Bio
Joshun is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. They recently completed their PhD in Social and Behavioural Health Sciences at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Joshun also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Public Health in Sociomedical Sciences with a certificate in Social Determinants of Health from the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. They have over a decade of experience in 2S/LGBTQIA+ sexual and mental health, particularly among Black, Indigenous, and other people of colour. Their dissertation examined how intersectional stigma affected the health and well-being of South Asian gay, bisexual, and other queer men in Canada, with a particular focus on access to sexually transmitted and blood-borne infection prevention services, such as testing and treatment.