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Maureen Owino

ResearcherCentre for Urban Health SolutionsUniversity of Toronto

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Maureen Owino

Researcher

Centre for Urban Health Solutions

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.
12 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 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2024.

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Research

Implementation Science Underserved Populations Diagnostic Devices Prevention African, Carribean, Black Awareness And Uptake Community Engagement Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

Latest papers

Psychometric Evaluation of the HIV Knowledge Questionnaire-18 in a Black Canadian Population
HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care · 2026
Factors Associated with Mobile App Ordering of HIV Self-test Kits and Reporting of Results Among Black People in Canada: Analysis of Data from “I’m Ready” National HIV Self-testing Implementation Study
AIDS and Behavior · 2026
Reach and effectiveness outcomes of the “I’m Ready” HIV self-testing program in Black communities in Canada
Canadian Journal of Public Health · 2026

All 16 publications

Latest funding

Not Business as Usual: Building a Racially and Culturally Appropriate, Evidence-Informed Transformative Approach to Addressing HIV in Black Canadian Communities
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$500,000
CBR Centre for Health Equity for Black Canadians: Prevention, Testing, Treatment and Care
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$1,000,000
A Community-Based HIV/STBBI Public Health Observatory
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$982,541

All 17 grants and awards

16 publications.

Psychometric Evaluation of the HIV Knowledge Questionnaire-18 in a Black Canadian Population

Nyambi A, Alvarez E, Anderson LN, Jackson-Best F, Tharao W, Etowa EB, Baidoobonso S, Owino M, Djiadeu P, Lawson DO

HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care20261 citations

DOI: 10.2147/hiv.s607376

Factors Associated with Mobile App Ordering of HIV Self-test Kits and Reporting of Results Among Black People in Canada: Analysis of Data from “I’m Ready” National HIV Self-testing Implementation Study

Ajiboye W, Lo Hog Tian JM, Antabe R, Mbuagbaw L, Owino M, Tharao W, Soje L, Anthonyraj R, Este D, McBain K

AIDS and Behavior2026

DOI: 10.1007/s10461-026-05269-1

Reach and effectiveness outcomes of the “I’m Ready” HIV self-testing program in Black communities in Canada

Ajiboye W, Tian JLH, Tharao W, Owino M, Soje L, McBain K, Ly A, Anthonyraj R, Este D, Ndung’u M

Canadian Journal of Public Health2026

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-026-01183-0

'It's Primarily Around Their Viral Load': Public Health Decision-Making and HIV Risk Assemblages in Ontario, Canada.

Daroya E, French M, Hastings C, Krüsi A, Molldrem S, Owino M, Peck R, Wah A, McClelland A

Sociology of health & illness2026

DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.70220 PMID: 42333019

Community HERO treatment survey: US subanalysis of a global survey on the experiences of people with HIV.

Guillaume X, Barkins R, Dams M, Eland N, Owino M, Saucedo C, Lu YC, Omri A, Moussallem A, Vincent B, Callaghan L, Bogart M, Kim CJ, Dunbar MS

Current medical research and opinion2025

DOI: 10.1080/03007995.2026.2615874 PMID: 41627144

Black scholarship on HIV and health: Configuring public health for Black emancipation.

Husbands W, Massaquoi N, Owino M, Este D

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01038-0 PMID: 40227325

Racial disparities in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and uptake among white, Black, and Indigenous men in Canada: Analysis of data from the I'm Ready national HIV self-testing study.

Ajiboye W, Tharao W, Owino M, Soje L, Tian JMLH, Ly A, Piyesis MK, McLeod A, Fleury M, McBain K, Massaquoi N, Mosugu T, Swidrovich J, Tan DHS, Nelson L, Rourke SB

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-025-01009-5 PMID: 40106208

Action needed to address molecular HIV surveillance ethical concerns.

McClelland A, Brophy J, King A, Owino M, Wah A, Peck R

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2025

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-024-00961-y PMID: 39461927

Barriers and facilitators to improving the cascade of HIV care in Ontario: a mixed method study

Mbuagbaw L, Fernando S, Lee C, Owino M, Youssef C, Snow ME

BMC Health Services Research20246 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1186/s12913-023-10481-z PMID: W4390695225

A Manifesto for transformative action on HIV among Black communities in Canada.

