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Catherine Worthington

ResearcherSchool of Public HealthUniversity of Victoria

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Catherine Worthington

Researcher

School of Public Health

Health Sciences

University of Victoria

Victoria, 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.
25 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 5 research grants (5 CIHR), most recently in 2018.
Supervisor on 4 trainee awards (4 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Publications

130

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Grants

Publications by year

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Research

Hiv/Aids Practicum Public Health Student Awards Hiv Prevention Implementation Science Indigenous Methodologies Integrated Care

Latest papers

Who is the expert? A process guide to incorporate lived/living experience into directed acyclic graphs: an applied example from HIV research.
Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2026
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.
Sexually transmitted infections · 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

All 45 publications

Latest funding

Shared Pathways to a Healthier Tomorrow: Strengthening Public Health Systems with Indigenous Knowledges
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$556,912
Community engagement and HIV research in the age of big data: Building a framework and tools for best practices
CIHR · 2024 · Supervisor
$54,250
Citizen Science and HIV Research in the Age of Big Data
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$2,300

All 16 grants and awards

45 publications.

Who is the expert? A process guide to incorporate lived/living experience into directed acyclic graphs: an applied example from HIV research.

Marziali ME, Inglis K, Frank P, Campbell W, Lambert S, Magagula P, Nicholson V, Budu M, Murray MCM, Guillemi S, Worthington C, Hogg RS

Journal of epidemiology and community health2026

DOI: 10.1136/jech-2025-224787 PMID: 42020304

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 infections2026

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

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 research2026

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

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 research2026

DOI: 10.2196/78561 PMID: 41962005

Dimensions of housing safety among women living with HIV in British Columbia: Results from a qualitative community-based research study.

Gallard M, Demchuk J, Zubowski L, Mendell J, Taylor-Lariviere E, Worthington C, Positive Living, Positive Homes (PLPH) Research Team

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026Senior author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01167-0 PMID: 41926066

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 research2025

DOI: 10.2196/78008 PMID: 41397246

Intersecting gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation identities and HIV stigma: results from the People Living with HIV Stigma Index study in three provinces in Canada.

Lo Hog Tian JM, McFarland A, Penny L, Bennett T, Musumbulwa K, Watson JR, Apondi JO, Baral S, Worthington C, Monteith K, Oliver B, Payne M, Rourke SB

Culture, health & sexuality2025

DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2025.2499638 PMID: 40367236

Building the Workforce's Capacity to Support the Digital Transformation of Public Health: Environmental Scan of Training Programs for Digital Technologies in Public Health.

Iyamu I, Ramachandran S, Chang HJ, Kushniruk A, Ibáñez-Carrasco F, Worthington C, Davies H, McKee G, Brown A, Gilbert M

JMIR public health and surveillance2025

DOI: 10.2196/73088 PMID: 41092408

Use of GetCheckedOnline and testing through healthcare providers among repeat users of British Columbia's digital testing service for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections: Findings from a cross-sectional survey.

Gilbert M, Ablona A, Chang HJ, Iyamu I, Sierra-Rosales R, Pedersen H, Flowers P, Lachowsky N, Grace D, Worthington C

Digital health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/20552076251339016 PMID: 40321888

Shared Pathways to a Healthier Tomorrow: Strengthening Public Health Systems with Indigenous Knowledges

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Team Grant: STEPS - Strengthening Public Health Systems in British Columbia

Principal investigators: Bourque Bearskin, Lisa; Fry, Hilary; Seward, Bonnie M

Keywords: Indigenous Health Knowledge Systems

$556,912

Community engagement and HIV research in the age of big data: Building a framework and tools for best practices

SupervisorCIHR2024Health System Impact Fellowships - PostDoc Western Canada 2-year

Principal investigators: Inglis, Kathleen L

Keywords: Aging; Cardiovascular Disease; Community-Based Participatory Research; Data Justice; Data Science; Ethics; Hiv; Hiv Activism; Qualitative Research; Social Studies Of Science And Epidemiology

$54,250

Citizen Science and HIV Research in the Age of Big Data

SupervisorCIHR2023Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Inglis, Kathleen L

Keywords: Aging; Big Data; Cardiovascular Health; Citizen Science; Community-Based Research; Hiv; Ics Travel Awards

$2,300

Citizen science and HIV research in the age of big data: Developing a framework and tools for human-centered big data research

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Inglis, Kathleen L.

