Dr. Trevor Hart

Biography

Dr. Trevor A. Hart is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Ryerson University and he is an adjunct professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Dr. Hart’s research in HIV prevention and care spans a wide variety of fields, including psychology, epidemiology, and public health. Dr. Hart’s research is conducted at the HIV Prevention Lab and collaborating labs, HIV clinics, and AIDS service organizations. Research conducted by Dr. Hart and his graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and staff at the HIV Prevention Lab involves two related lines of scientific study:

  • identifying of risk and protective factors associated with HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among gay, bisexual, queer, and other men who have sex with men
  • testing of psychotherapy and other counselling programs that integrate the promotion of mental and sexual health and that reduce HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and other sexual risk outcomes

Department of Psychology
Ryerson University
Jorgenson Hall, 8th Floor
350 Victoria Street
Toronto, ON M5B 2K3
Canada

HIV Prevention Lab phone: 416-979-5000 ext. 552179
Office phone: 416-979-5000 ext. 556192
Fax: 416-979-5273
trevor.hart@ryerson.ca

Recent Publications

(Underlined names are current or former trainees of the HIV Prevention Lab)

  • Hart, T. A., Moore, D. M., Noor, S. W., Lachowsky, N., Grace, D., Cox, J., Skakoon-Sparling, S., Jollimore, J., Parlette, A., Lal, A., Apelian, H., Sang, J. M., Tan, D. H. S., Lambert, G., and the Engage Study Team. (in press). Prevalence of HIV and sexually transmitted and bloodborne infections, and related preventive and risk behaviours, among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver: Results from the Engage Study. Canadian Journal of Public Health. Advance Online Publication. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-021-00546-z
  • Colyer, S., Lachowsky, N. J., Schmidt, A. J., Adam, B. D., Paquette, D., Hart, T. A., Brennan, D. J., Blais, M., & Kroch, A. E. (2021). Measures of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Canada and demographic disparities among those at elevated likelihood for HIV acquisition. AIDS and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03336-3
  • Cox, J., Apelian, H., Moodie, E. E. M., Messier-Peet, M., Hart, T. A., Grace, D., Moore, D. M., Lachowsky, N. J., Armstrong, H. L., Jollimore, J., Skakoon-Sparling, S., Rodrigues, R., Tan, D. H. S., Maheu-Giroux, M., Noor, S. W., Lebouché, B., Tremblay, C., Olarewaju, G., & Lambert, G. (2021). Use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among urban Canadian gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men: a cross-sectional analysis of the Engage cohort study. CMAJ Open, 9(2), E529–E538. https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20200198
  • Harvey-Lavoie, S., Apelian, H., Labbé, A.-C., Cox, J., Messier-Peet, M., Moodie, E., Fourmigue, A., Moore, D., Lachowsky, N. J., Grace, D., Hart, T. A., Jollimore, J., Fortin, C., & Lambert, G. (2021). Community-based prevalence estimates of chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhoeae infections among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Montréal, Canada. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Publish Ahead of Print. https://doi.org/10.1097/olq.0000000000001486
  • Grewal, R., Deeks, S. L., Hart, T. A., Cox, J., De Pokomandy, A., Grennan, T., Lambert, G., Moore, D., Brisson, M., Coutlée, F., Gaspar, M., George, C., Grace, D., Jollimore, J., Lachowsky, N. J., Nisenbaum, R., Ogilvie, G., Sauvageau, C., Tan, D. H. S., Yeung, A., & Burchell, A. N. (in press). Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake among a community-recruited sample of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in the three largest cities in Canada from 2017-2019. Vaccine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2021.05.031
  • Moore, D. M., Cui, Z., Skakoon-Sparling, S., Sang, J., Barath, J., Wang, L., Lachowsky, N., Cox, J., Lambert, G., Noor, S., Grace, D., Jollimore, J., Apelian, H., Lal, A., Parlette, A. & Hart, T. A. (2021). Characteristics of the HIV cascade of care and unsuppressed viral load among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men living with HIV across Canada’s three largest cities. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 24(00) https://doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25699
