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Valerie Nicholson

ResearcherSimon Fraser University

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Valerie Nicholson

Researcher

Health Sciences

Simon Fraser University

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
16 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Publications

612

Citations

h-index

112

Collaborators

Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Hiv Focus Groups And Interviews Guidelines Health Promotion Isolation Loneliness Marginalized Populations Public Health

Latest papers

Difference in healthcare utilization trends associated with suicide death in people living with and without HIV in British Columbia, Canada, from 1998 to 2020.
AIDS care · 2025
Meaningful Engagement as a Cornerstone for Implementing the Key Recommendations to Advance the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women Living With HIV Across Policy, Practice, and Research in Canada.
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care · 2025
Experiences of violence and hospitalization rates among people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada.
AIDS care · 2025

All 34 publications

Latest funding

REIMAGYNing gender and relationship equity for young women and non-binary youth: Supporting 2SLGBTQ+ youth capacity in knowledge translation and exchange
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Developing Social Connection Guidelines to Help Canadians Build Happier, Healthier, and More Inclusive Communities in the Late Pandemic Period
CIHR · 2022 · Principal investigator
$761,176
Indigenous Circles Through the Black Box of Big Data; Bridging, Building, Sharing, and Connecting Research Together.
CIHR · 2019 · Principal investigator
$99,715

All 6 grants and awards

34 publications.

Difference in healthcare utilization trends associated with suicide death in people living with and without HIV in British Columbia, Canada, from 1998 to 2020.

Aran N, Ye M, Chia J, Card KG, Kooij KW, Trevorrow RM, Guillemi S, Nicholson V, Hogg RS

AIDS care2025

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2025.2468965 PMID: 40043191

Meaningful Engagement as a Cornerstone for Implementing the Key Recommendations to Advance the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women Living With HIV Across Policy, Practice, and Research in Canada.

Osborne Z, Habanyama M, Cameron B, de Pokomandy A, Gagnier B, King E, Koebel J, Loutfy M, Martin C, Masching R, Narasimhan M, Nicholson V, Pick N, Smith S, Tognazzini S, Tharao W, Kaida A

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care2025

DOI: 10.1177/23259582241302773 PMID: 39763335

Experiences of violence and hospitalization rates among people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada.

Mudhikwa CV, Salters K, Kooij KW, McLinden T, Emerson SD, Ye M, Li J, Tam C, Nicholson V, Hogg RS, Closson K

AIDS care2025

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2025.2453126 PMID: 39873139

Exploring Sense of Purpose and Conscientiousness as Correlates to Health and Well-Being With Indigenous and Low Socioeconomic Communities on Coast Salish Territories, Vancouver, Canada.

Campbell AR, Hill PL, Nicholson V, Lambert S, Cote HCF, Edmonds GW, Pick N, Murray MCM

Canadian journal of behavioural science. Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement2024

DOI: 10.1037/cbs0000363 PMID: 39131185

Experiences and resultant care gaps among women with HIV in Canada: concept mapping the Canadian HIV Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS) findings.

Medeiros P, Koebel J, Yu A, Kazemi M, Nicholson V, Frank P, Persad Y, O'Brien N, Bertozzi B, Smith S, Ndung'u M, Fraleigh A, Gagnier B, Cardinal C, Webster K, Sanchez M, Lee M, Lacombe-Duncan A, Logie CH, Gormley R, de Pokomandy A, Kaida A, Loutfy MR

BMJ open2024

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-078833 PMID: 38569698

Dissemination of the Women-Centred HIV Care Model: A Multimodal Process and Evaluation.

Koebel J, Kazemi M, Kennedy VL, Medeiros P, Bertozzi B, Bevan L, Tharao W, Logie CH, Underhill A, Pick N, King E, Kestler M, Yudin MH, Rana J, Carvalhal A, Webster K, Lee M, Islam S, Nicholson V, Ndung'u M, Narasimhan M, Gagnier B, Habanyama M, de Pokomandy A, Kaida A, Loutfy M, CHIWOS Research Team

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care2024

DOI: 10.1177/23259582231226036 PMID: 38389331

Associations between psychosocial factors and antiretroviral therapy outcomes differ by gender and sexual orientation among people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada.

