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Darren Lauscher

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of British Columbia

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Darren Lauscher

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, 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.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Hiv/Aids Community-Centered Hepatitis B And C Mentoring Real-World Evidence Sexually Transmitted And Blood Borne Infections Syphilis Training

Latest papers

Awareness, acceptance, and impact of undetectable equals untransmittable (U = U) among people living with HIV across Canada.
AIDS care · 2026
Awareness and willingness regarding organ donation among people with HIV in Canada.
AIDS care · 2025
Policies and practice of solid organ donation amongst people living with HIV in Canada: time for education and re-evaluation.
HIV research & clinical practice · 2024

All 6 publications

Latest funding

Northern Networks: Building Collaborative Capacity for HIV and STBBI Research - A Planning Grant to Engage Communities, Clinicians and Researchers Across Northern BC and the Yukon.
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Skills Training for Real-world InterVention Evaluation in STBBIs (STRIVE-STBBI)
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$800,000
CIHR Pan-Canadian Network for HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections (STBBI) Clinical Trials Research (CTN)
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$25,000,000

All 6 grants and awards

6 publications.

Awareness, acceptance, and impact of undetectable equals untransmittable (U = U) among people living with HIV across Canada.

Tran A, Watson JR, Lo Hog Tian JM, McBain K, Miller AD, Boni AR, Cioppa L, Murphy M, Norris D, Samson K, Wahpoosewyan D, Demchuk J, Pearl CML, Restall G, Star J, Tharao W, Betts A, Gahagan J, Aman J, Lauscher D, Wong JP, Richman B, Davis R, Bertozzi B, Hui C, Grace D, Arbess G, Rourke SB

AIDS care2026

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2025.2562238 PMID: 41025545

Awareness and willingness regarding organ donation among people with HIV in Canada.

Vulesevic B, Lu J, Lauscher D, Shelton B, Dubé K, Routy JP, Berini C, Costiniuk CT

AIDS care2025

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2025.2484304 PMID: 40178941

Policies and practice of solid organ donation amongst people living with HIV in Canada: time for education and re-evaluation.

Vulesevic B, Lauscher D, Kumar D, Sapir-Pichhadze R, Tchervenkov J, Angel JB, Wolfe C, Costiniuk CT

HIV research & clinical practice2024

PMID: 38529910

COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness by HIV status and history of injection drug use: a test-negative analysis.

Puyat JH, Wilton J, Fowokan A, Janjua NZ, Wong J, Grennan T, Chambers C, Kroch A, Costiniuk CT, Cooper CL, Lauscher D, Strong M, Burchell AN, Anis A, Samji H, COVAXHIV Study Team

Journal of the International AIDS Society2023

DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26178 PMID: 37885156

Risk of COVID-19 hospitalization in people living with HIV and HIV-negative individuals and the role of COVID-19 vaccination: A retrospective cohort study.

Puyat JH, Fowokan A, Wilton J, Janjua NZ, Wong J, Grennan T, Chambers C, Kroch A, Costiniuk CT, Cooper CL, Lauscher D, Strong M, Burchell AN, Anis AH, Samji H, COVAXHIV Study Team

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2023.06.026 PMID: 37419410

When I say … the patient voice.

Thistlethwaite JE, Towle A, Canfield C, Lauscher D

Medical education2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/medu.15121 PMID: 37150536

Northern Networks: Building Collaborative Capacity for HIV and STBBI Research - A Planning Grant to Engage Communities, Clinicians and Researchers Across Northern BC and the Yukon.

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grants - Institute/Initiative Community Support

Principal investigators: Murray, Melanie C; Aalhus, Jill; Cardinal, Claudette L; Chown, Sarah; Howard, Terry; Lauscher, Darren; Grennan, Jonathan (Troy); King, Elizabeth M; Lachowsky, Nathan J

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Hiv/Aids; Infectious Diseases; Public Health; Sexually Transmitted And Blood-Borne Infections (Stbbi)

$20,000

Skills Training for Real-world InterVention Evaluation in STBBIs (STRIVE-STBBI)

Principal investigatorCIHR2025HIV/AIDS & STBBI Clinical Trials Research Network - Phase 2

Principal investigators: Janjua, Naveed Z; Gilbert, Mark P; Lauscher, Darren; Grennan, Jonathan (Troy); Hogg, Robert S; Karim, Mohammad E; Murray, Melanie C

Keywords: Community-Centered; Hepatitis B And C; Hiv/Aids; Mentoring; Real-World Evidence; Sexually Transmitted And Blood Borne Infections; Syphilis; Training

$800,000

CIHR Pan-Canadian Network for HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections (STBBI) Clinical Trials Research (CTN)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024HIV/AIDS & STBBI Clinical Trials Research Network - Phase 1

Principal investigators: Klein, Marina B; Habanyama, Muluba; Mandarino, Enrico; Martin, Carrie; Angel, Jonathan B; Anis, Aslam H; Brophy, Jason C; Burchell, Ann N; Coffin, Carla S; Costiniuk, Cecilia T; Daley, Peter; Durand, Madeleine; Fontaine, Guillaume; Golchi, Shirin; Grennan, Jonathan (Troy); Hart, Trevor A; Hull, Mark W; Keynan, Yoav; King, Elizabeth M; Kronfli, Nadine; Law, John Lok Man; Lebouché, Bertrand; Logie, Carmen; Mbuagbaw, Lawrence C; McGuinty, Michaeline; Murray, Melanie C; Shaw, Souradet Y; Smyth, Daniel J; Spence, Cara J; Tan, Darrell H; Walmsley, Sharon L; Wong, Alexander C; Worthington, Catherine A; Zhabokritsky, Alice