Keywords: cultural anthropology; medical anthropology; applied anthropology; citizen science; community-based participatory research; ethnography; science and technology studies; data justice; big data; health activism; HIV/AIDS

$64,979

Sexual stigma & resilience across generations: bringing together First Nation Elders and youth to uncover & recover cultural teachings

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Reeves, Allison

Keywords: sexual stigma; Indigenous education; Indigenous teachings; Indigenous wellness; arts-informed practice; STBBIS; youth; elders; resilience

$98,983

Innovations in Indigenous Implementation Science: Working with First Nations and Métis communities to develop and evaluate shared care models for HIV and other sexually transmitted and blood borne infections (STBBI)

SupervisorCIHR2019CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Landy, Rachel

Keywords: Community Based Research; Hcv; Hiv/Aids; Implementation Science; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Methodologies; Intervention Research; Shared Care Model; Stbbi

$135,000

BC Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Operating Grant - NEIHR - British Columbia

Principal investigators: Loppie, Charlotte J; Hughes, Katie; Adams, Evan L; Caron, Nadine R; Greenwood, Margo L; Reading, Jeffrey L; Ward, Amanda J

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Research

$3,500,000

HEADS UP! 2: A qualitative CBR study to describe service experiences of HIV positive people living with neurocognitive difficulties and disorders and the providers of those services

Nominated PICIHR2018Operating Grant - HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General

Principal investigators: Worthington, Catherine A; Chan Carusone, Soo; Ibanez-Carrasco, Francisco; Rourke, Sean B

Keywords: Community Based Research; Ethnographic Methods; Hiv/Aids; Neurocognitive Issues; Qualitative Research

$449,980

Dr. James Rossiter Master's of Public Health Practicum Awards - University of Victoria, School of Public Health and Social Policy

Nominated PICIHR2018Dr. James Rossiter MPH Practicum Awards Program

Principal investigators: Worthington, Catherine A

Keywords: Practicum; Public Health; Student Awards

BC Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Operating Grant: Network Environments for Indigenous Health Research- Dev Grants

Principal investigators: Loppie, Charlotte J; Bonshor, Leslie; Hughes, Katie; Palmer, Becky C; Adams, Evan L; Caron, Nadine R; Greenwood, Margo L; Harder, Henry G; Reading, Jeffrey L; Ward, Amanda J

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Indigenous Health; Indigenous Research

$74,964

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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Catherine Worthington

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Who is the expert? A process guide to incorporate lived/living experience into directed acyclic graphs: an applied example from HIV research.

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.

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

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.

Dimensions of housing safety among women living with HIV in British Columbia: Results from a qualitative community-based research study.

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.

Intersecting gender, ethnicity, and sexual orientation identities and HIV stigma: results from the People Living with HIV Stigma Index study in three provinces in Canada.

Building the Workforce's Capacity to Support the Digital Transformation of Public Health: Environmental Scan of Training Programs for Digital Technologies in Public Health.

Use of GetCheckedOnline and testing through healthcare providers among repeat users of British Columbia's digital testing service for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections: Findings from a cross-sectional survey.

Citizen science and HIV research in the age of big data: Developing a framework and tools for human-centered big data research

Sexual stigma & resilience across generations: bringing together First Nation Elders and youth to uncover & recover cultural teachings

Frequent collaborators

Mark Gilbert

Daniel Grace

Catherine Worthington

Patricia Solomon

Jason Wong

Travis Salway

Soo Ying Chan Carusone

Soo Chan Carusone

Adalsteinn Brown

Travis Salway

Nathan Lachowsky

Tammy Yates

Jacqueline Gahagan

Patrick McDougall

Sofia Bartlett

Gina Ogilvie

Steven Hanna

Jacqueline Gahagan

Nathan Lachowsky

Eric Mykhalovskiy

Michael Payne

Olivier Ferlatte

Valerie Nicholson

Surita Parashar

Rosemin Kassam

Kiffer Card

Catherine Worthington

Ingrid Handlovsky

Marie-Pierre Gagnon

Wangari Tharao

Mona Loutfy

Surita Parashar

Sylvie Cossette

Dan Allman

Randall Jackson

Mark Tyndall

Larry Baxter

Alexandra de Pokomandy

Sherri Pooyak

Ryan Mcneil