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Ayden Scheim

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Adjunct Assistant ProfessorDepartment of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsWestern University

Ayden Scheim

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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Adjunct, part-time and visiting faculty usually co-supervise alongside a core faculty member.
4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2024.
Senior (last) author on 2 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2020.

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Research

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Transgender Health Ethnoracial Inequalities Gender Diversity Health Inqualities Health Services Research Indigenous Gender-Diverse People Non-Binary Gender Sex Work

Latest papers

Brief Report:Availability of and Interest in Gender-Affirming Care, PrEP, and HIV Prevention Services in a Global Sample of Transmasculine Persons.
Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2024
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who use drugs in three Canadian cities: a cross-sectional analysis.
Harm reduction journal · 2024
Misgendering and the health and wellbeing of nonbinary people in Canada.
International journal of transgender health · 2024 · senior author

All 11 publications

Latest funding

The Toronto Disparities, Overdose, and Treatment (T-DOT) Study: Investigating clinical outcomes among people who inject drugs during a period of rapid programmatic and policy change
CIHR · 2022 · Co-investigator
$1,560,600
Preventing Injecting and Overdose by Disrupting Injection Drug Use Transitions: The PRIMER II Study
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$761,175
Rapidly assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and response on clinical and social outcomes, service utilization, and the unregulated drug supply experienced by people who use drugs in Toronto
CIHR · 2020 · Principal investigator
$206,760

All 11 grants and awards

11 publications.

Brief Report:Availability of and Interest in Gender-Affirming Care, PrEP, and HIV Prevention Services in a Global Sample of Transmasculine Persons.

Paine EA, Appenroth M, Scheim A, Goldrich M, Giguere R, Sandfort T

Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)2024

DOI: 10.1097/qai.0000000000003512 PMID: 39792140

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who use drugs in three Canadian cities: a cross-sectional analysis.

Mitra S, Bouck Z, Larney S, Zolopa C, Høj S, Minoyan N, Upham K, Rammohan I, Mok WY, Hayashi K, Milloy MJ, DeBeck K, Scheim A, Werb D

Harm reduction journal2024

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-024-00996-x PMID: 38750575

Misgendering and the health and wellbeing of nonbinary people in Canada.

Jacobsen K, Davis CE, Burchell D, Rutherford L, Lachowsky N, Bauer G, Scheim A

International journal of transgender health2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/26895269.2023.2278064 PMID: 39465063

Service utilization patterns and characteristics among clients of integrated supervised consumption sites in Toronto, Canada.

Nassau T, Kolla G, Mason K, Hopkins S, Tookey P, McLean E, Werb D, Scheim A

Harm reduction journal2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-022-00610-y PMID: 35351160

Willingness to use drug checking within future supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a mid-sized Canadian city.

Kennedy MC, Scheim A, Rachlis B, Mitra S, Bardwell G, Rourke S, Kerr T

Drug and alcohol dependence2018

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.12.026 PMID: 29475198

Erratum to: HIV Prevention Among Transgender Populations: Knowledge Gaps and Evidence for Action.

Poteat T, Malik M, Scheim A, Elliott A

Current HIV/AIDS reports2017

DOI: 10.1007/s11904-017-0365-9 PMID: 28905274

Assessing support for supervised injection services among community stakeholders in London, Canada.

Bardwell G, Scheim A, Mitra S, Kerr T

The International journal on drug policy2017

DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2017.05.009 PMID: 28666204

HIV Prevention Among Transgender Populations: Knowledge Gaps and Evidence for Action.

Poteat T, Malik M, Scheim A, Elliott A

Current HIV/AIDS reports2017

DOI: 10.1007/s11904-017-0360-1 PMID: 28752285

Acceptability and design preferences of supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a mid-sized Canadian City.

Mitra S, Rachlis B, Scheim A, Bardwell G, Rourke SB, Kerr T

Harm reduction journal2017

DOI: 10.1186/s12954-017-0174-x PMID: 28709471

Need for robust and inclusive public health ethics review of the monitoring of HIV phylogenetic clusters for HIV prevention.

Gilbert M, Swenson L, Unger D, Scheim A, Grace D

The lancet. HIV2016

DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(16)30156-4 PMID: 27687039

The Toronto Disparities, Overdose, and Treatment (T-DOT) Study: Investigating clinical outcomes among people who inject drugs during a period of rapid programmatic and policy change

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant

Principal investigators: Werb, Daniel M

Keywords: Clinical Outcomes; Drug Decriminalization; Injectable Opioid Agonist Treatment; Overdose; People Who Inject Drugs; Safer Supply; Spatial Analysis

$1,560,600

Preventing Injecting and Overdose by Disrupting Injection Drug Use Transitions: The PRIMER II Study

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Project Grant

Principal investigators: Werb, Daniel M

Keywords: Hiv; Injection Drug Use; Injection Initiation; Injection Prevention; Medication-Assisted Treatment; Multi-Methods Study; Multi-Site Study; Observational Research; Overdose; Predictive Modelling

$761,175

Rapidly assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and response on clinical and social outcomes, service utilization, and the unregulated drug supply experienced by people who use drugs in Toronto

Principal investigatorCIHR2020Op Grant: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO - Social Policy and Public Health Responses

Principal investigators: Werb, Daniel M; Caudarella, Alexander; Bayoumi, Ahmed M; Bowles, Jeanette; Gomes, Tara; Kolla, Gillian; Scheim, Ayden

Keywords: Addiction Treatment; Clinical Severity; Mixed Methods; People Who Inject Drugs; Qualitative; Service Barriers; Street Drug Checking; Supervised Injection Services