Keywords: Clinical Trials; Community Engaged; Cure; Hepatitis B And C; Hiv/Aids; Network; Prevention; Sexually Transmitted And Blood Borne Infections; Syphilis; Treatment

$25,000,000

Optimizing STBBI health outcomes through precision health

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Gr.:Embracing Diversity-HIV/AIDS and STBBI Co-infections and Co-morbidities

Principal investigators: Janjua, Naveed Z; Wong, Jason; Bartlett, Sofia R; Krajden, Mel

Keywords: Community Collaborative; Disease Burden; Geospatial Modelling; Health Equity; Intervention Evaluation; Linked Administrative Data; Population And Public Health; Precision Health; Sexually Transmitted And Bloodborne Infections; Syndemics Framework

$1,997,416

CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS (REACH 3.0) - A National Canadian Research and Knowledge Mobilization Network to Connect People to Testing and Care and Reduce Stigma for HIV, HCV and other Sexually and Bloodborne Infections (STBBI)

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Centres for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and other STBBIs Research

Principal investigators: Rourke, Sean B; McLeod, Albert; Monteith, Kenneth M; Payne, Michael J; Proctor-Simms, Michelle; Tharao, Wangari E; Visser, Florentius; Anis, Aslam H; Gahagan, Jacqueline C; Gill, Michael J; Ibanez-Carrasco, Francisco; Jackson, Lois A; Kelly, Deborah V; Kim, John E; Larcombe, Linda A; miller, patricia M; Mishra, Sharmistha; O'Brien, Kelly K; Otis, Joanne; Pai, Nitika; Restall, Gayle; Thavorn, Kednapa; Worthington, Catherine A

Keywords: Hiv; Hiv Testing And Linkage To Care; Hiv-Related Stigma; Stbbi

$4,808,015

Speaking My Truth: Planning for the Implementation of the Canadian HIV Stigma Index in British Columbia

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Jones, Jennifer E; Worthington, Catherine A

Keywords: Community Based Research; Health Equity; Hiv/Aids; Research Planning; Social Determinants Of Health; Stigma

$10,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Darren Lauscher

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Awareness, acceptance, and impact of undetectable equals untransmittable (U = U) among people living with HIV across Canada.

Awareness and willingness regarding organ donation among people with HIV in Canada.

Policies and practice of solid organ donation amongst people living with HIV in Canada: time for education and re-evaluation.

COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness by HIV status and history of injection drug use: a test-negative analysis.

Risk of COVID-19 hospitalization in people living with HIV and HIV-negative individuals and the role of COVID-19 vaccination: A retrospective cohort study.

When I say … the patient voice.

Northern Networks: Building Collaborative Capacity for HIV and STBBI Research - A Planning Grant to Engage Communities, Clinicians and Researchers Across Northern BC and the Yukon.

Skills Training for Real-world InterVention Evaluation in STBBIs (STRIVE-STBBI)

CIHR Pan-Canadian Network for HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections (STBBI) Clinical Trials Research (CTN)

Optimizing STBBI health outcomes through precision health

CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS (REACH 3.0) - A National Canadian Research and Knowledge Mobilization Network to Connect People to Testing and Care and Reduce Stigma for HIV, HCV and other Sexually and Bloodborne Infections (STBBI)

Speaking My Truth: Planning for the Implementation of the Canadian HIV Stigma Index in British Columbia

Frequent collaborators

Catharine Chambers

Abigail Kroch

Hasina Samji

Hasina Samji

Jason Wong

Jean-Pierre Routy

Aslam Anis

Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze

Wangari Tharao

Gordon Arbess

Daniel Grace

Deepali Kumar

Jacqueline Gahagan

Jacqueline Gahagan

Gayle Restall

Wangari Tharao

Jean-Pierre Routy

Darren Lauscher

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Awareness, acceptance, and impact of undetectable equals untransmittable (U&#x2009;=&#x2009;U) among people living with HIV across Canada.

Awareness and willingness regarding organ donation among people with HIV in Canada.

Policies and practice of solid organ donation amongst people living with HIV in Canada: time for education and re-evaluation.

COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness by HIV status and history of injection drug use: a test-negative analysis.

Risk of COVID-19 hospitalization in people living with HIV and HIV-negative individuals and the role of COVID-19 vaccination: A retrospective cohort study.

When I say &#x2026; the patient voice.

Northern Networks: Building Collaborative Capacity for HIV and STBBI Research - A Planning Grant to Engage Communities, Clinicians and Researchers Across Northern BC and the Yukon.

Skills Training for Real-world InterVention Evaluation in STBBIs (STRIVE-STBBI)

CIHR Pan-Canadian Network for HIV/AIDS and Sexually Transmitted and Blood Borne Infections (STBBI) Clinical Trials Research (CTN)

Optimizing STBBI health outcomes through precision health

CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS (REACH 3.0) - A National Canadian Research and Knowledge Mobilization Network to Connect People to Testing and Care and Reduce Stigma for HIV, HCV and other Sexually and Bloodborne Infections (STBBI)

Speaking My Truth: Planning for the Implementation of the Canadian HIV Stigma Index in British Columbia

Frequent collaborators

Catharine Chambers

Abigail Kroch

Hasina Samji

Hasina Samji

Jason Wong

Jean-Pierre Routy

Aslam Anis

Ruth Sapir-Pichhadze

Wangari Tharao

Gordon Arbess

Daniel Grace

Deepali Kumar

Jacqueline Gahagan

Jacqueline Gahagan

Gayle Restall

Wangari Tharao

Jean-Pierre Routy

Awareness, acceptance, and impact of undetectable equals untransmittable (U = U) among people living with HIV across Canada.

When I say … the patient voice.