Upon the departure of Dr. Steffanie Strathdee in 1998, responsibility for the Vanguard Project was assumed by Dr. Robert Hogg, who has been a member of both the Vanguard research team and its Community Advisory Committee since the study began.

Dr. Hogg is a demographer who joined the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS in 1992 after serving as a post-doctorate fellow in the Pacific region of the Canadian HIV Trials Network. Hogg's recent work has concentrated on the natural history of HIV disease, the impact of HIV disease on population health and HIV/AIDS related issues. He currently holds a number of research grants, including the National Health Scholar Award from Health Canada, and is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia.

Dr. Hogg can be reached at (604)806-8516 or <bobhog@hivnet.ubc.ca>