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Marissa Becker

ResearcherCommunity Health SciencesUniversity of Manitoba

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Marissa Becker

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.
23 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 5 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 18 research grants (18 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervised 5 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Hiv Kenya Female Sex Workers Program Science Stbbi Adolescent Girls And Young Women Global Health Ukraine

Latest papers

Quantifying Delay in First Contact With HIV Programs Among Young Women Engaged in Sex Work in Mombasa, Kenya: A Time-To-Event Analysis.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2026
Characterizing the impact of a novel electronic consultation platform on access to Hepatitis C treatment in Manitoba.
Healthcare management forum · 2025 · senior author
Lessons learned from redesigning public health medicines supply chain model in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Frontiers in public health · 2025

All 56 publications

Latest funding

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 · Principal investigator
$20,000
Sex worker's safety-making in Ukraine: A secondary qualitative analysis using a feminist political economy approach
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$3,000
Advancing global Program Science partnerships to support embedded research to optimize HIV and STBBI programming and achieve equitable population-level outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$19,925

All 33 grants and awards

56 publications.

Quantifying Delay in First Contact With HIV Programs Among Young Women Engaged in Sex Work in Mombasa, Kenya: A Time-To-Event Analysis.

Ma H, Yiu KCY, Wang L, Manguro G, Gichangi P, Musyoki H, Bhattacharjee P, Kaosa S, Kioko J, Isac S, Idemili C, Blanchard J, Becker M, Mishra S

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2026

DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003806 PMID: 41954103

Characterizing the impact of a novel electronic consultation platform on access to Hepatitis C treatment in Manitoba.

MacKenzie LJ, Ireland L, Mignone J, Oppenheimer L, Becker M

Healthcare management forum2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/08404704251350064 PMID: 40549987

Lessons learned from redesigning public health medicines supply chain model in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Namasivayam V, Purwar M, Jain S, Halli S, Kumar J, Gothalwal V, Becker M, Blanchard J, Boerma T, Prakash R

Frontiers in public health2025

DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1588227 PMID: 40786162

Preventing vaccine drop-outs: Geographic and system-level barriers to full immunization coverage among children in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Prakash R, Kumar P, Dehury B, Thacker D, Shoemaker E, Manjappa RB, Isac S, Anthony J, Namasivayam V, Blanchard J, Becker M, Boerma T

Vaccine: X2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.jvacx.2025.100613 PMID: 39980605

An analytical approach towards attaining leave no one behind using patterns and distributions of inequalities in antenatal and facility delivery coverage in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Namasivayam V, Prakash R, Dehury B, Isac S, Wehrmeister FC, Becker M, Blanchard J, Boerma T

International journal for equity in health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12939-025-02411-8 PMID: 40001218

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 open2025Senior author

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

Toward improving anal health care among GBMSM in Kenya: Lessons from a patient's illness, treatment and recovery journey.

Anyula Gorigo S, Owek C, Mwangangi Z, Memon H, Umair I, Macharia P, Mathenge J, Blanchard J, McKinnon LR, Kimani J, Moses S, Bhattacharjee P, Ngunu-Gituathi C, Becker M, Reza-Paul S, Lazarus L, Thomann M, Lorway R, WEMAH team

Global public health2024

DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2024.2416081 PMID: 39432494

Exploratory analysis of the potential impact of violence on HIV among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya: a mathematical modelling study.

Pickles M, Mountain E, Bhattacharjee P, Kioko J, Musimbi J, Musyoki H, Gichangi P, Stannah J, Maheu-Giroux M, Becker M, Boily MC

BMC medicine2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-024-03670-y PMID: 39407271

Assessing Outcomes in HIV Prevention and Treatment Programs With Female Sex Workers and Men Who Have Sex With Men: Expanded Polling Booth Survey Protocol.

Bhattacharjee P, McClarty LM, Kimani J, Isac S, Wanjiru Kabuti R, Kinyua A, Karakaja Okoyana J, Njeri Ndukuyu V, Musyoki H, Kiplagat A, Arimi P, Shaw S, Emmanuel F, Gandhi M, Becker M, Blanchard J

JMIR public health and surveillance2024

DOI: 10.2196/54313 PMID: 38896842

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)2024First author

DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003412 PMID: 38771751

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Marissa Becker

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Quantifying Delay in First Contact With HIV Programs Among Young Women Engaged in Sex Work in Mombasa, Kenya: A Time-To-Event Analysis.

Characterizing the impact of a novel electronic consultation platform on access to Hepatitis C treatment in Manitoba.

Lessons learned from redesigning public health medicines supply chain model in Uttar Pradesh, India.

Preventing vaccine drop-outs: Geographic and system-level barriers to full immunization coverage among children in Uttar Pradesh, India.

An analytical approach towards attaining leave no one behind using patterns and distributions of inequalities in antenatal and facility delivery coverage in Uttar Pradesh, India.

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

Toward improving anal health care among GBMSM in Kenya: Lessons from a patient's illness, treatment and recovery journey.

Exploratory analysis of the potential impact of violence on HIV among female sex workers in Mombasa, Kenya: a mathematical modelling study.

Assessing Outcomes in HIV Prevention and Treatment Programs With Female Sex Workers and Men Who Have Sex With Men: Expanded Polling Booth Survey Protocol.

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

Frequent collaborators

James Blanchard

Sharmistha Mishra

Parinita Bhattacharjee

Stephen Moses

Robert Lorway

Lisa Lazarus

Yoav Keynan

Paul Sandstrom

Ken Kasper

Michael Pickles

Lisa Avery

Francois Cholette

Ron Rosenes

Joshua Kimani

Souradet Shaw

Leigh McClarty

Clare Liddy

Shabnam Asghari

Margaret Haworth-Brockman

Margaret Haworth-Brockman

Sharmistha Mishra

Michael Wilson

John Lavis

Gayle Restall

Claire Kendall