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Francois Cholette

ResearcherUniversity of Manitoba

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Francois Cholette

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 1 research grant (1 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Community-Based Organizations Community-Based Research Ethics Gay, Bisexual, And Other Men Who Have Sex With Men Hiv Kenya Phylogenetics Sex Work

Latest papers

Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among military personnel: a systematic review protocol.
BMJ open · 2025
Differential Burden of HIV Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women by Places Associated With Sex Work: An Observational Study in Mombasa, Kenya.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2024
Temporal trends and transmission dynamics of pre-treatment HIV-1 drug resistance within and between risk groups in Kenya, 1986-2020.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy · 2024

All 9 publications

Latest funding

Community Insights in Phylogenetic HIV Research (CIPHR) Project: Co-Creating a Community Dissemination to Inform Community-led Responses to HIV Care
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Confronting Homophobia in Anal Health: Community-based Program Science and HPV among MSM in Nairobi, Kenya
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$512,550
An exploratory investigation into the unmet STBBI prevention and treatment needs of military personnel throughout a protracted conflict in eastern Ukraine using complementary epidemiological, phylogenetic and mathematical modelling approaches
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$200,000

All 5 grants and awards

9 publications.

Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among military personnel: a systematic review protocol.

Shoemaker ES, Sandstrom E, Dangerfield CD, Linton J, Cholette F, McClarty LM, Lazarus L, Herpai N, Pavlova D, Pickles M, Becker M

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-103674 PMID: 41309457

Differential Burden of HIV Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women by Places Associated With Sex Work: An Observational Study in Mombasa, Kenya.

Becker M, Mishra S, Bhattacharjee P, Musyoki H, Tennakoon A, Leung S, Cheuk E, Lorway R, Isac S, Ma H, Cholette F, Sandstrom P, Gichangi P, Mwatelah R, Mckinnon L, Blanchard J, Pickles M, Transitions Study Team

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2024

DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003412 PMID: 38771751

Temporal trends and transmission dynamics of pre-treatment HIV-1 drug resistance within and between risk groups in Kenya, 1986-2020.

Nduva GM, Otieno F, Kimani J, Sein Y, Arimide DA, Mckinnon LR, Cholette F, Lawrence MK, Majiwa M, Masika M, Mutua G, Anzala O, Graham SM, Gelmon L, Price MA, Smith AD, Bailey RC, Medstrand P, Sanders EJ, Esbjörnsson J, Hassan AS

The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy2024

DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkad375 PMID: 38091580

Risk factors of HIV and variation in access to clean needles among people who inject drugs in Pakistan.

Capelastegui F, Trickey A, Thompson LH, Reza T, Emmanuel F, Cholette F, Blanchard JF, Archibald C, Vickerman P, Lim AG

Pathogens and global health2023

DOI: 10.1080/20477724.2023.2191234 PMID: 36950726

Phylogeographic Assessment Reveals Geographic Sources of HIV-1 Dissemination Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Kenya.

Nduva GM, Otieno F, Kimani J, McKinnon LR, Cholette F, Sandstrom P, Graham SM, Price MA, Smith AD, Bailey RC, Hassan AS, Esbjörnsson J, Sanders EJ

Frontiers in microbiology2022

DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2022.843330 PMID: 35356525

Quantifying rates of HIV-1 flow between risk groups and geographic locations in Kenya: A country-wide phylogenetic study.

Nduva GM, Otieno F, Kimani J, Wahome E, McKinnon LR, Cholette F, Majiwa M, Masika M, Mutua G, Anzala O, Graham SM, Gelmon L, Price MA, Smith AD, Bailey RC, Baele G, Lemey P, Hassan AS, Sanders EJ, Esbjörnsson J

Virus evolution2022

DOI: 10.1093/ve/veac016 PMID: 35356640

Endocervical Regulatory T Cells Are Associated With Decreased Genital Inflammation and Lower HIV Target Cell Abundance.

Ssemaganda A, Cholette F, Perner M, Kambaran C, Adhiambo W, Wambugu PM, Gebrebrhan H, Lee A, Nuhu F, Mwatelah RS, Jahan N, Omole TE, Wanjiru T, Gitau A, Kimani J, McKinnon LR

Frontiers in immunology2021

DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.726472 PMID: 34630402

The effects of COVID-19 on the health and socio-economic security of sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya: Emerging intersections with HIV.

Kimani J, Adhiambo J, Kasiba R, Mwangi P, Were V, Mathenge J, Macharia P, Cholette F, Moore S, Shaw S, Becker M, Musyoki H, Bhattacharjee P, Moses S, Fowke KR, McKinnon LR, Lorway R

Global public health2020

DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2020.1770831 PMID: 32459578

A2 HIV transmission networks among injection drug users in Pakistan.

