The Team
Dionne Gesink
Dr. Dionne Gesink is a Professor of Epidemiology with the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Gesink’s research focuses on the social epidemiology of sexual and mental health. She has studied the role of both natural and built environment on the social geography of sex and sexual partner selection, as well as the spatial and spatiotemporal distribution of sexually transmitted infections. Gesink seeks to empower individuals and communities as they work together to better understand the many ways culture and environment shape the patterns of sexual behaviours, sexual health, relationships, mental health and wellness. Gesink has worked with Indigenous, marginalized, and hard-to-reach communities, as well as the general population, to develop effective interventions to transform sexual health and relationships at individual, community, and provincial levels.
Henry Yang
Henry is a Master’s of Public Health student at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. He previously worked with the Mark S. Bonham Centre’s Queer and Trans Research Lab’s undergraduate cohort. He later joined the Dalla Lana School of Public Health’s Centre for Sexual and Gender Minority Health Research and investigated the efficacy of the Stepped Care 2.0 model of mental health care delivery in post-secondary settings.
