Dr. Trevor Hart, C.Psych.
Biography
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 counseling and other practice solutions for better health outcomes.
Currently, he is conducting a CIHR-funded randomized controlled trial (RCT) evaluating a new HIV prevention intervention designed to reduce HIV risk, social anxiety, and problematic substance use among gay, bisexual, queer, and other men who have sex with men (GBM). This ongoing study is called Sexual Confidence.
Dr. Hart is also a Site PI of the CIHR-funded Engage cohort study, which involves researchers in HIV prevention and community-based organizations across Canada. This project is a longitudinal study of prevalent and recent infections of HIV and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections (STBBIs) among 2,100 GBM in Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal. Recently, the Engage team received CIHR funding to conduct a new study on how biomedical treatments for bacterial sexually transmitted infections are changing the incidence of sexually transmitted infections and related sexual behaviours among GBM.
Dr. Hart received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Temple University. After graduate school, he completed a post-doctoral fellowship at Emory University School of Medicine, through which he received training at the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He then worked for four years as an Assistant Professor at York University before joining the Department of Psychology at Ryerson in 2007. He has received several awards for his advancements to research and clinical work, including membership in the College of New Scholars, Arts, and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), a Toronto Metropolitan University Social Innovation and Action Research Award, and membership in the international Sigma Xi Honor Society of scholars and scientists.
Selected Publications
Hart, T.A., Noor, S.W., Berlin, G.W., Skakoon-Sparling, S., Tavangar, F., Tan, D., Lambert, G., Grace, D., Lachowsky, N.J., Jollimore, J., Sang, J., Parlette, A., Lal, A., Apelian, H., Moore, D., & Cox, J. (2023). Pre-exposure prophylaxis and bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among gay and bisexual men. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 99, 167-172. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055381 (external link)
Blais, M., Coutu, C., Boislard, M., Hart, T. A., Walker, M., & Parent, S. (2023). Family Victimization Among Canadian Sexual and Gender Minority Adolescents and Emerging Adults. International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience.
Hart, T. A., Noor, S. W., Tavangar, F., Berlin, G. W., Skakoon–Sparling, S., Tan, D. H., Lambert, G., Grace, D., Jollimore, J., Sang, J. M., Kirschbaum, A. L., Kanji, R., Apelian, H., Cox, J., Moore, D. M., & Lachowsky, N. (2023). Crystal methamphetamine use and bacterial sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among gay, bisexual and other sexual minority men in Canada. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 242, 109718.
Skakoon–Sparling, S., Card, K. G., Novick, J. R., Berlin, G. W., Lachowsky, N. J., Adam, B., Brennan, D. J. Sang, J. M., Noor, S. W., Cox J., Moore, D. M., Grace, D., Grey, C., Daroya, E., & Hart, T. A. (2022). The relevance of communal altruism for sexual minority men in contemporary contexts. Journal of Community Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22923 (external link)
Hart. T. A., Sharvendiran, R., Chikermane, V., Kidwai, A., & Grace, D. (2021). At the intersection of homophobia and racism: Sociocultural context and the sexual health of South Asian Canadian gay and bisexual men. Stigma and Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/sah0000295 (external link)
Noor, S. W., Adam, B. D., Brennan, D. J., Moskowitz, D. A., Gardner, S., & Hart, T. A. (2017). Scenes as micro-cultures: Examining heterogeneity of HIV risk behavior among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Toronto, Canada. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 47, 309-321.
