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April 14, 2026

Meet Dr. Milan Valyear, a new researcher who is exploring the science of behaviour

Growing up in a small town in Ontario, Dr. Milan Valyear always enjoyed tinkering and building things, and in particular, one memory stands out. “It was the summer, school was out, and so was the power – 3500 megawatts had surged from New York to Ontario,” he recalls. In the dark, he built a rudimentary flashlight, complete with a dimmer…

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Dr. Kelly Dunn: How Can Differences in Opioid Withdrawal Inform New Treatment Strategies?

April 17

2215 Wesbrook Mall
Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3 Canada

This presentation will review the need for a precision medicine approach to opioid withdrawal and illustrate how variability in withdrawal symptom expression would inform novel treatment strategies. Differences in withdrawal presentation as a result of illicit fentanyl exposure will be reviewed and results from a randomized trial comparison of a new medication for withdrawal management will be presented

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