Dr. Zulma Rueda recently appeared on CTV News to share how her team is tackling record-high HIV rates and stigma through community-led, Manitoba-made research.

Dr. Rueda was awarded MMSF funding in 2022 for her project, “Syndemics of Concern: Sex and Gender, Crystal Meth, HIV and STBBIs in Manitoba.”

At this year’s Manitoba Student Health Research Forum, she also took home the Dr. Ed Kroeger Mentorship Award. As the Canada Research Chair in Sexually Transmitted Infection – Resistance and Control, Dr. Zulma Rueda was nominated for the prestigious award by trainees in her lab.    

To learn more about Dr. Rueda’s work, watch the CTV News interview.

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