Project Lead & PhD Candidate

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Joshun Dulai is a PhD candidate in Social and Behavioural Health Sciences at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. They are a queer South Asian person who grew up on the unceded territories of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh nations (Vancouver). Joshun has over a decade of experience working in the area of 2SLGBTQIA+ health, BIPOC health, sexual health (STBBI prevention), and mental health.

Co-Investigator

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Dr. Daniel Grace is an Associate Professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto and the Canada Research Chair in Sexual and Gender Minority Health. He is an internationally recognized medical sociologist who leads a mixed methods program of community-engaged research to advance the social, mental, physical, and sexual health of 2SLGBTQ+ communities.

Co-Investigator

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Dr. Amaya Perez Brumer is an Assistant Professor in the Social and Behavioural Health Sciences Division of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Her research focuses on critical global health, justice in HIV interventions, gender and sexual minorities, and science and technology studies.

Co-Investigator

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Dr. Ananya Tina Banerjee is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupation Health, McGill University. Her research focuses on South Asian Health equity, community-based participatory research, mixed-methods research, and Critical Race Theory and Intersectionality.

Co-Investigator

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Dr. Darrell Tan is an infectious diseases physician and Clinician-Scientist at St. Michael’s Hospital. He is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy. His research programme is focused on optimizing strategies for effective HIV prevention and addressing the overlapping epidemics of HIV and other STIs.

Research Assistant (2023-2024)

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Laila Vahed is an undergraduate student at the University of Toronto, studying History, Sexual Diversity Studies, and Diaspora and Transnational Studies. She is a Research Assistant for Joshun Dulai’s PhD project. She was initially connected to the project through her position in the University of Toronto's Queer and Trans Research Lab.

Research Assistant (2024)

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Ari Para is 2nd year Phd student in Eduation at York University. They are a Queer and Trans second generation Eelam Tamil (Sri-Lankan Tamil) Canadian. Ari has worked in EDI and non-profit work for over a decade, focusing on QTBIPOC representation. Their dissertation research focuses on QTBIPOC Disabled students and their experiences in post-secondary education, using community-based research to improve the accessibility of higher education.