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Ashley Lacombe-Duncan

ResearcherMedicineUniversity of Toronto

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Ashley Lacombe-Duncan

Researcher

Medicine

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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16 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Principal investigator on 6 research grants (6 CIHR), most recently in 2026.

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Research

Community-Based Research Knowledge Mobilization Healthcare Model Hiv/Aids Gender-Affirming Care Cultural Humility Curriculum Development Feminist Intersectionality

Latest papers

Transgender and gender diverse persons' sexually transmitted infection testing: a mixed methods study to understand primary care providers' training gaps and desires to promote sexual health equity.
BMC health services research · 2026 · first author
Development of the W-PREV Model: Integrating HIV/STBBI Prevention and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Using an Intersectional Women-Centered Approach.
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care · 2026
Assessing Availability of HIV/Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infection Prevention and Care Services for Trans Women and Gender Diverse People in Ontario, Canada: An Environmental Scan of Clinic Websites.
The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC · 2026

All 50 publications

Latest funding

From Knowledge to Action: Mobilizing the Women-Centred HIV Care Clinic Implementation Package (W-CIP) in Ontario and Quebec using RE-AIM
CIHR · 2026 · Principal investigator
$975,376
ON-TRACK: Ontario Network for Trials, Research, and Advancement in Capacity-Building for HIV/STBBIs
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$800,000
Increasing Capacity and Improving HIV/STBBI Care for Middle Eastern and North African Sexual and Gender Minority Youth and Youth Living with HIV: Innovative Community-Based Approaches
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,000,000

All 19 grants and awards

50 publications.

Transgender and gender diverse persons' sexually transmitted infection testing: a mixed methods study to understand primary care providers' training gaps and desires to promote sexual health equity.

Lacombe-Duncan A, Mehta S, Kattari SK, O'Brien RP, Kluger H, Blaszczak J

BMC health services research2026First author

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-026-14892-6 PMID: 42288793

Development of the W-PREV Model: Integrating HIV/STBBI Prevention and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Using an Intersectional Women-Centered Approach.

Gibson K, Ly A, Kennedy VL, Underhill A, Smith S, Bear E, Spence C, Tharao W, Bannerman M, Mahdi A, Inaganti A, Soud R, Lacombe-Duncan A, Loutfy M

Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care2026

DOI: 10.1177/23259582261447168 PMID: 42101167

Assessing Availability of HIV/Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infection Prevention and Care Services for Trans Women and Gender Diverse People in Ontario, Canada: An Environmental Scan of Clinic Websites.

Inaganti A, Underhill A, Lacombe-Duncan A, Soud R, Loutfy M

The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC2026

DOI: 10.1097/jnc.0000000000000609 PMID: 41566536

Prostate-specific antigen screening among transgender women in clinical care: A retrospective chart review study.

Lacombe-Duncan A, Ortiz GC, Underhill A, Brundage M, Saucier A, Goodhew J, Nguyen Q, Loutfy M

Urologic oncology2025First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2025.07.017 PMID: 40816962

"It's a Big Ordeal": A Mixed Methods Study of the Experiences of non-HIV STI Testing Among Trans and Gender Diverse People.

Lacombe-Duncan A, Kattari SK, Emrick R, Alexander F, Kluger H, Kattari L, Niedzwiecki A, Scheim AI, Misiolek BA

International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health2025First author

DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2025.2536252 PMID: 40822237

Disclosure, comfort, and negative experiences with HIV care providers among transgender women living with HIV in Canada: Findings from a prospective cohort study of women living with HIV in Canada.

Kleiner B, Logie CH, Tellier PP, Chawla S, Lacombe-Duncan A, Persad Y, Skerritt L, Burchell AN, Loutfy M, Kaida A, de Pokomandy A, CHIWOS Research Team

Women's health (London, England)2025

DOI: 10.1177/17455057251406944 PMID: 41408838

Operationalizing the Women-Centred HIV Care Model for trans women and persons with transfeminine experience living with and affected by HIV: A qualitative study.

Iyer H, Underhill A, Persad Y, Lacombe-Duncan A, Kennedy VL, Nation K, Kia H, Logie CH, Kaida A, MacKinnon K, Armstrong I, Bilbao-Joseph C, Tharao W, Loutfy M

International journal of transgender health2025

DOI: 10.1080/26895269.2024.2323508 PMID: 41180914

Protocol of a drug-drug interaction study between bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide and feminizing hormones in trans women living with HIV.

