-+*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 HIV- and HCV-related risk environment), and to women and men who inject and use drugs. […]
-+*Community-Based Research Award Rittenhouse Research Team: Molly Bannerman, Joan Ruzsa; Restorative Justice Facilitators What is this project about? Many people who use drugs have been harmed by society’s punitive approach to drug use. Harm reduction programs aim to work with people to reduce drug-associated harms without penalizing them. However most organizations also respond to problematic
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-+*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 to seek health information. His research aims to inform the outreach services of public health,
-+*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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-+*Community-Based Research Award Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention (ASAAP) Research Team: Ramraajh Sharvendiran, Vijaya Chikermane, Trevor Hart, Haran Vijayanathan, Zavaré Tengra, Antoney Baccas What is this project about? The Access, Identity and Men (AIM) Study was undertaken by the Alliance for South Asian AIDS Prevention (ASAAP) to fill the gaps in knowledge and evidence
-+*The OHTN is funded by the Ontario taxpayers through the Government of Ontario as part of Ontario’s strategic plan and response to the HIV epidemic. For this reason, the OHTN must ensure its research investments are aligned with the province’s needs and interests. Compared to other HIV research funders, the OHTN is relatively small. Our
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-+*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
-+*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 cure HIV. His work helps ensures that translational research findings are brought back to benefit
-+*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. The team’s efforts focus on creating barriers to HIV transmission during heterosexual sex by understanding
