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Alex Abramovich

ResearcherPsychologyToronto Metropolitan University

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Alex Abramovich

Researcher

Psychology

Health Sciences

Toronto Metropolitan University

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
34 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 7 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Addiction Alcohol Ecological Momentary Assessment Longitudinal Minority Stress Transgender Youth

Latest papers

Adapting and Scaling-up Peer Navigators to Targeted Populations of Street-Involved Youth in Kenya and Canada to Increase Engagement in HIV Prevention, Testing, and Treatment.
AIDS and behavior · 2026 · first author
Physician Follow-up Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals after Psychiatric Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations: A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study.
Transgender health · 2026
Acute psychiatric care experiences and post-discharge trajectories among transgender and gender diverse adults: A constructivist grounded theory.
International journal of transgender health · 2026

All 42 publications

Latest funding

Developing an Tailored Gender Minority Stress and Resilience Model to Explain Alcohol and Other Drug Outcomes among Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth who Drink
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$485,776
Developing an Adapted Gender Minority Stress Model to Explain Alcohol Use and Harms among Transgender Adults who Drink
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$416,924
Developing an Adapted Gender Minority Stress and Resilience Model to Explain Alcohol Use and Harms among Transgender Youth who Drink
CIHR · 2021 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 3 grants and awards

42 publications.

Adapting and Scaling-up Peer Navigators to Targeted Populations of Street-Involved Youth in Kenya and Canada to Increase Engagement in HIV Prevention, Testing, and Treatment.

Abramovich A, Apedaile D, MacEntee K, Oudshoorn A, Van Berkum A, Saewyc E, Ferrara A, Kiptui R, Nyambura M, Apondi E, Wachira J

AIDS and behavior2026First author

DOI: 10.1007/s10461-026-05051-3 PMID: 41701454

Physician Follow-up Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals after Psychiatric Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations: A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study.

Lam JSH, Abramovich A, Victor JC, Zaheer J, Kurdyak P

Transgender health2026

DOI: 10.1089/trgh.2024.0102 PMID: 42170526

Acute psychiatric care experiences and post-discharge trajectories among transgender and gender diverse adults: A constructivist grounded theory.

Lam JSH, Kurdyak P, Sabbah SG, Abramovich A, MacKinnon KR, Stark RK, Anderson VIR, Butler KJD, Lawford C, Kenny T, Zaheer J

International journal of transgender health2026

DOI: 10.1080/26895269.2025.2554293 PMID: 42517009

Exploring alcohol use and harm reduction techniques among transgender and gender diverse youth in Canada: A qualitative study.

Quinn TF, Uhrig A, Dermody SS, Hart TA, Abramovich A

International journal of transgender health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/15532739.2025.2471903 PMID: 41891086

Checking assumptions: advancing the analysis of sex and gender in health sciences

Cost KT, Unternaehrer E, Pruessner JC, Abramovich A, Cleverley K, Szatmari P, Lai M-C

Biology of Sex Differences20261 citations

DOI: 10.1186/s13293-025-00803-7

Characterizing suicidal thoughts and behaviours in individuals presenting to a psychiatric emergency department: a protocol for a multimethod approach for suicide prevention research.

Baharikhoob P, Maslej M, Wong AHC, Mulsant B, Blumberger D, Courtney D, Husain MI, Kurdyak P, Kleinman RA, Torfason A, Gajaria A, Diaconescu A, Ma A, Sonley A, Abramovich A, Crawford A, Petronis A, Fage B, Orchard C, Buchman DZ, Liu F, Strudwick G, Lam JSH, Berrevoets M, Mozuraitis M, Reid N, Husain O, Ali S, McMain S, De Luca V, Stergiopoulos V, Lunsky Y, Zaheer J

BMJ open2025

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-087561 PMID: 40228850

Building a comprehensive understanding of 2SLGBTQ+ youth homelessness: a scoping review.

Abramovich A, Elkington N, Silberberg M, Pang N, Stark R, Bonato S

International journal for equity in health2025First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12939-025-02740-8 PMID: 41430285

An ecological momentary assessment study of predictors for alcohol outcomes in transgender and gender diverse youth.

