With over 14 years experience in the areas of health and mental health, Zack's practice has focused on working with sexual and gender minority youth and communities, people labelled with intellectual disabilities, and people who use drugs. Committed to transformative social change, his interdisciplinary program of research explores ethics, engagement, and knowledge synthesis with respect to marginalized and underrepresented communities.Ìý
A former fellow with Universities Without Walls 3.0, a national training program for emerging HIV researchers, Zack’s work is supported by grants from CIHR, SSHRC, and the Ontario HIV Treatment Network. He is a member of several Canadian research teams including the REACH Community-Based Research Collaborative Centre in HIV/AIDS, the REACH 2.0 Leadership Team, the HIV Stigma Project, and the Sex/Gender Methods Group, a subgroup of theÌýCampbell and Cochrane Equity Methods Group.Ìý
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10/2017 – 02/2018 - Co-Investigator. Aging and Living with HIV (ALHIV): Multimorbidity Prevention and Successful Aging for People Living with HIV in Canada. CIHR Team Grant in HIV Comorbidities Prevention and Healthy Living [Letter of Intent]. Nominated Principal Investigator: C. Kendall. 25,000 CAD. [Grants].
07/2017 – 06/2022- Co-Investigator. Aboriginal HIV and AIDS Community-based Research Collaborative Centre. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Collaborative Centres of HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research. Nominated Principal Investigator: R. Masching. 1,500,000 CAD. [Grants].
07/2017 – 06/2022 - Co-Principal Investigator. REACH CBR Collaborative Centre in HIV/AIDS 2.0: Building a National CBR Centre to Have Impact at the Front Lines. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Collaborative Centres of HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research. Nominated Principal Investigator: S. B. Rourke. 1,500,000 CAD. [Grants].
07/2017 – 06/2021-Co-Investigator. LGBTQ Student Academic Development and Wellbeing: A Multi-Phase Ontario-Based Study. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Insight Grants. Nominated Principal Investigator: M. R. Woodford. 238,061 CAD. [Grants].
07/2017 – 06/2020 - Co-Investigator. Fantasy, (Trans) Identity, and Stigma: A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Functionality of Fantasy for Identity Formation in Furry, Anime, and Soccer Fandoms. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Insight Grants. Nominated Principal Investigator: S. E. Roberts. 259,685 CAD. [Grants].
04/2017 – 03/2020Ìý - Co-Investigator. Evaluation of Ontario’s Integrated Supervised Injection Service: Examining Uptake and Impacts in Different Community Settings. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Project Grant. Nominated Principal Investigator: S. B. Rourke. 646,424 CAD. [Grants].
04/2017 – 03/2020 - Co-Investigator. The Canadian HIV Stigma Index CBR Project: Examining the Social and Structural Drivers of Stigma to Shape the Actionable Solution(s) to Support People Living with HIV and their Affected Communities. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Operating Grant. HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research. Nominated Principal Investigator: F. Ibanez-Carrasco. 450,000 CAD. [Grants].
11/2014 – 10/2019 - Co-Investigator. HIV Prevention for Gay and Bisexual Men: A Multisite Cohort and Development of New HIV Prevention Interventions. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Boys’ and Men’s Health Team Grant. Nominated Principal Investigator: T. Hart. 1,500,000 CAD. [Grants].
09/2017 – 08/2019 - Co-Investigator. ACB and MSM – It’s Not an Oxymoron: A Research Project that Explores the Importance of African, Caribbean, and Black (ACB) People in Men who have Sex with Men (MSM) Blood Donation. Canadian Blood Services, MSM Research Grant Program. Nominated Principal Investigator: O. H. Dryden. 400,000 CAD. [Grants].
06/2014 – 05/2019 - Co-Investigator. CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS (REACH 2.0). Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Centres for HIV/AIDS Research. Nominated Principal Investigator: S. B. Rourke. 4,773,240 CAD. [Grants].
04/2016 – 03/2019 - Collaborator. Digging Beneath the Surface: An Intersectional Investigation of the Diversity of Trans Youth Experience. Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), Insight Grants. Nominated Principal Investigator: A. Pullen-Sansfacon. 156,575 CAD. [Grants].
04/2013 – 03/2018 - Co-Investigator. Advancing Primary Healthcare for Persons Living with HIV in Canada (LHIV). Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Team Grant, Community Based Primary Healthcare. Nominated Principal Investigator: C. Liddy. 2,498,494 CAD. [Grants].
03/2017 – 02/2018 - Co-Investigator. A Two-Eyed Seeing Approach to Wholistic Healing and Wellness for People with Drug-Use Experience. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Catalyst Grant: Indigenous Approaches to Wellness Research. Nominated Principal Investigator: A. King. 149,850 CAD. [Grants].
