Dr Kerryn Drysdale (she/her) is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health at UNSW Sydney. Her interdisciplinary research straddles Cultural Studies and Public Health, where she brings a critical cultural lens to public health priority domains and populations. As such, she is uniquely positioned to interrogate how the social and cultural determinants of health intersect with the often and intangible nature of participation in (and exclusion from) political, social and cultural life, bringing a much-needed perspective to complex health issues. 

Kerryn currently conducts research in two broad programmes of work:  

• Cultural dimensions of health and wellbeing for marginalised communities - Kerryn's primary contribution has been a critical interrogation of the impact of identities, practices and relationships that constitute measures of community health and wellbeing. This work is driven by a focus on improving health outcomes and addressing inequities experienced by marginalised groups within society.
• LGBTIQA+ inclusivity in health policy and practice - Kerryn is an internationally recognised authority on gender and sexuality diverse communities, the leading expert on Australian drag performance cultures, and am internationally renowned for her theoretical and empirical research on LGBTIQA+ social scenes. This includes innovative health promotion and harm reduction strategies derived from community-level cultures of care.

To date, Kerryn has authored high-quality peer reviewed publications in quartile-1 journals, including one monograph, as well as non-traditional research outputs. She has presented research extensively at international conferences, community fora and research symposia, and as part of invited guest lectureships. In addition to academic publication, Kerryn actively participates in research dissemination and translation for policy makers, community organisations and public scholarship. She actively champions and model processes for working with affected communities.