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About the HIV PREVENTION Lab
The HIV Prevention Lab conducts research on how to prevent HIV transmission among groups that are at a higher risk for acquiring HIV. We also conduct research on how to promote quality of life among people living with HIV. The mission of the HIV Prevention Lab is to conduct rigorous basic and applied research that can be used to prevent HIV transmission and promote positive sexual and mental health among vulnerable populations and people living with HIV. Dr. Trevor Hart is the director of the HIV Prevention Lab and the Director of the HOPE Centre for Sexual and Gender Minority People. The HIV Prevention Lab is staffed by Dr. Hart’s research team, which currently consists of four graduate students, a full-time lab manager, 2 full-time research coordinators, a research nurse, two post-doctoral fellows, and four volunteer research assistants.
RESEARCH
Farsi-Speaking LGBTQ Study
Led by our visiting scholar, Nahid Shabani-Shahreza, "Factors Affecting the Mental and Physical Well-Being of LGBTQ Farsi Speaking Immigrants" aims to better understand the experiences of LGBTQ+ Farsi speaking immigrants in order to promote antiracist and LGBTQ+ affirmative programs to support the health and well-being of this intersectionally marginalized population.
ResIlience and Sexual health Empowerment (RISE)
An adapted cognitive processing therapy trial for post-traumatic stress disorder among gay, bi, and other men who have sex with men.
Engage 2.0/MESH (Men’s Experiences of Substances and sexual Health)
A sequel to the Engage Cohort Study, this multiphase, sequential mixed-methods biopsychosocial study aims to examine potential modifiable mechanisms that may explain different types of crystal methamphetamine (CM) use and associated mental and sexual health outcomes among gay, bisexual, and queer (GBM) men.