Podcast

Advances in HIV treatment have resulted in HIV as a long-term condition and increased life expectancy.  Aging with HIV can pose unique and complex challenges, including frailty vulnerabilities.  This raises challenges for treatment, management, and health service access for people aging with HIV. I’m joined in this podcast by Dr Tristan Barber, a consultant in HIV […]

In Episode 27, Tom Nadarzynski, an Assistant Professor in health psychology and researcher in digital sexual health at University of Westminster in England, discusses targeted advertisement of chlamydia screening on social media.  This mixed methods study first sought young women’s views towards social media based health promotion and then assessed the targeted Facebook-based health promotion campaign they developed. [powerpress] […]

In Episode 26, Janey Sewell a research nurse and PhD student at University College London (UCL) Centre for Population Research in Sexual Health & HIV, discusses results from the Attitudes to and Understanding Risk of Acquisition of HIV (AURAH) and Attitudes to and Understanding Risk of Acquisition of HIV over Time (AURAH2) studies, which when compared reveal increases […]

On episode 25 of the podcast I’m joined by Adam Jones and Zoe Couzens, both of whom are at Public Health Wales. In this episode, I chat to Adam and Zoe about pre-exposure prophylaxis or PrEP. We focused on what is currently happening regarding PrEP in the Welsh context, how it all came about and where next […]

My podcast guest is Katrina Roen, Professor of Cultural and Community Psychology at the University of Oslo. On this episode, Katrina discusses the SENS project, which relates to the topic of intersex or diverse sex development. The SENS project is a British-Scandinavian research collaboration with collaborators at University College London Hospitals and University of Surrey.   ​[powerpress] […]

Episode 23 features Kelsey Smith, Policy & Campaigning Officer at HIV Scotland.  In this episode of the podcast I chat to Kelsey about the anti-stigma work of the consortium, which has produced a strategy, road map and action plan.  It’s a really excellent overview of what’s happening in the Scottish context. [powerpress] For more information on all […]

On episode 22 of the podcast I’m joined by Dr John Saunders, a sexual health and HIV physician by training. John is based in a variety of places within England, including Public Health England HIV & STI dept, University College London’s Centre for Clinical Research in Infection and Sexual Health and the Mortimer Market Centre. In […]

In episode 21, Karen talks to Dr Rak Nandwani about PrEP.  Dr Nandwani is a Consultant in Genitourinary Medicine with NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.  He was Chair of the Scottish Short Life Working Group on PrEP, which was commissioned by the Scottish Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus (SHBBV) Framework Executive Leads. Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is anti-HIV […]

Episode 20 features Dr Fiona Bloomer, a Lecturer in the School of Applied Social and Policy Sciences at Ulster University.  Dr Bloomer has centred her research on gender issues, with a particular focus on abortion including: abortion policy, abortion stigma, faith and abortion. In the recording, I spoke to Fiona about the findings from a recent […]

Episode 19 features Dr Lesley Hoggart of the Open University.  Lesley is Associate Head of School (research excellence) in the School of Health, Wellbeing and Social Care. She specialises in qualitative research, with research interests focused on reproductive health, abortion policy and politics, teenage pregnancy and sexual health. Lesley is first author of a paper entitled ‘Repeat […]