$206,760

Trans PULSE Canada: A National Study of Transgender Health

Principal investigatorCIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Bauer, Greta R; Scheim, Ayden

Keywords: Ethnoracial Inequalities; Gender Diversity; Health Inqualities; Health Services Research; Indigenous Gender-Diverse People; Non-Binary Gender; Sex Work; Social Determinants Of Health; Social Exclusion; Transgender Health

$1,298,801

Developing a community-based study of transgender men's health and human rights in India

Nominated PICIHR2018Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Scheim, Ayden; Chakrapani, Venkatesan; Logie, Carmen; Ranade, Ketki

Keywords: Epidemiology; Global Health; Health Care Access; Health Equity; Mental Health; Transgender Health

$19,130

Transgender women removing healthcare barriers to engagement in the HIV prevention and care cascades: The development and pilot study of Transgender Education for Affirmative and Competent HIV and Healthcare (TEACHH)

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Catalyst Grant: HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General Stream

Principal investigators: Logie, Carmen; Leblanc, Gabrielle; Persad, Yasmeen

Keywords: Access To Care; Discrimination; Education; Healthcare Providers; Hiv Prevention; Stigma; Training; Transgender

$40,000

The CIHR CBR Collaborative: A Program of REACH

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Collaborative Centres of HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research - General Stream

Principal investigators: Rourke, Sean B; Jones, Jennifer E; McLeod, Albert; Mercredi, Jason; Monteith, Kenneth M; Payne, Michael J; Visser, Florentius; Yetman, Gerard F; Gartner, Kali; Kirkland, Susan A; Marshall, Zack; Oliver, Brent W; Otis, Joanne; Worthington, Catherine A

Keywords: Capacity Building; Community-Based Research; Community-Driven; Ethics; Hiv/Aids; Interdisciplinarity; Knowledge Translation And Exchange; Partnership Development; Research Project Development

$1,500,000

A community-based cohort study of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Ontario

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Operating Grant - HIV/AIDS CBR Program - General

Principal investigators: Tan, Darrell H; Lisk, Ryan C

Keywords: Access To Healthcare; African, Caribbean And Black Populations; Cisgender Women; Cohort Study; Community-Based Research; Hiv/Aids; Men Who Have Sex With Men; Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis; Transgender Women

$450,000

The Ontario Integrated Supervised Injection Services Research Program: Examining Uptake and Impacts in Different Community Settings and Models of Care

Co-investigatorCIHR2016Project Grant

Principal investigators: Rourke, Sean B; Baral, Stefan D; Garber, Gary E

Keywords: Health Service Research; Injection Drug Use; Safe Injection Facilities; Supervised Injection Services

$646,424

Planning Trans PULSE Canada: A National Survey of Transgender Health

Principal investigatorCIHR2015Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Bauer, Greta R; Hammond, Rebecca; Scheim, Ayden; Travers, Robb

Keywords: Epidemiology; Health Care Access; Health Equity; Intersectional Analysis; Population Health; Psychosocial Health; Social Determinants; Transgender Health

$9,972

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Transgender Health Dear Professor Scheim, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Brief Report:Availability of and Interest in Gender-Affirming Care, PrEP, and HIV Prevention Services in a Global Sample of Transmasculine Persons." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "Rapidly assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and response on clinical and social outcomes, service utilization, and the unregulated drug supply experienced by people who use drugs in Toronto" (2020), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]

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Ayden Scheim

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Brief Report:Availability of and Interest in Gender-Affirming Care, PrEP, and HIV Prevention Services in a Global Sample of Transmasculine Persons.

The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on people who use drugs in three Canadian cities: a cross-sectional analysis.

Misgendering and the health and wellbeing of nonbinary people in Canada.

Service utilization patterns and characteristics among clients of integrated supervised consumption sites in Toronto, Canada.

Willingness to use drug checking within future supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a mid-sized Canadian city.

Erratum to: HIV Prevention Among Transgender Populations: Knowledge Gaps and Evidence for Action.

Assessing support for supervised injection services among community stakeholders in London, Canada.

HIV Prevention Among Transgender Populations: Knowledge Gaps and Evidence for Action.

Acceptability and design preferences of supervised injection services among people who inject drugs in a mid-sized Canadian City.

Need for robust and inclusive public health ethics review of the monitoring of HIV phylogenetic clusters for HIV prevention.

The Toronto Disparities, Overdose, and Treatment (T-DOT) Study: Investigating clinical outcomes among people who inject drugs during a period of rapid programmatic and policy change

Preventing Injecting and Overdose by Disrupting Injection Drug Use Transitions: The PRIMER II Study

Rapidly assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and response on clinical and social outcomes, service utilization, and the unregulated drug supply experienced by people who use drugs in Toronto

Trans PULSE Canada: A National Study of Transgender Health

Developing a community-based study of transgender men's health and human rights in India

Transgender women removing healthcare barriers to engagement in the HIV prevention and care cascades: The development and pilot study of Transgender Education for Affirmative and Competent HIV and Healthcare (TEACHH)

The CIHR CBR Collaborative: A Program of REACH

A community-based cohort study of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in Ontario

The Ontario Integrated Supervised Injection Services Research Program: Examining Uptake and Impacts in Different Community Settings and Models of Care

Planning Trans PULSE Canada: A National Survey of Transgender Health

Frequent collaborators

Thomas Kerr

Beth Rachlis

Daniel Grace

Nathan Lachowsky

Leo Rutherford

Sean Rourke

Kora DeBeck

Shaun Hopkins

Greta Bauer

Kanna Hayashi