BC-CfE Researcher Awarded by CIHR and CAHR for Research Aiming to Improve Access to Health and Human Rights for Marginalized Populations
Research Assistant Elena Argento works with the BC-CfE’s Gender and Sexual Health Initiative (GSHI), and is currently pursuing doctoral studies at UBC in the Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program. Her research at the BC-CfE mainly focuses on HIV risks among sex workers in Vancouver. She mines data and surveys from sex workers-both women and men-to uncover the impact of criminalization of their industry on their overall health outcomes.