About us
Principal investigators
Dr. Bradley Stoner
Dr Bradley Stoner, is a physician and anthropology current director of The STI division in the CDC in the US. Dr Stoner led the project as director of the departments of public health science at Queen's University. He brings expertise in research methods, STI knowledge and clinical experience as an infectious disease doctor.
Dr. Hugh Guan
Dr Hugh Guan is the Associate Medical Officer of Health at the South East Health Unit. Dr Guan is a public health doctor, who has led the delivery of PrEP services for seven years in a regional sexual health clinic. He brings his expertise in public health research and clinical care of people living with HIV.
Co-investigators
Dr. Pilar Camargo
Dr Pilar Camargo is an associate professor in the school of Nursing at Queen's University. She is a qualitative researcher with a strong focus on social determinants and participatory approaches, addressing needs of equity deserving populations. She bring her social and qualitative lens to the team to strengthen the rigour of our work.
Dr. Nancy Dalgarno
Dr. Nancy Dalgarno is the Director of Education Scholarship with the Office of Professional Development and Educational Scholarship (OPDES), She brings to the project her experience conducting needs assessments, educational research, program evaluations, and systematic/scoping reviews in the areas of health sciences and global health.
Dr. Nicholas Cofie
Dr Nicolas Cofie is with the Office of Professional Development and Educational Scholarship at the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS). He has a multidisciplinary background with degrees in Demography/ Population Studies, Sociology, and Political Science. He brings expertise in collection of data, survey design, and analysis of qualitative and quantitative data, as well in the development of PrEP training modules for primary care providers.
Nicole Szumlanski, RN
Nicole is the program manager of the sexual health clinics at Southeast Public health.
Research associates
Beatriz Alvarado
Dr. Beatriz Alvarado is a physician with a PhD in public health. She is a adjuct assistant professor in the department of Public Health Science at Queen's University. She has lead the collection of data of the project. She brings to the project her expertise in collection of data, analysis and written reports and publications.
Oluwatoyosi Kuforiji, PhD
Dr. Oluwatoyosi Kuforiji is a Health Education Research Associate with the Office of Professional Development and Educational Scholarship in the Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) at Queen's University. She has expertise in qualitative and mixed methods research methodology with experience in conducting health education research (e.g., systematic/scoping reviews in health sciences, needs assessments and program evaluation).”
