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Mark Gilbert

ResearcherSchool of Population and Public HealthUniversity of British Columbia

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Mark Gilbert

Researcher

School of Population and Public Health

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.
48 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 19 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 16 research grants (16 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 10 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Implementation Science Sexually Transmitted And Blood Borne Infections Sexually Transmitted Infections Blood Borne Infections Surveillance Community-Centered Hepatitis B And C Hiv/Aids

Latest papers

Identifying Pathways between Socioeconomic Factors and Overdose: A Systematic Realist Synthesis.
Substance use & misuse · 2026
Perceived benefits, barriers, and health system consequences of introducing new models of online sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection testing in Ontario, Canada.
BMC health services research · 2026 · senior author
Racialized Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (GBTQ) Men's Suicidality in Canada: Religious and Spiritual Dimensions.
Journal of homosexuality · 2026

All 148 publications

Latest funding

Strengthening access to sexually transmitted infection testing: An impact assessment of emergency department opt-out screening and patient-initiated testing in the Vancouver region
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$35,000
Skills Training for Real-world InterVention Evaluation in STBBIs (STRIVE-STBBI)
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$800,000
Transforming access to medications in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities: Implementing and evaluating virtual pharmacist care and drone delivery services
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$680,852

All 50 grants and awards

148 publications.

Identifying Pathways between Socioeconomic Factors and Overdose: A Systematic Realist Synthesis.

Mitra S, Karamouzian M, Gilbert M, Richardson L

Substance use & misuse2026

DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2026.2723585 PMID: 42702570

Perceived benefits, barriers, and health system consequences of introducing new models of online sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection testing in Ontario, Canada.

Grace D, Stewart M, Ryu H, Dulai J, Worthington C, Gilbert M

BMC health services research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-15501-2 PMID: 42728588

Racialized Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (GBTQ) Men's Suicidality in Canada: Religious and Spiritual Dimensions.

Fernandez CC, Goodyear T, Gilbert M, Oliffe JL

Journal of homosexuality2026

DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2026.2698421 PMID: 42573442

Complex role of digital health literacy in awareness and use of digital sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections testing: a structural equation modelling analysis of the 2022 GetCheckedOnline survey.

Iyamu I, Gorun P, Bartlett S, McKee G, Donelle L, Chang HJ, Sierra-Rosales R, Haag D, Pedersen HN, Lachowsky NJ, Worthington C, Grennan T, Grace D, Gilbert M

Sexually transmitted infections2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2025-056638 PMID: 41047233

AI and algorithmic literacy among health workers: a scoping review through a digital health literacy lens.

Iyamu I, Wheelans C, Haag D, Roe I, Chang HJ, Donelle L, Ellis U, McKee G, Bartlett S, Gilbert M

Frontiers in public health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2026.1802392 PMID: 42110269

Managing Suicidality: The Experiences of Canadian-Based Racialized Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (GBTQ) Men.

Fernandez CC, Goodyear T, Gilbert M, Oliffe JL

Qualitative health research2026

DOI: 10.1177/10497323261427185 PMID: 41964136

Health Equity Analysis of Awareness and Use of GetCheckedOnline, British Columbia's Digital Intervention for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infection Testing in 5 Urban, Suburban, and Rural Communities: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.

Sierra Rosales R, Ablona A, Chang HJ, Haag D, Pedersen H, Worthington C, Grace D, Knight R, Greyson D, Gilbert M

Journal of medical Internet research2026Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/78561 PMID: 41962005

Trends in the Incidence of HPV-Associated Anal Cancer by Risk Group, 1990-2019: A Population-Based Cohort Study in British Columbia, Canada.

Gupta AK, Ablona A, Consolacion TB, Bartlett S, Beck S, Burchell AN, Darvishian M, Alvarez MJ, Yu A, Wong S, Woods RR, Bhatti P, Salters K, Wong J, Gilbert M, Krajden M, Janjua N, Grennan T

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology2026

DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-25-0890 PMID: 41575736

Acceptability of HIV self-testing among sexual health service providers and Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, and queer men in Ontario, Canada.

Ryu H, Stewart M, Dulai J, Gómez-Ramírez O, Worthington C, Gilbert M, Grace D

Health promotion international2026

DOI: 10.1093/heapro/daag045 PMID: 41924929

Development and Validation of a Revised Multidimensional Digital Health Literacy Scale: Secondary Analysis Using Cross-Sectional Data From the 2022 GetCheckedOnline Community Survey In British Columbia, Canada.

