Cari Miller

Assistant Professor

Biography: 

Dr. Cari Miller joined the Faculty of Health Sciences in September, 2008.  Since completing a BA in political science from Carleton University in 1999, Cari completed an interdisciplinary MSc in 2002 and a PhD in 2006 from the University of British Columbia. She has over 31 peer reviewed publications in international journals and has received funding support from the Canadian Institutes for Health Research and the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research.  Currently, her research is focused on socio-behavioural research that supports access to HIV Prevention for young people. Cari has worked at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS from 2000 – 2006 with the Vancouver Injection Drug Users Study (VIDUS), the Drug Treatment Program and the At Risk Youth Study (ARYS).  She has also worked in the community with at risk youth. Her two main research focuses are an international collaboration exploring HIV prevention among adolescents in Soweto, South Africa and a national collaboration looking at risk and resiliency among young Aboriginal people across the province of BC.

Research Interests: 

Cari’s research interests include HIV prevention and treatment, vulnerable youth, addiction, violence, gender, interdisciplinary HIV research and translational research that informs the public health policy agenda. 

Teaching Interests: 

Cari’s teaching interests include the Social Determinants of health and HIV/AIDS.

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