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Gordon Arbess

ResearcherInfectious DiseasesUniversity of Toronto

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Gordon Arbess

Researcher

Infectious Diseases

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.
14 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 CIHR), most recently in 2018.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2023.

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Research

Aging Antiretroviral Therapy Biomarkers Comorbidity Determinants Of Health Geriatrics Hiv Microbiome

Latest papers

'Beyond the Prescription': An Arts-Based Study of Older Adults Living With HIV and Their Primary Care Experiences in Ontario.
Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026
Awareness, acceptance, and impact of undetectable equals untransmittable (U = U) among people living with HIV across Canada.
AIDS care · 2026
SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection among people with and without HIV in Ontario, Canada
AIDS · 2026

All 18 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 · Co-investigator
$975,376
Black People's Health Matters: Community engagement to implement evidence-based HIV prevention practices in Black communities in Canada
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000
Development and implementation of peer-facilitated decision-making and referral support to increase uptake and adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in African Caribbean and Black communities in Ontario
CIHR · 2023 · Supervisor
$180,000

All 11 grants and awards

18 publications.

'Beyond the Prescription': An Arts-Based Study of Older Adults Living With HIV and Their Primary Care Experiences in Ontario.

Kokorelias KM, Posa S, Valentine D, Dove E, Sheppard C, Arbess G, Eaton AD, Sirisegaram L

Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2026

DOI: 10.1111/hex.70610 PMID: 41873780

Awareness, acceptance, and impact of undetectable equals untransmittable (U = U) among people living with HIV across Canada.

Tran A, Watson JR, Lo Hog Tian JM, McBain K, Miller AD, Boni AR, Cioppa L, Murphy M, Norris D, Samson K, Wahpoosewyan D, Demchuk J, Pearl CML, Restall G, Star J, Tharao W, Betts A, Gahagan J, Aman J, Lauscher D, Wong JP, Richman B, Davis R, Bertozzi B, Hui C, Grace D, Arbess G, Rourke SB

AIDS care2026

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2025.2562238 PMID: 41025545

SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection among people with and without HIV in Ontario, Canada

Freitas C, Cooper CL, Kroch AE, Buchan SA, Moineddin R, Arbess G, Benoit AC, Chambers C, Habanyama M, Kendall CE

AIDS2026

DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000004351

Knowledge of Cannabinoid Content Among People Living with HIV Who Use Cannabis: a Daily Diary Study.

Coelho SG, Rueda S, Costiniuk CT, Jenabian MA, Margolese S, Mandarino E, Shuper PA, Hendershot CS, Cunningham JA, Arbess G, Singer J, Wardell JD

International journal of behavioral medicine2025

DOI: 10.1007/s12529-023-10221-x PMID: 37794278

The moderating effect of healthcare empowerment on the relationship between stigma and self-rated health in people living with HIV in Canada.

Lo Hog Tian JM, Watson JR, Tran A, Maunder RG, Parsons JA, Turan B, Johnson MO, Boni AR, Miller AD, Wahpoosewyan D, Norris D, Da Silva G, Samson K, Cioppa L, Ukoli P, Betts A, Odhiambo AJ, Pearl C, Arbess G, Star J, Demchuk J, McBain K, Rourke SB

HIV medicine2025

DOI: 10.1111/hiv.70108 PMID: 40954443

COVID-19 vaccine uptake in a retrospective population-based cohort of people living with and without HIV in Ontario, Canada

Freitas C, Cooper CL, Kroch AE, Moineddin R, Arbess G, Benoit AC, Buchan SA, Chambers C, Habanyama M, Kendall CE

Vaccine20255 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2025.127422

Non-AIDS-defining comorbidities impact health related quality of life among older adults living with HIV.

