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Lisa Lazarus

ResearcherUniversity of Manitoba

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Lisa Lazarus

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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29 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
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

The Epidemiology of HIV and Injection Practices Among People Who Inject Drugs in Nigeria: Results from the 2020 Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance Survey.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2026
Who do the data serve? Critical reflections on program monitoring during the war in Ukraine.
Global public health · 2026 · first author
Prioritising place-based strategies for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection prevention: protocol for the Zingatia Maskan interactive, convergent mixed-methods study in Nairobi, Kenya.
BMJ open · 2026

All 48 publications

Latest funding

Queer Muslim Placemaking: Developing Inclusive and Participatory Research Methods With Queer Muslims In Manitoba
SSHRC · 2026 · Co-investigator
$64,732
Enhancing surveillance and detection of Mpox across Africa
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$350,000
Community Insights in Phylogenetic HIV Research (CIPHR) Project: Co-Creating a Community Dissemination to Inform Community-led Responses to HIV Care
CIHR · 2024 · Nominated PI
$20,000

All 19 grants and awards

48 publications.

The Epidemiology of HIV and Injection Practices Among People Who Inject Drugs in Nigeria: Results from the 2020 Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance Survey.

Shaw SY, Green K, Ejeckam C, Adesina A, Aliyu G, Ashefor G, Aguolu R, Isac S, Emmanuel F, Lazarus L, McClarty LM, Becker ML, Blanchard JF

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2026

DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003939 PMID: 42498447

Who do the data serve? Critical reflections on program monitoring during the war in Ukraine.

Lazarus L, McClarty LM, Herpai N, Pavlova D, Tarasova T, Hnatenko A, Bondar T, Lorway R, Becker ML, Dynamics Study Team

Global public health2026First author

DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2026.2712124 PMID: 42610376

Prioritising place-based strategies for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection prevention: protocol for the Zingatia Maskan interactive, convergent mixed-methods study in Nairobi, Kenya.

McClarty LM, Gitau AK, Herpai N, Kimani J, Kinyua AK, Kiplagat A, Micheni M, Muriuki F, Oside D, Wanjiru RK, Isac S, Lazarus L, Lorway RR, McKinnon LR, Mishra S, Shaw SY, Bhattacharjee P, Becker ML, Zingatia Maskan Study Team

BMJ open2026

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2026-121267 PMID: 42760075

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

The consequences of dismantling community-led HIV programming in Kenya: a call to action from the HEKA programme research partnership in Kenya.

Walimbwa Wambaya J, Ligare F, Wanjiku J, Mwendwa K, Ouma K, Digolo V, Asuri G, Kyalo C, Macharia P, Wambui JM, Noah A, Odhiambo B, Ogalo A, Olango K, Nekesa L, Tabbu S, Tahmo N, Mishra S, Lorway RR, Lazarus L

BMJ global health2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2025-019502 PMID: 41120200

Community participatory approaches in infectious disease dynamic transmission modelling: a scoping review protocol.

Tahmo NB, Idemili C, Noah A, Odhiambo B, Kyalo C, Ligare F, Wanjiku J, Kong JD, Chan AK, Baral S, Walimbwa J, Lazarus L, Puchalski Ritchie LM, Mishra S

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-098196 PMID: 41120146

Joint HIV and hepatitis C virus phylogenetic analyses signal network overlap among women engaged in sex work and men who purchase sex.

Melnychuk S, Balakireva O, Pavlova D, Lopatenko A, McClarty LM, Lazarus L, Herpai N, Pickles M, Mishra S, Becker ML, Sandstrom P, Cholette F, Dynamics study team

International journal of STD & AIDS2025

DOI: 10.1177/09564624241287259 PMID: 39325924

Decolonizing global health research: experiences from the women in health and their economic, equity and livelihood statuses during emergency preparedness and response (WHEELER) study.

Adam A, Lazarus L, Kina B, Lorway R, Mazoya B, Mantel M, Temmerman M, Avery L, Langat E

Frontiers in public health2025

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1578964 PMID: 40206159

Therapeutic Trajectories of Kenyan Queer Men with Anal Warts: Iatrogenesis in a Time of Homophobia.

Thomann M, Wambui JM, Macharia P, Gorigo SA, Umira J, Mwangangi Z, Ngene J, Mathenge J, Reza-Paul S, Lazarus L, Lorway R

Medical anthropology2025

DOI: 10.1080/01459740.2025.2539751 PMID: 40735800

"…because the social work never ends": a qualitative study exploring how NGOs responded to emerging needs while upholding responsibility to HIV prevention and treatment during the war in Ukraine.

