Todd Coleman

My research primarily focuses on population and community health, and associated research methodologies. I explore health disparities based on sexual orientation and gender identities, focusing on topics such as access to healthcare services, mental health, chronic and infectious diseases, including HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. My work encompasses these health issues across various levels—individuals, families, communities, and populations. Additionally, I collaborate with community representatives on community-based research initiatives aimed at empowering underserved populations to undertake rigorous, community- and policy-relevant research.

Please note that from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, I am on sabbatical.

I am currently considering requests for a limited number of Master's students seeking supervision in Health Sciences, for admission in September 2025. Please e-mail me if you are interested in my research program, briefly explaining your research background and interests, and any relevant information such as courses taken, and how your research interests might align with my own research areas. 

For undergraduate Health Sciences students interested in directed studies courses or thesis projects for the 2024-25 school year, please be aware that I am at capacity and no longer considering additional requests. I welcome inquiries and supervisions (for directed studies courses only, as all thesis spots have been filled) for the 2025-26 school year. Please complete the form found here to submit your interest in a directed studies for 2025-26. 

Coleman TA, Chee K, Chin-See R, Salama R, Sajan M, Narbonne M, Travers R, & Coulombe, S. (2024). Minority stressors, social provisions, and past-year suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in a sample of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression minority people in Canada. LGBT Health, (aop). https://doi-org.libproxy.wlu.ca/10.1089/lgbt.2022.0344

Chee K, & Coleman T. (2024). COVID-19 pandemic experiences of LGBTQIA+ Asian youth in Canada. Journal of LGBT Youth, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/19361653.2024.2329879 

Coleman TA, Tse S, Gergyek L, Cameron R, Coulombe S, Davis C, Travers R, Wilson C, & Woodford M. (2024). Community and sociodemographic factors associated with disclosure of sexual orientation and comfort in discussing care needs in primary care: results from the OutLook Study. The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, (aop), e20220057. https://doi.org/10.3138/cjhs-2022-0057 

Goldfarb R, Katz MA, Travers R, Poliwoda J, Sadri-Gerrior M, Valiant C, Ananthavel Murugan A., Tang J, Henry G, & Coleman T. (2024). “They just knew, and that makes all the difference”: understanding positive healthcare experiences among trans people in Canada. International Journal of Transgender Health, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2024.2305196 

Burchell D, Coleman T, Travers R, Aversa I, Schmid E, Coulombe S, Wilson C, & Davis C. (2024). ‘I don’t want to have to teach every medical provider’: barriers to care among non-binary people in the Canadian healthcare system. Culture, Health & Sexuality, 26(1), 61-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2023.2185685 

Coleman TA, Phillips NE, Rizkalla C, Tran B, Coulombe S, Davis C, Cameron R, Travers R, Wilson C, & Woodford M. (2023). Exploring community enabling factors associated with recent HIV testing in a regional sample of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. AIDS Care, 35(7), 942-952. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2022.2074959

Mulholland AD, Coleman TA, Coulombe S, Davis C, Cameron R, Travers R, Wilson C, Woodford MR. (2022). Experiences of trans patients in primary care settings: findings from The OutLook Study. Sexual Health, 19, 132-140. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH21188

Cox E, Warren T, Khan M, Wilson C, Cameron R, Davis C, Coleman T, Steffler J, Coulombe S, & Woodford M. (2022). Experiences of discrimination and its impacts on well-being among racialised LGBTQ+ newcomers living in waterloo region, Ontario, Canada. Health & Social Care in the Community, 30, e2980–e2988. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.13743

Coleman T, Sarian A, & Grad S. (2021). Re: Subramanian and Kumar. Vaccination rates and COVID-19 cases. European Journal of Epidemiology, 36(12), 1245-1246. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-021-00821-w

Scheim A, Coleman TA, Lachowski N, Bauer GR. (2021). Health care access among transgender and non-binary people in Canada, 2019: A cross-sectional survey. CMAJ Open, 9(4), e1213-e1222. https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20210061  

Aversa I, Coleman T, Travers R, Coulombe S, Wilson C, Woodford MW, Davis C, Burchell D, Schmid E. (2022). “I’m always worried”: Exploring perceptions of safety and community inclusion among transgender people. International Journal of Community Well-Being, 5, 37-54. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42413-021-00123-9

Thompson-Blum DN, Coleman TA, Phillips NE, Richardson S, Travers R, Coulombe S, Wilson C, Woodford M, Cameron R, Davis C. (2021) Experiences of transgender participants in emergency departments: Findings from the OutLook Study. Transgender Health, 6(6), 358-368. https://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2020.0112

Bauer GR, Giblon R, Coleman TA, Aykroyd G, Fraser M, Pugh D. (2017). Community acceptance and HIV sexual risk among gay and bisexual men in a ‘typical’ Canadian city. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 26(1), 7-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/cjhs.261-A5

Coleman TA, Bauer GR, Pugh D, Aykroyd G, Powell L. (2016). Mental health service use in a sample of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada: An Exploratory Analysis. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 35(3), 1-24. https://doi.org/10.7870/cjcmh-2016-035

Coleman TA, Bauer GR, Pugh D, Aykroyd G, Powell L, Newman R. (2017). Sexual orientation disclosure in primary care settings: results from a cross-sectional survey of gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada. LGBT Health, 4(1), 42-54. https://doi.org/10.1089/lgbt.2016.0004 

Bauer GR, Travers R, Scanlon K, Coleman TA. (2012). High heterogeneity of HIV-related sexual risk among transgender people in Ontario, Canada: a province-wide respondent-driven sampling survey. BMC Public Health, 12, 292; https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-292 

• HE201: Research Methods for the Health Sciences (Fall 2018; Fall 2019; Fall 2020; Fall 2023)
• HE300/KP434: Epidemiology (Fall 2016; Fall 2017; Fall 2018; Winter 2019; Fall 2019; Fall 2020; Fall 2021; Fall 2023)
• HE400: Critical Health Issues Seminar (Fall 2017; Winter 2018; Winter 2019)
• HE440R: Principles of Population Health (Winter 2022; Fall 2023)