Lisa Lazarus, PhD, MPH

Research summary

Dr. Lisa Lazarus has been involved in community-based research since 2010, collaborating with community-led organizations in Kenya, India, and Canada. Her PhD research focused on an ethnographic study of an HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) demonstration project led by the sex worker collective Ashodaya Samithi in Mysore, India. This study built on her 10 years of collaboration with the organization.

Dr. Lazarus' research critically examined how "success" is defined in global public health interventions and highlighted the crucial role communities play in shaping and achieving success.

Keywords

• Community-based participatory research
• Community-led interventions
• Critical social sciences
• HIV prevention and treatment

Research affiliation

• Affiliate member, Institute for Global Public Health (IGPH)

Dr. Lisa Lazarus is a critical social scientist, with a focus on community-based research methodologies in the field of HIV sciences. She is particularly interested in how we further democratize community-based research partnerships across research disciplines.

She has partnered with community-based organizations led by sex workers and people who use substances in India, Kenya, and Canada, and has conducted collaborative research studies in Ukraine. Her work strives to centre community voices, with research questions driven by community priorities and social justice.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Community Health Sciences (PhD), University of Manitoba (2015-2019)

Master of Public Health (MPH), Simon Fraser University (2008-2010)

Special Bachelor of Social Work (BSW), McGill University (2004-2005)

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology (BA), McGill University (2001-2004)

Awards

2019

• Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplement
• CIHR Doctoral Research Award

2016

• Research Manitoba Doctoral Research Award (Declined)

2015

• David G. Fish Memorial Scholarship

2011

• Canadian Association for HIV Research (CAHR) Conference Scholarship for Research Within Vulnerable Populations