Dr. Trevor Hart with Dr. Wong (nursing) receive Ryerson's first CIHR Team Grant

Trevor Hart’s team was awarded the CIHR Team Grant for their work with the Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN) and the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CANFAR), with funding awarded through the Boys’ and Men’s Health initiative. 

Hart’s work explores a policy of “treatment as prevention” for men who have sex with men, which could have profound implications for HIV prevention worldwide. 

“Treatment as prevention” means that services seek and treat the most vulnerable HIV patients, offering antiretroviral therapy and expanding care to reduce the risk of infected individuals transmitting HIV. Hart’s team will comprise the first national collaboration of researchers, public health workers, clinicians, and community-based organization leaders working on such a study in Canada. Their results will help to develop HIV prevention interventions that are rooted in Canadian data and tailored to the Canadian HIV epidemic.