{"id":14569,"date":"2025-02-27T09:18:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T14:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/?page_id=14569"},"modified":"2025-02-27T10:41:17","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T15:41:17","slug":"2024-vancouver-retreat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/2024-vancouver-retreat\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Vancouver Retreat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>2024 Vancouver Retreat<\/strong> (December 3 &#8211; 5, 2024) was a 3-day retreat for training and project development for RAM Scholars and their institutional mentors that included harm reduction site visits and didactic sessions, writing workshops, and guidance from the Associate Director on how to develop an analytic plan. It also provided an opportunity to practice research presentations and participate in both professional and leadership development. We also celebrated the welcoming of the 13th cohort of the RAMS program (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/care\/education-and-training-programs\/training-programs\/research-in-addiction-medicine-scholars-rams-program\/ram-scholars\/cohort-13-ram-scholars-2024-26\/\">Cohort of 2024-26)<\/a>!<\/p>\n<div class=\"bu-slideshow-container 2024-rams-vancouver-retreat autoplay\" id=\"bu-slideshow-container-14572\" data-slideshow-name=\"2024-rams-vancouver-retreat\" data-slideshow-delay=\"5000\" style=\"width: auto; \"><div class='slideshow-loader active'><div class='loader-animation'><\/div><p>loading slideshow...<\/p><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-slides\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow transition-slide\" id=\"bu-slideshow-14572\"><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14572_0\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2025\/02\/Group-Photo-1-636x424.jpg\" alt=\"Group photo at 2024 RAMS Vancouver Retreat\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14572_1\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_1820-477x636.jpg\" alt=\"Tim Kelly presenting on his research project\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14572_2\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_1827-636x358.jpg\" alt=\"Group networking lunch\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14572_3\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2025\/02\/20241203_102053-636x358.jpg\" alt=\"Enroue leading a session for mentors\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14572_4\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2025\/02\/20241203_181148-636x358.jpg\" alt=\"Nadia, Ned and Patrick\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14572_5\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2025\/02\/20241204_152647-636x358.jpg\" alt=\"Guy Felicella presenting to Scholars\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14572_6\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2025\/02\/20241205_093101-636x358.jpg\" alt=\"St Paul&#039;s Hospital\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14572_7\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2025\/02\/20241205_091726-636x358.jpg\" alt=\"St Paul&#039;s Hospital\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14572_8\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2025\/02\/20241205_120749-636x358.jpg\" alt=\"Harm reduction researchers panel\" \/><\/div><\/li><li id=\"bu-slideshow-14572_9\" class=\"slide \"><div class=\"bu-slide-container slide-caption-bottom-right\"><img src=\"\/care\/files\/2025\/02\/IMG_1848-636x477.jpg\" alt=\"Group dinner\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><div class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation-container\"><ul class=\"bu-slideshow-navigation nav-icon\" id=\"bu-slideshow-nav-14572\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-1\" class=\" active\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>1<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-2\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>2<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-3\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>3<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-4\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>4<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-5\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>5<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-6\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>6<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-7\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>7<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-8\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>8<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-9\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>9<\/span><\/a><\/li> <li><a href=\"#\" id=\"pager-10\" class=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span>10<\/span><\/a><\/li> <\/ul><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Site Visits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phs.ca\/program\/insite\/\">Insite\u00a0Supervised Injection Site<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kilalalelum.ca\/\">Kilala Lelum Health Centre<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.phs.ca\/program\/community-transitional-care-team\/\">Community Transitional Care Team\/Hospital at Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.covenanthousebc.org\/\">Covenant House<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.providencehealthcare.org\/en\/health-services\/services\/harm-reduction\/overdose-prevention-site\">St. Paul\u2019s Hospital<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drpeter.org\/\">Dr. Peter Centre<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Plenary Leads:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jules Canfield, MPH, Senior Program Manager, Boston Medical Center<\/li>\n<li>Daryn David, PhD, Assistant Professor at the Child Study Center, Associate Director for Leadership Development in the Offices of Academic &amp; Professional Development and Diversity, Equity, &amp; Inclusion, Yale School of Medicine<\/li>\n<li>E. Jennifer Edelman, MD, MHS, Professor of Medicine and Public Health in the Section of General Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Nadia Fairbairn, MD, FRCPC, MHSc, cISAM, Assistant Professor and holder of the Philip Owen Professorship in Addiction Medicine in the Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia<\/li>\n<li>Guy Felicella, Harm Reduction &amp; Recovery Expert<span> and <\/span>International Public Speaker<\/li>\n<li>Enroue Halfkenny, MSW, Owner, Healing and Liberation Counseling<\/li>\n<li>Mark Lysyshyn, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia School of Population and Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Patrick O\u2019 Connor, MD, MPH, MACP, Dan Adams and Amanda Adams Professor of General Internal Medicine and Chief of the Section of General Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Jeffrey Samet, MD, MA, MPH, John Noble MD Professor of General Internal Medicine and Professor of Community Health Sciences, Boston University Schools of Medicine and Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Michael Stein, MD, Chair and Professor of the Department of Health Law, Policy, and Management, Boston University School of Public Health<\/li>\n<li>Lianping (Mint) Ti, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2024 Vancouver Retreat (December 3 &#8211; 5, 2024) was a 3-day retreat for training and project development for RAM Scholars and their institutional mentors that included harm reduction site visits and didactic sessions, writing workshops, and guidance from the Associate Director on how to develop an analytic plan. 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