Clinical Infectious Disease Program
Keeping our communities healthy
Maintaining the health of our population means making infectious disease a priority. The Division of Infectious Diseases partners with a number of organizations in an effort to maintain this focus, including:
- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre (QEII)
- IWK Health Centre
- Capital Health
The division strives to help patients with severe or complex acquired infections, including HIV, by providing inpatient consultations and outpatient care for HIV-infected patients. The division is also expanding their involvement in the care of hepatitis B and hepatitis C infected patients. They’re directly involved with the community through their walk-in sexually transmitted diseases (STD) clinic.
The Division of Infectious Disease spends more than 25% of their time on research. This investment allows them to develop a better understanding of:
- the epidemiology of infection in elderly and hospitalized patients
- adult immunization
- bacterial pathogenesis
- food and waterborne pathogens
- clinical trials in HIV