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Winston Husbands
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Latest papers
Healthcare utilization and HIV burden among Black communities in Ontario: a matched cohort study
Canadian Journal of Public Health · 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
Empowering communities: a case study of integrated knowledge translation in the A/C study
Health Research Policy and Systems · 2026
Latest funding
- $500,000
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
- $800,000
ON-TRACK: Ontario Network for Trials, Research, and Advancement in Capacity-Building for HIV/STBBIs
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $1,000,000
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
41 publications.
Healthcare utilization and HIV burden among Black communities in Ontario: a matched cohort study
Mbuagbaw L, Rezene F, Tharao W, Husbands W, Shahin R, Nyambi A, Lawson DO, Kihembo M, Aden M, Ongolo-Zogo C
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
Empowering communities: a case study of integrated knowledge translation in the A/C study
Nyambi A, Baidoobonso S, Husbands W, Djiadeu P, Ongolo-Zogo C, Aden M, Etowa E, Tharao W, Mbuagbaw L
Black Emancipation and the Burden of Canada's HIV Epidemic among Black Communities.
Husbands W, Antabe R, James CE
Factors associated with self-rated health in Black Canadians: A cross-sectional study
Boamah SA, Antabe R, Baidoobonso S, Etowa J, Djiadeu P, Ongolo-Zogo C, Husbands W, Mbuagbaw L
HIV and related health inequities affecting Black communities in Canada: Towards transformative understanding and action.
Potvin L, Husbands W
HIV testing among heterosexual Black men in Toronto: What are the determinants?
Antabe R, Sano Y, Etowa EB, Djiometio JBN, Vahabi M, Fung KP, Wong JP, Husbands W
Uncovering HIV Vulnerabilities Beyond the Usual Layers: Practices of Masculinity and HIV Risk Among Heterosexual Black Men in London, Ontario, Canada.
Antabe R, Arku G, Lawson E, Wong J, Husbands W, Luginaah I
Black scholarship on HIV and health: Configuring public health for Black emancipation.
Husbands W, Massaquoi N, Owino M, Este D
Everyday racism experiences, healthcare access, and self-rated health: A study of Black men in Ontario, Canada.
Etowa EB, Wong JP, Antabe R, Omorodion F, Etowa J, Luginaah I, Zinaic R, James C, Husbands W
Not Business as Usual: Building a Racially and Culturally Appropriate, Evidence-Informed Transformative Approach to Addressing HIV in Black Canadian Communities
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
ON-TRACK: Ontario Network for Trials, Research, and Advancement in Capacity-Building for HIV/STBBIs
Principal investigators: Mbuagbaw, Lawrence C; Ulusow, Asha M; Benoit, Anita C; Brophy, Jason C; Cooper, Curtis L; Habanyama, Muluba; Ibanez-Carrasco, Francisco; Jackson, Randy; Logie, Carmen; Loutfy, Mona R; Massaquoi, Notisha
Keywords: Capacity Building; Community; Equity, Diversity, Inclusion; Mentoring
Not Business as Usual: Building a Racially and Culturally Appropriate, Evidence-Informed Transformative Approach to Addressing HIV in Black Canadian Communities
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
Not Business as Usual: Building a Racially and Culturally Appropriate, Evidence-Informed Transformative Approach to Addressing HIV in Black Canadian Communities
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
Monitoring Trends in the Prevalence of HIV, Associated Behavioural, Socio-Demographic and Systemic Factors, and Health Care Utilization among First and Second Generation African and Caribbean People Who Reside in Toronto and Ottawa
Principal investigators: Mbuagbaw, Lawrence C; Tharao, Wangari E; Nelson, LaRon E
Keywords: Access To Care; African, Caribbean And Black; Behavior; Hiv; Stigma And Discrimination; Use Of Care; Vulnerability
The Canadian HIV Stigma Index CBR Project
Principal investigators: Ibanez-Carrasco, Francisco; Bailey, Michael A; Jones, Jennifer E; Monteith, Kenneth M; Porch, Wendy; Adam, Barry D; Dell, Colleen A; Gagnon, Marilou; Husbands, Winston C; Kirkland, Susan A; Rourke, Sean B; Rusch, Melanie L; Worthington, Catherine A
