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Hannah Kia

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Associate Professor / MSW Program ChairSchool of Social WorkUniversity of British Columbia

Hannah Kia

Associate Professor / MSW Program Chair

School of Social Work

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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24 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 4 research grants (2 CIHR, 2 SSHRC), most recently in 2023.

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Research

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Community-Based Interventions Intersectionality Mentorship Stigma Reduction 2slgbtq+ Health Capacity Building Community-Based Research Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Anti-Racism

Latest papers

Help-Seeking for Suicidality Among Rural LGBTQ+ Youth: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study.
Qualitative health research · 2026
Key Components and Barriers in Web-Based Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training: Systematic Narrative Review.
Journal of medical Internet research · 2026
"I Needed to be That Voice": A Multi-Party Study of the Healthcare and Social Service Experiences and Needs of Transgender and Gender-diverse Older Adults in Canada.
Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025 · first author

All 39 publications

Latest funding

Two-Spirit, transgender, and nonbinary young people's psychoactive drug use and health: A longitudinal and community-based photovoice study
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$680,668
Supporting 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Community-Based Research and Intergenerational Mentorship: A Knowledge Dissemination Symposium
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$50,000
Building a Community of Practice: Advancing Patient-Oriented 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Research and Capacity to Address Stigma
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$150,000

All 26 grants and awards

39 publications.

Help-Seeking for Suicidality Among Rural LGBTQ+ Youth: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study.

Ouellet S, Kia H, Oliffe JL, Ferlatte O

Qualitative health research2026

DOI: 10.1177/10497323261470619 PMID: 42623120

Key Components and Barriers in Web-Based Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training: Systematic Narrative Review.

Ferlatte O, Gareau E, Lee K, Wassef K, Oliffe JL, Kia H, Dumville B

Journal of medical Internet research2026

DOI: 10.2196/81572 PMID: 41643187

"I Needed to be That Voice": A Multi-Party Study of the Healthcare and Social Service Experiences and Needs of Transgender and Gender-diverse Older Adults in Canada.

Kia H, Pang C, Göncü K, Jakubiec B, MacKinnon KR, Handlovsky I, Ross LE

Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society2025First author

DOI: 10.1177/07334648241295570 PMID: 39438016

Introducing Novel Methods to Identify Fraudulent Responses (Sampling With Sisyphus): Web-Based LGBTQ2S+ Mixed-Methods Study.

MacKinnon KR, Khan N, Newman KM, Gould WA, Marshall G, Salway T, Pullen Sansfaçon A, Kia H, Lam JS

Journal of medical Internet research2025

DOI: 10.2196/63252 PMID: 40096683

Operationalizing the Women-Centred HIV Care Model for trans women and persons with transfeminine experience living with and affected by HIV: A qualitative study.

Iyer H, Underhill A, Persad Y, Lacombe-Duncan A, Kennedy VL, Nation K, Kia H, Logie CH, Kaida A, MacKinnon K, Armstrong I, Bilbao-Joseph C, Tharao W, Loutfy M

International journal of transgender health2025

DOI: 10.1080/26895269.2024.2323508 PMID: 41180914

Self-Perceived Reasons for Suicide Attempts in Sexual and Gender Minorities in Canada.

Ferlatte O, Dromer E, Salway T, Bourne A, Kia H, Gaudette M, Moullec G, Knight R, Oliffe JL

Journal of homosexuality2025

DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2024.2384939 PMID: 39101722

"You kind of blame it on the alcohol, but. . .": A discourse analysis of alcohol use and sexual consent among young men in Vancouver, Canada.

Goodyear T, Oliffe JL, Kia H, Jenkins EK, Knight R

Health (London, England : 1997)2025

DOI: 10.1177/13634593231214942 PMID: 38095166

2S/LGBTQ+ youth substance use and pathways to homelessness: A photovoice study.

Goodyear T, Jenkins E, Oliffe JL, Fast D, Kia H, Knight R

The International journal on drug policy2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2024.104621 PMID: 39427371

Homes of substance: Drugs and the making of home/lessness for 2S/LGBTQ+ youth.

Goodyear T, Jenkins E, Fast D, Oliffe JL, Kia H, Katriana I, Knight R

Social science & medicine (1982)2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.117352 PMID: 39303535

Protocol of a drug-drug interaction study between bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide and feminizing hormones in trans women living with HIV.

Lacombe-Duncan A, Tseng A, Scarsi KK, Senneker T, Kluger H, Persad Y, Underhill A, Kennedy VL, Armstrong I, Fung R, Bourns A, Nguyen Q, Hranilovic S, Weisdorf T, Chan L, Kia H, Halpenny R, Iyer H, Jeyarajah N, Kovchazov G, Tharao W, Loutfy M

British journal of clinical pharmacology2024

DOI: 10.1111/bcp.16162 PMID: 38992893

Two-Spirit, transgender, and nonbinary young people's psychoactive drug use and health: A longitudinal and community-based photovoice study

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Op. Gr. Adv. 2S_LGBTQI+ Heal. Thr. Res. - Advancing 2S/LGBTQI+ Health

Principal investigators: Goodyear, Trevor H; Corace, Kimberly M; Klassen, Benjamin J

Keywords: 2s/Lgbtqi+; Community-Based Research; Health Equity; Longitudinal; Mental Health; Photovoice; Qualitative; Substance Use; Transgender; Youth

$680,668

Supporting 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Community-Based Research and Intergenerational Mentorship: A Knowledge Dissemination Symposium

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Grace, Daniel; Sinno, Jad

Keywords: 2s/Lgbtq+; 2s/Lgbtq+ Health Equity; Community-Based Research; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, And Accessibility; Interdisciplinary; Intergenerational Mentorship; Intersectionality; Knowledge Dissemination Symposium; Multi-Disciplinary Training; Patient-Oriented Research

$50,000

Building a Community of Practice: Advancing Patient-Oriented 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Research and Capacity to Address Stigma

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Partnering for Impact - Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Grace, Daniel; Dame, Jessy M; Sinno, Jad

Keywords: 2s/Lgbtq+ Health; Capacity Building And Interdisciplinary Training; Community-Based Participatory Research (Cbpr); Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, And Accessibility (Edia); Health Systems And Policy; Indigenous Health And Two-Spirit Wellbeing; Knowledge Translation And Mobilization; Patient-Oriented Research (Spor); Sex- And Gender-Based Analysis Plus (Sgba+); Stigma Reduction

$150,000

Exploring collective action amidst the HIV/AIDS crisis: implications for contemporary efforts to resist discrimination

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Handlovsky, Ingrid E.

