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Biography
labs, HIV clinics, and AIDS service organizations. Research conducted by Dr. Hart
and his graduate students at the HIV Prevention Lab involves three related lines of
scientific study:
1. the identification of risk factors for unprotected intercourse among adolescent
and adult populations at high risk for HIV contraction or transmission, including
gay and bisexual men
2. examining the relation between physical health and psychological outcomes
among people living with HIV
3. testing of behavioural interventions for people at high risk for HIV and people
living with HIV that promote sexual health and life expectancy and reduce HIV and
other sexual risk outcomes
Dr. Hart is a recipient of the Ontario HIV Treatment Network Career Scientist Salary
Award and holds 3 grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in gay and
bisexual men’s risks and resilience, sexual health promotion and HIV prevention.
Duncan MacLachlan
AIDS Committee of Toronto
Duncan MacLachlan, PHA for 28 years, brings more than two decades of
community development experience in the areas of health promotion,
sexuality, mental health, harm reduction and prevention.Duncan is the
Manager of Community Health Programs for the AIDS Committee of Toronto
(ACT). In this capacity, he manages ACT’s gay men’s education, outreach and
harm reduction team, as well as Positive Youth Outreach and the Toronto
arm of the provincial Women and HIV/AIDS Initiative. Duncan is a graduate of
the Addictions and Mental Health Program at the Department of Psychology,
Ryerson University, and a recipient of 2010-11 CIHR-University Without Walls
Fellowship Award. His current studies and research focus include resilience
and HIV and Aging.
Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco PhD
Ontario HIV Treatment Network
Francisco Ibáñez-Carrasco PhD, a lifelong educator, AIDS activist living with HIV
for 26 years, and writer. He has a passion for building alternative education
programs and is the driving force behind Universities Without Walls (CIHR
funded 2009-2014) a training program for emerging social science, health
promotion, and humanities HIV researchers in Canada housed at the Ontario HIV
Treatment Network and Adjunct Lecturer at the Department of Physical Therapy,
University of Toronto. Francisco works collaboratively with faculty, students
and communities to design learning environments that connect and inspire. His
current research focuses on HIV and rehabilitation, aging and mental health. His
latest essay “Rehab for the Unrepentant” appears in “Why are Faggots so Afraid
of Faggots?: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Desire to
Conform” (AK Press 2012).