Cara Spence, University of Manitoba

Research

Diverse And Inclusive Training Hiv Key Populations Mentoring Platforms People With Lived And Living Experience Sexually Transmitted Infections

Latest funding

Advancing Women-Centred HIV Care in the Prairies
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$20,000
Strengthened Prairies Integrated Knowledge Exchange (SPIKE) Hub: Enhancing Community Responsive and Peer Integrated Clinical Trials
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$800,000
Incidence and impact of methamphetamine use and concurrent sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections in people living with HIV in the Prairies
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 3 grants and awards

Advancing Women-Centred HIV Care in the Prairies

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: MacKenzie, Lauren J

Keywords: Health Inequities; Hiv; Hiv And Pregnancy; Hiv Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis; Rural And Remote Care; Sex And Gender; Sexually Transmitted And Blood-Borne Infections; Women-Centred Hiv Care

$20,000

Strengthened Prairies Integrated Knowledge Exchange (SPIKE) Hub: Enhancing Community Responsive and Peer Integrated Clinical Trials

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

Principal investigators: Keynan, Yoav; Haworth-Brockman, Margaret J; Illsley, Shohan; Singh, Ameeta E; Sutherland, Dessie Jo; Kelly, Lauren; Rueda, Zulma V; Spence, Cara J

Keywords: Diverse And Inclusive Training; Hiv; Key Populations; Mentoring Platforms; People With Lived And Living Experience; Sexually Transmitted Infections

$800,000

Incidence and impact of methamphetamine use and concurrent sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections in people living with HIV in the Prairies

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - Priority Announcement: HIV/AIDS and STBBI

Principal investigators: Rueda, Zulma V; Card, Catherine M; Haworth-Brockman, Margaret J; Keynan, Yoav; Maier, Katharina H; Sanguins, Julianne; Skinner, Stuart J

Keywords: Hiv; Immune Activation; Incidence; People Who Inject Drugs; Sexually Transmitted And Blood Borne Infections

$100,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Diverse And Inclusive Training Dear Professor Spence, 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]. Your research on diverse and inclusive training 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 "Strengthened Prairies Integrated Knowledge Exchange (SPIKE) Hub: Enhancing Community Responsive and Peer Integrated Clinical Trials" (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]