Dr. valencia remple

BC Centre for Disease Control

655 West 12th Avenue

Vancouver, BC V5Z 4R4

Community-Based Research

Commercial Sex Workers

HIV/AIDS

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Social Network Analysis

Development of an HIV/AIDS prevention intervention for indoor commercial sex workers and their partners (funded by CIHR, 2006-2009).

A pilot study to estimate the STI prevalence in indoor commercial sex workers (funded by UBC Centre for Disease Control, 2007-2009). 

Parental knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and intentions regarding the school-aged Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine vaccination program (funded by BCCDC and Public Health Agency of Canada, 2006-2007.  Co-investigator).

Narrowing the gap between men who have sex with men aware and unaware of their HIV positive status: the need for enhanced prevention for persons with acute HIV infection (funding pending, CIHR.  Co-investigator).

Remple VP, Patrick DM, Johnston C, Tyndall MW, Jolly A.  Clients of indoor commercial sex workers: heterogeneity in patronage patterns and implications for HIV and STI propagation through sexual networks.  Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2007: (May 15 – epub ahead of print)

Remple VP, Johnston C, Patrick DM, Tyndall MW, Jolly A.  Conducting HIV/AIDS research with indoor commercial sex workers: Reaching a hidden population.  Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action 2007;1.2: 161-68.

Remple V, Thindal S, Tello M.  Beyond the manuscript: podcast interview transcript. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action 2007;1.2: 169-74.

Ogilvie GS, Palepu A, Remple VP, et al. Fertility intentions of HIV positive women of reproductive age in British Columbia, Canada.  AIDS 2007;21(Suppl 1):S83-8.

Patrick DM, Remple VP, Kendall P, Brunham RC.  Needs, Gaps and Opportunities for Communicable Disease Research in British Columbia.  Canadian Journal of Public Health 2006;97(Suppl 3):S24-32.

Skowronski DM, Jacobsen K, Daigneault J, Remple VP, et al.  Solicited adverse events following influenza immunization among infants, toddlers and their household contacts.  Pediatrics 2006;117(6): 1963-71.

Bigham M, Remple VP, Pielak KL, et al.  Uptake and determinants of immunization of a new universal infant hepatitis B immunization program in British Columbia.  Canadian Journal of Public Health 2006;97(2): 90-5.

Sherlock C, Lott PM, Money D, … Remple VP, et al.  Use of Sno Strip filter-paper wicks for collection of genital tract samples allows reproducible determination of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type-1 (HIV-1) RNA viral load with a commercial HIV-1 viral load assay.  Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2006;44(3): 1115-1119.

Martin RE, Gold F, Murphy W, Remple V, Berkowitz J, Money D.  Drug use and risk of bloodborne infections: a survey of female prisoners in British Columbia.  Can J Pub Health 2005;96:97-101.

Remple VP, Hilton BA, Ratner P, Burdge DR.  Psychometric properties of the MQOL-HIV in a cohort of HIV-infected, Canadian women.  Qual Life Res. 2004;13(5):947-57.