Full Name
Brian Conway
Job Title
Medical Director
Company/Institution/ Organization
Vancouver ID Centre
Speaker Bio
Dr. Brian Conway MD, FRCPC is a physician specializing in infectious diseases. He attended
medical school at McGill University and graduated in 1982. He completed training in internal
medicine (1982-86) and infectious diseases (University of Manitoba, 1986-88). He was then
awarded a fellowship in virology at Harvard University (1988-90) before taking on a staff position
at the University of Ottawa where he stayed until 1994. He worked at the British Columbia
Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS until 1998, then at Viridae Clinical Sciences as its medical
director until 2000. He then founded the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre, of which he is
now the president and medical director. This is a non-profit medical research and care society
dedicated to the development and evaluation of novel systems of treatment for HIV and HCV
infections in vulnerable populations. Since 2015, it has also been designated as the Centre
Médical Francophone de Vancouver, responsible for the delivery of French language health
care services in downtown Vancouver.
He has led over 50 clinical trials for the evaluation of novel treatment modalities for HIV and
HCV. He has published over 150 articles on these topics in peer-reviewed medical
journals. He has been the lead Canadian investigator in three recent studies for the treatment
of HCV infection in people who inject drugs (PWID), which are CO-STAR, SIMPLIFY, and
DEFEAT. His group has developed the innovative “four-legged chair” model to address the
complex medical, social, psychologic and addiction-related needs of vulnerable inner-city
populations. This model is being expanded as part of the response to HCV infection as well as
the opioid overdose crisis in British Columbia.
In 2012, he received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for long-standing and
exemplary service to Canada in the field of HIV/AIDS. In 2014, he received the provincial
AccolAIDS award for contribution to HIV in the fields of science, research and technology. In
2016, he was recognized by premier Christy Clark for his contribution to the provision of health
services in French in British Columbia, to mark the international “journée de la francophonie”.
medical school at McGill University and graduated in 1982. He completed training in internal
medicine (1982-86) and infectious diseases (University of Manitoba, 1986-88). He was then
awarded a fellowship in virology at Harvard University (1988-90) before taking on a staff position
at the University of Ottawa where he stayed until 1994. He worked at the British Columbia
Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS until 1998, then at Viridae Clinical Sciences as its medical
director until 2000. He then founded the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre, of which he is
now the president and medical director. This is a non-profit medical research and care society
dedicated to the development and evaluation of novel systems of treatment for HIV and HCV
infections in vulnerable populations. Since 2015, it has also been designated as the Centre
Médical Francophone de Vancouver, responsible for the delivery of French language health
care services in downtown Vancouver.
He has led over 50 clinical trials for the evaluation of novel treatment modalities for HIV and
HCV. He has published over 150 articles on these topics in peer-reviewed medical
journals. He has been the lead Canadian investigator in three recent studies for the treatment
of HCV infection in people who inject drugs (PWID), which are CO-STAR, SIMPLIFY, and
DEFEAT. His group has developed the innovative “four-legged chair” model to address the
complex medical, social, psychologic and addiction-related needs of vulnerable inner-city
populations. This model is being expanded as part of the response to HCV infection as well as
the opioid overdose crisis in British Columbia.
In 2012, he received a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for long-standing and
exemplary service to Canada in the field of HIV/AIDS. In 2014, he received the provincial
AccolAIDS award for contribution to HIV in the fields of science, research and technology. In
2016, he was recognized by premier Christy Clark for his contribution to the provision of health
services in French in British Columbia, to mark the international “journée de la francophonie”.
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