Keywords: Community-Based Research; Mixed Methods; People Living With Hiv; Priority Populations; Resilience; Stigma
ACB Women Know Your Status HIV Prevention Project
Principal investigators: Tharao, Wangari E; Husbands, Winston C; Logie, Carmen
Keywords: African Caribbean And Black Communities; Hiv/Aids; Testing; Women
Connected Communities: A Strengths-Based Research Program for Health Equity & Health Promotion Among African/Caribbean/Black Men in Canada
Principal investigators: McCready, Lance T; Manson, Heather; Este, David C; Griffith, Derek; Mckenzie, Kwame J; Morris, David
Keywords: Chronic Illness; Community-Based Participatory Research; Ethno-Racial Populations; Gender Processes; Health Equity; Intersectionality; Intervention Adaptation And Evaluation; Men'S Health; Social Determinants
Reducing HIV Vulnerabilities and Promoting Resilience Among Heterosexual Self-Identified African, Caribbean and Black Men in Ontario
Principal investigators: Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing; Husbands, Winston C; Etowa, Josephine B; Luginaah, Isaac N; Omorodion, Francisca I
Keywords: African; Capacity Building; Caribbean And Black; Community Engagement And Mobilization; Gender Relations; Heterosexuality; Hiv Vulnerability; Masculinities; Resilience
Reducing HIV Vulnerabilities and Promoting Resilience Among Heterosexual Self-Identified African, Caribbean and Black Men in Ontario
Principal investigators: Wong, Josephine Pui-Hing; Husbands, Winston C; Etowa, Josephine B; Luginaah, Isaac N; Omorodion, Francisca I
Keywords: African; Capacity Building; Caribbean And Black; Community Engagement And Mobilization; Gender Relations; Heterosexuality; Hiv Vulnerability; Masculinities; Resilience
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Lehana Thabane and Lawrence Mbuagbaw: 124 shared papers
- Lehana Thabane and Marek Smieja: 25 shared papers
- Marek Smieja and Dominik Mertz: 23 shared papers
- Dominik Mertz and Lawrence Mbuagbaw: 17 shared papers
- Elizabeth Alvarez and Lawrence Mbuagbaw: 16 shared papers
- Isaac Luginaah and Paul Mkandawire: 15 shared papers
- Marek Smieja and Lawrence Mbuagbaw: 14 shared papers
- Rupert Kaul and Wangari Tharao: 14 shared papers
- Wangari Tharao and Winston Husbands: 13 shared papers
- Josephine Etowa and Winston Husbands: 11 shared papers
- Isaac Luginaah and Winston Husbands: 10 shared papers
- Lawrence Mbuagbaw and Winston Husbands: 9 shared papers
- Josephine Etowa and Sanni Yaya: 9 shared papers
- Lehana Thabane and Dominik Mertz: 8 shared papers
- Lawrence Mbuagbaw and Wangari Tharao: 8 shared papers
- Josephine Etowa and Isaac Luginaah: 8 shared papers
- Josephine Etowa and Paul Mkandawire: 8 shared papers
- Josephine Etowa and Charles Dabone: 8 shared papers
- Josephine Etowa and Francisca Omorodion: 8 shared papers
- Wangari Tharao and Notisha Massaquoi: 7 shared papers
- Isaac Luginaah and Francisca Omorodion: 7 shared papers
- Lawrence Mbuagbaw and Carmen Logie: 6 shared papers
- Winston Husbands and Francisca Omorodion: 6 shared papers
- Elizabeth Alvarez and Marek Smieja: 5 shared papers
- Lawrence Mbuagbaw and Maureen Owino: 5 shared papers
- Wangari Tharao and Maureen Owino: 5 shared papers
- Paul Mkandawire and Winston Husbands: 5 shared papers
- Elizabeth Alvarez and Lehana Thabane: 4 shared papers
- Elizabeth Alvarez and Beth Rachlis: 4 shared papers
- Lehana Thabane and Beth Rachlis: 4 shared papers
- Marek Smieja and Beth Rachlis: 4 shared papers
- Sheila Boamah and Isaac Luginaah: 4 shared papers
- Josephine Etowa and Bagnini Kohoun: 4 shared papers
- Notisha Massaquoi and Maureen Owino: 4 shared papers
- Maureen Owino and Winston Husbands: 4 shared papers
- Fatimah Jackson-Best and Lawrence Mbuagbaw: 3 shared papers
- Fatimah Jackson-Best and Wangari Tharao: 3 shared papers
- Lawrence Mbuagbaw and Sheila Boamah: 3 shared papers
- Lawrence Mbuagbaw and Sanni Yaya: 3 shared papers
- Rupert Kaul and Winston Husbands: 3 shared papers
- Rupert Kaul and Ted Myers: 3 shared papers
