The Village Lab team includes the Village Lab director, Indigenous Elder and knowledge keeper, manager, graduate and undergraduate students and research assistants, research and community program coordinators, and community members. 

All of our research projects involve community advisory boards members who are representative of the diverse communities we work with. This includes people living with HIV, sexual and gender minority men and Two-Spirit people, Indigenous people, immigrants and refugees, racialized communities, and people who use drugs.

Meet the Team

  • Dr. Rusty Souleymanov

    Lab Director

  • Dr. Albert McLeod

    Lab Elder

  • Melissa Morris

    Lab Manager

  • Grace Holwell

    Knowledge Translation and Exchange Strategist

  • Jared Star

    Graduate Research Assistant

  • Patricia Ukoli

    Graduate Research Assistant

  • Tara Christianson

    Graduate Research Assistant

  • Romeo Gauthier

    Investigaytors Winnipeg Coordinator

  • Candace Neumann

    Graduate Research Assistant

  • Skye Wikjord

    Graduate Research Assistant

  • Bolaji Akinyele-Akanbi

    Assistant Professor

  • Dorcas Kwarteng

    Graduate Research Assistant

  • Samantha Moore

    Graduate Research Assistant

  • Lydia Hamel

    Graduate Research Assistant

  • Berto Uday Norbert

    Community Associate

  • Marni Still

    Graduate Research Assistant

  • Ann Favel

    Community Research Associate

  • Chinyere Njeze

    Graduate Research Assistant

  • Shemar Barnes

    Community Associate

  • Steven Baldwin

    Graduate Research Assistant

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