Endgame Leader Awards: Student Leadership Award

The Endgame Leader Student Leadership Award provides a stipend for leaders who are interested in working closely and collaboratively with the OHTN to drive change, contribute to rapid learning and improvement in our sector, and build HIV innovation capacity in Ontario.

The Student Leadership Award is for excellent PhD students who are working with OHTN-funded leaders or other Ontario-based HIV investigators, and who have the potential to become HIV leaders. Their work should explore gaps in, identify barriers to, or identify facilitators of effective HIV prevention, treatment, and care in Ontario, and collaborate with a population with whom the student’s mentor also has strong ties. OHTN Student Leaders will work closely with OHTN (e.g. attend quarterly meetings, advise OHTN when needed, etc.) and be part of the collective impact groups that drive learning and improvement in our sector. They will have strategic, collaborative, and innovative programs, and develop dynamic partnerships with those affected by HIV in order to build Ontario’s capacity for HIV innovation. They will identify practical challenges in the context of each community’s circumstances and needs, and work with other stakeholders from relevant sectors (e.g. mental health, substance use and addictions, health services, etc.) to implement and scale up interventions that address these needs.