Keywords
Fields of Research (FoR)
Sociology of health, Sociology of culture, Sociology and social studies of science and technologyBiography
I am a researcher working across broad areas of health and law. I have a Bachelor of Arts (Honours Class I) and a Master of Public Health from the University of Sydney. I also commenced my doctoral research at UNSW in September 2020 (currently on program leave until September 2024). My PhD research focuses on the socio-sexual impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among gay and bisexual men in Australia. In 2022, I was the inaugural recipient of the...view more
I am a researcher working across broad areas of health and law. I have a Bachelor of Arts (Honours Class I) and a Master of Public Health from the University of Sydney. I also commenced my doctoral research at UNSW in September 2020 (currently on program leave until September 2024). My PhD research focuses on the socio-sexual impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic among gay and bisexual men in Australia. In 2022, I was the inaugural recipient of the Jack Bradley Scholarship (see Awards). I have worked across projects focused among marginalised communities in Australia (e.g. gay and bisexual men, people living with HIV, people who use drugs), different communicable diseases (i.e., HIV, COVID-19, mpox and other sexually transmissible infections), and using qualitative and quantiative research methods. Between 2017-2020 I worked at the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (now Health Equity Matters). I am currently employed as a Research Assitant at the School of Law, Society and Criminology, UNSW Sydney.
My Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts - Gender Studies (The University of Sydney, Australia)
- Bachelor of Arts, Honours (Class I) - Gender Studies (The University of Sydney, Australia)
- Master of Public Health (The University of Sydney)
My Awards
- 2024: recipient of a Registrations Scholarship to the 25th IUSTI World Congress, Sydney, Australia.
- 2022: recipient of a Student Registrations Scholarship to the 2nd Australasian COVID-19 Conference, Sydney, Australia.
- 2022: inaugural recipient of the Jack Bradley Scholarship - The scholarship enables selected early career researchers or postgraduate research students undertaking research in HIV impacted communities to benefit from attending and presenting their work at a conference.
- 2020-2024: recipient of an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship.
My Engagement
In the media:
3CR, Thursday Breakfast (July 2022). 'Fighting For Survival, Policing and Domestic and Family Violence, Beyond the Bars 2022 at Loddon Prison, Judy Kuo, Flux Study'