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CAHR Student Profiles

Through the support of its membership, combined with the generous help of its conference sponsors, CAHR supports aspiring HIV/AIDS researchers from coast to coast and across the various disciplines of research.

Their investigations cover all aspects of health, from cellular communications, HIV prevention, to health care economics. To learn more about CAHR funded students and how their research is contributing to improved health and care, please read the researcher profiles below.

Kerry Clifton

Frailty in the Ageing HIV Population

Kerry Clifton, a 2015 recipient of a CAHR/CIHR Masters Research Award, grew up in South Africa and saw how HIV can affect both individuals and societies. She has carried with ... Open Post

Allison Carter

Living and Loving with HIV

When we last spoke with Allison Carter for our Community Researcher Biographies, she was working with CHIWOS as provincial coordinator for British Columbia. CHIWOS is Canada’s largest community-based longitudinal cohort ... Open Post

Laura Romas

The Answer Lies in Peptides
MSc Student, University of Manitoba

Since the global emergence of HIV, a particular subset of people has caught the interest of the HIV research community. It appears that some people, despite repeated exposure to HIV, ... Open Post

Kyle Runeckles

The Aboriginal People’s Survey
MSc student, University of Guelph, CAHR Graduate Award Recipient

Kyle Runeckles, MSc student at the Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, has a wealth of information on his hands. As a follow-up to the Long form National Census survey ... Open Post

Tallie Kuang

Anti-latency Agents and T cell Epitopes
MSc Student, Simon Fraser University

Xiaomei (Tallie) Kuang, a Masters student from Simon Fraser University, is exploring how to eliminate a “sleeping virus”. In a person living with HIV, highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART) is ... Open Post

Farshad Azimi

Medicine and Molecular Mechanisms
M.Sc Student

As a student at Mashhad University of Medical Sciences in Iran, Farshad Azimi decided he wanted to contribute to the field of basic sciences. “My medical training made me realize ... Open Post

Samir Durrani

HIV Risk in South Asian Populations of Montreal and Toronto
Master’s Student, McGill University, Montreal

The South Asian community in Canada has grown— people of Indian, Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan and Nepali descent now represent the majority of visible minorities in Canada. Yet, little research ... Open Post

Tyler Tulloch

Childhood Bullying and its Aftermath

In recent years, bullying has made headlines with some tragic examples of how devastating teasing can be for a child or teen. Increased awareness has led to anti-bullying messages and ... Open Post

Derek Clouthier

Sustaining the Immune Response
PhD candidate

“Since my middle school years, I’ve wanted to be a scientist” says Derek Clouthier, recipient of a CAHR/CIHR Doctoral award in Basic Sciences. It was during his undergraduate studies in ... Open Post

Tyler Brown

Sticks and Stones
PhD student and recipient of the CAHR/CIHR Doctoral Research Award

The saying goes ‘names can never hurt you’; but they just might. The insults and slurs so often thrown around amongst young men, directed both at heterosexual or gay men, ... Open Post

DeAnna Zanet

Apples to Aging
CAHR/CIHR Master’s Research Award recipient

The road to HIV research is winding, many of the students that CAHR has supported have come into HIV research from various other disciplines and interests. DeAnna Zanet, currently completing ... Open Post

Shamara Baidoobonso

PhD Candidate, Western University, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Shamara is a true scientist at heart. Her natural inquisitiveness and willingness to push aside any assumptions has served her well as she has transitioned from a career in basic ... Open Post

Peter Quashie

Pursuing a Lifelong Dream
Ph. D. candidate at McGill University

Having spent his school years in Botswana, Peter Quashie was familiar with the toll AIDS was taking in the community around him. By high school, the Ghana native had already ... Open Post

Brendan Osborne

Doing what he loves best
CAHR doctoral research award winner

Brendan Osborne was actively engaged in the business end of research, working with universities and Networks of Centres of Excellence to help researchers take their discoveries to the marketplace. But ... Open Post

Katherine Muldoon

At the intersection of violence and HIV risk
Ph.D. candidate at the University of British Columbia and the recipient of a CAHR doctoral award

Imagine that staple of primary education, a Venn diagram. In one circle is the issue of post-conflict violence – what happens after a long war ends. In the other circle ... Open Post

Rod Knight

Taking an ethical lens to HIV screening
Ph.D. candidate, University of British Columbia and the recipient of a CAHR doctoral research award

Most people are familiar with clinical ethics, which have to do with individual interactions, usually between a health-care professional and a patient. Population health ethics is a little more unfamiliar. ... Open Post

Eric Martin

Bringing the power of computing to biology
CAHR/Abbott Virology Master’s Scholarship

As those who study it know all too well, HIV is a nasty virus that is very adaptable – so adaptable it can mutate differently in every individual to overcome ... Open Post

Courtney Bell

Basic science, as practiced in the community
CAHR/Gilead Sciences Master’s Scholarship in HIV Research

Think “basic science” and what comes to mind? Labs, white coats, painstaking analysis of extremely small cellular samples. For Courtney Bell, however, conducting basic science has immersed her firmly in ... Open Post

Lindsay Aboud

Good News Trumps Bad
CAHR/ViiV Healthcare Master’s Scholarship in HIV Research

It is a bit like the old joke – I have some bad news and some good news. The bad news was that the Master’s research Lindsay Aboud was pursuing, ... Open Post

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About CAHR

With a membership of more than 1,000 researchers and others interested in HIV research, the Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) is the leading organization of HIV/AIDS researchers in Canada. CAHR is the organizing body for the Annual Canadian Conference on HIV/AIDS Research (CAHR Conference).

CAHR encourages Canadian researchers to be leaders in knowledge translation and to effectively respond both to the Canadian and global HIV/AIDS epidemics. Since its founding in 1991, CAHR has promoted excellence in HIV research, including mentorship and career development of investigators entering the field.

CAHR fosters collaboration and co-operation among HIV research communities, including basic, clinical and social sciences, epidemiology and public health. CAHR also engages people living with HIV/AIDS and AIDS service organizations in ongoing dialogue and information exchange to ensure that HIV/AIDS research remains responsive to the epidemic and its stakeholders.

CAHR is a registered charity.

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