Community Engagement in Research

Wise Practices

Wise Funding Practice

-+*Research Team:  Margaret Robinson (principal investigator), Heather Castleden (co-applicant), Jessica Demeria (co-applicant), Jonathan Salsberg, Wanda Whitebird, Art Zoccole, Doris O’Brien-Teengs. What is this research about? Research funding programs aim to be objective and to fund feasible, high-quality research with the best chance for useful outcomes. Unfortunately, commonly used measures of feasibility, quality and usefulness privilege …

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diverse group of participants discussing the methods of a research study

Facilitators and Barriers to HIV-Related Health Research

-+*Research Team: Sean Rourke (PI), Winston Husbands (co-PI, Donald Wilson (co-PI), Barry Adam, Andre Ceranto, Lori Chambers, Alan Li, Marvelous Muchenje, James Watson, Catherine Worthington What was this research about? When thinking about how to improve HIV care and services or HIV prevention, it is vital to hear from the people most affected. To provide …

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Grounding Prevention Practice in the Real Needs and Interests of Rural and Urban Men who have Sex with Men in Simcoe County, Ontario

-+*Research Team:  Jan Yorke (nominated principal applicant), Terry Trussler (co-principal investigator), Nathan Lachowsky (co-principal investigator), Jillian Fenik, Mark Hammann, Phillip Banks, Marlene Hamm, Matt Craggs, George Tesseris, Winston Husbands What is this research about? The Gilbert Centre (formerly the AIDS Committee of Simcoe County) launched the first HIV prevention program in Simcoe County and the …

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weSpeak: Reducing HIV vulnerabilities and promoting resilience among self-identified heterosexual African, Caribbean and Black Men in Ontario

-+*Research Team: Josephine P. Wong (nominated principal investigator), Winston Husband (principal investigator), Josephine Etowa (principal investigator), Isaac Luginaah (principal investigator), Francisca Omorodion (principal investigator), Alexander Asamoah, Kenneth Fung, Carl James, Jelani Kerr, Erica Lawson, Hugues Loemba, Henry Luyombya, Lance McCready, Frank McGee, Paul Mkandawire, Wesley Oakes, Fanta Ongoiba, Valérie Pierre-Pierre, Maurice Poon, Wangari Tharao, Zhaida …

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Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco

-+*Director, Education and Training Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco’s research focuses on HIV research and online dissemination, teaching and learning to maximize the involvement of all research stakeholders especially people living with HIV. He also conducts research on HIV as an episodic disability in the context of rehabilitation, mental health and HIV and ageing and HIV. Francisco has …

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Josephine Pui-Hing Wong

-+*Team Grant Leader; OHTN CIHR New Investigator Josephine Wong works with youth and adults in diverse communities to understand how individual factors (beliefs, knowledge) and societal factors (racism, poverty, homophobia, sexism, social exclusion) interact to produce increased vulnerability and put marginalized communities at higher risk of infection with HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. Josephine …

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Alan Li

-+*OHTN Policy and Practice Leader Racialized and newcomer communities exhibit incredible ability to cope with adversities and lead healthy and successful lives despite facing disproportionate HIV burden and complex service barriers. Alan Li works with community members to support and enhance this resiliency. Policy Influences: Alan Li’s research work with marginalized communities has led to …

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