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Parinita Bhattacharjee

ResearcherCommunity Health SciencesUniversity of Manitoba

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Parinita Bhattacharjee

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.
26 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

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

Latest papers

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
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
Optimal Deployment of Gonorrhoea Point-of-Care Tests: Modeling the Potential Impact of Diagnostic Confirmation Testing and Screening Strategies Across Five Priority Populations in Kenya.
The Journal of infectious diseases · 2026

All 74 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
Examining the "local biologies" of transgender people in Nairobi, Kenya: epidemiological, biological, and social determinants of STBBI vulnerability
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Prioritizing Place in Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infection prevention in Kenya: Reframing prevention programs through Program Science
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$975,375

All 8 grants and awards

74 publications.

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

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

Optimal Deployment of Gonorrhoea Point-of-Care Tests: Modeling the Potential Impact of Diagnostic Confirmation Testing and Screening Strategies Across Five Priority Populations in Kenya.

Michalow J, Cori A, Kimani J, Bhattacharjee P, Boily MC, Imai-Eaton JW

The Journal of infectious diseases2026

DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiag162 PMID: 41842612

Community leadership is key to effective HIV service engagement for female sex workers in Africa.

Matambanadzo P, Otiso L, Kavhaza S, Bhattacharjee P, Cowan FM

Journal of the International AIDS Society2025

DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26425 PMID: 40051283

The impact of the PEPFAR funding freeze on HIV deaths and infections: a mathematical modelling study of seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

Hontelez JAC, Goymann H, Berhane Y, Bhattacharjee P, Bor J, Chabata ST, Cowan F, Kimani J, Knox J, Lora WS, Lungu C, Manne-Goehler J, Mauti J, Moshabela M, Mpembeni RM, Wa Mwanza M, Ndung'u T, Omondi E, Phiri S, Siedner M, Tanser FC, de Vlas SJ, Bärnighausen TW

EClinicalMedicine2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103233 PMID: 40626258

A sub-national HIV epidemic appraisal in Kenya: a new approach for identifying priority geographies, populations and programmes for optimizing coverage for HIV prevention.

Banadakoppa Manjappa R, Bhattacharjee P, Shaw SY, Gitonga J, Kioko J, Songok F, Emmanuel F, Arimi P, Musyoki H, Masha RL, Blanchard J

Journal of the International AIDS Society2024

DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26245 PMID: 38982894

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 Society2024First author

DOI: 10.1002/jia2.26240 PMID: 38982888

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 surveillance2024First author

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)2024

DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003412 PMID: 38771751

Boys' perspectives on girls' marriage and school dropout: a qualitative study revisiting a structural intervention in Southern India.

Pujar A, Howard-Merrill L, Cislaghi B, Lokamanya K, Prakash R, Javalkar P, Raghavendra T, Beattie T, Isac S, Gafos M, Heise L, Bhattacharjee P, Ramanaik S, Collumbien M

Culture, health & sexuality2024

DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2023.2241525 PMID: 37548151

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Program Science Dear Professor Bhattacharjee, 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 "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." (2026), 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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Parinita Bhattacharjee

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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.

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

Optimal Deployment of Gonorrhoea Point-of-Care Tests: Modeling the Potential Impact of Diagnostic Confirmation Testing and Screening Strategies Across Five Priority Populations in Kenya.

Community leadership is key to effective HIV service engagement for female sex workers in Africa.

The impact of the PEPFAR funding freeze on HIV deaths and infections: a mathematical modelling study of seven countries in sub-Saharan Africa.

A sub-national HIV epidemic appraisal in Kenya: a new approach for identifying priority geographies, populations and programmes for optimizing coverage for HIV prevention.

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.

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.

Boys' perspectives on girls' marriage and school dropout: a qualitative study revisiting a structural intervention in Southern India.

Mobilizing knowledge gained through programmatic mapping and characterization of locations where female sex workers and adolescent girls congregate to meet male sexual partners

Examining the "local biologies" of transgender people in Nairobi, Kenya: epidemiological, biological, and social determinants of STBBI vulnerability

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

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

Expanded Polling Booth Surveys as innovative surveillance tools to detect and monitor HIV and STBBI among key populations in Nairobi County, Kenya

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

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

Team grant on social and structural violence and HIV among vulnerable populations

Frequent collaborators

Stephen Moses

Sharmistha Mishra

James Blanchard

Marissa Becker

Robert Lorway

Lisa Lazarus

Paul Sandstrom

Joshua Kimani

Michael Pickles

Lisa Avery

Souradet Shaw

Francois Cholette

Sharmistha Mishra

Mathieu Maheu-Giroux

Yoav Keynan

Lyle Mckinnon

Leigh McClarty