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Lesley Gittings

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Assistant ProfessorSchool of Health StudiesWestern University

Lesley Gittings

Assistant Professor

School of Health Studies

Faculty of Health Sciences

Western University

London, Ontario, Canada

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43 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 9 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 2 research grants (2 SSHRC), most recently in 2024.

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Latest papers

Young adolescent recommendations for advancing water, food, and sanitation security in Kenya: Qualitative insights.
Preventive medicine reports · 2026 · senior author
Confluency: Development of an Interactive Mobile Art Exhibit and Resource on Water Justice in South Africa and Canada.
Health promotion practice · 2026
Associations between extreme weather, resource insecurities and mobility with HIV risks among Ugandan refugee youth.
International health · 2026

All 43 publications

Latest funding

Wezesha Thabiti ("Empower with Resilience"): Resilience pathways to sexual and reproductive empowerment among adolescent girls and young women in climate-affected Kenyan regions
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$352,171
Resilience and Innovation for Supporting Frontline Providers (RISE): a partnership approach for frontline provider resilience and wellbeing in the African Paediatric-Adolescent HIV response
SSHRC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$99,675
Empowering Voices, Building Solutions: Addressing Intersectional Stigma in Community-Driven HIV/STBBI Research with Northern and Indigenous Youth in the Northwest Territories, Canada
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$100,000

All 14 grants and awards

43 publications.

Young adolescent recommendations for advancing water, food, and sanitation security in Kenya: Qualitative insights.

Logie CH, Hasham A, Kagunda J, Evelia H, Pellatt A, Gachoki C, Chege M, Gittings L

Preventive medicine reports2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2025.103325 PMID: 41438820

Confluency: Development of an Interactive Mobile Art Exhibit and Resource on Water Justice in South Africa and Canada.

Logie CH, Van Borek S, Gittings L, Abrams A, Carden K, Black GF, MacKenzie F, Mpofu-Mketwa TJ, Abazeed A

Health promotion practice2026

DOI: 10.1177/15248399241298792 PMID: 39560165

Associations between extreme weather, resource insecurities and mobility with HIV risks among Ugandan refugee youth.

Logie CH, Admassu Z, Okumu M, MacKenzie F, Odong Lukone S, Kisubi N, Loutet M, Kyambadde P, Gittings L, Mehta R, Narasimhan M

International health2026

DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihag082 PMID: 42592663

Disclosure, stigma, and HIV care among sex workers and men who have sex with men living with HIV in Jamaica.

Logie CH, MacKenzie F, Levermore K, Lalor P, Gittings L, Kinitz DJ, Brisson J

International journal of STD & AIDS2026

DOI: 10.1177/09564624261476362 PMID: 42576182

'We need to be supported so that we are able to also provide better care' Well-being and self-care needs among health workers providing HIV care to children and adolescents in Africa: Qualitative findings from 12 high HIV-prevalence African countries.

Citron C, Gittings L, Oberwasserlechner M, Ronan A, Hatane L

PloS one2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0335298 PMID: 42139216

An international and interdisciplinary framework for nature prescribing in healthcare: A modified Delphi study.

Struthers NA, Zecevic AA, Stanhope J, Breed MF, Gittings L, Gunz A, Wagenfeld A, Birmingham T, Kothari A, Maric F

PLOS global public health2026

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006361 PMID: 42060661

A systematic review of stress reduction interventions among graduate students.

Vasudevan V, Hanson B, Gittings L, Minda JP, Irwin JD

Journal of American college health : J of ACH2026

DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2025.2503827 PMID: 40393001

Mental health and workplace wellbeing among Frontline healthcare providers who provide HIV care to children, adolescents and their families: a mixed-methods study from twelve African countries.

Gittings L, Vafaei A, Miller MMR, Hatane L, Ronan A, Toska E, Engelsmann B, Ncube N, Logie CH, Ataullahjan A, Kothari A, Uwizeye G

AIDS care2026First author

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2025.2595271 PMID: 41420842

"There's no school that trains attitude": training and capacity-building needs of paediatric-adolescent frontline health and social providers in twelve high HIV-burden countries.

Kelly J, Hatane L, Ronan A, Asouth G, Gittings L

AIDS care2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2026.2623048 PMID: 41730780

Reframing climate disasters through the lens of a climate necropolitics of health.

Ataullahjan A, Gittings L

International health2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1093/inthealth/ihaf157 PMID: 41466520

Wezesha Thabiti ("Empower with Resilience"): Resilience pathways to sexual and reproductive empowerment among adolescent girls and young women in climate-affected Kenyan regions

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Logie, Carmen H.

$352,171

Resilience and Innovation for Supporting Frontline Providers (RISE): a partnership approach for frontline provider resilience and wellbeing in the African Paediatric-Adolescent HIV response

Principal investigatorSSHRC2024Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Gittings, Lesley

Keywords: frontline provider wellbeing; organizational development; Africa

$99,675

Empowering Voices, Building Solutions: Addressing Intersectional Stigma in Community-Driven HIV/STBBI Research with Northern and Indigenous Youth in the Northwest Territories, Canada

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI Community-Based Research General Indigenous LOI

Principal investigators: Logie, Carmen; Lys, Candice L; Monchalin, Renee J

Keywords: Arts-Based Methods; Hiv/Stbbi Prevention; Northwest Territories; Stigma; Youth

$100,000

The Face of Care: Connecting and supporting frontline social and health workers in the paediatric-adolescent HIV response through art-based knowledge translation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Gittings, Lesley

Keywords: Sub-Saharan Africa; South-South knowledge mobiliation; art-based knowledge translation; frontline paediatric-adolescent HIV worker support; dialogue; connection; knowledge for action

