Dr. M. Eugenia Socías, MD, MSc, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Social Medicine and associate member in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University of British Columbia, as well as the Clinical Research Program Lead at the BC Centre on Substance Use. With a background in infectious diseases and addiction medicine, Dr. Socías’ research interests focus on health services and clinical research in substance use, HIV and hepatitis C, particularly as they relate to the optimization of health care delivery. She has over ten years of experience in conducting observational and interventional research in HIV, hepatitis C and addiction medicine, and with vulnerable populations. She has published extensively in these areas including over 170 peer-reviewed articles.