Lacombe-Duncan A, Tseng A, Scarsi KK, Senneker T, Kluger H, Persad Y, Underhill A, Kennedy VL, Armstrong I, Fung R, Bourns A, Nguyen Q, Hranilovic S, Weisdorf T, Chan L, Kia H, Halpenny R, Iyer H, Jeyarajah N, Kovchazov G, Tharao W, Loutfy M

British journal of clinical pharmacology2024First author

DOI: 10.1111/bcp.16162 PMID: 38992893

Community partnership to optimize engagement in research: Reflections on the trans women HIV research initiative.

Underhill A, Persad Y, Lacombe-Duncan A, Armstrong I, Kia H, Logie CH, Tharao W, Halpenny R, Loutfy M

British journal of clinical pharmacology2024

DOI: 10.1111/bcp.16038 PMID: 38469905

Peer-based interventions to support transgender and gender diverse people's health and healthcare access: A scoping review.

Lacombe-Duncan A, Hughson L, Kay ES, Duncan S, Willbrandt C

International journal of transgender health2024First author

DOI: 10.1080/26895269.2023.2232353 PMID: 39055627

From Knowledge to Action: Mobilizing the Women-Centred HIV Care Clinic Implementation Package (W-CIP) in Ontario and Quebec using RE-AIM

Principal investigatorCIHR2026Project Grant

Principal investigators: Loutfy, Mona R; Boucoiran, Isabelle; Lacombe-Duncan, Ashley; tshinkenke, noemi; Ulusow, Asha M

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Hiv; Implementation Science; Women'S Health

$975,376

ON-TRACK: Ontario Network for Trials, Research, and Advancement in Capacity-Building for HIV/STBBIs

Co-investigatorCIHR2025HIV/AIDS & STBBI Clinical Trials Research Network - Phase 2

Principal investigators: Mbuagbaw, Lawrence C; Ulusow, Asha M; Benoit, Anita C; Brophy, Jason C; Cooper, Curtis L; Habanyama, Muluba; Ibanez-Carrasco, Francisco; Jackson, Randy; Logie, Carmen; Loutfy, Mona R; Massaquoi, Notisha

Keywords: Capacity Building; Community; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Mentoring

$800,000

Increasing Capacity and Improving HIV/STBBI Care for Middle Eastern and North African Sexual and Gender Minority Youth and Youth Living with HIV: Innovative Community-Based Approaches

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research - Youths

Principal investigators: Kteily-Hawa, Roula N; Anand, Praney; Gunduz, Asya; Bayoumi, Ahmed M; Costiniuk, Cecilia T; Flicker, Sarah; Hart, Trevor A; Jenabian, Mohammad-Ali; Loutfy, Mona R

Keywords: Community Based Research Engaging Youth

$1,000,000

A National Interdisciplinary Community-Based Network Working to Enhance Intersectional and Gender-Affirming HIV/STBBI Prevention and Care Among Transgender and Gender Diverse People in Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI CBR - Transgender and non-binary people

Principal investigators: Loutfy, Mona R; Davis, Chelsea D; Gunduz, Asya; Lacombe-Duncan, Ashley; Underhill, Angela A

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Gender-Affirming Care; Hiv/Stbbi Prevention And Care; Impact Research; Knowledge Mobilization; Trans And Gender Diverse People

$1,000,000

The Women-Centred HIV Care Hub: Mobilizing and Scaling-up the Women-Centred HIV Care Model across Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Other: NWHRI: Coalition - Hubs - Supplement

Principal investigators: Loutfy, Mona R; Bertozzi, Breklyn E; Community Health Centre, Women's Health in Women's Hands; Murray, Melanie C; Nicholson, Valerie; Olaniyan, Folasade Olaniyan E; Ongoiba, Fanta; Persad, Yasmeen; Tharao, Wangari E; Côté, Hélène; Kennedy, V Logan; King, Elizabeth M; Lacombe-Duncan, Ashley; MacKenzie, Lauren J; Massaquoi, Notisha; Sasakamoose, JoLee; Underhill, Angela A; Wudel, Beverly

Keywords: Cultural Humility; Curriculum Development; Feminist Intersectionality; Healthcare Model; Hiv/Aids; Integrated Care; Interdisciplinary; Knowledge Mobilization; Sexual And Reproductive Health; Women

$11,000

The British Columbia CARMA-CHIWOS Collaboration (BCC3): Reaching Further

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Gr.:Embracing Diversity-HIV/AIDS and STBBI Co-infections and Co-morbidities