$102,943

Exploring Alliance Building and Knowledge Co-Creation across Water Justice Movements

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Logie, Carmen

Keywords: water justice; social movements; South Africa; equal education; women's rights; sexual rights; digital storytelling

$74,932

HIV-C4 (Cascade & Climate Change Cohort): Identifying mechanistic pathways from climate-related factors to HIV prevention and care outcomes in rural and urban Tanzania

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Logie, Carmen; Hystad, Perry W; Mmbaga, Blandina T; Yeates, Karen

Keywords: Climate Change; Hiv; Hiv Care; Hiv Prevention; Tanzania

$600,524

Identifying the Effects of the Anti-Homosexuality Act on HIV Prevention and Care Outcomes among Gay, Bisexual and other Men who have sex with Men in Uganda

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Logie, Carmen; Kyambadde, Peter; Mbuagbaw, Lawrence C

Keywords: Gay, Bisexual, Men Who Have Sex With Men; Hiv; Stigma; Uganda

$527,852

The Gendered Impacts of Climate Change: A Case Study of the 2022 Floods in Swat Valley, Pakistan

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Ataullahjan, Anushka

Keywords: gender; climate change; health; qualitative methods; participatory methods; Pakistan

$69,962

Examining Pathways from Extreme Weather Events to HIV Prevention Outcomes among Gay, Bisexual, and other Men who have sex with Men in Climate-Affected Regions in Kenya

Co-investigatorCIHR2023Project Grant

Principal investigators: Logie, Carmen; Mbuagbaw, Lawrence C; Mudany, Mildred A

Keywords: Climate Change; Hiv; Kenya; Men Who Have Sex With Men

$462,824

HIV-C4 (Cascade & Climate Change Cohort): Identifying mechanistic pathways from climate-related factors to HIV prevention and care outcomes in rural and urban Tanzania

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Project Grant - Priority Announcement: HIV/AIDS and STBBI

Principal investigators: Logie, Carmen; Mmbaga, Blandina T; Yeates, Karen

Keywords: Climate Change; Hiv; Hiv Care; Hiv Prevention; Tanzania

$100,000

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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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Gittings, 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 "Young adolescent recommendations for advancing water, food, and sanitation security in Kenya: Qualitative insights." (2026), 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 SSHRC-funded project "Resilience and Innovation for Supporting Frontline Providers (RISE): a partnership approach for frontline provider resilience and wellbeing in the African Paediatric-Adolescent HIV response" (2024), 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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Lesley Gittings

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Young adolescent recommendations for advancing water, food, and sanitation security in Kenya: Qualitative insights.

Confluency: Development of an Interactive Mobile Art Exhibit and Resource on Water Justice in South Africa and Canada.

Associations between extreme weather, resource insecurities and mobility with HIV risks among Ugandan refugee youth.

Disclosure, stigma, and HIV care among sex workers and men who have sex with men living with HIV in Jamaica.

'We need to be supported so that we are able to also provide better care' Well-being and self-care needs among health workers providing HIV care to children and adolescents in Africa: Qualitative findings from 12 high HIV-prevalence African countries.

An international and interdisciplinary framework for nature prescribing in healthcare: A modified Delphi study.

A systematic review of stress reduction interventions among graduate students.

Mental health and workplace wellbeing among Frontline healthcare providers who provide HIV care to children, adolescents and their families: a mixed-methods study from twelve African countries.

"There's no school that trains attitude": training and capacity-building needs of paediatric-adolescent frontline health and social providers in twelve high HIV-burden countries.

Reframing climate disasters through the lens of a climate necropolitics of health.

Wezesha Thabiti ("Empower with Resilience"): Resilience pathways to sexual and reproductive empowerment among adolescent girls and young women in climate-affected Kenyan regions

Resilience and Innovation for Supporting Frontline Providers (RISE): a partnership approach for frontline provider resilience and wellbeing in the African Paediatric-Adolescent HIV response

Empowering Voices, Building Solutions: Addressing Intersectional Stigma in Community-Driven HIV/STBBI Research with Northern and Indigenous Youth in the Northwest Territories, Canada

The Face of Care: Connecting and supporting frontline social and health workers in the paediatric-adolescent HIV response through art-based knowledge translation

Exploring Alliance Building and Knowledge Co-Creation across Water Justice Movements

HIV-C4 (Cascade & Climate Change Cohort): Identifying mechanistic pathways from climate-related factors to HIV prevention and care outcomes in rural and urban Tanzania

Identifying the Effects of the Anti-Homosexuality Act on HIV Prevention and Care Outcomes among Gay, Bisexual and other Men who have sex with Men in Uganda

The Gendered Impacts of Climate Change: A Case Study of the 2022 Floods in Swat Valley, Pakistan

Examining Pathways from Extreme Weather Events to HIV Prevention Outcomes among Gay, Bisexual, and other Men who have sex with Men in Climate-Affected Regions in Kenya

HIV-C4 (Cascade & Climate Change Cohort): Identifying mechanistic pathways from climate-related factors to HIV prevention and care outcomes in rural and urban Tanzania

Frequent collaborators

Lawrence Mbuagbaw

Amaya Perez-Brumer

Anita Kothari

Anushka Ataullahjan

Lina Taing

Richard Lester

Anna Gunz

Hugues Loemba

Paul Shuper

Robert Hogg

Esme Fuller-Thomson

Trevor Birmingham

Elsa-Lynn Nassar

Christine Cassidy

Amédé Gogovor

Afshin Vafaei

Isha Berry

Glorieuse Uwizeye

Carmen Logie