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Michael Kwag

ResearcherDivision of Social and Behavioural Health SciencesUniversity of Toronto

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Michael Kwag

Researcher

Division of Social and Behavioural Health Sciences

Health Sciences

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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No publications since 2018.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2023.

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Research

Community-Based Research 2slgbtq+ Health Intersectionality Knowledge Translation Patient And Community Engagement Stigma Reduction Capacity Building Community-Based Interventions

Latest papers

Sustained Reduction in Sexual Behavior that May Pose a Risk of HIV Transmission Following Diagnosis During Early HIV Infection Among Gay Men in Vancouver, British Columbia.
AIDS and behavior · 2018

All 1 publications

Latest funding

Supporting 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Community-Based Research and Intergenerational Mentorship: A Knowledge Dissemination Symposium
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$50,000
CAMP 2.0 An Ongoing Community-based Interdisciplinary Model for Mpox pandemic Preparedness
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$350,000
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 · Principal investigator
$500,000

All 10 grants and awards

Supporting 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Community-Based Research and Intergenerational Mentorship: A Knowledge Dissemination Symposium

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Grace, Daniel; Sinno, Jad

Keywords: 2s/Lgbtq+; 2s/Lgbtq+ Health Equity; Community-Based Research; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, And Accessibility; Interdisciplinary; Intergenerational Mentorship; Intersectionality; Knowledge Dissemination Symposium; Multi-Disciplinary Training; Patient-Oriented Research

$50,000

CAMP 2.0 An Ongoing Community-based Interdisciplinary Model for Mpox pandemic Preparedness

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: Monkeypox Rapid Research Response - Extension

Principal investigators: Tan, Darrell H; Adebajo, Sylvia; Audu, Rosemary; Chan, Adrienne; DAODU, OLUWAFEMI B; Klein, Marina B; Kozak, Robert A; Kwong, Jeffrey C; McGeer, Allison J; Mishra, Sharmistha; Okpokoro, Evaezi; Olufadewa, Isaac I; Walmsley, Sharon L

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Epidemiology; Mathematical Modeling; Prospective Cohort; Vaccine Effectiveness; Veterinary Medecine; Virology

$350,000

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

Principal 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

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

Principal 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

Supporting Patient Engagement and Peer Mentorship in 2SLGBTQ+ Health Knowledge Dissemination

Principal investigatorCIHR2023Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Grace, Daniel; Kwag, Michael; Gahagan, Jacqueline C; Gilbert, Mark P; Kia, Hannah; Lachowsky, Nathan J

Keywords: 2slgbtq+ Health; Capacity Building; Community-Based Interventions; Community-Based Research; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Anti-Racism; Intersectionality; Knowledge Translation; Mentorship; Patient And Community Engagement; Stigma Reduction

$25,000

Canada-Africa Monkeypox Partnership (CAMP): Characterizing transmission dynamics and evaluating medical countermeasures to inform the clinical and public health response to Mpox

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Team Grant: Monkeypox Rapid Research Response

Keywords: Clinical Trial; Epidemiology; Mathematical Modeling; Prospective Cohort; Vaccine Effectiveness; Veterinary Medicine; Virology

$2,000,000

The Future of PrEP is Now: A mixed-methods, community-based study to inform equitable and strategic implementation of long-acting PrEP in Canada

Principal investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant - HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General

Principal investigators: Tan, Darrell H; Kwag, Michael

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Discrete Choice Experiment; Focus Groups; Hiv Prevention; Implementation Science; Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis; Sexual Minority Men

$300,001

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

Testing, Reaching the Undiagnosed and Linkages to Care: "REACHing" for Impact

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Team Grant: HIV/AIDS Biomedical and Clinical Research - Prevention - Large

Principal investigators: Rourke, Sean B; Jones, Jennifer E; Monteith, Kenneth M; Proctor-Simms, Michelle; Tharao, Wangari E; Anis, Aslam H; Gahagan, Jacqueline C; Ibanez-Carrasco, Francisco; Janjua, Naveed Z; Kelly, Deborah V; Kim, John E; King, Alexandra; Krajden, Mel; Lachowsky, Nathan J; Otis, Joanne; Pai, Nitika; Thavorn, Kednapa; Worthington, Catherine A

Keywords: Biomedical And Clinical Team Grant

$5,999,999

Bringing bacterial STIs to the agenda for comprehensive sexual health care: Community-directed interventions to facilitate testing among people living with and at risk for HIV

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Catalyst Grant: HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General Stream

Principal investigators: Burchell, Ann N; Lisk, Ryan C

Keywords: Community-Based Research; Hiv; Interventions; Men Who Have Sex With Men; Sexually-Transmitted Infections

$32,970

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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Michael Kwag

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Sustained Reduction in Sexual Behavior that May Pose a Risk of HIV Transmission Following Diagnosis During Early HIV Infection Among Gay Men in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Supporting 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Community-Based Research and Intergenerational Mentorship: A Knowledge Dissemination Symposium

CAMP 2.0 An Ongoing Community-based Interdisciplinary Model for Mpox pandemic Preparedness

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

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

Supporting Patient Engagement and Peer Mentorship in 2SLGBTQ+ Health Knowledge Dissemination

Canada-Africa Monkeypox Partnership (CAMP): Characterizing transmission dynamics and evaluating medical countermeasures to inform the clinical and public health response to Mpox

The Future of PrEP is Now: A mixed-methods, community-based study to inform equitable and strategic implementation of long-acting PrEP in Canada

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

Testing, Reaching the Undiagnosed and Linkages to Care: "REACHing" for Impact

Bringing bacterial STIs to the agenda for comprehensive sexual health care: Community-directed interventions to facilitate testing among people living with and at risk for HIV

Frequent collaborators

Gina Ogilvie

Benedikt Fischer

Malcolm Steinberg

Mark Gilbert

Daniel Coombs

David Patrick

Daniel Grace