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David Brennan

ResearcherPhysical TherapyUniversity of Toronto

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David Brennan

Researcher

Physical Therapy

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

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.
1 publication in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 8 research grants (7 CIHR, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2023.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2011.

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Research

Hiv/Aids Sexual Health Capacity Building Data Collection Data Management Gay Men Health Care Access Hiv/Stis

Latest papers

A qualitative study of Emotion and Symptom-focused Engagement (EASE): An integrated psychotherapeutic and early palliative care intervention for patients with acute leukemia.
Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025
Challenges and mental health experiences of lesbian and bisexual women who are trying to conceive.
Health & social work · 2010

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Building a Community of Practice: Advancing Patient-Oriented 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Research and Capacity to Address Stigma
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$150,000
Amplifying 2S/LGBTQIA+ voices intergenerationally to shape community programming and community-engaged research: Exploring assets, needs, and research priorities of 2S/LGBTQIA+ youth and older adults in the City of Greater Sudbury and surrounding areas
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$25,000
Learning from mpox: Community-Based Mixed Methods Research to Support Intersectional and Stigma-Informed Approaches to Pandemic Preparedness for Gay, Bisexual, Queer, and Other Men who Have Sex with Men in Canada
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$500,000

All 29 grants and awards

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

Amplifying 2S/LGBTQIA+ voices intergenerationally to shape community programming and community-engaged research: Exploring assets, needs, and research priorities of 2S/LGBTQIA+ youth and older adults in the City of Greater Sudbury and surrounding areas

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Vo, Tin D.

Keywords: 2SLGBTQIA+; youth; older adults; sexual orientation; gender diversity; intergenerational; knowledge mobilization; inequities; inclusion and belonging; discrimination; world cafe; community-engaged research; assets and needs assessment

$25,000

Learning from mpox: Community-Based Mixed Methods Research to Support Intersectional and Stigma-Informed Approaches to Pandemic Preparedness for Gay, Bisexual, Queer, and Other Men who Have Sex with Men in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Team Grant: Mpox and zoonotic threats - Social and behavioural science

Principal investigators: Grace, Daniel; Cox, John J; Kwag, Michael; Grey, Cornel; Lachowsky, Nathan J; Tan, Darrell H

Keywords: Gay, Bisexual, Queer, And Other Men Who Have Sex With Men; Health Decision-Making; Interdisciplinary; Intersectional Stigma; Mixed Methods Research; Mpox; Pandemic Preparedness; Public Health; Social And Behavioural Health Science; Social And Sexual Behaviour

$500,000

Social and policy determinants of self harm across gender identities in Canada

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Chum, Antony

Keywords: transgender; self harm; gender identity; gender; society; human rights

$44,380

It's All about the Data: Advancing Knowledge in Data Collection, Management and Accessibility among HIV Researchers in Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: O'Brien, Kelly K; Becker, Marissa; Benoit, Anita C; Brennan, David; Guta, Adrian; Ibanez-Carrasco, Francisco; Lima, Viviane D; Perez-Brumer, Amaya G; Strike, Carol J; Tough, Riley H

Keywords: Capacity Building; Data Collection; Data Management; Hiv/Aids

$20,000

Digitalization, financialization, and consolidation in the Canadian agri-food sector

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Magnan, André J.R.

Keywords: digitalization; financialization; agriculture; political economy

$108,902

Identifying Strengths, Resiliencies, and Supports to Empower Gay, Bisexual, and other Men who Have Sex with Men Living with or at Risk of HIV in their Choice about Initiating Methamphetamine Use

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant - HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General

Principal investigators: Shuper, Paul A; Lisk, Ryan C

Keywords: Gay, Bisexual, And Other Men Who Have Sex With Men (Gbmsm); Hiv; Mental Health; Methamphetamine; Resilience; Substance Use

$449,774

Interdisciplinary LGBTQ/2S HEALTH Hub: Healing through Education and Awareness in stigma reduction and Lifecourse Training in Health

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Tr. Gr: HRTP - Stigma Reduction and Mental Wellness for LGBTQ2 Populations

Principal investigators: Grace, Daniel; Gahagan, Jacqueline C; Gilbert, Mark P; Kia, Hannah; Lachowsky, Nathan J; McCready, Lance T

Keywords: 2slgbtq+; Asynchronous And Synchronous Learning; Community-Based Interventions; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, And Accessibility; Interdisciplinary Training; Intersectionality; Lifecourse; Mentorship; Online Platform; Stigma Reduction

$1,787,019

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Engage-COVID-19: A mixed methods study of biomedical, behavioural, and psychosocial aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement stream 1

Principal investigators: Grace, Daniel; Jollimore, Jody; Cox, John J; Hart, Trevor A; Lachowsky, Nathan J; Lambert, Gilles; Moore, David M

Keywords: Access To Services; Cohort Study; Covid-19; Health Promotion And Disease Prevention; Hiv And Sexually Transmitted Infections; Integrated Knowledge Translation; Men Who Have Sex With Men; Mixed Methods; Physical Distancing; Social Determinants Of Health

$50,000

Engage-COVID-19: A mixed methods study of biomedical, behavioural, and psychosocial aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Social Policy and Public Health Responses

Principal investigators: Grace, Daniel; Jollimore, Jody; Cox, John J; Hart, Trevor A; Lachowsky, Nathan J; Lambert, Gilles; Moore, David M

$581,276

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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David Brennan

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

A qualitative study of Emotion and Symptom-focused Engagement (EASE): An integrated psychotherapeutic and early palliative care intervention for patients with acute leukemia.

Challenges and mental health experiences of lesbian and bisexual women who are trying to conceive.

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

Amplifying 2S/LGBTQIA+ voices intergenerationally to shape community programming and community-engaged research: Exploring assets, needs, and research priorities of 2S/LGBTQIA+ youth and older adults in the City of Greater Sudbury and surrounding areas

Learning from mpox: Community-Based Mixed Methods Research to Support Intersectional and Stigma-Informed Approaches to Pandemic Preparedness for Gay, Bisexual, Queer, and Other Men who Have Sex with Men in Canada

Social and policy determinants of self harm across gender identities in Canada

It's All about the Data: Advancing Knowledge in Data Collection, Management and Accessibility among HIV Researchers in Canada

Digitalization, financialization, and consolidation in the Canadian agri-food sector

Identifying Strengths, Resiliencies, and Supports to Empower Gay, Bisexual, and other Men who Have Sex with Men Living with or at Risk of HIV in their Choice about Initiating Methamphetamine Use

Interdisciplinary LGBTQ/2S HEALTH Hub: Healing through Education and Awareness in stigma reduction and Lifecourse Training in Health

COVID-19 Variant Supplement - Engage-COVID-19: A mixed methods study of biomedical, behavioural, and psychosocial aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Canada

Engage-COVID-19: A mixed methods study of biomedical, behavioural, and psychosocial aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Canada

Frequent collaborators

Gary Rodin

Camilla Zimmermann

Christina Yager

Breffni Hannon

Rinat Nissim

Christina Yager