- Carmen Logie and Wangari Tharao: 3 shared papers
- Wangari Tharao and OmiSoore Dryden: 3 shared papers
- Wangari Tharao and Charles Dabone: 3 shared papers
- Wangari Tharao and Sanni Yaya: 3 shared papers
- Josephine Etowa and OmiSoore Dryden: 3 shared papers
- OmiSoore Dryden and Winston Husbands: 3 shared papers
- Bagnini Kohoun and Charles Dabone: 3 shared papers
- Fatimah Jackson-Best and OmiSoore Dryden: 2 shared papers
- Fatimah Jackson-Best and Rita Shahin: 2 shared papers
- Fatimah Jackson-Best and Winston Husbands: 2 shared papers
- Elizabeth Alvarez and Carmen Logie: 2 shared papers
- Elizabeth Alvarez and Lisa Puchalski Ritchie: 2 shared papers
- Elizabeth Alvarez and Winston Husbands: 2 shared papers
- Lehana Thabane and Lisa Puchalski Ritchie: 2 shared papers
- Lehana Thabane and Winston Husbands: 2 shared papers
- Marek Smieja and Lisa Puchalski Ritchie: 2 shared papers
- Marek Smieja and Winston Husbands: 2 shared papers
- Dominik Mertz and Winston Husbands: 2 shared papers
- Lawrence Mbuagbaw and Notisha Massaquoi: 2 shared papers
- Lawrence Mbuagbaw and Rita Shahin: 2 shared papers
- Sheila Boamah and Winston Husbands: 2 shared papers
- Carmen Logie and Winston Husbands: 2 shared papers
- Lisa Puchalski Ritchie and Winston Husbands: 2 shared papers
- Wangari Tharao and Rita Shahin: 2 shared papers
- Beth Rachlis and Winston Husbands: 2 shared papers
- Notisha Massaquoi and Winston Husbands: 2 shared papers
- Bagnini Kohoun and Winston Husbands: 2 shared papers
- Rita Shahin and Winston Husbands: 2 shared papers
- Charles Dabone and Winston Husbands: 2 shared papers
- Winston Husbands and Ted Myers: 2 shared papers
- Winston Husbands and Sanni Yaya: 2 shared papers
- Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
- Department of Health & Society
- Department of Medicine
- Clinical Public Health Division
- Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
- Nursing Sciences
- Geography and Environment
- Other
Co-authors at University of Toronto, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Wangari Tharao
Department of Health & Society
13 shared papers, latest 2026
Josephine Etowa
Nursing Sciences
11 shared papers, latest 2025
Isaac Luginaah
Geography and Environment
10 shared papers, latest 2025
Lawrence Mbuagbaw
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
9 shared papers, latest 2026
Francisca Omorodion
Faculty
6 shared papers, latest 2025
Paul Mkandawire
Faculty
5 shared papers, latest 2022
Maureen Owino
Centre for Urban Health Solutions
4 shared papers, latest 2026
Rupert Kaul
Department of Medicine
3 shared papers, latest 2020
OmiSoore Dryden
School of Nursing
3 shared papers, latest 2026
Ted Myers
Epidemiology Division
2 shared papers, latest 2018
Sanni Yaya
Violence
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Notisha Massaquoi
Department of Health & Society
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Elizabeth Alvarez
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Lehana Thabane
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Marek Smieja
Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Dominik Mertz
Department of Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Sheila Boamah
Nursing
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Carmen Logie
Department of Applied Psychology & Human Development
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Lisa Puchalski Ritchie
Cardiology
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Beth Rachlis
Clinical Public Health Division
2 shared papers, latest 2020
Fatimah Jackson-Best
Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Bagnini Kohoun
Ecole de psychologie
2 shared papers, latest 2022
Rita Shahin
Clinical Public Health Division
2 shared papers, latest 2026
Ilene Hyman
Social & Behavioural Health Sciences Division
1 shared papers, latest 2022
Jemila Hamid
Medicine, Faculty of - Médecine, Faculté de
1 shared papers, latest 2020
Emmanuela Ojukwu
MacIsaac School of Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2024
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