  • Grace, D., Gaspar, M., Klassesn, B., Lessard, D., Arnaud, P., Brennan, D. J., Lashowskey, N., Adam, B. A., Cox, J., Lambert, G., Jollimore, J., & Hart, T. A. (2021). Stepping stones or second class donors?: A qualitative analysis of gay, bisexual, and queer men’s perspectives on plasma donation policy in Canada. BMC Public Health, 21,444. https://10.1186/s12889-021-10480-x
  • Alvarado, B., Camargo, P., Martinez Cajaz, J. L., Adam, B., & Hart, T. A. (in press). Effectiveness of a Prevention Program for Immigrant Latino Men who Have sex with Men in Canada: Results of a Pilot Study. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality.
  • Gaspar, M., Marshall, Z., Adam, B., Brennan, D., Cox, J., Lachowsky, N., Lambert, G., Moore, D., Hart, T. A., Grace, D. (in press). ‘I was just doing what a normal gay man would do, right?’: The biopolitics of substance use and the mental health of sexual minority men. Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363459321996753
  • T. A., Sharvendiran, R., Chikermane, V., Kidwai, A., & Grace, D. (in press). At the intersection of homophobia and racism: Sociocultural context and the sexual health of South Asian Canadian gay and bisexual men. Stigma and Health.
  • Cox, J., Apelian, H., Moodie, E., Messier-Peet, M., Hart, T. A., Grace, D., Moore, D., Lachowsky, N., Armstrong, H. L., Jollimore, J., Skakoon-Sparling, S., Rodrigues, R., Tan, D., Maheu-Giroux, M., Noor, S. W., Lebouche, B., Tremblay, C., Noailles, C., & Lambert, G. (in press). HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among urban Canadian gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men for whom PrEP is clinically recommended: Baseline results from the Engage Cohort Study. CMAJ Open.
  • Wang,, Moqueet, N., Simkin, A., Knight, J., Ma, H., Lachowsky, N. J., Armstrong, H. L., Tan, D. H., Burchell, A. N., Hart, T. A., Moore, D. M., Adam, B. D., Macfadden, D. R., Baral, S. D., & Mishra, S. (in press). Mathematical modelling of the influence of serosorting on the population-level HIV transmission impact of pre-exposure prophylaxis. AIDS.
  • Yauck, M., Moodie, E. E., Apelian, H., Peet, M., Lambert, G., Grace, D., Lachowsky, N. J., Hart, T. A., & Cox, J. (2021). Sampling from networks: respondent-driven sampling. Epidemiologic Methods, 10(1), 20200033. https://doi.org/10.1515/em-2020-0033
  • Alvarado, B., Martinez Cajaz, J. L., Mueses, H., Correa, D., Adam, B., & Hart, T. A. (2021). Adaptation and pilot evaluation of an intervention addressing the sexual health needs of gay men living with HIV infection in Colombia. American Journal of Men’s Health, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988321989916
  • Noor, S. W., Hart, T. A., Okafor, C. N., Ware, D., Chew, K. W., D’Souza, G., Ho, K., Friedman, M. R., & Plankey, M. (2021). Staying or moving: Results of a latent transition analysis examining intra-individual stability of recreational substance use among MSM in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study from 2004 to 2016. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 220, 108516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2021.108516
  • Grace, D., Gaspar, M., Klassen, B., Lessard, D., Brennan, D. J., Lachowsky, N. J., Adam, B. D., Cox, J., Lambert, G., Anand, P., Jollimore, J., Moore, D., & Hart, T. A. (2020). It’s in me to give: Canadian gay, bisexual, and queer men’s willingness to donate blood if eligible despite feelings of policy discrimination. Qualitative Health Research, 30(14), 2234-2247. https://doi.org/10.1177/1049732320952314
  • Doyle, C. M., Maheu-Giroux, M., Lambert, G., Mishra, S., Apelian, H., Messier-Peet, M., Otis, J., Grace, D., Hart, T. A., Moore, D. M., Lachowsky, N. J., & Cox, J. (2020). Combination HIV prevention strategies among montreal gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in the PrEP era: A latent class analysis. AIDS and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-02965-4
  • Benoit, A. C., Burchell, A. N., O’Brien, K. K., Raboud, J., Gardner, S., Light, L., Beaver, K., Cotnam, J., Conway, T., Price, C., Rourke, S. B., Rueda, S., Hart, T. A., & Loutfy, M. (2020). Examining the association between stress and antiretroviral therapy adherence among women living with HIV in Toronto, Ontario. HIV Research & Clinical Practice, 21(2–3), 45–55. https://doi.org/10.1080/25787489.2020.1763711
  • ‌ Hart, T. A., Noor, S. W., Skakoon-Sparling, S., Lazkani, S. N., Gardner, S., Leahy, B., Maxwell, J., Julien, R., Simpson, S., Steinberg, M., & Adam, B. D. (2020). GPS: A randomized controlled trial of sexual health counselling for gay and bisexual men living with HIV. Behavior Therapy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beth.2020.04.005
