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HIV Care for Immigrants from Africa and the Caribbean

-+*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 …

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A Needs Assessment of Hidden and Hard-to-Reach Populations in Northern Ontario and Niagara

-+*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 …

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Tony Antoniou

-+*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 …

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Isaac Bogoch

-+*OHTN CIHR New Investigator Isaac Bogoch conducts research to improve access to HIV Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) and HIV Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and to assist people using these forms of biomedical HIV prevention in adhering to therapy. His research efforts include the use of text messaging to support regular PEP use, and a planned study evaluating …

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LaRon E. Nelson

-+*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 …

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Sharon Walmsley

-+*OHTN Research Chair in HIV Clinical Care and Aging Sharon Walmsley’s research aims to better understand the needs of people aging with HIV, and to optimize that care. Comorbidities such as heart, brain, kidney, bone and liver disease are common as people age, but occur earlier and more frequently in people with HIV. Ultimately, this …

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Understanding HIV transmission among persons from Africa and the Caribbean following their arrival in Canada

-+*Research Team:  Liviana Calzavara (principal applicant), Wangari Tharao (co-principal investigator), Amrita Daftary (co-principal investigator), Rupert Kaul, Ann Burchell, Lynne Leonard, Mona Loutfy, Tola Mbulaheni, Shannon Ryan What is this research about? People born in sub-Saharan Africa and the Caribbean face an increased risk of contracting HIV, as there is a high prevalence of HIV in …

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A/C Track Toronto

-+*Research Team: Winston Husbands (co-principal investigator), Wangari Tharao (co-principal investigator), and Mark Gilbert What is this research about? A/C Track Toronto is a study to monitor the prevalence of HIV among African, Caribbean and Black communities in Toronto, and to assess knowledge, behavioural and systemic or structural issues that may be associated with risk and …

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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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