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Lori Ross

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ProfessorDivision of Social and Behavioural Health SciencesUniversity of Toronto

Lori Ross

Professor

Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences

Dalla Lana School of Public Health

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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No publications on record.
Principal investigator on 11 research grants (6 SSHRC, 5 CIHR), most recently in 2024.
Supervised 4 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Education

PhD
BSc, Biology and Psychology

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Research

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Mental health and wellbeing Health and community services Sexual identity, sexual attraction and sexual behaviour

Latest funding

Through Our Lens: Photovoice Reflections on Mental Health, Resilience and Belonging among Queer South Asian Postgraduate Students in Canada
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$120,000
w-VOICE: Women's Voices of Islamophobia in Care Encounters
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$25,000
What does it mean to meaningfully engage 2SLGBTQ+ communities in health research? A community dialogue about power, pitfalls, and possibilities
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
$8,000

All 21 grants and awards

Through Our Lens: Photovoice Reflections on Mental Health, Resilience and Belonging among Queer South Asian Postgraduate Students in Canada

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

Principal investigators: Desai, Palak

Keywords: Gender And Sexuality; Health Equity; Mental Health; Participatory Methods; Qualitative Research; Scoping Review; South Asian Health; Youth

$120,000

w-VOICE: Women's Voices of Islamophobia in Care Encounters

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Ross, Lori E.

Keywords: Islamophobia; gender; health care access; mental health; qualitative research; community-based research

$25,000

What does it mean to meaningfully engage 2SLGBTQ+ communities in health research? A community dialogue about power, pitfalls, and possibilities

Co-investigatorCIHR2023CIHR Café Scientifique Program - Institute of Gender and Health

Principal investigators: Grace, Daniel; Kwag, Michael

Keywords: 2slgbtq+ Health; Community Engagement; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Accessibility, And Anti-Racism; Health Equity; Intersectionality; Knowledge Translation; Panel Discussion; Participatory Research; Patient And Community Engagement; Stigma Reduction

$8,000

Addressing the gaps in graduate student mental health: Creation and dissemination of a handbook to support and empower graduate students with psychiatric disabilities

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Ross, Lori E.

Keywords: mental health; graduate education; critical disability studies; knowledge mobilization; handbook

$66,109

Mapping the Gaps in Graduate Student/Faculty Mental Health Praxis in Ontario

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ross, Lori

Keywords: mental health; graduate education; critical disability studies; qualitative research

$38,294

Mapping the Gaps in Graduate Student/Faculty Mental Health Praxis in Ontario

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ross, Lori

Keywords: mental health; graduate education; critical disability studies; qualitative research

$36,694

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

Mental Health Needs of LGBTQ2S Youth and Young Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Gr: COVID-19 MH/SU - Developing Innovative Adaptations of Services/Delivery

Principal investigators: Chaiton, Michael O; Yager, Christina M; Abramovich, Alex

Keywords: Inequities; Lgbtq2s; Mental Health; Substance Use

$199,000

Economic Inequalities and Associated Health Impacts Among LGBTQ2S+ People in Canada

SupervisorCIHR2018CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Shokoohi, Mostafa

Keywords: Inequality And Inequity; Intersectionality; Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Two-Spirit, And Queer; Population-Based Data; Poverty; Secondary Data Analysis; Sexual And Gender Minorities; Social Determinants Of Health

$135,000

Inclusion or illusion: a qualitative, participatory study of the experiences of peer researchers

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ross, Lori E.

Keywords: participatory research; peer research; qualitative research; inclusion; LGBT studies; immigration; mental health; drug use; community participation

$184,369

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Profile data last refreshed on September 25, 2026 from the university directory, publication records and CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding.

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