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Mandana Vahabi

ResearcherNursingToronto Metropolitan University

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Mandana Vahabi

Researcher

Nursing

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.
18 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 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Capacity Building And Mentorship Culturally Relevant Methodologies Equity-Focused Engagement Intersectional Analysis Cancer Covid-19 Health Equity Healthcare Utilization

Latest papers

Pathways to breaking the cycle of HIV stigma: experiences and insights of racialized immigrant communities in the Greater Toronto Area and Niagara Region, Canada.
AIDS care · 2026
Experiences with HPV self-sampling in India: advancing cervical cancer prevention and screening.
BMC public health · 2026 · senior author
Acceptance and Commitment to Empowerment Intervention to Reduce HIV Stigma and Promote Community Resilience: Protocol for an Implementation Study.
JMIR research protocols · 2026

All 48 publications

Latest funding

Bridging the Health Gap: A Patient-Oriented Initiative to Address Health Inequities Among Racialized Communities in Canada
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$50,000
Compounding Disadvantage: Impact of COVID-19 among Immigrants living with Cancers and with Mental Health & Addictions Disorders in Ontario
CIHR · 2021 · Nominated PI
$426,640
Spaces Beyond Imagination: Therapeutic virtual reality co-creation for community empowerment through architecture
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$250,000

All 13 grants and awards

48 publications.

Pathways to breaking the cycle of HIV stigma: experiences and insights of racialized immigrant communities in the Greater Toronto Area and Niagara Region, Canada.

Narushima M, Rughani A, Miller D, Poon MK, Vahabi M, Li AT, Etowa EB, Wong JP

AIDS care2026

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2026.2669033 PMID: 42174770

Experiences with HPV self-sampling in India: advancing cervical cancer prevention and screening.

Anand KV, Mishra GA, Suryawanshi VB, Pimple SA, Kulkarni VY, Vahabi M

BMC public health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12889-026-26212-y PMID: 41715026

Acceptance and Commitment to Empowerment Intervention to Reduce HIV Stigma and Promote Community Resilience: Protocol for an Implementation Study.

Wong JP, Li AT, Hilario CT, Vahabi M, Etowa E, Luginaah I, Dela Cruz AM, Narushima M, Fung KP

JMIR research protocols2026

DOI: 10.2196/80669 PMID: 41587356

Voices from the Margins: Barriers and Facilitators to HPV Self-Sampling Among Structurally Marginalized People with a Cervix in the Greater Toronto Area and Ontario.

Vahabi M, Kithulegoda N, Moosapoor M, Lofters A, Wong JP, Akbarian A, Hynes J

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2025First author

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol32060327 PMID: 40558270

HIV testing among heterosexual Black men in Toronto: What are the determinants?

Antabe R, Sano Y, Etowa EB, Djiometio JBN, Vahabi M, Fung KP, Wong JP, Husbands W

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-024-00983-6 PMID: 39971870

Navigating Equitable Access to Cancer and Mental Health Services During Pandemics: Stakeholder Perspectives on COVID-19 Challenges and Community-Based Solutions for Immigrants and Refugees-Proceedings from Think Tank Sessions.

Vahabi M, Devotta K, Ledwos C, Wong JP, Narushima M, Rayner J, Hawa R, Fung K, Datta GD, Janczur A, Damba C, Lofters A

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2025First author

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare13050564 PMID: 40077126

Breaking Barriers: Empowering Cervical Cancer Screening with HPV Self-Sampling for Sex Workers and Formerly Incarcerated Women in Toronto.

Vahabi M, Hynes J, Wong JP, Kithulegoda N, Moosapoor M, Akbarian A, Lofters A

Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.)2024First author

DOI: 10.3390/curroncol31120590 PMID: 39727713

Lung cancer survival by immigrant status: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada.

Ruco A, Lofters AK, Lu H, Baxter NN, Guilcher S, Kopp A, Vahabi M, Datta GD

BMC cancer2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12885-024-12804-7 PMID: 39243029

Surviving the Storm: The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Screening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Vahabi M, Shahil-Feroz A, Lofters A, Wong JP, Prakash V, Pimple S, Anand K, Mishra G

Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland)2023First author

DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11233079 PMID: 38063647

Cancer Screening Disparities Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Lofters AK, Wu F, Frymire E, Kiran T, Vahabi M, Green ME, Glazier RH

JAMA network open2023

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.43796 PMID: 37983033

Bridging the Health Gap: A Patient-Oriented Initiative to Address Health Inequities Among Racialized Communities in Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Clarke, Camille; Vahabi, Mandana

Keywords: Capacity Building And Mentorship; Culturally Relevant Methodologies; Equity-Focused Engagement; Intersectional Analysis

$50,000

Compounding Disadvantage: Impact of COVID-19 among Immigrants living with Cancers and with Mental Health & Addictions Disorders in Ontario

Nominated PICIHR2021Op. Gr: Emer. COVID Res. Gaps/Prior- Dif. Impacts on Hist. Excl/Underserved Pops

Principal investigators: Vahabi, Mandana; Rayner, Jennifer; Lofters, Aisha K; Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing

Keywords: Cancer; Covid-19; Health Equity; Healthcare Utilization; Hospitalization; Immigrants And Refugees; Mental Health And Addiction Disorders

$426,640

Spaces Beyond Imagination: Therapeutic virtual reality co-creation for community empowerment through architecture

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Zhang, Linda

$250,000

PROTECH - Pandemic Rapid-response Optimization To Enhance Community-resilience and Health

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Public health response and its impact

Principal investigators: Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing; Li, Alan T; Fung, Kenneth; Vahabi, Mandana

Keywords: Social And Policy Countermeasures

Acceptance and Commitment to Empowerment (ACE) Intervention: Reducing HIV Stigma and Promoting Community Resilience Through Capacity Building

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing; dela Cruz, Aniela M; Fung, Kenneth; Hilario, Carla T; Li, Alan T; Narushima, Miya; Vahabi, Mandana

Keywords: Capacity Building; Community Resilience; Evidence-Based Interventions; Implementation Research; Knowledge Uptake; Stigma Reduction

$1,950,752

Women Empowerment-Cancer Awareness Nexus (WE-CAN): An Implementation Research of Cervical Cancer Prevention through HPV Self-Sampling and Education

Nominated PICIHR2020Team Grant: GACD Primary and Secondary Prevention of Cancer - General

Principal investigators: Vahabi, Mandana

Keywords: Cervical Cancer Screening; Community Based; Empowerment; Hpv Self-Sampling; Implementation Science,; Low Income; Mixed Methods; Rural; Sexual Health Education; Women

$1,999,955

Promoting Mental Health of Migrant Caregivers in Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: St-Amant, Oona M; Vahabi, Mandana

Keywords: Gender; Mental Health; Migrant Caregivers; Temporary Foreign Workers

$7,000

Toward developing effective cervical cancer screening programs for hard-to-reach women

Nominated PICIHR2015Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Vahabi, Mandana; Lofters, Aisha K

Keywords: Cervical Cancer Screenong; Hard To Reach Population; Hpv Self-Testing; Immigrant; Women'S Health

$10,000

Reducing HIV Vulnerabilities and Promoting Resilience Among Heterosexual Self-Identified African, Caribbean and Black Men in Ontario

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Team Grant: Boys' and Men's Health - OHTN

Principal investigators: Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing; Husbands, Winston C; Etowa, Josephine B; Luginaah, Isaac N; Omorodion, Francisca I

Keywords: African; Capacity Building; Caribbean And Black; Community Engagement And Mobilization; Gender Relations; Heterosexuality; Hiv Vulnerability; Masculinities; Resilience

Reducing HIV Vulnerabilities and Promoting Resilience Among Heterosexual Self-Identified African, Caribbean and Black Men in Ontario

Co-investigatorCIHR2014Team Grant: Boys' and Men's Health - HIV/AIDS

Principal investigators: Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing; Husbands, Winston C; Etowa, Josephine B; Luginaah, Isaac N; Omorodion, Francisca I

Keywords: African; Capacity Building; Caribbean And Black; Community Engagement And Mobilization; Gender Relations; Heterosexuality; Hiv Vulnerability; Masculinities; Resilience

$499,925

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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Mandana Vahabi

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Pathways to breaking the cycle of HIV stigma: experiences and insights of racialized immigrant communities in the Greater Toronto Area and Niagara Region, Canada.

Experiences with HPV self-sampling in India: advancing cervical cancer prevention and screening.

Acceptance and Commitment to Empowerment Intervention to Reduce HIV Stigma and Promote Community Resilience: Protocol for an Implementation Study.

Voices from the Margins: Barriers and Facilitators to HPV Self-Sampling Among Structurally Marginalized People with a Cervix in the Greater Toronto Area and Ontario.

HIV testing among heterosexual Black men in Toronto: What are the determinants?

Navigating Equitable Access to Cancer and Mental Health Services During Pandemics: Stakeholder Perspectives on COVID-19 Challenges and Community-Based Solutions for Immigrants and Refugees-Proceedings from Think Tank Sessions.

Breaking Barriers: Empowering Cervical Cancer Screening with HPV Self-Sampling for Sex Workers and Formerly Incarcerated Women in Toronto.

Lung cancer survival by immigrant status: a population-based retrospective cohort study in Ontario, Canada.

Surviving the Storm: The Impact of COVID-19 on Cervical Cancer Screening in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.

Cancer Screening Disparities Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Spaces Beyond Imagination: Therapeutic virtual reality co-creation for community empowerment through architecture

Frequent collaborators

Mandana Vahabi

Aisha Lofters

Aisha Lofters

Kimberly Devotta

Kenneth Fung

Ambreen Sayani

Peter Selby

Geoffrey Liu

Roula Kteily-Hawa

Isaac Luginaah

Souraya Sidani

Jennifer Rayner

Roula Kteily-Hawa

Annette Bailey

Jennifer Rayner

Lawson Eng

Tara Kiran

Arlinda Ruco

Karline Wilson-Mitchell

Meredith Giuliani

Jennifer Rayner

Sara Guilcher

Cliff Ledwos

Sepali Guruge

Souraya Sidani

Winston Husbands

Souraya Sidani

Stephen Hwang