Zhabokritsky A, Klein M, Loutfy M, Guaraldi G, Andany N, Guillemi S, Falutz J, Arbess G, Tan DHS, Walmsley S

Frontiers in medicine2024

DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1380731 PMID: 38690177

Coronavirus disease 2019 outcomes in a population-based cohort of people with HIV and a matched cohort of people without HIV during Omicron variant waves

Chambers C, Cooper CL, Kroch AE, Buchan SA, Kendall CE, Kwong JC, Moideddin R, Nguyen L, Arbess G, Benoit AC

AIDS20242 citations

DOI: 10.1097/qad.0000000000003922

Increasing Treatment Rates for Hepatitis C in Primary Care.

Stewart A, Craig-Neil A, Hodwitz K, Wang R, Cheng D, Arbess G, Jeon C, Juando-Prats C, Kiran T

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM2023

DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2022.220427r1 PMID: 37468214

A pharmacist-led interprofessional learning experience for family practice medical residents specializing in HIV care.

Naccarato M, Yoong D, Gough K, Tseng A, Arbess G

Canadian medical education journal2023Senior author

DOI: 10.36834/cmej.75940 PMID: 38045086

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

Co-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

Black People's Health Matters: Community engagement to implement evidence-based HIV prevention practices in Black communities in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research - General Key Pop. - LOI

Principal investigators: Rourke, Sean B; Brown O'Sullivan, Lounanjio; Gebremikael, Liben M; Owino, Maureen A; Tharao, Wangari E; AJIBOYE, WALE T; Nelson, LaRon E

Keywords: African, Carribean, Black; Awareness And Uptake; Community Engagement; Implementation Science; Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis; Prevention; Racial Inequities; Underserved Populations

$100,000

Development and implementation of peer-facilitated decision-making and referral support to increase uptake and adherence to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in African Caribbean and Black communities in Ontario

SupervisorCIHR2023CIHR REDI Early Career Transition Award - HIV/AIDS and STBBI

Principal investigators: AJIBOYE, WALE T

Keywords: African Caribbean And Black Communities; Hiv Prevention; Intervention Study; Peer-Facilitated Decision-Making And Referral Support; Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (Prep)

$180,000

Burden of COVID-19 among people living with HIV in Ontario

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Project Grant

Principal investigators: Burchell, Ann N; Cooper, Curtis L; Kroch, Abigail; Langlois, Marc-Andre

Keywords: Burden Of Disease; Covid-19; Data Linkage; Epidemiology; Health Service; Hiv/Aids; Immunity; Prospective Cohort; Seroepidemiologic Studies; Seroprevalence

$768,825

Correlates of Healthy Aging in Geriatric HIV: CHANGE HIV STUDY

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Team Grant - HIV/AIDS Comorbidities Prevention and Healthy Living

Principal investigators: Walmsley, Sharon L; Rosenes, Ron; Taylor, Darien; Arbess, Gordon; Bowdish, Dawn M; Falutz, Julian; Guaraldi, Giovanni; Guillemi, Silvia A; Klein, Marina B; Loutfy, Mona R; O'Brien, Kelly K; Rachlis, Beth S; Rochon, Paula A; Tan, Darrell H; Wyndham-West, Catherine M

Keywords: Aging; Antiretroviral Therapy; Biomarkers; Comorbidity; Determinants Of Health; Geriatrics; Hiv; Microbiome; Sexually Transmitted And Blood Borne Infections

$2,487,249

Filling a Critical Gap in HIV Knowledge and Care for HAND

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Team Grant: HIV/AIDS Comorbidities Prevention and Healthy Living - LOI

Principal investigators: Rourke, Sean B; Gill, Michael J; Carvalhal, Adriana; Kovacs, Colin; O'Brien, Kelly K

Keywords: Cognitive Activation; Cognitive Screening Instruments; Comorbidities; Hiv-Associated Neurocognitive Disorders; Hiv/Aids; Mindfulness; Neurocognitive Impairment; Physical Exercise

$25,000

CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Centres for HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C and other STBBIs Research

