Katrina Koehn

Katrina Koehn | BSc (Hon), MD (C2024)

Katrina Koehn is a medical student at the University of British Columbia, based at the Northern Medical Campus in Prince George. Previously, she was a Health and Resource Development Technical Advisor for the Northern Health Authority in Fort St. John. During 2016-2019 she was a research trainee at the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS at St. Paul's Hospital. In 2019 she obtained an Honours Bachelor of Science in Health from Simon Fraser University, graduating First Class with Distinction as the Dean's Medalist. Her dissertation, supervised by Drs. Robert Hogg & Kate Salters, focused on characterizing the growing population of individuals diagnosed with HIV over the age of 50.

Her interests include rural medicine, health equity, HIV, aging, housing, and food insecurity.

Twitter: @katrinakoehn | LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrina-koehn-3963ab120/ | ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katrina_Koehn | Email: katrinakoehn@gmail.com

Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts

1. Koehn K, Cassidy-Matthews C, Pearce ME, Aspin C, Pruden H, Ward J, Mullen M, Hogg RS, Nicholson V. (2021). Rates of new HIV diagnoses among Indigenous peoples in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States: 2009-2017. AIDS.

2. Burgess H, Vorobyova A, Marziali M, Koehn K, Jongbloed K, Von Bischoffshausen O, Salters KA, Hogg RS, Parashar S. (2021). Supportive housing building policies and resident psychological needs: A qualitative analysis using self-determination theory. Housing Studies.

3. Koehn K, Burgess H, Lyndon S, Lu M, Ye M, Hogg RS, Parashar S, Barrios R, Salters KA. (2020). Characteristics of older adults living with HIV accessing home and community care services in British Columbia, Canada. AIDS Care.

4. Koehn K, Collins B, Burgess H, Marziali M, Salters K, Hogg RS, Parashar S. (2019). Understanding the pervasiveness of trauma within a housing facility for people living with HIV. Housing Studies.

5. Koehn K, McLinden T, Collins AB, McDougall P, Baltzer-Turje R, Wang C, Li J, Salters K, Hogg RS, Parashar S. (2019). Assessing the impact of food insecurity on HIV medication adherence in the context of an integrated care facility for people living with HIV in Vancouver, Canada. Public Health Nutrition.

Peer-Reviewed Conference Abstracts

1. Koehn K, Cassidy-Matthews C, Pearce M, Aspin C, Ward J, Hogg RS, Nicholson V. (2020). Rates of new HIV diagnoses among Indigenous peoples in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States: 2009-2017. Poster presentation (by Cassidy-Matthews C) at AIDS. San Francisco, USA/Virtual Conference.

2. Marziali M, Lyndon S, Burgess H, Koehn K, Salters K, Enjetti A, Parashar S, Vorobyova A. (2020). A provincial overview of community-based organizational supports for older adults living with HIV in British Columbia. Poster presentation (by Marziali M) at the Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research. Quebec City, Canada/Virtual Conference.

3. Koehn K, Burgess H, Lyndon S, Lu M, Ye M, Hogg RS, Parashar S, Barrios R, Salters K. (2019). Investigating use of home and community care services among older adults living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada. Oral presentation (by Koehn K) at the Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research. Saskatoon, Canada.

4. Koehn K, Salters K, Zhang W, Lu M, Lima V, St. Jean M, Nanditha D, Grieve S, Wesseling T, Hogg RS, Barrios R. (2019). Aging with HIV vs Aged with HIV: Profiling adults diagnosed with HIV after age 50 in British Columbia. Poster presentation (by Koehn K) at the Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research. Saskatoon, Canada.

5. Koehn K, McLinden T, Collins AB, McDougall P, Baltzer-Turje R, Wang C, Li J, Salters K, Parashar S, Hogg RS. (2018). Assessing the impact of food insecurity on HIV medication adherence in the context of an integrated care facility for people living with HIV in Vancouver, Canada. Poster presentation (by Koehn K) at the HIV Drug Therapy Glasgow Congress. Glasgow, Scotland.

6. Collins AB, Koehn K, Von Bischoffshausen O, Marziali M, Burgess H, Salters K, Hogg RS, Parashar S. (2018). The pervasiveness of trauma: understanding the intersection of trauma and housing amongst people living in an HIV-specific housing facility. Poster presentation (by Koehn K) at the Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research. Vancouver, Canada.

7. Hoverman A, Koehn K, Osserman S, Card K, Closson-Vandetti K, Hogg RS. (2018). Pacific Northwest Life Expectancy Study. Oral Presentation (by Hoverman A & Koehn K) at the Cascadia Conference. Abbotsford, Canada.

Research Reports

1. Koehn K, Burgess H, Enjetti A, Lyndon S, Cardinal C, Ranville F, Nicholson V, Marziali M, Salters K, Parashar S. (2018). The BC home and community care system and older adults living with HIV: a 2018 environmental scan of governance, policies, and funding of the home and community care system as they affect individuals aging with HIV. The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.

2. Marziali M, Lyndon S, Burgess H, Salters K, Enjetti A, Koehn K, Parashar S. (2018). A provincial overview of community-based organizational support for older adults living with HIV. The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.

3. Burgess H, von Bischoffshausen O, Lyndon S, Koehn K, Marziali M, Salters S, Parashar S, and community roundtable participants. (2018). Community roundtable on HIV, aging, and home and community care: discussion summary. The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.

Research-Related Press

1. Geron Malbas [features Koehn K]. (2020). Katrina Koehn, BSc Health Sciences - Student Profile, Faculty of Health Sciences. Simon Fraser University.

2. Woo A [paraphrases Koehn K]. (2019). For those aging with HIV, Dr. Peter Centre offers a safe place. The Globe and Mail.

3. Seucharan C [quotes Koehn K and cites first-author report; front-page story]. (2019). As the number of seniors living with HIV grows, researchers examine how to better care for them. The Vancouver Star.

4. Wong J [features Koehn K]. (2019). Health science student helps address equality gap faced by BC seniors with HIV. Simon Fraser University.

5. Koehn K. (2018). Seniors with HIV face more stigma than those with other illnesses. The Vancouver Sun.

6. Salters K, Koehn K. (2018). Can we meet the distinct needs of individuals aging with HIV? The BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS.

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