Hart, T. A., Stratton, N., Coleman, T. A., Wilson, H. A., Simpson, S. H., Julien, R. E., … & Adam, B. D. (2016). A pilot trial of a sexual health counseling intervention for HIV-positive gay and bisexual men who report anal sex without condoms. PLoS ONE, 11(4): e0152762. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0152762
O’Neill, T. J., Raboud, J. M., Tinmouth, J., Rourke, S. B., Gardner, S., Cooper, C., Rueda, S., Hart, T. A., Rachlis, A., Burchell, A. N., & the OHTN Cohort Study Team. (in press). Burden and risk factors for gastrointestinal system distress in HIV patients in the modern antiretroviral era. AIDS Care. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2016.12.10076
Smith, N. G., Hart, T. A., Moody, C., Willis, A. C., Faaborg-Andersen, M., Blais, M., & Adam, B. (2016). A cognitive-behavioral group intervention to reduce HIV risk behaviors among HIV-negative young gay and bisexual men. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 23, 398-411. doi:10.1016/j.cbpra.2015.08.006
Wilton, J., Kain, T., Fowler, S., Hart, T. A., Grennan, T., Maxwell, J., & Tan, D. H. S. (2016). Use of an HIV risk screening tool to identify optimal candidates for PrEP scale-up among men who have sex with men in Toronto, Canada: Disconnect between objective and subjective HIV risk. Journal of the International AIDS Society, 19, 20777. doi: 10.7448/IAS.19.1.20777
Wagner, A. C., McShane, K. E., Hart, T. A., & Margolese, S. (2016). A focus group qualitative study of HIV stigma in the Canadian healthcare system. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 21, 61-71. doi: 10.3138/cjhs.251-A6
Roberts, K. E., Hart, T. A., & Eastwood, J. D. (2016). Factor structure and validity of the State-Trait Inventory for Cognitive and Somatic Anxiety. Psychological Assessment, 28, 134-146. doi: 10.1037/pas0000155
Hart, T. A., Willis, A. C., Simpson, S. H., Julien, R. E., Hoe, D., Leahy, B., … Adam, B. D. (2015). Gay Poz Sex: A sexual health promotion intervention for HIV-positive gay and bisexual men. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2015.11.002
Hart, T. A., Rotondi, N. K., Souleymanov, R., & Brennan, D. (2015). Psychometric properties of the Social Appearance Anxiety Scale among Canadian gay and bisexual men of color. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 2, 470-481. doi:10.1037/sgd0000140
Tulloch, T. G., Rotondi, N. K., Ing, S., Myers, T., Calzavara, L. M., Loutfy, M. R., & Hart, T. A. (2015). Retrospective reports of developmental stressors, syndemics, and their association with sexual risk outcomes among gay men. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44, 1861-1867. doi: 10.1007/s10508-015-0505-5
Brennan, D. J., Souleymanov, R., George, C., Newman, P. A., Hart, T. A., Asakura, K., Betancourt, G. (2015). Masculinity, muscularity, and HIV sexual risk among gay and bisexual men of color. Psychology of Men and Masculinity, 16, 393-406. doi:10.1037/a0038725
Daoud, N., Osman, A., Hart, T. A., Berry, E. M. & Adler, B. (2015). Self-care management among patients with type 2 diabetes in East Jerusalem. Health Education Journal, 74, 603-615. doi:10.1177/0017896914555038
Zheng, L., Hart, T. A., & Zheng, Y. (2015). Top/bottom sexual self-labels and empathizing-systemizing cognitive styles among gay men in China. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44, 1431-1438. doi: 10.1007/s10508-014-0475-z
Pantalone, D. W., Horvath, K. J., Hart, T. A., Valentine, S. E., & Kaysen, D. L. (2015). Traumatic revictimization of men who have sex with men living with HIV/AIDS. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 30, 1459-1477. doi: 10.1177/0886260514540802
Emlet, C. A., Brennan, D. J., Brennenstuhl, S., Rueda, S., Hart, T. A., & Rourke, S. B. (2015). The impact of HIV-related stigma on older and younger adults living with HIV disease: Does age matter? AIDS Care, 27, 520-528. doi:10.1080/09540121.2014.978734
Hart, T. A., Mustanski, B., Ryan, D. T., Gorbach, P. M., Stall, R. D., Surkan, P. J., & Plankey, M. (2015). Depression and sexual dysfunction among HIV-positive and HIV-negative men who have sex with men: Mediation by use of antidepressants and recreational stimulants. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44, 399-409. doi: 10.1007/s10508-014-0279-1
Wilson, C., Marshall, Z., Flicker, S., McClelland, A., Vo, T., Nepveux, D., … Hart, T.A. (2014). Condoms and contradictions: Assessing sexual health knowledge in lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and queer youth labelled with intellectual disabilities. Critical Disability Discourse / Discours Critiques dans le Champ du Handicap, 6, 107-139. Retrieved from: http://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index.php/cdd/article/view/39667 (external link)
Wagner, A. C., Hart, T. A., McShane, K., Margolese, S., & Girard, T. (2014). Health care provider attitudes and beliefs about people living with HIV – Initial validation of the health care provider HIV/AIDS stigma scale (HPASS). AIDS and Behavior, 18, 2397-2408. doi: 10.1007/s10461-014-0834-8
Kennedy, V. L., Serghides, L., Raboud, J. M., DeSheng, S., Blitz, S., Hart, T. A., … the Ontario HIV Fertility Research Team. (2014). The importance of motherhood in HIV-positive women of reproductive age in Ontario, Canada. AIDS Care, 26, 777-784. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2013.855295
Hart, T. A., Tulloch, T. G., & O’Cleirigh, C. (2014). Integrated cognitive behavioral therapy for social anxiety and HIV prevention for gay and bisexual men. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 21, 149-160. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2013.07.001
Professional Affiliations
Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies
Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) – also CPA’s Sections on Clinical Psychology, Health Psychology, and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
International AIDS Society
Canadian Association for HIV Research
Ontario HIV Treatment Network
International Academy of Sex Research