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Leigh McClarty

ResearcherCommunity Health SciencesUniversity of Manitoba

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Leigh McClarty

Researcher

Community Health Sciences

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.
5 publications in the last five years, latest in 2024.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2026.

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Research

Program Science Hiv Adolescent Girls And Young Women Female Sex Workers Stbbi Public Health Programming Kenya Male Sexual Partners

Latest papers

Applying the Effective Programme Coverage framework to assess gaps in HIV prevention programmes for female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Nairobi, Kenya: findings from an expanded Polling Booth Survey.
Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2024
Exploring the impact of military conflict on sex work in Ukraine: Women's experiences of economic burden.
Global public health · 2023
Exploring the dynamics of workplace typologies for sex workers in Eastern Ukraine.
Global public health · 2022

All 7 publications

Latest funding

Assessing geographic variation in HIV and family planning services availability across Lagos State, Nigeria: Implications for health systems integration
CIHR · 2026 · Supervisor
$27,000
Mobilizing knowledge gained through programmatic mapping and characterization of locations where female sex workers and adolescent girls congregate to meet male sexual partners
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$20,000
Examining the "local biologies" of transgender people in Nairobi, Kenya: epidemiological, biological, and social determinants of STBBI vulnerability
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 16 grants and awards

7 publications.

Applying the Effective Programme Coverage framework to assess gaps in HIV prevention programmes for female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Nairobi, Kenya: findings from an expanded Polling Booth Survey.

Bhattacharjee P, McClarty L, Isac S, Kimani J, Emmanuel F, Kabuti R, Kinyua A, Kombo BK, Owek C, Musyoki H, Kiplagat A, Arimi P, Shaw SY, Gandhi M, Malone S, Blanchard J, Garnett G, Becker ML

Journal of the International AIDS Society2024

DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26240 PMID: 38982888

Exploring the impact of military conflict on sex work in Ukraine: Women's experiences of economic burden.

Lazarus L, Herpai N, Pavlova D, Murney MA, Balakireva O, Tarasova T, McClarty L, Pickles M, Mishra S, Forget E, Becker M, Lorway R, Dynamics Study Team

Global public health2023

DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2022.2092187 PMID: 35760779

Exploring the dynamics of workplace typologies for sex workers in Eastern Ukraine.

Herpai N, Lazarus L, Forget E, Balakireva O, Pavlova D, McClarty L, Lorway R, Pickles M, Isac S, Sandstrom P, Aral S, Mishra S, Ma H, Blanchard J, Becker M, Dynamics Study Team

Global public health2022

DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2021.1965180 PMID: 34403303

Socioeconomic Burdens of the COVID-19 Pandemic on LMIC Populations with Increased HIV Vulnerabilities.

McClarty L, Lazarus L, Pavlova D, Reza-Paul S, Balakireva O, Kimani J, Tarasova T, Lorway R, Becker ML, McKinnon LR

Current HIV/AIDS reports2022First author

DOI: 10.1007/s11904-021-00591-w PMID: 34822064

A two-day workshop reviewing Canadian provincial and national HIV care cascade indicators, reporting, challenges, and recommendations

Nicolau IA, Shokoohi M, McBane JE, Pogany L, Popovic N, Nicholson V, Hillier S, Aran N, Brophy J, Burt K

JAMMI20224 citations

DOI: 10.3138/jammi-2022-0007

HIV treatment outcomes among newcomers living with HIV in Manitoba, Canada.

Maritim C, McClarty L, Leung S, Bruce S, Restall G, Migliardi P, Becker M

Journal of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada = Journal officiel de l'Association pour la microbiologie medicale et l'infectiologie Canada2021

DOI: 10.3138/jammi-2020-0042 PMID: 36341034

Phenylalanine induces Burkholderia cenocepacia phenylacetic acid catabolism through degradation to phenylacetyl-CoA in synthetic cystic fibrosis sputum medium.

Yudistira H, McClarty L, Bloodworth RA, Hammond SA, Butcher H, Mark BL, Cardona ST

Microbial pathogenesis2011

DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2011.04.002 PMID: 21511027

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Program Science Dear Professor McClarty, 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 "Applying the Effective Programme Coverage framework to assess gaps in HIV prevention programmes for female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Nairobi, Kenya: findings from an expanded Polling Booth Survey." (2024), 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 "Mobilizing knowledge gained through programmatic mapping and characterization of locations where female sex workers and adolescent girls congregate to meet male sexual partners" (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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Leigh McClarty

Research

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Applying the Effective Programme Coverage framework to assess gaps in HIV prevention programmes for female sex workers and men who have sex with men in Nairobi, Kenya: findings from an expanded Polling Booth Survey.

Exploring the impact of military conflict on sex work in Ukraine: Women's experiences of economic burden.

Exploring the dynamics of workplace typologies for sex workers in Eastern Ukraine.

Socioeconomic Burdens of the COVID-19 Pandemic on LMIC Populations with Increased HIV Vulnerabilities.

A two-day workshop reviewing Canadian provincial and national HIV care cascade indicators, reporting, challenges, and recommendations

HIV treatment outcomes among newcomers living with HIV in Manitoba, Canada.

Phenylalanine induces Burkholderia cenocepacia phenylacetic acid catabolism through degradation to phenylacetyl-CoA in synthetic cystic fibrosis sputum medium.

Frequent collaborators

Lisa Lazarus

Marissa Becker

Robert Lorway

James Blanchard

Sharmistha Mishra

Joshua Kimani

Parinita Bhattacharjee

Deborah Kelly

Fatima Kakkar

Alexandra de Pokomandy

Carrie Martin

Michael Pickles

Alexandra de Pokomandy

Sean Hillier

Valerie Nicholson

Abigail Kroch

Paul Sandstrom

Maureen Owino

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Carrie Martin

Mona Loutfy

Gayle Restall