are

We aim to place Canadian HIV/AIDS research on par with existing international efforts. This national collaboration conducts policy-relevant studies in HIV therapeutics, population and public health. The CANOC Centre brings together a diverse team to capitalize on the unique and robust CANOC database, maximizing the quality and breadth of the health services and policy research generated.

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Cohort profile

The Canadian Observational Cohort (CANOC) collaboration is Canada’s first interprovincial collaborative cohort of HIV-positive individuals on ART. This collaboration of nine cohorts from BC, Ontario and Quebec gives researchers the opportunity to conduct large and detailed analyses of HIV treatment outcomes that would not be possible within individual cohorts and to assess variations in patterns of access to treatment, patient management and treatment outcomes across Canada. CANOC is funded from 2008 to 2013 by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) HIV/AIDS Research Initiative, which is supported by the Federal Initiative to Address HIV/AIDS in Canada.

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CANOC is an initiative of BC-CfE’s Epidemiology and Population Health Program

Principal Investigators

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Zabrina Brumme, PhD

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Ann Burchell, PhD

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Curtis Cooper, MD, MSc

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Robert S Hogg, PhD

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Mark Hull, MD

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Deborah Kelly, PharmD

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Marina B Klein, MD, MSc

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Abigail Kroch, PhD, MPH

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Mona Loutfy, MD, MPH

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Nimâ Machouf, PhD

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Julio Montaner, MD, DSc (Hon.)

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Stephen Sanche, MD

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Réjean Thomas, MD, CM, OQ, DHC

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Sharon Walmsley, MD, FRCPC

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Alexander Wong, MD