-+*Research Team: Margaret Robinson (co-principal investigator), Jessica Demeria (co-principal investigator), Tony Nobis (Oahas), Ed Bennett (Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network), Meagan Fumerton (community advisory expert). What is this research about? Indigenous people are significantly over-represented in Canadian prisons, making up 23% of those federally incarcerated, yet constituting only 4.3% of the Canadian population. There is an …
-+*Research Team: Soo Chan Carusone (nominated principal investigator), Carol Strike (co-principal investigator), Adrian Guta (co-principal investigator), Curtis Cooper, Bill O’Leary, Karen de Prinse, Grant Cobb, Darrell Tan, Michael Wilson, Ross Upshur, Tony Antoniou What is this research about? Drug use is a risk factor for acquiring HIV, Hepatitis C (HCV) and for negative health outcomes …
Examining the hospital experiences of people living with HIV/HCV who use substances Read More »
-+*Research Team: Soo Chan Carusone (nominated principal investigator), Carol Strike (co-principal investigator), Adrian Guta (co-principal investigator), Curtis Cooper, Liz Creal, Karen de Prinse What is this research about? Drug use is a risk factor for acquiring HIV and for negative health outcomes in people living with HIV. People who use drugs are strongly impacted by …
Engaging Marginalized Populations in the Conduct of HIV Community Based Research Read More »
-+*Community-based Research-in-Residence Recipient: Emily van der Meulen Community Partners: PASAN (a community based AIDS-service organization for prisoners and former prisoners) and the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network What is this research about? The prevalence of HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) in Canadian federal prisons is estimated to be much higher than in the general population (10X …
Prison-Based Needle and Syringe Program Guidelines Read More »
-+*Research Team: Saara Greene (nominated principal investigator), Doris O’Brein-Teengs (co-principal investigator), Gary Dumbrill (co-principal investigator), Mona Loutfy, Allyson Ion, Wanda Whitebird, Maureen Ringlein, Martha Wiles, Kerrigan Beaver, Bruce Leslie, Renee Masching, Wangari Tharao, Ruthann Tucker, Andy Koster, Sandra Seigei, Lyndon George What is this research about? While the broader systemic issues that bring mothers living …
-+*Research Team: Claire Kendall (co-Principal Investigator), Zack Marshall (co-Principal Investigator), with the PROUD Peer Research and Community Advisory Board. (OHTN Applied Research Chair Mark Tyndall was the initial principal investigator on this project.) Research Website: http://theproudproject.com/ What is this research about? PROUD, Participatory Research in Ottawa, Understanding Drugs, aims to understand the overall health and …
PROUD (Participatory Research in Ottawa, Understanding Drugs) Read More »
-+*Research Team: Tony Antoniou (Principal Investigator); Wangari Tharao; Robert Remis; Mona Loutfy; Ahmed Bayoumi, Rick Glazier; Tola Mbulaheni; Ann Burchell; Zhaida Uddin; Claire Kendall What is this research about? The number of new cases of HIV among Ontarians originally from Africa and the Caribbean have more than doubled since 1996, but very little is known …
HIV Care for Immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean Read More »
-+*Research Team: Richard Rainville (nominated principal applicant), Stacey Mayhall (principal investigator), Glen Walker, Gerry Croteau, Holly Gauvin, Tim Guimond, Jean Bacon, Diana Campbell What is this research about? The populations that use the services of Community Based AIDS Organizations (CBAO) in Northern Ontario and in the small urban centre of Niagara are disproportionately people who …
-+*OHTN CIHR New Investigator Tony Antoniou’s research aims to understand how people enter and participate in HIV care, the burden of comorbid illness in people with HIV, the services they use and need, and where gaps might exist that compromise this care. His research uses health records databases to understand, and ultimately enhance systems of …
-+*OHTN Research Chair in Program Science for African, Caribbean and Black Communities LaRon Nelson’s research aims to improve the “public health toolkit” to support African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) people in Ontario living with and at risk of HIV. His research focuses on high impact field-based public health strategies that involve targeted outreach to marginalized …
