Angela Kaida MSc, PhD

Dr. Angela Kaida is a global health epidemiologist interested in the linkages between HIV and sexual and reproductive health. She received her PhD in 2010 from the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She then completed a brief post-doctoral fellowship jointly at the Women’s Health Research Institute at BC Women’s Hospital and the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at UBC. In addition to her academic training, Dr. Kaida has substantial experience as a public health practitioner, having worked with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), the Alberta Ministry of Health and Wellness, and the Public Health Division of the Capital Health Authority. Dr. Kaida joined the Faculty of Health Sciences as an Assistant Professor in September 2010. She held a Canada Research Chair Tier 2 in Global Perspectives in HIV and Sexual and Reproductive Health from 2012 to 2022.

Dr. Kaida’s research interests pertain to understanding the impact of expanding access to HIV treatment and prevention services on sexual and reproductive intentions, behaviors, and outcomes of HIV-affected individuals and couples in high HIV prevalence global settings and in Canada. In collaboration with recognized local, national, and global partners, she leads innovative mixed-method studies centered on a rights-based, evidence-informed, and community-driven approach to sexual and reproductive health in the context of HIV. Her interdisciplinary research program integrates longitudinal data analysis methods, arts-based research methodologies, and qualitative research approaches within multi-site, prospective, research studies with women, men, and youth living with or affected by HIV in South Africa, Uganda, and Canada.