Current student
Shayan Novin
BHSc
Research Interests
Immunodeficiency disorders, LGBTQ+ health
Shayan is a second-year Master's student in the Translational Research Program at the University of Toronto. He is a recent graduate of the Bachelor of Health Science Program at McMaster University.
Shayan is the recipient of the Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS; 2023-2024 competition year) and Canada Graduate Scholarship - Master's (CGS-M; 2024-2025 competition year). Following his passion for promoting BIPoC-2S/LGBTQ+ health, Shayan is a fellow at the CIHR 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Hub.
He is also a sessional instructor at the Bachelor of Health Science Program and a research lead in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Shayan is interested in improving HIV/AIDS treatments through system-level changes to care.
Awards and initiatives
- Research Fellow at the CIHR 2S/LGBTQ+ Health Hub
- Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Champion at the CIHR Digital Research Alliance
- Founder of the Narrative Therapy Program at the AIDS Committee of Toronto
- Canada Graduate Scholarship Recipient 2024, National Scholarship awarded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship Recipient 2023, Provincial Scholarship awarded by the University of Toronto
Research interests
- Improving access to HIV/AIDS treatment
- Use of narrative medicine in deepening empathy