Our edited collection on temporalities of health, illness and care is now published with Palgrave Macmillan.

15 fantastic chapters from author teams around the world unpacking rich social theory of time in relation to studies of health and illness.

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

#OpenAccess in ANZ Journal of Survey. Pilot research to explore experiences of gay/bi men with anorectal surgery. We found poor experiences of aftercare related to sexual wellbeing / function, and opportunities for improvement to surgical education.

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New #OpenAccess publication from our team in HIV Medicine, led by very talented PhD Candidate Simin Yu, examining how country of birth & migration status shape HIV care engagement among gay and bisexual men living with HIV in Australia (2019-2022).

Read here:
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Open access (no paywall) article in Social Science and Medicine, outlining 'the sociology of prescribing'. This is the sort of literature I wish I had access to in one place during my PhD. I outline sociological contributions to understanding drug prescribing.

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Open access (no paywall) article in Social Science and Medicine www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

We draw together 'anticipated stigma', 'patient work', and 'inclusivity labour' to explore how diverse priority populations of gay/bi men engage with health services.

Fab to have my achievements recognised with a promotion to Research Fellow / Lecturer.

Academia can be quite the hustle, but I genuinely love the people and community partners I work with and the sociological and applied health research we are able to do in HIV, sexual health, and LGBTQ+ health.

New open access article from our team.

Event-driven / on-demand (AKA 2-1-1) PrEP use has tripled between 2019-2023 in Australia, with 28% of gay/bi men and other men who have sex with men now using event-driven PrEP in 2023.

Read here:
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Been a bit absent from here, but a good opportunity to reconnect!

Here's a key piece of research we published this year on qualitative experiences of mpox diagnosis and care in Qualitative Health Research.

Open access here:
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Check out our special collection in Culture, Health & Sexuality, bringing together critical articles on trans health. These articles are temporarily open access, along with our editorial introduction.

www.tandfonline.com/journals/tch...

New open article from Stephen Molldrem and I in
Social Studies of Science. Drawing on ideas about publics and health/social movements, we introduce the concept of 'health policy counterpublics' to describe activism against molecular HIV surveillance in the US.

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aidsmap have written an excellent summary of our research findings on PrEP dosing practices:

www.aidsmap.com/news/nov-202...

Our open access article on PrEP dosing practices is in issue in Sociology of Health & Illness. Considering the mundane domestic practices of dosing generates insight into how adherence is materialised and how conditions for capacitating dosing might be better supported.
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Open peer commentary from us in AJOB - we argue that regulation of commercial and private data practices must contend with consider power dynamics and impacts on specific communities, focusing on queer data and LGBTQ+ people here.

Free copies:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/6X3SU...

New paper in Health Sociology Review on the problem of 'imposter participants' in incentivised qual research. How do we navigate this while maintaining successful recruitment and reciprocal trust between researchers - community - participants?

Free copy:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/G2ZUB...

New article in AJOB Empirical Bioethics exploring varied perspectives amongst critical stakeholders on the possibility of consent in molecular HIV surveillance.

Free copies here:
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/9WAWE...

Check out our open access article in AIDS and Behavior examining HIV prevention coverage (condoms, PrEP, undetectable viral load) across Australia. While PrEP is most common prevention method, younger folk and bi men need to be prioritised for enhanced access. link.springer.com/article/10.1...