Owino M, Dryden O, Este D, Etowa J, Husbands W, Nelson L, Ojukwu E, Peters E, Tharao W

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique2024First author

DOI: 10.17269/s41997-024-00856-y PMID: 38389034

Not Business as Usual: Building a Racially and Culturally Appropriate, Evidence-Informed Transformative Approach to Addressing HIV in Black Canadian Communities

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

Principal investigators: Massaquoi, Notisha; Tharao, Wangari E

Keywords: Black Community; Black Health Equity; Black Hiv Equity; Capacity Building; Hiv Disparities; Hiv Policy; Hiv Surveillance; Hiv/Aids; Participatory Research; Social Determinants Of Health

$500,000

CBR Centre for Health Equity for Black Canadians: Prevention, Testing, Treatment and Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI CBR - African, Caribbean and Black People

Principal investigators: Rourke, Sean B; Tharao, Wangari E; AJIBOYE, WALE T

Keywords: Addressing Health Inequities; Awareness And Uptake; Breaking Barriers; Capacity Building; Community-Centred; Hiv And Other Stbbis; Implementation Science; Knowledge Mobilization; Prevention; Underserved Populations

$1,000,000

A Community-Based HIV/STBBI Public Health Observatory

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI CBR - Racialized people and migrants

Principal investigators: Mcclelland, Alexander L; Chu, Sandra K

Keywords: Community-Based Hiv/Stbbi Research; Criminalization; Data Justice; Drug Use; Health Equity; Migrants, Immigrants, Refugees; Public Health; Public Health Surveillance; Qualitative Reearch; Sex Work

$982,541

Not Business as Usual: Building a Racially and Culturally Appropriate, Evidence-Informed Transformative Approach to Addressing HIV in Black Canadian Communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI CBR - African, Caribbean and Black People

Principal investigators: Massaquoi, Notisha; Tharao, Wangari E

Keywords: Black Community; Black Health Equity; Black Hiv Equity; Capacity Building; Hiv Disparities; Hiv Policy; Hiv Surveillance; Hiv/Aids; Participatory Research; Social Determinants Of Health

$1,000,000

Setting Directions for a Community-Based HIV & STBBI Surveillance Observatory

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

Principal investigators: Mcclelland, Alexander L; Capretti, Andre

Keywords: Community-Driven Research; Data Justice; Hiv And Aids; Informed Consent; Public Health; Public Health Ethics; Surveillance

$99,626

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

Co-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

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

Principal 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

Ayaangwaamiziwin Centre: Pragmatic Solutions for STBBIs

Principal investigatorCIHR2024TG: Biomedical Res. for HIV/AIDS and STBBI -Next-Gen. Prev. Technolo.-Large Team

Principal investigators: Rourke, Sean B; Kisikaw Piyesis, Margaret L; Owino, Maureen A; AJIBOYE, WALE T; Fleury, Mathew; Keynan, Yoav; Rueda, Zulma V; Singh, Ameeta E; Skinner, Stuart J; Spence, Cara J; Tharao, Wangari E

Keywords: Community-Centred; Culturally Appropriate Care; Diagnostic Devices; Implementation Science; Knowledge Mobilization; Point Of Care And Self-Test Medical Devices; Prevention; Technology Solutions; Test And Treat Interventions; Underserved Populations

$3,750,000

Not Business as Usual: Building a Racially and Culturally Appropriate, Evidence-Informed Transformative Approach to Addressing HIV in Black Canadian Communities

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI CBR - African, Caribbean and Black People - LOI

Principal investigators: Massaquoi, Notisha; Tharao, Wangari E

Keywords: Black Community; Black Health Equity; Black Hiv Equity; Capacity Building; Hiv Disparities; Hiv Policy; Hiv Surveillance; Hiv/Aids; Participatory Research; Social Determinants Of Health

$100,000

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

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

$440,000

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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Maureen Owino

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Psychometric Evaluation of the HIV Knowledge Questionnaire-18 in a Black Canadian Population

Factors Associated with Mobile App Ordering of HIV Self-test Kits and Reporting of Results Among Black People in Canada: Analysis of Data from “I’m Ready” National HIV Self-testing Implementation Study

Reach and effectiveness outcomes of the “I’m Ready” HIV self-testing program in Black communities in Canada

'It's Primarily Around Their Viral Load': Public Health Decision-Making and HIV Risk Assemblages in Ontario, Canada.

Community HERO treatment survey: US subanalysis of a global survey on the experiences of people with HIV.

Black scholarship on HIV and health: Configuring public health for Black emancipation.

Racial disparities in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) awareness and uptake among white, Black, and Indigenous men in Canada: Analysis of data from the I'm Ready national HIV self-testing study.

Action needed to address molecular HIV surveillance ethical concerns.

Barriers and facilitators to improving the cascade of HIV care in Ontario: a mixed method study

A Manifesto for transformative action on HIV among Black communities in Canada.

Frequent collaborators

Wangari Tharao

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Winston Husbands

Notisha Massaquoi

WALE AJIBOYE

Jason Brophy

Sean Rourke

Alexander McClelland

Leigh McClarty

Emmanuela Ojukwu

OmiSoore Dryden

Martin French

Carrie Martin

Deborah Kelly

Fatima Kakkar

Alexandra de Pokomandy

Ron Rosenes

Alan Li

Josephine Etowa

Beth Rachlis

Yvette Perreault

Alexandra King

Sean Hillier

Jaris Swidrovich

Abigail Kroch

Geoffrey Maina

OmiSoore Dryden