Iyamu I, Gorun P, Chang HJ, Sierra-Rosales R, Haag D, Pedersen H, Bartlett S, Lachowsky N, McKee G, Worthington C, Grennan T, Donelle L, Grace D, Gilbert M

Journal of medical Internet research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.2196/78008 PMID: 41397246

Strengthening access to sexually transmitted infection testing: An impact assessment of emergency department opt-out screening and patient-initiated testing in the Vancouver region

SupervisorCIHR2025Health System Impact Fellowships - Doctoral Western Canada 1-year

Principal investigators: Wang, Yimeng

Keywords: Implementation Science; Opt-Out Emergency Department Screening; Patient-Initiated Sti Testing; Service Delivery Impact Assessment

$35,000

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

Transforming access to medications in rural, remote, and Indigenous communities: Implementing and evaluating virtual pharmacist care and drone delivery services

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hoekstra, Femke; Best, Bev; Cressman, Sonya; Holyk, Travis J; Howard, Trish A; Pammett, Robert; Pawlovich, John

Keywords: Drone Delivery; Equity; Health Economic; Implementation Science; Indigenous Health; Medication Access; Mixed-Methods; Rural Health

$680,852

Optimizing STBBI health outcomes through precision health

Co-investigatorCIHR2024T. Gr.: Embracing Diversity -HIV/AIDS/STBBI-Co-infections and Co-morbidities-LOI

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

Keywords: Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases; Co-Infections; Comorbidities; Hepatitis B; Hepatitis C; Hiv; Implementation Science; Precision Public Health; Syndemics; Syphilis

$20,000

Developing a sustainable digital public health strategy to support the population and public health functions and impact of the BC Centre for Disease Control

SupervisorCIHR2024Health System Impact Fellowships - PostDoc Western Canada 2-year

Principal investigators: Iyamu, Ihoghosa O

Keywords: Digital Health; Digital Health Equity; Digital Sti Testing; Implementation Science

$54,250

Chee Ooahut - Qwet Nsayka Tillicum: Co-creating self-collection kits for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection (STBBI) testing with Indigenous communities

Nominated PICIHR2024Cat. Gr.: STBBI Res.: Beyond HIV/AIDS/Hep. C- STBBI other than HIV/hep. C (gen.)

Principal investigators: Gilbert, Mark P; Chenery, Jessica C; Porter, Amanda; Sturm, Judy

Keywords: Co-Creation; Implementation Science; Indigenous Self-Determination; Self-Collected Specimen Kits; Sexually Transmitted And Blood Borne Infections

$100,000

Optimizing Equitable Implementation of Doxycycline for Bacterial STI Prevention Across Key Populations

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Gr.: Embracing Diversity Achieve Prec./Health Equity-HIV/AIDS/STBBI-PHP-LOI

Principal investigators: Grennan, Jonathan (Troy); Bartlett, Sofia R; Burchell, Ann N; Hull, Mark W; Tan, Darrell H

Keywords: Doxycycline; Gay, Bisexual, And Other Men Who Have Sex With Men; Implementation Science; Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (Pep); Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (Prep); Sex And Gender Minorities; Sexually Transmitted Infections (Sti); Sti Prevention

$20,000

Adapting self-collection STBBI testing models for rural and remote communities in BC

Nominated PICIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Gilbert, Mark P; Grace, Daniel; Henry, Bonnie J; Worthington, Catherine A

Keywords: Implementation Science; Knowledge Translation; Rural And Remote Communities; Self-Collected Testing Model; Sexually Transmitted And Blood Borne Infections (Stbbi)

$654,075

Structural digital determinants of health and inequities in access to sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection-related health services

Nominated PICIHR2024CG: Moving Upstream - Structural Det. of Health - Health in HIV/AIDS and STBBI

Principal investigators: Gilbert, Mark P; Chown, Sarah

Keywords: Digital Determinants Of Health; Sexually Transmitted And Blood Borne Infections

$125,000

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

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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Mark Gilbert

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Identifying Pathways between Socioeconomic Factors and Overdose: A Systematic Realist Synthesis.

Perceived benefits, barriers, and health system consequences of introducing new models of online sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection testing in Ontario, Canada.

Racialized Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (GBTQ) Men's Suicidality in Canada: Religious and Spiritual Dimensions.

Complex role of digital health literacy in awareness and use of digital sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections testing: a structural equation modelling analysis of the 2022 GetCheckedOnline survey.

AI and algorithmic literacy among health workers: a scoping review through a digital health literacy lens.

Managing Suicidality: The Experiences of Canadian-Based Racialized Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (GBTQ) Men.

Health Equity Analysis of Awareness and Use of GetCheckedOnline, British Columbia's Digital Intervention for Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infection Testing in 5 Urban, Suburban, and Rural Communities: Cross-Sectional Survey Study.

Trends in the Incidence of HPV-Associated Anal Cancer by Risk Group, 1990-2019: A Population-Based Cohort Study in British Columbia, Canada.

Acceptability of HIV self-testing among sexual health service providers and Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, and queer men in Ontario, Canada.

Development and Validation of a Revised Multidimensional Digital Health Literacy Scale: Secondary Analysis Using Cross-Sectional Data From the 2022 GetCheckedOnline Community Survey In British Columbia, Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Mel Krajden

Gina Ogilvie

Jason Wong

Daniel Grace

Travis Salway

Catherine Worthington

Travis Salway

Mark Gilbert

Hasina Samji

Catherine Worthington

Dionne Gesink

Michael Kwag

Daniel Coombs

Maryam Darvishian

Sofia Bartlett

Richard Lester

Thomas Kerr

Trevor Goodyear

Hasina Samji

Bohdan Nosyk

Mawuena Binka

Mark Gilbert

Malcolm Steinberg

David Moore

Bohdan Nosyk

Jane Buxton

Lindsey Richardson

Robert Hogg

Mieke Koehoorn

Amy Salmon

Neora Pick

Benedikt Fischer

Mark Hull

Kate Shannon

Kora DeBeck