Staff Profiles

1998        BSc        McMaster University (Biology)
2003        MSc        Autonomous University of Guerrero - Tropical Disease Research Centre (CIET) (Applied Epidemiology)

Ari Ho-Foster is Assistant Programme Director, Office of Research and Graduate Studies, Faculty of Medicine. Trained as an Epidemiologist, Ari has managed and co-investigated in more than a dozen large-scale, community-level epidemiological and field intervention studies in Canada, Pakistan and Southern Africa with the CIETgroup (1998-2010). He also served as Epidemiologist and Country Operations Officer for the Botswana-UPenn Partnership (BUP) (2010-19), prior to joining UB.

Clinical research, mixed methods research, community participatory research, epidemiological research design, epidemiological analysis (frequentist), Sensitivity analysis for missing data using multiple imputation, Statistical analysis using Stata

TB-HIV program evaluation, mental health, stigma, intimate partner violence, and access to care.

Epidemiology design

Epidemiological analysis

Mixed-methods research

Selected publications (for others, see: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9817-8090):

A pilot pragmatic trial of a “what matters most”-based intervention targeting intersectional stigma related to being pregnant and living with HIV in Botswana. AIDS Research and Therapy. 2022 Jun 23;19(1):26.

Stigma, structural vulnerability, and “what matters most” among women living with HIV in Botswana, 2017. American Journal of Public Health. 2021 Jul;111(7):1309-17..

Psychometric validation of a scale to assess culturally-salient aspects of HIV stigma among women living with HIV in Botswana: engaging “what matters most” to resist stigma. AIDS and Behavior. 2021 Feb;25:459-74.

“It’s when the trees blossom”: explanatory beliefs, stigma, and mental illness in the context of HIV in Botswana. Qualitative Health Research. 2019 Sep;29(11):1566-80.

Evidence-based discussion increases childhood vaccination uptake: a randomised cluster controlled trial of knowledge translation in Pakistan. BMC International Health and Human Rights. 2009 Oct;9:1-9.

Risk factors for domestic physical violence: national cross-sectional household surveys in eight southern African countries. BMC Women's Health.2007 Dec;7:1-3