HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program

The HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program (HEPP) conducts research into the transmission and prevention of HIV and sexually transmissible infections (STIs), and on the natural history of HIV. Our work is multidisciplinary and collaborative. We work in partnership with communities most affected by HIV, particularly the gay community and those people living with HIV. We work across the spectrum of biomedical, behavioural and structural prevention, because effective HIV prevention acknowledges the complexities of everyday life for at-risk communities. Our work includes behavioural risk surveillance, studies of risk behaviour, and studies of use of biomedical preventive interventions. Researchers in HEPP conduct a range of work on the intersection of infection, immunity and cancer to inform our knowledge of how we might prevent cancer in people with HIV. A particular focus is the prevention of anal cancer in gay men.