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
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.
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
