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Nathan Lachowsky

ResearcherNursingUniversity of Victoria

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Nathan Lachowsky

Researcher

Nursing

University of Victoria

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
29 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 48 research grants (44 CIHR, 4 SSHRC), most recently in 2026.
Supervisor on 8 trainee awards (8 CIHR), most recently in 2025.

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114

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Research

community-based research HIV/AIDS Sexual Health Men Who Have Sex With Men Health Equity Mixed Methods Mental Health Sexual And Gender Minorities

Latest papers

"It was Very Clear That We Were Not the Norm": A Community-Based Qualitative Study of Experiences in the Legal System and Access to Justice Among Sexual Minority People in Western Canada.
Journal of homosexuality · 2026 · senior author
Estimating the percentage and number of people with indications for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) within two key populations, Canada, 2021.
Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2026
Canada's crackdown on poppers and trends in crystal methamphetamine use among sexual and gender diverse men: a secondary data analysis.
The International journal on drug policy · 2026

All 43 publications

Latest funding

National Study on Chronic Health, Aging, Healthcare Access, and Wholistic Wellbeing among 2S/LGBTQIA+ Older Adults in Canada
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$700,000
Addressing Chronic Health Inequities among Underserved 2S/LGBTQIA+ People through Triangulation and Mobilization of Community-Based and Federal Government Population Health Data
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$700,000
Making Community Count - Creating and Implementing a Community-Led Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and more (2S/LGBTQIA+) Health Data Governance Framework
CIHR · 2026 · Co-investigator
$700,000

All 114 grants and awards

43 publications.

"It was Very Clear That We Were Not the Norm": A Community-Based Qualitative Study of Experiences in the Legal System and Access to Justice Among Sexual Minority People in Western Canada.

Klassen B, Walker M, Wells A, Stephany K, Verma AR, Jacobsen K, Booth S, Brown V, Woligroski B, Fulcher K, Montess M, O'Brien C, Bonertz L, Grace D, Hebert W, Lachowsky N

Journal of homosexuality2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/00918369.2026.2621166 PMID: 41649945

Estimating the percentage and number of people with indications for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) within two key populations, Canada, 2021.

Yang Q, Wu HX, Lachowsky N, Cox J, Klassen B, Apelian H, Périnet S, Elliott J, Williams A, Campeau L, Curtis T, Wong M, Gatali M, Popovic N

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2026

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01170-5 PMID: 41776146

Canada's crackdown on poppers and trends in crystal methamphetamine use among sexual and gender diverse men: a secondary data analysis.

Smiley S, Schwartz C, Draenos C, Card KG, Lachowsky N, Klassen B, Elliott R, Higgins R, Baral SD, Knight R

The International journal on drug policy2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2026.105508 PMID: 42759241

Substance use disorders and related hospitalizations and mortality among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: A matched cohort study.

Aguilera-Mijares S, Wang L, Trigg J, Hogg RS, Lachowsky N, Gormezano A, Sereda P, Card K, Oviedo-Joekes E, Emerson SD, Lal A, Budu M, Hart TA, Cox J, Grace D, Tan DHS, Moore DM

Drug and alcohol dependence2026

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2026.113159 PMID: 41980572

Organ and tissue donation and transplantation in people who identify as Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and more: a Canada-wide cross-sectional community survey

Leeies M, Collister D, Ho J, Hrymak C, Christie E, Dhanani S, Fingrut W, Gahagan J, Doucette K, Lee T-H

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s12630-025-03055-6

Use of GetCheckedOnline and testing through healthcare providers among repeat users of British Columbia's digital testing service for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections: Findings from a cross-sectional survey.

Gilbert M, Ablona A, Chang HJ, Iyamu I, Sierra-Rosales R, Pedersen H, Flowers P, Lachowsky N, Grace D, Worthington C

Digital health2025

DOI: 10.1177/20552076251339016 PMID: 40321888

Impact of interventions on mpox transmission during the 2022 outbreak in Canada: a mathematical modeling study of three different cities.

Xiu F, Doyle CM, Anato JLF, Knight J, Wang L, Cox J, Grace D, Hart TA, Zhang T, Skakoon-Sparling S, Dvorakova M, Shahin R, Sachdeva H, Lachowsky N, Sbihi H, Tan DHS, Irvine MA, Mishra S, Maheu-Giroux M

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2025.107792 PMID: 39848438

Development and Validation of a Revised Multidimensional Digital Health Literacy Scale: Secondary Analysis Using Cross-Sectional Data From the 2022 GetCheckedOnline Community Survey In British Columbia, Canada.

