My current research interests include health status, HIV prevention, and social determinants of health in ethno-racial minority and immigrant populations. I am particularly interested in doing community-based, public health, and applied epidemiology research.
Articles
HIV risk perception and distribution of HIV risk among African, Caribbean and other Black people in a Canadian city: mixed methods results from the BLACCH study. (with Greta R. Bauer, Kathy N. Speechley, Erica Lawson, and BLACCH Study Team), BMC Public Health (2013)
BACKGROUND: African, Caribbean and other Black (ACB) people are a priority group for HIV prevention...
Sexual health, risk behaviors, and substance use in heterosexual-identified women with female sex partners: 2002 US National Survey of Family Growth. (with Greta R. Bauer and Jennifer A. Jairam), Sexually Transmitted Diseases. (2010)
BACKGROUND: Despite knowledge that some people engage in same-sex sexuality without espousing a sexual minority...
Med19(Rox3) regulates Intermodule interactions in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mediator complex. (with Benjamin W. Guidi and Lawrence C. Myers), The Journal of Biological Chemistry (2007)
The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Mediator is a 25-subunit complex that facilitates both transcriptional activation and repression....
Presentations
HIV risk perception and distribution of HIV risk among African, Caribbean and other Black people: Mixed methods results from the BLACCH Study (with Greta Bauer, Kathy N. Speechley, Erica Lawson, and The BLACCH Study Team), Ontario HIV Treatment Network Research Conference 2012 (2012)
Plain Language Summary: African, Caribbean and other Black people are a priority population for HIV...
Highlighting HIV-Related Results from the Black, African and Caribbean Canadian Health (BLACCH) Study (with Mercy Nleya-Ncube), African and Caribbean Council on HIV/AIDS in Ontario (ACCHO) (2012)
Building Capacity and Recruiting for HIV Epidemiologic Studies with African, Caribbean and other Black Communities in Understudied Urban-Rural Locales: The BLACCH Study (with Greta Bauer and The BLACCH Study Team), 3rd North American Congress of Epidemiology (2011)
London reportedly has Ontario’s 3rd-highest HIV infection rate, and a small (2.2%) but growing African,...
HIV Prevention Needs of African, Caribbean and Other Black Men and Women: Findings from the BLACCH Study Interviews (with Daniel Pugh and The BLACCH Study Team), Canadian Association for HIV Research (2011)
BACKGROUND: Definitions of masculinity and femininity and gender roles impact how individuals access, interpret and...
Highlighting the Social Determinants of Health as They Pertain to Africans in London, Ontario (with The BLACCH Study Team), African Canadian Federation of London and Area Moving Forward Conference: Inclusion, Engagement and Integration (2010)
Other
Special Report: Immigration Experience and Health (with Roxanne Longman Marcellin, Julius Ehiemua, Rob Haile, Leah Meidinger, and Harina Mokanan) (2013)
Special Report: HIV/AIDS Service Needs Assessment (with Roxanne Longman Marcellin, Leah Meidinger, Rob Haile, Harina Mokanan, and Julius Ehiemua) (2012)
BLACCH Study E-Bulletin #1: Executive Summary of the Black, African and Caribbean Canadian Health (BLACCH) Study (with Greta R. Bauer and Mercy Nleya-Ncube) (2012)
Final Report from the Black, African and Caribbean Canadian Health (BLACCH) Study (with Harina Mokanan, Leah Meidinger, Daniel Pugh, Greta Bauer, Mercy Nleya-Ncube, Julius Ehiemua, and The BLACCH Study Team) (2012)
Originating in southwestern Ontario, the Black, African and Caribbean Canadian Health (BLACCH) Study began its...