University of Toronto

                                                                        

Peter A. Newman was awarded a Canada Research Chair in Health and Social Justice in 2008. He received the Early Researcher Award from the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation in 2007. Newman has published over 60 peer-reviewed articles and received over a dozen external research grants. He is a former National Institute of Mental Health Postdoctoral Fellow in HIV/AIDS Research at University of California at Los Angeles and a National Institute on Drug Abuse Pre-doctoral Fellow at the University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center.

Dr. Newman’s research addresses HIV and global health, with a focus on social and structural challenges of biomedical HIV prevention. He has an active research program in Canada, India, South Africa and Thailand in collaboration with women of color, men who have sex with men, male and female sex workers, and injecting drug users. Newman’s work also addresses LGBTQ challenges in social work research and education.

Dr. Newman's teaching interests include research methods, HIV/AIDS, structural intervention, critical consciousness and sexuality. His practice experience includes over two decades in HIV services and ongoing research consultation and training in North America and South and Southeast Asia.


Interests:

• HIV & Global Health
• HIV Vaccines & New HIV Prevention Technologies
• Health Care Disparities
• LGBTQ Health & Human Rights
• Structural Violence
• Mixed Methods Research

 

Current Research Projects:

2011 – 2012

Principal Investigator

Canadian Institutes for Health Research

Advancing New Prevention Technologies for HIV: Rectal Microbicide Acceptability among Men who have Sex with Men and Transgender Women in Thailand

2011 – 2012

Principal Investigator

Canadian Institutes for Health Research

CIHR Team in Care and Prevention in HIV Vaccine Trials (LOI)

2010 – 2013
Principal Investigator
Canadian Institutes for Health Research
Community Engagement in HIV Vaccine Research: Advancing HIV Vaccine Trial Preparedness among Men who have Sex with Men in India

2008 – 2011
Principal Investigator
Canada Foundation for Innovation, Leaders Opportunity Fund
Mobile Computer-Assisted Survey Research Lab: Addressing Socio-behavioural Challenges of HIV Vaccine Development and Dissemination

2008 – 2011
Principal Investigator
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, International Opportunities Fund
Towards a Science of Community Engagement in International HIV Vaccine Research: An Embedded Multinational Case Study

2007 – 2011
Principal Investigator
Early Researcher Award, Ministry of Research and Innovation
HIV Vaccine Trial Preparedness: Socio-behavioural Challenges of HIV Vaccine Development

Recent Papers in Peer-Reviewed Journals:

Newman, PA, & Logie, C. (2010, in press). HIV vaccine acceptability: A systematic review and meta-analysis. AIDS.

 

Tufford, L. & Newman, PA. (2010, in press). Bracketing in qualitative research. Qualitative Social Work: Research and Practice. 

Newman, PA, Roungprakhon, S, Tepjan, S, & Yim, S. (2010). Preventive HIV vaccine acceptability and behavioral risk compensation among high-risk men who have sex with men and transgenders in Thailand. Vaccine, 28(4), 958-964. 

Newman, PA. (2010). “It’s not just about marriage; it’s about antidiscrimination”: The California Supreme Court decision and the future of same-sex marriage in the United States. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 22(1/2), 183-190. 

Woodford, M, Newman, PA, Brotman, S, & Ryan, B. (2010). Legal recognition of same-sex marriage in Canada: A professional social work mandate. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 22(1/2), 191-209.

Chakrapani, V, Newman, PA, Shunmugam, M, & Dubrow, R. (2010). Prevalence and contexts of inconsistent condom use among heterosexual men and women living with HIV in India: Implications for prevention. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 24(1), 49-58.

Sayles, J, MacPhail, C, Newman, PA, & Cunningham, W. (2009). Future HIV vaccine acceptability among young adults in South Africa. Health Education & Behavior. Epub ahead of print, June 9, 2009. doi:10.1177/1090198109335654

Chakrapani, V, Newman, PA, Shunmugam, M, Kurian, AK, Dubrow, R. (2009). Barriers to free antiretroviral treatment access for female sex workers in Chennai, India. AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 23(11), 973-980.

Newman, PA. (2009). Social and behavioral challenges of HIV vaccines: Implications for social work and social science. Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 8, 313-330.

Kinsler, J, Lee, SJ, Sayles, J, Diamant, A, Newman, PA ,& Cunningham, W. (2009). The impact of acculturation on HIV and Hepatitis C testing, HIV and Hepatitis C status, and access to care among an at risk Hispanic population in Los Angeles County. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 20(4), 996-1011.

Newman, PA, Chakrapani, V, Cook, C, Shunmugam, M, & Kakinami, L. Determinants of sexual risk behavior among men who have sex with men accessing public sex environments in Chennai, India. (2009). Journal of LGBT Health Research, 4(2-3), 81-87.

Newman, PA, Seiden, D, Roberts, K, & Duan, N. (2009). A small dose of HIV? HIV vaccine mental models and risk communication. Health Education & Behavior, 36(2), 321-333. 

Newman, PA, Bogo, M, & Daley, AD. (2009). Breaking the silence: Sexual orientation in social work field education. Journal of Social Work Education, 45(1), 7-27.