Lazarus L, McClarty LM, Herpai N, Pavlova D, Tarasova T, Gnatenko A, Bondar T, Lorway R, Becker ML, Dynamics Study Team

Journal of the International AIDS Society2024First author

DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26309 PMID: 39030857

Queer Muslim Placemaking: Developing Inclusive and Participatory Research Methods With Queer Muslims In Manitoba

Co-investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Noor, Muhammad Naveed

$64,732

Enhancing surveillance and detection of Mpox across Africa

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: Monkeypox Rapid Research Response - Extension

Principal investigators: Kindrachuk, Kenneth J; Ansumana, Rashid; Mbala, Placide K

Keywords: Clades; Clinical Outcomes; Correlates Of Protection; Endemic; Monkeypox; Mpox; Publice Health; Serology; Surveillance; Vaccine Effectiveness

$350,000

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

Nominated PICIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Lazarus, Lisa; Nzuki, Solomon W; Cholette, Francois; Irungu, Pascal; Lorway, Robert R; Mckinnon, Lyle R

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

$20,000

Community-based participatory modeling of HIV transmission among men who have sex with men in Kenya

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Mishra, Sharmistha

Keywords: Community-Based; Hiv; Kenya; Men Who Have Sex With Men; Participatory Modeling

$19,700

Prioritizing Place in Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infection prevention in Kenya: Reframing prevention programs through Program Science

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Becker, Marissa; Bhattacharjee, Parinita; McClarty, Leigh M

Keywords: Adolescent Girls And Young Women; Female Sex Workers; Global Health; Hiv; Kenya; Male Sexual Partners; Program Science; Stbbi

$975,375

A collaborative path to syphilis vaccine development: Bridging biomedical research with community partnerships.

Co-investigatorCIHR2024TG: Biomedical Research for HIV/AIDS and STBBI-Next-Gen. Prevention Technologies

Principal investigators: Stein, Derek R; Anderson, Marcia J; Cameron, Caroline E; Shaw, Souradet Y

Keywords: Community Led Development; Genomics; Syphilis; Vaccine

$2,000,000

Prioritizing Place in Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infection prevention in Kenya: Reframing prevention programs through Program Science

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant - Priority Announcement: HIV/AIDS and STBBI

Principal investigators: Becker, Marissa; Bhattacharjee, Parinita; McClarty, Leigh M

Keywords: Adolescent Girls And Young Women; Female Sex Workers; Hiv; Kenya; Male Sexual Partners; Prevention; Program Science; Stbbi

$100,000

Digital Platforms for the Sexual Health of Gay, Bisexual, and other Men who have Sex with Men in Winnipeg: Beyond Infectious Disease Control and Medicalization

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Catalyst Grant: HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General Stream

Principal investigators: Lorway, Robert R; Payne, Michael J; Souleymanov, Roustam

Keywords: Community Based Program Science; Community Based Research; Ethnography; Gay Bisexual Men Who Have Sex With Men; Qualitative; Sexual Health; St/Bbis; Winnipeg

$100,000

The D-GEM (Decolonizing Gonorrhea Epidemiology in Manitoba) Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Op. Gr.: STBBI Research in Canada: Beyond HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C- Gonorrhea

Principal investigators: Shaw, Souradet Y; Gervais, Laverne; Anderson, Marcia J; Lorway, Robert R; Nickel, Nathan C

Keywords: Decolonizing; Gonorrhea; Indigenous; Public Health; Sexually Transmitted Infections

$449,140

Developing a novel framework for participatory community-based mathematical modeling of HIV epidemics

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Mishra, Sharmistha

Keywords: HIV epidemics; Mathematical Modeling; Participatory Research Methods; Transmission Dynamics; Simulation Modeling; Sexual Networks; Health Equity; Community Engagement

$250,000

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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Lisa Lazarus

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The Epidemiology of HIV and Injection Practices Among People Who Inject Drugs in Nigeria: Results from the 2020 Integrated Biological and Behavioural Surveillance Survey.

Who do the data serve? Critical reflections on program monitoring during the war in Ukraine.

Prioritising place-based strategies for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection prevention: protocol for the Zingatia Maskan interactive, convergent mixed-methods study in Nairobi, Kenya.

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

The consequences of dismantling community-led HIV programming in Kenya: a call to action from the HEKA programme research partnership in Kenya.

Community participatory approaches in infectious disease dynamic transmission modelling: a scoping review protocol.

Joint HIV and hepatitis C virus phylogenetic analyses signal network overlap among women engaged in sex work and men who purchase sex.

Decolonizing global health research: experiences from the women in health and their economic, equity and livelihood statuses during emergency preparedness and response (WHEELER) study.

Therapeutic Trajectories of Kenyan Queer Men with Anal Warts: Iatrogenesis in a Time of Homophobia.

"&#x2026;because the social work never ends": a qualitative study exploring how NGOs responded to emerging needs while upholding responsibility to HIV prevention and treatment during the war in Ukraine.

Queer Muslim Placemaking: Developing Inclusive and Participatory Research Methods With Queer Muslims In Manitoba

Developing a novel framework for participatory community-based mathematical modeling of HIV epidemics

Frequent collaborators

Robert Lorway

Sharmistha Mishra

Parinita Bhattacharjee

James Blanchard

Marissa Becker

Stephen Moses

Paul Sandstrom

Michael Pickles

Joshua Kimani

Souradet Shaw

Leigh McClarty

Lisa Avery

Francois Cholette

Michel Alary

Allyson Ion

Mona Loutfy

Lyle Mckinnon

Deborah McPhail

Saara Greene

Gladys Kwaramba

Yoav Keynan

"…because the social work never ends": a qualitative study exploring how NGOs responded to emerging needs while upholding responsibility to HIV prevention and treatment during the war in Ukraine.