Dermody SS, Penta SM, Quinn TF, Uhrig A, Wardell JD, Hart TA, Hendershot CS, Saewyc E, Abramovich A

Alcohol, clinical & experimental research2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/acer.70081 PMID: 40618293

Optimal characteristics of peer navigators: adapting peer-based intervention with street-involved youth in Canada and Kenya with the aim of increasing HIV prevention, testing and treatment.

Lee EOJ, Tang TS, Fuentes-Bernal J, MacEntee K, Wachira J, Apondi E, Abramovich A, Oudshoorn A, Ayuku D, Kiptui R, Van Berkum A, MacDonald SA, Saarela O, Braitstein P

Health research policy and systems2025

DOI: 10.1186/s12961-025-01309-9 PMID: 40197481

Gender identity and activity limitations: A national study on transgender and non-binary Canadians.

Bai Y, Cao P, Kim C, Ienciu K, Selvaratnam I, Abramovich A, Jakubiec B, Brennan DJ, Chum A

Preventive medicine2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2025.108224 PMID: 39805546

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Addiction Dear Professor Abramovich, 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 "Adapting and Scaling-up Peer Navigators to Targeted Populations of Street-Involved Youth in Kenya and Canada to Increase Engagement in HIV Prevention, Testing, and Treatment." (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 "Developing an Tailored Gender Minority Stress and Resilience Model to Explain Alcohol and Other Drug Outcomes among Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth who Drink" (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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Alex Abramovich

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Adapting and Scaling-up Peer Navigators to Targeted Populations of Street-Involved Youth in Kenya and Canada to Increase Engagement in HIV Prevention, Testing, and Treatment.

Physician Follow-up Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Individuals after Psychiatric Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations: A Retrospective Population-Based Cohort Study.

Acute psychiatric care experiences and post-discharge trajectories among transgender and gender diverse adults: A constructivist grounded theory.

Exploring alcohol use and harm reduction techniques among transgender and gender diverse youth in Canada: A qualitative study.

Checking assumptions: advancing the analysis of sex and gender in health sciences

Characterizing suicidal thoughts and behaviours in individuals presenting to a psychiatric emergency department: a protocol for a multimethod approach for suicide prevention research.

Building a comprehensive understanding of 2SLGBTQ+ youth homelessness: a scoping review.

An ecological momentary assessment study of predictors for alcohol outcomes in transgender and gender diverse youth.

Optimal characteristics of peer navigators: adapting peer-based intervention with street-involved youth in Canada and Kenya with the aim of increasing HIV prevention, testing and treatment.

Gender identity and activity limitations: A national study on transgender and non-binary Canadians.

Developing an Tailored Gender Minority Stress and Resilience Model to Explain Alcohol and Other Drug Outcomes among Transgender and Gender Diverse Youth who Drink

Developing an Adapted Gender Minority Stress Model to Explain Alcohol Use and Harms among Transgender Adults who Drink

Developing an Adapted Gender Minority Stress and Resilience Model to Explain Alcohol Use and Harms among Transgender Youth who Drink

Frequent collaborators

Alex Abramovich

Michael Chaiton

Paul Kurdyak

Juveria Zaheer

Travis Salway

Daniel Grace

Travis Salway

Nicholas Mitsakakis

Robert Schwartz

Tara Elton-Marshall

Olli Saarela

Rui Fu

Carmen Logie

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Christina Yager

Vicky Stergiopoulos

Christina Yager

Tara Kiran

Trevor Goodyear

Claire de Oliveira

Elizabeth Saewyc

Yona Lunsky

Yihong Bai

Amy Gajaria

Kinnon MacKinnon

Rosane Nisenbaum

Christa Orchard

Shannon Lange

Samantha Wells

Nicole Racine

Antony Chum

Shelley McMain

Marta Maslej

Meng-Chuan Lai

Marie-Claude Geoffroy

Antony Chum

Nicole Kozloff