Researcher

Dr Paul Leslie Simpson

Biography

Paul is a research fellow of the Justice Health Research Program at the School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney, and the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Offender Health. His research activities, both quantitative and qualitative, have centred on health, marginalisation, and ethics among justice system involved populations with a focus on violence, sexual health, infectious disease in prisons, and prison alternatives. He has an interest...view more

Paul is a research fellow of the Justice Health Research Program at the School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney, and the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Offender Health. His research activities, both quantitative and qualitative, have centred on health, marginalisation, and ethics among justice system involved populations with a focus on violence, sexual health, infectious disease in prisons, and prison alternatives. He has an interest in advancing deliberative research methods within the justice health field having conducted various national deliberative forums with diverse stakeholders including, the public, incarcerated people, prisoner health service directors, and government, consumer and NGO stakeholders.

 


My Qualifications

BSc (Psych), PhD


My Research Activities

Current projects:

Defining optimal post-prison care in New South Wales for those with psychosis - a Delphi study

Second survey on Sexual health and attitudes of Australian Prisoners (SHAAP-2)

Assessing stakeholder views on prisoner health research priorities and ethical issues using deliberative research methods

Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women perpetrators of violence: a trial of a prison-based intervention (Beyond Violence)

Primary health care for offenders from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Services

Electronic monitoring of domestic violence offenders and victims

Sexual health and safety of LGBTIQ people in Australian prisons

Individual, social and health effects if family exile on LGBTIQ people: a case study of New South Wales


My Research Supervision


Supervision keywords


Areas of supervision

Justice health, prisons, sexual health, physical and sexual violence, infectious diseases, gender and sexuality, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, prison alternatives, research ethics, deliberative research


Currently supervising

Helene Smith (PhD)

Patricia Taflan (PhD)

Caitlin Bennett (Honours)

 

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