Principal investigators: Côté, Hélène; Murray, Melanie C; Tognazzini, Shelly W; King, Elizabeth M; Loutfy, Mona R

Keywords: Gender Diverse; Hiv; Hormones; Inflammation; Nonbinary; Sexually Transmitted And Blood Borne Infections; Social Determinants Of Health; Transgender; Women'S Health

$2,000,000

The British Columbia CARMA-CHIWOS Collaboration (BCC3): Reaching Further

Co-investigatorCIHR2024T. Gr.: Embracing Diversity -HIV/AIDS/STBBI-Co-infections and Co-morbidities-LOI

Principal investigators: Côté, Hélène; Murray, Melanie C; Tognazzini, Shelly W; King, Elizabeth M; Loutfy, Mona R

Keywords: Gender Diverse; Hiv; Hormones; Inflammation; Sexually Transmitted And Blood Borne Infections; Social Determinants Of Health; Trans Women; Women'S Health

$20,000

Building a National Network to Enhance Intersectional and Gender-affirming HIV/STBBI Prevention and Care Among Transgender and Gender Diverse People in Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI CBR - Transgender and non-binary people - LOI

Principal investigators: Loutfy, Mona R; Gunduz, Asya; Lacombe-Duncan, Ashley; Underhill, Angela A

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Gender-Affirming Care; Hiv Prevention; Hiv/Stbbi Care; Intersectionality; Stbbi Prevention; Transgender (Trans)

$99,998

The Women-Centred HIV Care Hub: Mobilizing and Scaling-up the Women-Centred HIV Care Model across Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2023National Women's Health Res. Init.:Pan-Can. Women's Health Coa. - Hubs

$440,000

Vaccine Outreach Integrating Community Engagement & Science (VOICES): Addressing COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy and Promoting Uptake among Racialized Sexual and Gender Minority Populations

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Op. Grant: Emerging COVID-19 Research Gaps & Priorities - Confidence in science

Principal investigators: Newman, Peter A; Dubey, Vinita; Massaquoi, Notisha

Keywords: Covid-19 Vaccines; Discrete Choice Analysis; Gender-Based Analysis; Integrated Knowledge Translation & Exchange; Lgbt+ People; Medical Mistrust; Mixed Methods; Public Understanding Of Ccience; Racialized Communities; Vaccine Hesitancy

$374,314

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Transgender and gender diverse persons' sexually transmitted infection testing: a mixed methods study to understand primary care providers' training gaps and desires to promote sexual health equity.

Development of the W-PREV Model: Integrating HIV/STBBI Prevention and Women's Sexual and Reproductive Healthcare Using an Intersectional Women-Centered Approach.

Assessing Availability of HIV/Sexually Transmitted and Blood-Borne Infection Prevention and Care Services for Trans Women and Gender Diverse People in Ontario, Canada: An Environmental Scan of Clinic Websites.

Prostate-specific antigen screening among transgender women in clinical care: A retrospective chart review study.

"It's a Big Ordeal": A Mixed Methods Study of the Experiences of non-HIV STI Testing Among Trans and Gender Diverse People.

Disclosure, comfort, and negative experiences with HIV care providers among transgender women living with HIV in Canada: Findings from a prospective cohort study of women living with HIV in Canada.

Operationalizing the Women-Centred HIV Care Model for trans women and persons with transfeminine experience living with and affected by HIV: A qualitative study.

Protocol of a drug-drug interaction study between bictegravir/emtricitabine/tenofovir alafenamide and feminizing hormones in trans women living with HIV.

Community partnership to optimize engagement in research: Reflections on the trans women HIV research initiative.

Peer-based interventions to support transgender and gender diverse people's health and healthcare access: A scoping review.

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Alexandra de Pokomandy

Wangari Tharao

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Alice Tseng

Ann Burchell

Eyal Cohen

Charu Kaushic

Neora Pick

Carmen Logie

Saara Greene

Kate Salters

Esme Fuller-Thomson

Curtis Cooper

Jacqueline Gahagan

Trevor Hart

Lori Brotto

Breklyn Bertozzi

Valerie Nicholson

Viviane Lima

Carrie Martin

Renee Masching

Carrie Martin

Jonathan Angel

Jason Brophy

Ann Burchell

Sharon Walmsley

Renee Masching

Molly Bannerman

Renee Masching

Jonathan Angel

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Marina Klein

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