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Associate Professor
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Accepting graduate students:
Research interests
AIDS
STIs
Global health
HIV Prevention
Tropical Medicine
Research groupsUniversity of Nairobi Collaborative HIV/AIDS/STI Research Group
Research summaryMy research with the Univ. Manitoba in Kenya has revolved around HIV/AIDS/reproductive health issues in key and vulnerable populations: access to care and issues of treatment adherence, prevention strategies that reach hard-to-reach populations, the introduction of new technologies (eg PrEP), co-morbidities, and the interactions between various sociocultural, political and economic determinants of health. In recent years, much of my “research” has been along the lines of epidemiological and situation analyses and programme evaluations that have informed development of policy in a number of countries in Africa and Asia.
BiographyDr. Lawrence (Larry) Gelmon is a physician, epidemiologist and public health specialist who has been working globally in the HIV and AIDS field for more than thirty years. Based in Kenya since 1989 and with the University of Manitoba since 1994, Dr Gelmon led the development of the Regional AIDS Training Network (RATN) in the 1990’s and since 2001 has been the Director of the University of Manitoba’s research, service and training programs in Kenya. He is the Principal Investigator of the University Manitoba/PHDA PEPFAR-supported SWOP clinics programme for Key Populations in Nairobi (since 2005) and has been a co-investigator of a number of Univ. Manitoba/PHDA research projects. Dr. Gelmon’s research experience began with his initial eight years employment with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) developing and monitoring research projects in some fifty developing countries. More recently, Dr. Gelmon was the Technical Advisor for the DFID-funded EHPSA Project, developing and monitoring research projects in several East and South African countries and for the past three four years has acted as the Focal Point resource for epidemiology and strategic information for the UNAIDS Technical Support Mechanism. Dr. Gelmon has consulted for UN agencies, multilateral and bilateral donors, Foundations, international NGOs and a number of national governments in most countries of Eastern and Southern Africa as well as several countries in West Africa and Asia on HIV and broader public health issues: conducting situational and epidemiological analyses; planning, monitoring and evaluating programs and projects; developing policy and providing expert recommendations. In Kenya, he led the team that conducted the Kenya Modes of Transmission Study (2007-09) and more recently contributed to the drafting of the Kenya Roadmap to Prevention document, National Neonatal and Child Health Strategy and other Kenyan policy documents. He has authored or co-authored several dozen peer-reviewed publications, as well as monographs and reports for the World Bank, UNAIDS, UNFPA, the Gates Foundation and other international agencies, has made numerous presentations at national and international conferences and represented the University of Manitoba at a number of international technical advisory and consultative conferences.
Education
- Masters - No
- PhD - No
- HIV/AIDS/STIs
- Reproductive Health
- Global Public Health
Research interests
- Key and vulnerable populations
- Access to health care in developing countries
- Health policy
AIDS
STIs
Global health
HIV Prevention
Tropical Medicine
Research groupsUniversity of Nairobi Collaborative HIV/AIDS/STI Research Group
Research summaryMy research with the Univ. Manitoba in Kenya has revolved around HIV/AIDS/reproductive health issues in key and vulnerable populations: access to care and issues of treatment adherence, prevention strategies that reach hard-to-reach populations, the introduction of new technologies (eg PrEP), co-morbidities, and the interactions between various sociocultural, political and economic determinants of health. In recent years, much of my “research” has been along the lines of epidemiological and situation analyses and programme evaluations that have informed development of policy in a number of countries in Africa and Asia.
BiographyDr. Lawrence (Larry) Gelmon is a physician, epidemiologist and public health specialist who has been working globally in the HIV and AIDS field for more than thirty years. Based in Kenya since 1989 and with the University of Manitoba since 1994, Dr Gelmon led the development of the Regional AIDS Training Network (RATN) in the 1990’s and since 2001 has been the Director of the University of Manitoba’s research, service and training programs in Kenya. He is the Principal Investigator of the University Manitoba/PHDA PEPFAR-supported SWOP clinics programme for Key Populations in Nairobi (since 2005) and has been a co-investigator of a number of Univ. Manitoba/PHDA research projects. Dr. Gelmon’s research experience began with his initial eight years employment with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) developing and monitoring research projects in some fifty developing countries. More recently, Dr. Gelmon was the Technical Advisor for the DFID-funded EHPSA Project, developing and monitoring research projects in several East and South African countries and for the past three four years has acted as the Focal Point resource for epidemiology and strategic information for the UNAIDS Technical Support Mechanism. Dr. Gelmon has consulted for UN agencies, multilateral and bilateral donors, Foundations, international NGOs and a number of national governments in most countries of Eastern and Southern Africa as well as several countries in West Africa and Asia on HIV and broader public health issues: conducting situational and epidemiological analyses; planning, monitoring and evaluating programs and projects; developing policy and providing expert recommendations. In Kenya, he led the team that conducted the Kenya Modes of Transmission Study (2007-09) and more recently contributed to the drafting of the Kenya Roadmap to Prevention document, National Neonatal and Child Health Strategy and other Kenyan policy documents. He has authored or co-authored several dozen peer-reviewed publications, as well as monographs and reports for the World Bank, UNAIDS, UNFPA, the Gates Foundation and other international agencies, has made numerous presentations at national and international conferences and represented the University of Manitoba at a number of international technical advisory and consultative conferences.
Education
- Master of Public Health, Harvard University (1993)
- Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (1981)
- Doctor of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan (1972)
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Saskatchewan (1968)