OHTN CIHR New Investigator
Darrell Tan is an infectious disease specialist whose research focuses on promoting the sexual health of men who have sex with men. His work aims to improve the prevention, detection and management of HIV and other …
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 …
Lynne Leonard
OHTN Applied HIV Research Chair
Lynne Leonard’s program of research aims to have specific solution-focused health impacts on HIV and hepatitis C (HCV) prevention, diagnosis and health system performance relevant to different populations of women (recognizing the intersectionality of their …
Nathan Lachowsky
Junior Investigator Development Award Recipient
Nathan Lachowsky is working to understand how gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) use the Internet to seek sexual, social and romantic partners, to build support and information networks and …
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 …
Colin Kovacs
OHTN Policy and Practice Leader
Colin Kovacs is a critical bridge between frontline HIV Primary Care and scientists seeking a better understand of HIV infection. He helps engage people living with HIV in research to better treat and ultimately to …
Charu Kaushic
OHTN Applied HIV Research Chair
Women are more vulnerable to sexual transmitted infections than men. Charu Kaushic and her research team work to understand the environment of the female genital tract and the mucosal immune system in the reproductive tract. …
Rupert Kaul
OHTN-University of Toronto Endowed Chair in HIV Research
Rupert Kaul studies the mucosal tissues that line the vagina, the penis, the gut and the rectum: tissues that are part of the body’s natural defenses against HIV. Better control of HIV …
Trevor Hart
OHTN Applied HIV Research Chair
Trevor Hart works to develop and test sex-positive, anti-oppressive HIV prevention interventions and psychotherapies for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. His work is both community-based and clinical and relies on …
Curtis Cooper
OHTN Applied HIV Research Chair
Curtis Cooper studies the optimum treatment and care of people living with Hepatitis C (HCV) and Hepatitis C/HIV co-infection (HIV/HCV)
Research Findings
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