03/2017 – 02/2018 - Collaborator. Canadian Evidence Based Guidelines to Improve the Health of Homeless and Vulnerably Housed People. Inner City Health Associates. Nominated Principal Investigator: K. Pottie. 199,786 CAD. [Grants].
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09/2015 – 08/2017 - Nominated Principal Investigator. Trans Research Program Priority Setting: Connecting with Trans Women in Five Canadian Urban Centres. CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS (REACH 2.0). 84,021 CAD. [Grants].
07/2012 – 06/2017 - Co-Investigator. REACH CBR Collaborative Centre in HIV/AIDS: Building a National CBR Centre to Have Impact at the Front Lines. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Collaborative Centres of HIV/AIDS Community-Based Research. Nominated Principal Investigator: S. B. Rourke. 1,500,000 CAD. [Grants].
09/2015 – 03/2017 - Co-Principal Investigator. Supervised Injection Services Feasibility Study: London and Thunder Bay, Ontario. CIHR Centre for REACH in HIV/AIDS (REACH 2.0). Nominated Principal Investigator: T. Kerr. 89,150 CAD. [Grants].
02/2015 – 02/2017 - Co-Principal Investigator. Participatory Research in Ottawa: Understanding Drugs (PROUD) Phase II: Analysis of Mental Health, Harm Reduction, Healthcare, and Community Service Needs of People who Use Drugs in Ottawa. Ontario HIV Treatment Network (OHTN), Applied HIV Research Chair. Nominated Principal Investigator: C. Kendall. 75,000 CAD. [Grants].
04/2014 – 12/2015 - Co-Investigator. CIHR Social Research Centre in HIV Prevention (SRC) Experiences of Trauma and the Initiation of Injection Drug Use in Ottawa: Community-Based Research Applications of the Vidaview Life Story Board Interview Tool. Nominated Principal Investigator: C. Kendall. 17,971 CAD. [Grants].
01/2015 – 12/2015 - Co-Investigator. Establishing Longitudinal Cohort Studies of People who Use Drugs in Ontario. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Planning & Dissemination Grant. Nominated Principal Investigator: A. Bayoumi. 10,000 CAD. [Grants].
01/2015 – 12/2015 - Co-Investigator. Mobilizing Information, Preventing Infection. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Planning & Dissemination Grant. Nominated Principal Investigator: J. Gahagan. 10,000 CAD. [Grants].
07/2014 – 06/2015 - Collaborator. Surging ahead in community-based research in HIV/AIDS: Building on our collective knowledge to reduce harms and understand what we know about addiction on people at risk or living with HIV/AIDS in Atlantic Canada. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Planning and Dissemination Grants. Nominated Principal Investigator: S. Kirkland. 10,000 CAD. [Grants].
04/2014 – 03/2015- Co-Investigator. Prioritizing Community Engagement and Involvement in Understanding HIV among People Who Use Drugs in Ottawa: The PROUD Study. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Operating Grant, PA: HIV/AIDS Bridge Funding. Nominated Principal Investigator: M. Tyndall. 100,000 CAD. [Grants].
11/2013 – 10/2014 - Co-Investigator. Shifting Sands and Rising Tides: Toward an Understanding of the Sexual Health and Related Health Care Risks and Needs of Migratory Workers. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Planning Grant, HIV/AIDS (Community-Based Research). Nominated Principal Investigator: D. Bulman. 25,000 CAD. [Grants].
03/2014 – 08/2014 - Co-Investigator. HIV Prevention for Gay and Bisexual Men: A Multisite Cohort and Development of New HIV Prevention Interventions. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Boys’ and Men’s Health Team Grant Letter of Intent. Nominated Principal Investigator: T. Hart. 10,000 CAD. [Grants].
07/2013 – 06/2014 - Co-Investigator. Identifying Social and Systemic Barriers to Health and Wellbeing for Young Gender Non-Conforming Males and Transgender Boys in Canada. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Meetings Grant. Nominated Principal Investigator: L. Gillis. 25,000 CAD. [Grants].
04/2013 – 03/2014 - Co-Investigator, CBR and Research Ethics – Creating Community Products to Promote Ethical Research Practices with People who Use Injection Drugs (PWUIDs). The CIHR Social Research Centre in HIV Prevention. Research Seed Grant. Nominated Principal Investigator: P. Millson. 24,000 CAD. [Grants].
04/2012 – 03/2014 - Co-Principal Investigator, The Trans MSM Sexual Health Study. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Operating Grant, HIV/AIDS (Community-Based Research). Nominated Principal Investigator: B. Adam. 99,552 CAD. [Grants].