  • Noor, S. W., Sutherland, J., Vernon, J. R. G., Adam, B. D., Brennan, D. J., & Hart, T. A. (2020). Measuring adverse childhood experiences: comparing individual, composite, score-based, and latent profile-based scoring schemas among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://org/10.1016/j.bet.2019.09.001
  • Zheng, L., Hart, T. A., Noor, S. W., & Wen, G. (2020). Stressors based on sexual orientation and mental health among lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals in China: Minority stress and perceived pressure to get married. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49(5), 1769-1782. https://org/10.1007/s10508-020-01693-z
  • Gaspar, M., Marshall, Z., Rodrigues, R., Adam, B., Brennan, D., Hart, T. A., & Grace, D. (2019). Mental health and structural harm: a qualitative study of sexual minority men’s experiences of mental healthcare in Toronto, Canada. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 1-17. https://org/10.1080/13691058.2019.1692074
  • Brogan, N., Paquette, D. M., Lachowsky, N. J., Blais, M., Brennan, D. J., Hart, T. A., & Adam, B. (2019). Canadian results from the European Men-who-have-sex-with-men Internet survey (EMIS-2017). Canada Communicable Disease Report, 45(11), 271-282. https://org/10.14745/ccdr.v45i11a01
  • Wang, L., Moqueet, N., Lambert, G., Grace, D., Rodrigues, R., Cox, J., Lachowsky, N. J., Noor, S. W., Armstrong, H. L., Tan, D. H. S., Burchell, A. N., Ma, H., Apelian, H., Knight, J., Messier-Peet, M., Jollimore, J., Baral, S., Hart, T. A., Moore, D. M., & Mishra, S. (2019). population-level sexual mixing according to hiv status and preexposure prophylaxis use among men who have sex with men in Montreal, Canada: Implications for HIV prevention. American Journal of Epidemiology, 189(1), 44–54. https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwz231
  • Hart T. A., Noor S. W., Vernon J., Antony M. M., Gardner S., & O’Cleirigh C. (2019). Integrated cognitive-behavioral therapy for social anxiety and HIV/STI prevention for gay and bisexual men: A pilot intervention trial. Behavior Therapy, 51(3), 503-517. https://org/10.1016/j.beth.2019.09.001
  • Grace, D., Gaspar, M., Lessard, D., Klassen, B., Brennan, D. J., Adam, B. D., Jollimore, J., Lachowsky, N. J., & Hart, T. A. (2019). Gay and bisexual men’s views on reforming blood donation policy in Canada: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7123-4
  • Fairbrother, N., Hart, T. A., & Fairbrother, M. (2019). Open relationship prevalence, characteristics, and correlates in a nationally representative sample of Canadian adults. The Journal of Sex Research, 56(6), 695-704. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2019.1580667
  • Gaspar, M., Marshall, Z., Rodrigues, R., Adam, B., Brennan, D., Hart, T. A., & Grace, D. (2019). A tale of two epidemics: Gay men’s mental health and the biomedicalisation of HIV prevention and care in Toronto. Sociology of Health & Illness, 41(6), 1056-1070. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12884
  • Gilbert, M., Michelow, W., Dulai, J., Wexel, D., Hart, T. A., & Young, I. et al. (2019). Provision of online HIV-related information to gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men: A health literacy-informed critical appraisal of Canadian agency websites. Sexual Health, 16(1), 39. https://doi.org/10.1071/sh18092
  • Tan, D. H. S., Schnubb, A., Lawless, J., Szadkowski, L., Grennan, T., Wilton, J., Fowler, S., Hart, T. A., Maxwell, J., & Raboud, J. M. (2018). Acceptability and tolerability of and adherence to HIV preexposure prophylaxis among Toronto gay and bisexual men: a pilot study. CMAJ Open, 6(4), E611–E617. https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20180068
  • Adam, B., Hart, T. A., Mohr, J., Coleman, T., & Vernon, J. (2018). Resilience pathways, childhood escape routes, and mentors reported by gay and bisexual men affected by syndemic conditions. Sexualities, 22(4), 622-642. https://doi.org/10.1177/1363460718758663
  • Hart, T. A., Noor, S. W., Tulloch, T. G., Sivagnanasunderam, B., Vernon, J. R. G., Pantalone, D. W., Myers, T., & Calzavara, L. (2019). The Gender Nonconformity Teasing Scale for gay and bisexual men. Psychology of Men & Masculinities, 20(3), 445–457. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000179
  • Gilbert, M., Salway, T., Haag, D., Kwag, M., Edward, J., Bondyra, M., Cox, J., Hart, T. A., Grace, D., Grennan, T., Ogilvie, G., & Shoveller, J. (2019). Assessing the Impact of a Social Marketing Campaign on Program Outcomes for Users of an Internet-Based Testing Service for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infections: Observational Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(1), e11291. https://doi.org/10.2196/11291