Principal investigators: Rourke, Sean B; Bacon, Jean; Jones, Jennifer E; Mcgee, Frank; Monteith, Kenneth M; Panessa, Ciro; Plourde, Pierre; Tharao, Wangari E; Visser, Florentius; Wong, Thomas; Adam, Barry D; Becker, Marissa; Gahagan, Jacqueline C; Garber, Gary E; Gill, Michael J; Husbands, Winston C; Ibanez-Carrasco, Francisco; Jackson, Lois A; Kirkland, Susan A; Krentz, Hartmut; Mignone, Javier J; Otis, Joanne; Worthington, Catherine A

Keywords: Evaluation; Hiv/Aids; Interdisciplinary Network; Knoweldge Transfer And Exchange; Population Health; Program Science; Social Determinants Of Health

$4,773,240

Advancing Primary Healthcare for persons living with HIV in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2013Team Grant: Community-Based Primary Healthcare - HIV Comorbidity Research

Principal investigators: Liddy, Clare E; Caetano, Patricia A; Mcgee, Frank; Asghari, Shabnam; Becker, Marissa; Kaposy, Christopher P; Rourke, Sean B

Keywords: Access To Care; Chronic Disease Management; Cohort Study; Complex Chronic Conditions; Electronic Health Tools; Hiv; Integrated Care; Primary Care; Primary Healthcare; Self-Management Support

$2,498,494

CIHR Centre for Neuro-AIDS Research

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Team Grant - HIV/AIDS and comorbidities - LOI

Principal investigators: Rourke, Sean B; Bendayan, Reina; Gill, Michael J; Letendre, Scott; Rachlis, Anita R

Keywords: Antiretroviral Treatment; Biomarkers; Cognitive Rehabilitation; Hiv/Aids; Neurocognitive Disorders; Screening

$10,000

Creating Responsive Community-Based Primary Healthcare Models for HIV in Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2011Planning Grants - PA: Community-based Primary Healthcare

Principal investigators: Kendall, Claire; Rourke, Sean B; Tyndall, Mark W

Keywords: Chronic Disease Management; Community-Based Primary Health Care; Health Services Research; Hiv/Aids; Quality Of Care

$24,940

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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Gordon Arbess

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Latest papers

Latest funding

'Beyond the Prescription': An Arts-Based Study of Older Adults Living With HIV and Their Primary Care Experiences in Ontario.

Awareness, acceptance, and impact of undetectable equals untransmittable (U&#x2009;=&#x2009;U) among people living with HIV across Canada.

SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection among people with and without HIV in Ontario, Canada

Knowledge of Cannabinoid Content Among People Living with HIV Who Use Cannabis: a Daily Diary Study.

The moderating effect of healthcare empowerment on the relationship between stigma and self-rated health in people living with HIV in Canada.

COVID-19 vaccine uptake in a retrospective population-based cohort of people living with and without HIV in Ontario, Canada

Non-AIDS-defining comorbidities impact health related quality of life among older adults living with HIV.

Coronavirus disease 2019 outcomes in a population-based cohort of people with HIV and a matched cohort of people without HIV during Omicron variant waves

Increasing Treatment Rates for Hepatitis C in Primary Care.

A pharmacist-led interprofessional learning experience for family practice medical residents specializing in HIV care.

Frequent collaborators

Sergio Rueda

Sharon Walmsley

Catharine Chambers

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Rahim Moineddin

Mona Loutfy

Hasina Samji

Shari Margolese

Mohammad-Ali Jenabian

Hasina Samji

Nisha Andany

Mohammad-Ali Jenabian

Mohammad-Ali Jenabian

Marina Klein

Ron Rosenes

Adriana Carvalhal

Luxey Sirisegaram

Christine Sheppard

Darren Lauscher

Clara Juando-Prats

Daniel Grace

Ashley Lacombe-Duncan

Jacqueline Gahagan

Yasmeen Persad

Angela Underhill

Alice Tseng

Paul Shuper

Gayle Restall

Darien Taylor

Wangari Tharao

Aslam Anis

Wangari Tharao

Tara Kiran

Jacqueline Gahagan

Awareness, acceptance, and impact of undetectable equals untransmittable (U = U) among people living with HIV across Canada.