Peter A. Newman

Peter A. Newman is a full professor of Social Work and faculty affiliate of the Joint Centre for Bioethics. He held the RBC Chair in Applied Social Work Research (2006-2008), an Early Researcher Award from the Ministry of Research and Innovation, Ontario (2007-2011), and the Canada Research Chair in Health and Social Justice (2007-2018). He is an Inaugural Fellow of the Society for Social Work and Research, and was recognized with the CSWE SOGIE Scholarship Award (2012). He is co-founder, VOICES-Thailand Foundation, and a standing member of the Health Sciences Research Ethics Board. 

Dr. Newman has been awarded over 11 million dollars in continuous, external PI-research funding. He has been recognized as among the most highly cited scholars in Social Work and Public Health in North America. His research program currently addresses LGBTQ+ rights and inclusion, with a focus on HIV and sexual health, and marriage and family equality among sexual and gender minorities, and intersectionally marginalized/racialized populations. Newman’s SSHRC Partnership grant, MFARR-Asia, engages an 8-country multidisciplinary team—from social sciences, fine arts, law, and medicine—to gather and mobilize evidence to advance LGBTIQ inclusion and human rights in India, Thailand, Taiwan, Singapore, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, and Vietnam. His broader work has contributed to a paradigm shift in biomedical HIV/STI prevention and vaccines, centering end user experiences, attitudes and structural conditions rather than a laser focus on technological solutions. 

Dr. Newman is Editor of Sexual and Gender Diversity in Social Services, and serves on Editorial Boards for Culture, Health & Sexuality,  Vaccine, Journal of the Society for Social Work & Research, and the Journal of Homosexuality.