Williams, CC, Newman, PA, Sakamoto, I, & Massaquoi, N. (2009). HIV prevention risks for Black women in Canada. Social Science & Medicine, 68, 12-20.

Suarez, Z, Newman, PA, & Reed, BG. (2008). Critical consciousness and cross-cultural social work: A case analysis. Families in Society, 89(3), 407-417.

Daley, A, Newman, PA, & Bogo, M. (2008). Self-disclosure of sexual orientation in social work field education: Field instructor & lesbian and gay student perspectives.  Journal of the Ontario Association of Social Workers, 34(4), 1-3.

Newman, PA, Roberts, K, Wiley, D, & Masongsong, E. (2008). Anal cancer screening: Barriers and facilitators among ethnically diverse men who have sex with men. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 20(4), 328-353.

Newman, PA, Bogo, M, & Daley, A. (2008). Self-disclosure of sexual orientation in social work field education: Field instructor and lesbian and gay student perspectives. The Clinical Supervisor, 27(2), 215-237.

Newman, PA, Chakrapani, V, Cook, C, & Kakinami, L. (2008). Correlates of paid sex among men who have sex with men in Chennai, India. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 84, 434-438.

Lee, SJ, Brooks, R, Newman, PA, Seiden, D, Sangthong, R, & Duan, N. (2008). HIV vaccine acceptability among immigrant Thai residents in Los Angeles: A mixed-methods approach. AIDS Care, 20(10), 1161-1168.

Brooks, R, Lee, SJ, Newman, PA, & Liebowitz, A. (2008). Sexual risk behavior has decreased among men who have sex with men in Los Angeles but remains greater than that among heterosexual men and women. AIDS Education and Prevention, 20(4), 312-324.

Newman, PA, Williams, CC, Massaquoi, N, Brown, M, & Logie, C. (2008). HIV prevention for Black women: Structural barriers and opportunities. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 19(3), 829-841.

Newman, PA, Duan, N, Kakinami, L, & Roberts, K. (2008). What can HIV vaccine trials teach us about dissemination? Vaccine, 26(20), 2528-2536.

Kakinami, L, Newman, PA, Lee, SJ, & Duan, N. (2008). Differences in HIV vaccine acceptability between genders. AIDS Care, 20(5), 542-546.

Chakrapani, V, Newman, PA, & Shunmugam, M. (2008). Secondary HIV prevention among Kothi-identified MSM in Chennai, India. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 10(4), 313-327.

Newman, PA, Daley, A, Halpenny, R, & Loutfy, M. (2008). Community heroes or ‘high-risk’ pariahs? Reasons for declining to enroll in an HIV vaccine trial. Vaccine, 26(8), 1091-1097.

Mishna, F, Newman, PA, Daley, A, & Solomon, S. (2007). Bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth: A qualitative investigation. British Journal of Social Work, doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcm148, 1-17.

Daley, A, Solomon, S, Newman, PA, & Mishna, F. (2007). Traversing the margins: Intersectionalities in the bullying of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 19 (3/4), 9-29. Simultaneously published in J. Sears (Ed.), Homophobic Bullying, New York: Harrington Press.

Chakrapani, V, Newman, PA, Shunmugam, M, McLuckie, A, & Melwin, F. (2007). Structural violence against Kothi-identified men who have sex with men in Chennai, India: A qualitative investigation. AIDS Education and Prevention, 19(4), 346-364.

Newman, PA, Duan, N, Lee, SJ, Rudy, ET, Seiden, D, Kakinami, L, & Cunningham, WE. (2007). Willingness to participate in HIV vaccine trials among communities at risk: The impact of trial attributes. Preventive Medicine, 44(6), 554-557.

Brooks, R, Newman, PA, Duan, N, & Ortiz, D. (2007). HIV vaccine trial preparedness among Spanish-speaking Latinos in the United States. AIDS Care, 19(1), 52-58.

Newman, PA, Chakrapani, V, Row Kavi, A & Kurien, A. (2006). HIV-1 prevalence in young adults in south India. The Lancet, 368(9530), 1115. [Letter]

Newman, PA. (2006). Challenges on the ground: Conducting HIV/AIDS research with men who have sex with men in Chennai, India. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 12(1), 12-22.

Newman, PA, Duan, N, Lee, SJ, Rudy, E, Seiden, D, Kakinami, L, & Cunningham, WE. (2006). HIV vaccine acceptability among communities at risk: The impact of vaccine characteristics. Vaccine, 24(12), 2094-2101.

Newman, PA. (2006). Towards a science of community engagement. The Lancet, 367(9507), 302.

Newman, PA, Duan, N, Roberts, KJ, Seiden, D, Rudy, ET, Swendeman, D, & Popova, S. (2006). HIV vaccine trial participation among ethnic minority communities. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 41(2), 210-217.


Book Chapters:

Newman, PA. (2010). HIV prevention innovations and challenges. In C. Poindexter (Ed.), Social Services and Social Action in the HIV Pandemic: Principles, Methods, and Populations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Newman, PA. (2008). HIV and AIDS. In T. Mizrahi & L. Davis (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Work (20th edition). New York: Oxford Univ. Press and NASW Press.
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