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Hepatitis C Elimination at the Intersection of People Who Inject Drugs in Rural Settings

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Webinar hosted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Coalition for Global Hepatitis Elimination
Thursday, May 4th | 11am-1pm ET

The next webinar in the "Moving from Hepatitis Discovery to Elimination: NIH Research Advancing Hepatitis Elimination" series will be hosted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Speakers will discuss collaborative research on hepatitis C networks among persons who inject drugs, using peers and technology to increase uptake of HCV screening and treatment, and hepatitis C elimination among persons injecting drugs in Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Presentations will include:

  • Dr. Todd Allen, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School | Collaborative research on Hepatitis C networks among persons who inject drugs using next generation genetic sequencing technology
  • Dr. Todd Korthuis, Professor of Medicine, Oregon Health Sciences University |  Using peers and technology to increase uptake of HCV screening & treatment and substance use disorder treatment among people who use drugs in rural Oregon
  • Dr. Natasha K. Martin, Professor of Medicine, University of California San Diego |  Hepatitis C elimination among people who inject drugs in Mexico during the COVID-19 pandemic

A round-table discussion will follow with comments from:

  • Holly Hagan PhD, MPH; Director, NIDA P30 Center for Drug Use and HIV|HCV Research at Global Public Health; Professor, NYU School of Global Public Health
  • Yngvild K. Olsen MD, MPH; Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment (CSAT); SAMHSA
  • Eyasu Teshale, MD: Division of Viral Hepatitis; CDC
  • Carolyn Wester MD, MPH; Director, Division of Viral Hepatitis; CDC

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