Closson K, Nicholson V, Lee M, McLinden T, Cassidy-Matthews C, G Card K, E Marziali M, Trigg J, Wang L, Parashar S, S G Montaner J, Gibbs A, Hart TA, Kaida A, Hogg RS

AIDS care2023

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2022.2126959 PMID: 36169492

'HIV made me fabulous': a qualitative analysis of embodied storytelling in film to address stigma, further understandings of U=U and advance gender equity.

Bhanji A, Kaida A, Roche J, Kilpatrick E, Anam F, Nicholson V, Muchenje M, Brotto LA, Carter A

Sexual health2023

DOI: 10.1071/sh23052 PMID: 37344190

Age at Natural Menopause in Women Living with HIV: A Cross-Sectional Study Comparing Self-Reported and Biochemical Data.

Swann SA, King EM, Tognazzini S, Campbell AR, Levy SLA, Pick N, Prior JC, Elwood C, Loutfy M, Nicholson V, Kaida A, Côté HCF, Murray MCM

Viruses2023

DOI: 10.3390/v15051058 PMID: 37243146

Brief Report: Undertreated Midlife Symptoms for Women Living With HIV Linked to Lack of Menopause Discussions With Care Providers.

King EM, Kaida A, Mayer U, Albert A, Gormley R, de Pokomandy A, Nicholson V, Cardinal C, Islam S, Loutfy M, Murray MCM

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2022

DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000002897 PMID: 34954716

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Valerie Nicholson

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Difference in healthcare utilization trends associated with suicide death in people living with and without HIV in British Columbia, Canada, from 1998 to 2020.

Meaningful Engagement as a Cornerstone for Implementing the Key Recommendations to Advance the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women Living With HIV Across Policy, Practice, and Research in Canada.

Experiences of violence and hospitalization rates among people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada.

Exploring Sense of Purpose and Conscientiousness as Correlates to Health and Well-Being With Indigenous and Low Socioeconomic Communities on Coast Salish Territories, Vancouver, Canada.

Experiences and resultant care gaps among women with HIV in Canada: concept mapping the Canadian HIV Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS) findings.

Dissemination of the Women-Centred HIV Care Model: A Multimodal Process and Evaluation.

Associations between psychosocial factors and antiretroviral therapy outcomes differ by gender and sexual orientation among people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada.

'HIV made me fabulous': a qualitative analysis of embodied storytelling in film to address stigma, further understandings of U=U and advance gender equity.

Age at Natural Menopause in Women Living with HIV: A Cross-Sectional Study Comparing Self-Reported and Biochemical Data.

Brief Report: Undertreated Midlife Symptoms for Women Living With HIV Linked to Lack of Menopause Discussions With Care Providers.

REIMAGYNing gender and relationship equity for young women and non-binary youth: Supporting 2SLGBTQ+ youth capacity in knowledge translation and exchange

Developing Social Connection Guidelines to Help Canadians Build Happier, Healthier, and More Inclusive Communities in the Late Pandemic Period

Indigenous Circles Through the Black Box of Big Data; Bridging, Building, Sharing, and Connecting Research Together.

Thrive Project: A community-driven investigation of the home and community care needs of older adults living with HIV

Normalizing sex and intimacy: A knowledge synthesis and translation grant to promote healthy sexuality and intimate relationships among women living with HIV

Moccasin Trails: cultivating a space to speak wisdoms on the health, well-being, and resilience of diverse Indigenous communities across Canada affected by HIV

Frequent collaborators

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Saara Greene

Neora Pick

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Kerrigan Beaver

Claudette Cardinal

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Gina Ogilvie

Kate Salters

Breklyn Bertozzi

Robert Hogg

Kate Salters

Deborah Money

Fiona Smaill

Robert Hogg

Carrie Martin

Shelly Tognazzini

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Angela Underhill

Gladys Kwaramba

Alexandra de Pokomandy

Chelsea Elwood

Elizabeth King

Carrie Martin

Mona Loutfy

Mona Loutfy

Surita Parashar

Julio Montaner

Jason Brophy

Christos Tsoukas

Renee Masching

Patricia O’Campo

Jonathan Angel

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