Olga Balakireva, University of Manitoba

Research

Conflict Hcv Hiv Military Stbbi Ukraine Conflict In Ukraine Epidemiology

Latest funding

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 · Principal investigator
$200,000
Examining HIV and HCV risk and prevalence during the conflict in Eastern Ukraine: a planning meeting to design and implement a bio-behavioural survey among military personnel
CIHR · 2019 · Co-investigator
$19,610
The impact of political conflict on the dynamics of sex work and the HIV/STI and HCV epidemic in Ukraine
CIHR · 2016 · Principal investigator
$1,525,180

All 4 grants and awards

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

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Project Grant - Priority Announcement: Population and Public Health

Principal investigators: Becker, Marissa; Balakireva, Olga; Mishra, Sharmistha; Pickles, Michael; Sandstrom, Paul A

Keywords: Conflict; Hcv; Hiv; Military; Stbbi; Ukraine

$200,000

Examining HIV and HCV risk and prevalence during the conflict in Eastern Ukraine: a planning meeting to design and implement a bio-behavioural survey among military personnel

Co-investigatorCIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Becker, Marissa

Keywords: Conflict; Hcv; Hiv; Military; Sex Work; Ukraine

$19,610

The impact of political conflict on the dynamics of sex work and the HIV/STI and HCV epidemic in Ukraine

Principal investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Becker, Marissa; Balakireva, Olga; Blanchard, James F; Lorway, Robert R

Keywords: Conflict In Ukraine; Epidemiology; Ethnographic Research; Female Sex Workers And Clients; Global Health; Hepatitis C; Hiv/Sti; Mathematical Modelling; Political Economics; Program Science

$1,525,180

Estimating female sex workers' early HIV risk and the implications for HIV epidemic control: A multi-country observational and mathematical modeling study

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Operating Grant

Principal investigators: Becker, Marissa

Keywords: Biological And Behavioural Survey; Female Sex Workers; Hiv/Aids; India; Kenya; Modelling; Prevention; Targeted Interventions; Ukraine

$337,568

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: Conflict Dear Professor Balakireva, 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 conflict 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 "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" (2021), 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]