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Nathan Lachowsky

ResearcherNursingUniversity of Victoria

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Nathan Lachowsky

Researcher

Nursing

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.
29 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 33 research grants (28 CIHR, 5 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 4 trainee awards (4 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Community-Based Research Hiv/Aids Sexual Health Men Who Have Sex With Men Health Equity Mixed Methods Mental Health Sexual And Gender Minorities

Latest papers

"It was Very Clear That We Were Not the Norm": A Community-Based Qualitative Study of Experiences in the Legal System and Access to Justice Among Sexual Minority People in Western Canada.
Journal of homosexuality · 2026 · senior author
Estimating the percentage and number of people with indications for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) within two key populations, Canada, 2021.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026
Canada's crackdown on poppers and trends in crystal methamphetamine use among sexual and gender diverse men: a secondary data analysis.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026

All 43 publications

Latest funding

Exploring a novel 2S/LGBTQIA+ Liaison Nurse role: A community-engaged mixed-methods investigation
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$1,021,276
Exploring collective action amidst the HIV/AIDS crisis: implications for contemporary efforts to resist discrimination
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$214,228
2S/LGBTQ+ Community Perspectives on MAID for mental illness, suicide, and crisis services as Structural Determinants of Health, Life, and Death
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$125,000

All 47 grants and awards

43 publications.

"It was Very Clear That We Were Not the Norm": A Community-Based Qualitative Study of Experiences in the Legal System and Access to Justice Among Sexual Minority People in Western Canada.

Klassen B, Walker M, Wells A, Stephany K, Verma AR, Jacobsen K, Booth S, Brown V, Woligroski B, Fulcher K, Montess M, O'Brien C, Bonertz L, Grace D, Hebert W, Lachowsky N

Journal of homosexuality2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2026.2621166 PMID: 41649945

Estimating the percentage and number of people with indications for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) within two key populations, Canada, 2021.

Yang Q, Wu HX, Lachowsky N, Cox J, Klassen B, Apelian H, Périnet S, Elliott J, Williams A, Campeau L, Curtis T, Wong M, Gatali M, Popovic N

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01170-5 PMID: 41776146

Canada's crackdown on poppers and trends in crystal methamphetamine use among sexual and gender diverse men: a secondary data analysis.

Smiley S, Schwartz C, Draenos C, Card KG, Lachowsky N, Klassen B, Elliott R, Higgins R, Baral SD, Knight R

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105508 PMID: 42759241

Substance use disorders and related hospitalizations and mortality among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: A matched cohort study.

Aguilera-Mijares S, Wang L, Trigg J, Hogg RS, Lachowsky N, Gormezano A, Sereda P, Card K, Oviedo-Joekes E, Emerson SD, Lal A, Budu M, Hart TA, Cox J, Grace D, Tan DHS, Moore DM

Drug and alcohol dependence2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2026.113159 PMID: 41980572

Organ and tissue donation and transplantation in people who identify as Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and more: a Canada-wide cross-sectional community survey

Leeies M, Collister D, Ho J, Hrymak C, Christie E, Dhanani S, Fingrut W, Gahagan J, Doucette K, Lee T-H

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-025-03055-6

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 health2025

DOI: 10.1177/20552076251339016 PMID: 40321888

Impact of interventions on mpox transmission during the 2022 outbreak in Canada: a mathematical modeling study of three different cities.

Xiu F, Doyle CM, Anato JLF, Knight J, Wang L, Cox J, Grace D, Hart TA, Zhang T, Skakoon-Sparling S, Dvorakova M, Shahin R, Sachdeva H, Lachowsky N, Sbihi H, Tan DHS, Irvine MA, Mishra S, Maheu-Giroux M

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2025.107792 PMID: 39848438

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

Retraction notice to "Correlates of hazardous alcohol drinking among trans and non-binary people in Canada: A community-based cross-sectional study" [Drug Alcohol Dependence 250 (2023) 110872].

Tran GM, Lachowsky N, Urbanoski KA, Scheim AI, Bauer GR

Drug and alcohol dependence2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112916 PMID: 41107152

Unsuppressed HIV viral load among people living with HIV by exposure category in British Columbia, Canada from 2005 to 2020: a population-based cohort study.

Yeong SK, Ye M, Barrios R, Hull M, Li J, Sereda P, Charoenpanon T, Lima VD, Bobrow K, Hayden A, Kling R, Wang X, Lachowsky N, Montaner J, Moore DM

BMC global and public health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s44263-025-00209-y PMID: 41068975

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Community-Based Research Dear Professor Lachowsky, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper ""It was Very Clear That We Were Not the Norm": A Community-Based Qualitative Study of Experiences in the Legal System and Access to Justice Among Sexual Minority People in Western Canada." (2026), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Exploring a novel 2S/LGBTQIA+ Liaison Nurse role: A community-engaged mixed-methods investigation" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Nathan Lachowsky

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"It was Very Clear That We Were Not the Norm": A Community-Based Qualitative Study of Experiences in the Legal System and Access to Justice Among Sexual Minority People in Western Canada.

Estimating the percentage and number of people with indications for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) within two key populations, Canada, 2021.

Canada's crackdown on poppers and trends in crystal methamphetamine use among sexual and gender diverse men: a secondary data analysis.

Substance use disorders and related hospitalizations and mortality among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: A matched cohort study.

Organ and tissue donation and transplantation in people who identify as Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and more: a Canada-wide cross-sectional community survey

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.

Impact of interventions on mpox transmission during the 2022 outbreak in Canada: a mathematical modeling study of three different cities.

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.

Retraction notice to "Correlates of hazardous alcohol drinking among trans and non-binary people in Canada: A community-based cross-sectional study" [Drug Alcohol Dependence 250 (2023) 110872].

Unsuppressed HIV viral load among people living with HIV by exposure category in British Columbia, Canada from 2005 to 2020: a population-based cohort study.

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

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Nathan Lachowsky

Daniel Grace

Mark Hull

Shayna Skakoon-Sparling

Shayna Skakoon-Sparling

David Moore

Rolando Barrios

Mark Gilbert

Julio Montaner

Paul Macpherson

Ramandip Grewal

Gilles Lambert

Aki Gormezano

Catharine Chambers

Rosane Nisenbaum

Terry Howard

Rinku Sutradhar

Kiffer Card

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Catherine Worthington

Eric Roth

Alexandra de Pokomandy

Gina Ogilvie

Hasina Samji

Rita Shahin

David Collister

Leo Rutherford

Tyrone Curtis

Sofia Bartlett

Eugenia Oviedo-Joekes

Curtis Cooper

Christos Tsoukas

Linda Larcombe

Robert Hogg

Kevin Woodward

Robert Lorway

Paula Migliardi

Julio Montaner

Jody Jollimore

Owen McEwen