Trevor Hart

Dr. Trevor A. Hart is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Toronto Metropolitan University. Dr. Trevor Hart is the Director of the HIV Prevention Lab and Director of TMU’s new HOPE Centre for Gender and Sexual Minority People: the first and only Centre in Canada dedicated to combining health research aimed at understanding disparities in sexual and gender minority health, with the identification, testing, and implementation of counselling and other practice solutions for better health outcomes.

Dr. Hart’s research in HIV prevention and care spans a wide variety of fields, including health psychology, clinical psychology, community psychology, and public health. Dr. Hart’s research is conducted at the HIV Prevention Lab and collaborating labs, HIV clinics, and AIDS service organizations. Research conducted by Dr. Hart and his graduate students at the HIV Prevention Lab involves three related lines of scientific study:

• the identification of risk factors for unprotected intercourse among adolescent and adult populations at high risk for HIV contraction or transmission
• examining the relation between physical health and psychological outcomes among people living with HIV
• testing of behavioural interventions for people at high risk for HIV and people living with HIV that:
  • a) promote sexual health and life expectancy and
  • b) reduce HIV and other sexual risk outcomes