Cholette F, Ho J, McCoubrey H, Kadivar K, Thompson L, Blanchard J, Emmanuel F, Brooks J, Kim J, Sandstrom P

Virus evolution2017First author

DOI: 10.1093/ve/vew036.001 PMID: 28845268

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Community-Based Organizations Dear Professor Cholette, 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 "Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among military personnel: a systematic review protocol." (2025), 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 "Community Insights in Phylogenetic HIV Research (CIPHR) Project: Co-Creating a Community Dissemination to Inform Community-led Responses to HIV Care" (2024), 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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Francois Cholette

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among military personnel: a systematic review protocol.

Differential Burden of HIV Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women by Places Associated With Sex Work: An Observational Study in Mombasa, Kenya.

Temporal trends and transmission dynamics of pre-treatment HIV-1 drug resistance within and between risk groups in Kenya, 1986-2020.

Risk factors of HIV and variation in access to clean needles among people who inject drugs in Pakistan.

Phylogeographic Assessment Reveals Geographic Sources of HIV-1 Dissemination Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Kenya.

Quantifying rates of HIV-1 flow between risk groups and geographic locations in Kenya: A country-wide phylogenetic study.

Endocervical Regulatory T Cells Are Associated With Decreased Genital Inflammation and Lower HIV Target Cell Abundance.

The effects of COVID-19 on the health and socio-economic security of sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya: Emerging intersections with HIV.

A2 HIV transmission networks among injection drug users in Pakistan.

Community Insights in Phylogenetic HIV Research (CIPHR) Project: Co-Creating a Community Dissemination to Inform Community-led Responses to HIV Care

Confronting Homophobia in Anal Health: Community-based Program Science and HPV among MSM in Nairobi, Kenya

An exploratory investigation into the unmet STBBI prevention and treatment needs of military personnel throughout a protracted conflict in eastern Ukraine using complementary epidemiological, phylogenetic and mathematical modelling approaches

Confronting Homophobia in Anal Health: Community-based Program Science and HPV among MSM in Nairobi, Kenya

Confronting HPV infection with men who have sex with men and male sex workers in Kenya: Toward a community-led early screening, detection, prevention, and treatment program

Frequent collaborators

Joshua Kimani

Marissa Becker

Paul Sandstrom

Parinita Bhattacharjee

James Blanchard

John Kim

Souradet Shaw

Lisa Lazarus

Stephen Moses

Robert Lorway

Lyle Mckinnon

Sharmistha Mishra

Francois Cholette

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections among military personnel: a systematic review protocol.

Differential Burden of HIV Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women by Places Associated With Sex Work: An Observational Study in Mombasa, Kenya.

Temporal trends and transmission dynamics of pre-treatment HIV-1 drug resistance within and between risk groups in Kenya, 1986-2020.

Risk factors of HIV and variation in access to clean needles among people who inject drugs in Pakistan.

Phylogeographic Assessment Reveals Geographic Sources of HIV-1 Dissemination Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Kenya.

Quantifying rates of HIV-1 flow between risk groups and geographic locations in Kenya: A country-wide phylogenetic study.

Endocervical Regulatory T Cells Are Associated With Decreased Genital Inflammation and Lower HIV Target Cell Abundance.

The effects of COVID-19 on the health and socio-economic security of sex workers in Nairobi, Kenya: Emerging intersections with HIV.

A2&#x2003;HIV transmission networks among injection drug users in Pakistan.

Community Insights in Phylogenetic HIV Research (CIPHR) Project: Co-Creating a Community Dissemination to Inform Community-led Responses to HIV Care

Confronting Homophobia in Anal Health: Community-based Program Science and HPV among MSM in Nairobi, Kenya

An exploratory investigation into the unmet STBBI prevention and treatment needs of military personnel throughout a protracted conflict in eastern Ukraine using complementary epidemiological, phylogenetic and mathematical modelling approaches

Confronting Homophobia in Anal Health: Community-based Program Science and HPV among MSM in Nairobi, Kenya

Confronting HPV infection with men who have sex with men and male sex workers in Kenya: Toward a community-led early screening, detection, prevention, and treatment program

Frequent collaborators

Joshua Kimani

Marissa Becker

Paul Sandstrom

Parinita Bhattacharjee

James Blanchard

John Kim

Souradet Shaw

Lisa Lazarus

Stephen Moses

Robert Lorway

Lyle Mckinnon

Sharmistha Mishra

A2 HIV transmission networks among injection drug users in Pakistan.