Research
Find out what we are working on.
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.
Engage
The Engage Cohort Study is Canadian collaboration between researchers and community-based organizations on HIV and sexual health among gay, bi, and queer men, including trans men, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) in Canada. Its three primary aims are to provide research evidence to inform HIV and STBBI prevention initiatives for Canadian GBM, build capacity for a pan-Canadian network on HIV and sexual health research for GBM, and integrate community engagement into all stages of the project to enhance community-researcher collaboration and bidirectional knowledge exchange.
Sexual Confidence – RCT
This study tests the efficacy of a novel integrated HIV prevention intervention that combines the most empirically supported treatment for social anxiety disorder with HIV risk reduction counselling in order to simultaneously treat social anxiety disorder, substance use disorders, and HIV sexual risk behaviour.