Sponsors
CHAP organizes and develops educational programs and learning opportunities for members, and also hosts an annual meeting each year as an ancillary event prior to the annual Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) conference. These are made possible with support from industry sponsors, and are gratefully acknowledged below.
CHAP Annual Meetings
The following sponsors generously support the CHAP annual meeting:
| Meeting Date | Sponsors | Location |
|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2025 | Annual meeting sponsors: Platinum: Gilead, Merck, ViiV | Halifax, NS |
| April 24, 2024 | Platinum: Merck, ViiV Gold: Gilead | London, ON |
| April 26, 2023 | Gold: Gilead, Merck Silver: ViiV, Pfizer Other: Abbvie | Quebec City, QC |
| May 25th, 2022 | Abbvie, Gilead, Merck, ViiV | Virtual Meeting |
| May 4th, 2021 | Abbvie, Gilead, Merck, ViiV | Virtual Meeting |
Sponsors of past CHAP annual meetings (historical)
CHAP Observership Program
The CHAP National Clinical Observership Program was launched in 2017, and has provided over two dozen pharmacists with the opportunity to shadow/learn from experienced HIV pharmacy practitioners and mentors. Logistical costs of the program are supported by Gilead Canada.
CHAP Chats
The following sponsors generously support the CHAP Chats:
| Dates | Presentation | Sponsors |
| 2025 | Novel treatment options for TB preventative treatment in people with HIV (J. White) Antiretroviral TDM: when to do it? (N. Sheehan) | Gilead, Merck, ViiV ViiV |
| 2024 | Fall Respiratory Vaccine Update (T. Ramsey) | Moderna |
| 2023 | Hepatitis C: it can still be challenging (J. Feld) Infant feeding in HIV (S. Khan) | Abbvie Gilead, Merck, ViiV, Pfizer |
| 2021 | Antiretroviral Resistance Cases (S. Shafran) COVID vaccines and variants (A. Sharkawy) HIV and aging (S. Walmsley) HIV & pediatrics (J. Brophy) HCV update (D. Martel) What to do about M184V? (C. Brumme) ARVs in pregnancy (K. Tulloch) Women-centred HIV care toolkits (M. Loutfy, M. Ndung’u) | Abbvie, Gilead, Merck, ViiV |
CHAP101 Educational Series
The following sponsors generously support the CHAP HIV101 Educational series:
| Topic | Sponsors |
| HIV101: Resistance (L. Robinson) presentations | Merck |
Additional Support
The CHAP website is supported by the Toronto General Hospital Immunodeficiency Clinic.
The logistical costs (e.g., room bookings, travel grants, equipment rental) of the annual network meeting are supported by the sponsor(s) listed above through an unrestricted educational grant.
Members do not receive any honoraria for participating in CHAP activities.
Goals:
To promote cross-country sharing of experiences and information to improve patient care.
To develop practical, clinical guidelines on the role of the pharmacist in caring for patients with HIV and/or viral hepatitis.
To collaborate on research protocols which demonstrate positive drug-related outcomes.
To share continuing education resources, in order to make information on HIV and/or viral hepatitis drug therapy more accessible to community, hospital and ambulatory pharmacists, as well as patients.
To foster the development of HIV and/or viral hepatitis pharmacist mentors.
To promote the pharmacists role in HIV and/or viral hepatitis therapeutics on a national level.