03/2013 – 02/2014 - Co-Investigator. Supporting and Maintaining Natural Helper Models for Needle Exchange in Atlantic Canada: Building a Pan-Atlantic Collaborative. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Planning Grant, HIV/AIDS (Community-Based Research). Nominated Principal Investigator: M. Dechman. 25,000 CAD. [Grants].
10/2012 – 09/2013 - Co-Investigator, Community Engagement and Ownership in Establishing the Ottawa Cohort Study. The CIHR Social Research Centre in HIV Prevention. Research Seed Grant. Nominated Principal Investigator: M. Tyndall. 25,000 CAD. [Grants].
07/2012 – 06/2013 - Co-Investigator. Spreading Information, Stopping Infection: Policies for Prevention of HIV/HCV in Youth in Atlantic Canada. Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Dissemination Grant, HIV/AIDS (Community-Based Research). Nominated Principal Investigator: J. Gahagan. 22,493 CAD. [Grants].
01/2006 – 12/2006 - Co-Principal Investigator. Access to Safe Shelter: FTM’s, Homelessness, and Housing. Wellesley Institute, Advanced Grant Program. Nominated Principal Investigator: Z. Marshall. 40,000 CAD. [Grants].
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Journal articles
2017 - Kendall, C. E., Shoemaker, E. S., Crowe, L., Rosenes, R., Lundrigan, P., Bibeau, C., Asghari, S., Becker, M., Rourke, S. B., Marshall, Z., & Liddy, C. Engagement of people with lived experience in primary care research: the Living with HIV (LHIV) Innovation Team Community Scholar Program. Canadian Family Physician, 63(9), 730-731.
2017 - Welch, V., Doull, M., Yoganathan, M., Jull, J., Boscoe, M., Coen, S., Marshall, Z.,ÌýÌý Pardo Pardo, J., Pederson, A., Petkovic, J., Puil, L., Quinlan, L., Shea, B., Rader, T., Runnels, V., & Tudiver, S. Reporting of sex and gender in randomized controlled trials in Canada: a cross-sectional methods study. Research Integrity and Peer Review, 2, 15.
2017- Munro, L., Marshall, Z., Bauer, G., Hammond, R., Nault, C., & Travers, R. (Dis)integrated care: Barriers to health care utilization for trans women living with HIV. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (JANAC), 28(5), 708-722.
2017 - Boucher, L., Marshall, Z., Flynn, J. V., Larose-Hebert, K., Martin, A., Boyd, R., Tyndall, M., & Kendall, C. Expanding conceptualizations of harm reduction: Results from a qualitative community-based participatory research study with people who inject drugs. Harm Reduction Journal, 14(1), 18.
2017 - Kendall, C., Boucher, L., Mark, A., Martin, A., Marshall, Z., Boyd, R., Oickle, P., Diliso, N., Pineau, D., Renaud, B., Rose, T., LeBlanc, S., Tyndall, M., Lee, O., & Bayoumi, A. A cohort study examining Emergency Department visits and hospital admissions among people who use drugs in Ottawa, Canada. Harm Reduction Journal, 14(1), 16.
2017 -Asghari, S., Minichiello, A., Maybank, A., Swab, M., Marshall, Z., Gahagan, J., Hot, A.,Ìý Schwandt, M., & Gaudry. S. HIV point-of-care testing in Canadian settings: A scoping review. Frontiers in Public Health, 5, 76.
2017 - Marshall, Z., Welch, V., Thomas, J., Brunger, F., Swab, M., Shemilt, I., & Kaposy, C. Documenting research with transgender and gender diverse people: protocol for an evidence map and thematic analysis. Systematic Reviews, 6(35).
2017 - Kaposy, C., Greenspan, N., Marshall, Z., Allison, J., Marshall, S., & Kitson, C. Clinical ethics issues in HIV care in Canada: An institutional ethnographic study. BMC Medical Ethics, 18(9).
2016 - Kaposy, C., Greenspan, N., Marshall, Z., Allison, J., Marshall, S., & Kitson, C. The ethical case for providing cost-free access to life-saving HIV medications in Canada: Implications of a qualitative study. Healthcare Management Forum, 29(6), 255-259.
2016 -Asghari, S., Maybank, A., Hurley, O., Modir, H., Farrell, A., Marshall, Z., Kendall, C., Johnston, S., Hogel, M., Rourke, S., & Liddy, C. Perspectives of people living with HIV (PLHIV) on access to healthcare: Protocol for a scoping review. JMIRÌýResearch Protocols, 5(2), e71.
2016 - Souleymanov, R., Kuzmanović, D.,ÌýMarshall, Z., Scheim, A. I., Mikiki, M., Worthington, C., & Millson, P. The ethics of community-based research with people who use drugs: Results of a scoping review. BMC Medical Ethics, 17(1), 1.
