Anaïs Montenegro, Concordia University

Research

Hiv Trans Artist Community Stbbi Black Latina Migrants

Latest funding

Trans formation: Capacity building with trans artists and trans sex workers
CIHR · 2025 · Principal investigator
$870,000
Trans Formation: Capacity building with trans sex workers with respect to HIV and STBBIs
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 2 grants and awards

Trans formation: Capacity building with trans artists and trans sex workers

Principal investigatorCIHR2025Team Grant: HIV/AIDS and STBBI CBR - Sex workers and their clients

Principal investigators: Namaste, Viviane; Montenegro, Anaïs

Keywords: Artist; Community; Hiv; Stbbi; Trans

$870,000

Trans Formation: Capacity building with trans sex workers with respect to HIV and STBBIs

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

Principal investigators: Namaste, Viviane; Montenegro, Anaïs

Keywords: Black; Hiv; Latina; Migrants; Sex Workers; Trans; Women

$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: Hiv Dear Professor Montenegro, 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]. Your research on hiv 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 "Trans formation: Capacity building with trans artists and trans sex workers" (2025), 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]