$214,228

Building a National Network to Enhance Intersectional and Gender-affirming HIV/STBBI Prevention and Care Among Transgender and Gender Diverse People in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI CBR - Transgender and non-binary people - LOI

Principal investigators: Loutfy, Mona R; Gunduz, Asya; Lacombe-Duncan, Ashley; Underhill, Angela A

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Gender-Affirming Care; Hiv Prevention; Hiv/Stbbi Care; Intersectionality; Stbbi Prevention; Transgender (Trans)

$99,998

Queering Schools/Faculties of Social Work in Canada: Photovoice and Exploring the Experiences of 2S/LGBTQI+ Students

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Coulombe, Antoine

Keywords: 2S/LGBTQI+; Social Work; Education; Photovoice; Students; Schools of Social Work

$28,825

The Colour Cure: A History of Chromotherapy and its Techno-Culture

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stolow, Jeremy

Keywords: chromotherapy; alternative medicine; colour theory; new age spirituality; applied psychology; scientific instruments

$42,068

Supporting Patient Engagement and Peer Mentorship in 2SLGBTQ+ Health Knowledge Dissemination

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Grace, Daniel; Kwag, Michael; Gahagan, Jacqueline C; Gilbert, Mark P; Kia, Hannah; Lachowsky, Nathan J

Keywords: 2slgbtq+ Health; Capacity Building; Community-Based Interventions; Community-Based Research; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Anti-Racism; Intersectionality; Knowledge Translation; Mentorship; Patient And Community Engagement; Stigma Reduction

$25,000

Les conditions de travail dans le secteur de la pêche en Afrique de l'Ouest : analyse sociojuridique des obstacles à la mise en oeuvre du droit international du travail

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Lamkhioued, Majda

Keywords: mondialisation; droit international; droit du travail; migration de main d'oeuvre; chaîne de sous-traitance; pêche

$44,111

The brain-based phenomenal intentionality theory

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral

Principal investigators: Yetman, Cameron C.

Keywords: philosophy of mind; intentionality; phenomenal intentionality; consciousness; neural image reconstruction; naturalism

$205,693

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

Profile data last refreshed on September 27, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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Hannah Kia

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Help-Seeking for Suicidality Among Rural LGBTQ+ Youth: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study.

Key Components and Barriers in Web-Based Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training: Systematic Narrative Review.

"I Needed to be That Voice": A Multi-Party Study of the Healthcare and Social Service Experiences and Needs of Transgender and Gender-diverse Older Adults in Canada.

Introducing Novel Methods to Identify Fraudulent Responses (Sampling With Sisyphus): Web-Based LGBTQ2S+ Mixed-Methods Study.

Operationalizing the Women-Centred HIV Care Model for trans women and persons with transfeminine experience living with and affected by HIV: A qualitative study.

Self-Perceived Reasons for Suicide Attempts in Sexual and Gender Minorities in Canada.

"You kind of blame it on the alcohol, but. . .": A discourse analysis of alcohol use and sexual consent among young men in Vancouver, Canada.

2S/LGBTQ+ youth substance use and pathways to homelessness: A photovoice study.

Homes of substance: Drugs and the making of home/lessness for 2S/LGBTQ+ youth.

Protocol of a drug-drug interaction study between bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide and feminizing hormones in trans women living with HIV.

Two-Spirit, transgender, and nonbinary young people's psychoactive drug use and health: A longitudinal and community-based photovoice study

Supporting 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Community-Based Research and Intergenerational Mentorship: A Knowledge Dissemination Symposium

Building a Community of Practice: Advancing Patient-Oriented 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Research and Capacity to Address Stigma

Exploring collective action amidst the HIV/AIDS crisis: implications for contemporary efforts to resist discrimination

Building a National Network to Enhance Intersectional and Gender-affirming HIV/STBBI Prevention and Care Among Transgender and Gender Diverse People in Canada

Queering Schools/Faculties of Social Work in Canada: Photovoice and Exploring the Experiences of 2S/LGBTQI+ Students

The Colour Cure: A History of Chromotherapy and its Techno-Culture

Supporting Patient Engagement and Peer Mentorship in 2SLGBTQ+ Health Knowledge Dissemination

Les conditions de travail dans le secteur de la pêche en Afrique de l'Ouest : analyse sociojuridique des obstacles à la mise en oeuvre du droit international du travail

The brain-based phenomenal intentionality theory

Frequent collaborators

Olivier Ferlatte

Travis Salway

Mona Loutfy

Yasmeen Persad

Ashley Lacombe-Duncan

Alex Abramovich

Trevor Goodyear

Angela Underhill

Ingrid Handlovsky

Janice Du Mont

Sheila Macdonald

Wangari Tharao

Alice Tseng

Danya Fast

Emily Jenkins

Angela Kaida

Michael Halpin

Alisa Grigorovich

Margaret Robinson

Kinnon MacKinnon

Carol Strike

Mark Gilbert

John Oliffe