2015 -Hare, K., Dube, A., Marshall, Z., Gahagan, J., Dykeman, M., Tucker, M.A., MacDonald, J., & Harris, G. E. Troubling the boundaries: The process of overcoming methodological challenges in a multi-jurisdictional, inter-sectoral policy scoping review. Evidence & Policy.
2015 - Marshall, Z., Dechman, M., Minichiello, A., Alcock, L., & Harris, G. Peering into the literature: A systematic review of the role of people who use injection drugs in harm reduction initiatives. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 151, 1-14.
2015 -Stanley, D., Marshall, Z., Lazarus, L., LeBlanc, S., Heighton, T., Preater, B., & Tyndall, M. Harnessing the power of community-based participatory research: Examining knowledge, action, and consciousness in the PROUD Study. Social Work in Public Health, 30(3), 312-323.
2014 -Wilson, C., Marshall, Z., Flicker, S., McClelland, A., Vo, T., Nepveux, D., Proudfoot, D., Nixon, S., & Hart, T. Condoms and contradictions: Assessing sexual health knowledge in lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer youth labeled with intellectual disabilities. Critical Disability Discourse. 6.
2014 - Bryant, L., Damarin, A., & Marshall, Z. Tobacco control recommendations identified by LGBT Atlantans in a community-based participatory research project. Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action, 8(3): 269-279.
2014 -azarus, L., Shaw, A., LeBlanc, S., Martin, A., Marshall, Z., Weersink, K., Lin, D., Mandryk, K. & Tyndall, M. W. Establishing a community-based participatory research partnership among people who use drugs in Ottawa: The PROUD Cohort Study. Harm Reduction Journal, 11, 26.
2014 -Yee, J. Y., Marshall, Z., & Vo, T. Challenging neo-colonialism and essentialism: Incorporating hybridity into new conceptualizations of settlement service delivery with lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer immigrant young people. Critical Social Work 15(1).
2012 - Marshall, Z., Nixon, S., Nepveux, D., Vo, T., Wilson, C., Flicker, S., McClelland, A., & Proudfoot, D. Navigating risks and professional roles: Research with lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer people with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 7(4), 20-33.
2012 - McClelland, A., Flicker, S., Nepveux, D., Nixon, S., Vo, T., Wilson, C., Marshall, Z., Travers, R., & Proudfoot, D. Seeking safer sexual spaces: Queer and trans young people labelled with intellectual disabilities and the paradoxical risks of restriction. Journal of Homosexuality, 59(6), 808-819.
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Books
2016 - Smith, C. & Marshall, Z. (Eds). CriticalÌýApproaches to HarmÌýReduction: Conflict, Institutionalization, Depoliticization, and Direct Action.ÌýHauppauge, NY: Nova Publishing.
Book chapters
AcceptedÌýÌýÌý Scheim, A., Winters, L., Marshall, Z., Jefferies, D., & Baral, S. D. HIV among transgender women who engage in sex work. In L. Nuttbrock (Ed.), Transgender Sex Work and Society.
AcceptedÌýÌýÌý Boucher, L, Marshall, Z., Martin, A., & Kendall, C. Handling a privacy breach and participant notification: Challenges for a community-based research project with injection drug users in Canada. In S. Banks and M. Brydon-Miller (Eds.), Ethics in Participatory Research for Health and Social Well-being.
2016 - Damarin, A. K., Marshall, Z., & Bryant, L. Pragmatism, activism, and cynicism: Logics of engagement with community action to improve lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health. Research in the Sociology of Health Care, 34, 175-198.
2015 - Namaste, V., Butler Burke, N., & Marshall, Z. Critiquing the AIDS Bureaucracy: An Open Letter to the Canadian AIDS Society. In V. Namaste (Ed.), Oversight: Critical Reflections on Feminist Research and Politics. Toronto: Women’s Press.
2014 - Marshall, Z., Burnette, M., Lowton, S., Skittles, R. S., Smith, R. T. S., Tiamo, J., Udegbe, O., & Vo, T. An interview with trans and genderqueer people labelled with intellectual disabilities about art and activism. In R. Raj, & D. Irving (Eds.), Trans Activism in Canada. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press.
2014 - Scheim, A., Ware, S. M, Redman, N., Marshall, Z., & Giambrone, B. Sexual health on our own terms: The Gay, Bi, Queer Trans Men’s Working Group. In R. Raj, & D. Irving (Eds.), Trans Activism in Canada. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press.
2014 -Ìý Ware, S. M. & Marshall, Z. Trans identities, disabilities, and deafness. In L. Erickson-Schroth (Ed.) Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource Guide for the Transgender Community. New York: Oxford University Press.