Iyamu I, Gorun P, Chang HJ, Sierra-Rosales R, Haag D, Pedersen H, Bartlett S, Lachowsky N, McKee G, Worthington C, Grennan T, Donelle L, Grace D, Gilbert M

Journal of medical Internet research2025

DOI: 10.2196/78008 PMID: 41397246

Retraction notice to "Correlates of hazardous alcohol drinking among trans and non-binary people in Canada: A community-based cross-sectional study" [Drug Alcohol Dependence 250 (2023) 110872].

Tran GM, Lachowsky N, Urbanoski KA, Scheim AI, Bauer GR

Drug and alcohol dependence2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2025.112916 PMID: 41107152

Unsuppressed HIV viral load among people living with HIV by exposure category in British Columbia, Canada from 2005 to 2020: a population-based cohort study.

Yeong SK, Ye M, Barrios R, Hull M, Li J, Sereda P, Charoenpanon T, Lima VD, Bobrow K, Hayden A, Kling R, Wang X, Lachowsky N, Montaner J, Moore DM

BMC global and public health2025

DOI: 10.1186/s44263-025-00209-y PMID: 41068975

National Study on Chronic Health, Aging, Healthcare Access, and Wholistic Wellbeing among 2S/LGBTQIA+ Older Adults in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Op. Gr. Adv. 2S_LGBTQI+ Heal. Thr. Res. - 2S/LGBTQI+ Older Persons Health

Principal investigators: Souleymanov, Roustam; Bonertz, Lane T; Dame, Jessy M; Geoffroy, Marie; Klassen, Benjamin J; Kwag, Michael; McCrady, Keith; McLeod, Albert; Moore, Joey; Sinno, Jad; Gahagan, Jacqueline C; Giwa, Sulaimon; Kia, Hannah; Mian, Noreen; Pang, Celeste; Pino, Fritz Luther

Keywords: Access To Healthcare; Aging And Health; Care Navigation Interventions; Chronic Health And Wellbeing; Cultural Safety; Health And Social Care; Indigenous Two-Spirit And Lgbqia+; Mixed-Methods Research; Older 2slgbtqia+ Adults; Wholistic Wellbeing

$700,000

Addressing Chronic Health Inequities among Underserved 2S/LGBTQIA+ People through Triangulation and Mobilization of Community-Based and Federal Government Population Health Data

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Oper. Gra. Adv. 2S_LGBTQI+ Heal. Thr. Resea. - Metho. Measu. Second. Data Analy.

Principal investigators: Community-Based Research Centre, .; Dame, Jessy M; Geoffroy, Marie; Klassen, Benjamin J; Kwag, Michael; Lachowsky, Nathan J; Pang, Celeste; Rutherford, Leo; Sinno, Jad

Keywords: 2s/Lgbtqia+ People; Chronic Health; Community-Based Research; Northern Communities; Queer Women; Secondary Data Analysis; Trans And Gender Diverse People; Two-Spirit People

$700,000

Making Community Count - Creating and Implementing a Community-Led Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual and more (2S/LGBTQIA+) Health Data Governance Framework

Co-investigatorCIHR2026Op. Gr. Adv. 2S_LGBTQI+ Heal. Thr. Res. - Advancing 2S/LGBTQI+ Health

Principal investigators: Nickel, Nathan C; Fowler-Woods, Amanda D; Freier, Amy J; Kwag, Michael; Leeies, Murdoch A; Ratana, Paul; Shaw, Souradet Y; Veldhorst, Georgina

Keywords: 2s/Lgbtqia+; 2slgbtqi+; Community-Based Research; Data Governance Implementation; Data Sovereignty; Gender, Sex And Sexual Orientation Data; Gsso Data; Institutional Ethnography; Patient-Oriented Research; Public Health

$700,000

Medicine Bundle for Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Peoples: Expanding and Adapting an Indigenous-Led Sexual Health Testing Program from Colonial British Columbia Across Turtle Island

SupervisorCIHR2025DRA : Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program (CGRS D)

Principal investigators: Ronayne, Emma T

Keywords: 2s/Lgbtqia+; Community-Based Research; Indigenous; Mixed Methods; Stbbi; Traditional Medicines; Two-Spirit

$120,000

Is it Partner Number or Group Sex? STI Risk Among Urban Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men in Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver: A Matched Comparison Analysis

SupervisorCIHR2025Travel Awards - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Gormezano, Aki M

