Dr. Lyle McKinnon
Lyle is an Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba. His lab was established in 2016 with a focus on mucosal immunology and sexually transmitted infection transmission and pathogenesis. Prior to this, he worked in Kenya and South Africa for >10 years and continues to collaborate on cohort studies of key populations there and in Uganda and Thailand. He has published >130 peer-reviewed articles and received funding from Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and others.
Dr. Leigh McClarty
Leigh is an Assistant Professor in the Institute for Global Public Health (IGPH) and the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. Her research focuses on strategies to optimize HIV and STI programming, including program coverage, for priority and criminalized groups who experience persistent inequities in access to and uptake of safe, comprehensive health services. Leigh leads work within IGPH’s global Program Science Initiative to expand partnerships that support the operationalization of a Program Science approach across various public health topic areas in Kenya, Nigeria, and Pakistan. Leigh has also been involved in HIV prevention and care research in Manitoba for over a decade. Currently, she sits as President of the Board of Directors for Nine Circles Community Health Centre, a provider of low-barrier, culturally safe prevention and comprehensive care services for priority groups in Winnipeg.
