Universities Without Walls: “Lessons learned from a research project involving gay and bisexual men,” hosted by Todd Coleman

Posted On: Friday, May 8th, 2015

uww_logo_webWednesday, May 13th, 2:00 – 3:00 PM EST

CLICK HERE to learn more and watch Todd’s welcome video.

Gay and bisexual men’s HIV research tends to focus on men living in and around metropolitan regions, ignoring the lives of men living across the entire province. This session will provide an example of a project involving gay and bisexual conducted in an under-researched region of Ontario, and talk about future research endeavours.

Learning Objectives

  1. To promote an understanding of why a heterogeneous approach to HIV research with gay and bisexual men, and other populations, is warranted.
  2. To describe and discuss strategies for promoting and conducting HIV research in under-research regions.
  3. To outline the benefits and challenges of conducting original research as a graduate student
  4. Using a project proposal case study, to discuss future research endeavours that would require a broader approach to gay and bisexual men’s HIV prevention.

Instructions

To prepare for this online session:

  1. Read this short article by Khobzi and Flicker.
  2. Reflect on your own experiences in research and be prepared to discuss some of the highlights and challenges you’ve faced along the way

This discussion will be held online using Instant Presenter. To ensure you’re able to participate, test your system’s compatibility. We encourage you to be an active participant, and you can learn how by watching this short video tutorial.

 

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Todd A. Coleman (PhD, BHSc) is a postdoctoral research fellow in the HIV Prevention Lab at Ryerson University, working with Dr. Trevor Hart. Todd recently completed his doctoral research at the University of Western Ontario in Population Epidemiology. His dissertation was focused on health care access and utilization in gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. Todd has worked on several research projects, including the Health in Middlesex Men Matters (HiMMM) Project, examining health care access in Middlesex County, Ontario, for gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, and the Trans PULSE Project, an Ontario-wide mixed-methods study of social exclusion and HIV in trans people across the province.