Keywords: Ics Travel Awards

$3,000

Supporting 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Community-Based Research and Intergenerational Mentorship: A Knowledge Dissemination Symposium

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Grace, Daniel; Sinno, Jad

Keywords: 2s/Lgbtq+; 2s/Lgbtq+ Health Equity; Community-Based Research; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, And Accessibility; Interdisciplinary; Intergenerational Mentorship; Intersectionality; Knowledge Dissemination Symposium; Multi-Disciplinary Training; Patient-Oriented Research

$50,000

Novel STI Care and Prevention for Group Sex Communities

SupervisorCIHR2025Canada Postdoctoral Research Award (CPRA) program

Principal investigators: Gormezano, Aki M

Keywords: Disease Prevention; Health Equity; Patient Care And Education; Sexual And Gender Minorities; Sexually Transmitted Infections

$140,000

Exploring a novel 2S/LGBTQIA+ Liaison Nurse role: A community-engaged mixed-methods investigation

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Slemon, Allie; Handlovsky, Ingrid E; Lachowsky, Nathan J

Keywords: 2s/Lgbtqia+; Community-Engaged Research; Focused Ethnography; Gender; Healthcare Experiences; Inequities; Intersectionality; Mixed-Methods; Nursing

$1,021,276

Exploring collective action amidst the HIV/AIDS crisis: implications for contemporary efforts to resist discrimination

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Handlovsky, Ingrid E.

$214,228

Building a Community of Practice: Advancing Patient-Oriented 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Research and Capacity to Address Stigma

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Catalyst Grant: Partnering for Impact - Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research

Principal investigators: Grace, Daniel; Dame, Jessy M; Sinno, Jad

Keywords: 2s/Lgbtq+ Health; Capacity Building And Interdisciplinary Training; Community-Based Participatory Research (Cbpr); Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, And Accessibility (Edia); Health Systems And Policy; Indigenous Health And Two-Spirit Wellbeing; Knowledge Translation And Mobilization; Patient-Oriented Research (Spor); Sex- And Gender-Based Analysis Plus (Sgba+); Stigma Reduction

$150,000

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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Nathan Lachowsky

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"It was Very Clear That We Were Not the Norm": A Community-Based Qualitative Study of Experiences in the Legal System and Access to Justice Among Sexual Minority People in Western Canada.

Estimating the percentage and number of people with indications for HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) within two key populations, Canada, 2021.

Canada's crackdown on poppers and trends in crystal methamphetamine use among sexual and gender diverse men: a secondary data analysis.

Substance use disorders and related hospitalizations and mortality among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men: A matched cohort study.

Organ and tissue donation and transplantation in people who identify as Two-Spirit, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and more: a Canada-wide cross-sectional community survey

Use of GetCheckedOnline and testing through healthcare providers among repeat users of British Columbia's digital testing service for sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections: Findings from a cross-sectional survey.

Impact of interventions on mpox transmission during the 2022 outbreak in Canada: a mathematical modeling study of three different cities.

Development and Validation of a Revised Multidimensional Digital Health Literacy Scale: Secondary Analysis Using Cross-Sectional Data From the 2022 GetCheckedOnline Community Survey In British Columbia, Canada.

Retraction notice to "Correlates of hazardous alcohol drinking among trans and non-binary people in Canada: A community-based cross-sectional study" [Drug Alcohol Dependence 250 (2023) 110872].

Unsuppressed HIV viral load among people living with HIV by exposure category in British Columbia, Canada from 2005 to 2020: a population-based cohort study.

Exploring collective action amidst the HIV/AIDS crisis: implications for contemporary efforts to resist discrimination

Frequent collaborators

Daniel Grace

Mark Hull

Shayna Skakoon-Sparling

Mark Gilbert

Julio Montaner

David Moore

Rolando Barrios

Catharine Chambers

Kiffer Card

Aki Gormezano

Rinku Sutradhar

Terry Howard

Paul Macpherson

Ramandip Grewal

Gilles Lambert

Rosane Nisenbaum

Catherine Worthington

Eric Roth

Alexandra de Pokomandy

Gina Ogilvie

Terri Zhang

Murdoch Leeies

Travis Salway

Herveen Sachdeva

Trevor Corneil

Trevor Hart

William Hébert

Tyrone Curtis

Abigail Kroch

Christos Tsoukas

Linda Larcombe

Kevin Woodward

Greta Bauer

Robert Lorway

Paula Migliardi

Jody Jollimore

Owen McEwen

Sharmistha Mishra

Ayden Scheim

Daniel Pugh