Dr Anthony K J Smith
PhD, UNSW Sydney
GradCert Human Rights (with distinction), Curtin University.
BA (Hons) English & Creative Writing, Murdoch University.
BA Philosophy and BA Theatre & Drama, Murdoch University.
I specialise in social research in the field of HIV prevention and sexual health. I am a qualitative health researcher and sociologist and have worked at the Centre for Social Research in Health(CSRH)since 2018, where I completed my PhD (2018-2022). I am currently employed as a postdoctoral researcher at CSRH. In this role I work as a project coordinator within the NSW PRISM project to investigate HIV stigma amongst gay and bisexual men, and on an NHMRC-funded project exploring how to improve the GBQ+ Community Periodic Survey and the health care needs of straight MSM and bi+ men.In addition to working at CSRH, I am an Adjunct Research Fellow in the Curtin School of Population Health, and an associate of the Australian Human Rights Institute (UNSW).
My program of research is primarily focused on how communities and health professionals engage with HIV prevention, care, and surveillance. My research aims to better shape health policy, care, and service delivery that recognises, affirms, and supports individuals and communities to live well. I particularly focus on LGBTQ+ populations, especially gay and bisexual men, along with community-based organisations and professionals serving these populations. Beyond a focus on HIV, sexual health, and LGBTQ+ communities, I am interested in the sociology of health and illness, pharmaceutical studies, critical public health, data justice, science & technology studies, and the sociology of gender and sexuality.
I am currently involved in the following projects:
-Community of Practice for Inclusive Research with Queer, Trans & people with variationsof sex characteristics (Intersex) - Academic co-lead.
- - Assistance with project coordination, led by Prof Christy E. Newman
- Edited Collection with Palgrave Macmillan (forthcoming 2025):Timescapes of Health, Illness and Care - Negotiating Contested Temporalities (with Dr Katherine Kenny and Dr Mia Harrison)
- - Project coordinator of Stigma Qualitative Study, led by Scientia Prof. Carla Treloar
-GBQ+ Community Periodic Survey NHMRC Partnership Project- Project coordinator of qualitative arm, led by Prof Martin Holt and Prof Christy E. Newman
-Evidencing and Implementing Interventions in a Viral Elimination Era- Project coordinator of PrEP case study
- - Associate Investigator
My past research projects include:
-Responding to monkeypox virus among gay and bisexual men in Australia (RE:MPXV), Principal investigator of qualitative study
-, Advisory group member
- 'special issue ofHealth Sociology Review(Guest co-editor)
-PrEP in Practice: clinician perspectives on prescribing PrEP in Australia,PhD dissertation project
-,Research assistant
- special issue ofHealth Sociology Review(Guest co-editor)
-my health, our family: documenting stories of family life in the context of HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C,Research assistant
- Enhancing Tasmanian Health Professionals’ Capacity for LGBTI-Inclusive Care (University of Tasmania), Research assistant
-, Research assistant
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- Teaching and Supervision
Co-investigator - $700k Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF) -
Principal Investigator - $75kTriple I Clinical Academic Group Seed Grant Funding (UNSW Medicine & Health) -Responding to monkeypox virus (RE:MPXV): a qualitative study of community and professional experiences
UNSW Scientia PhD Scholarship (2018-2022)
ASHM Early Career Award (2020)
ADA HDR Research Output Award (2020-2022)
- Associate Editor,
- Editorial Advisory Board,
- Member,
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My Research Supervision
Currently supervising:
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Shannon Harvey: Disrupted bodies: Interrogating the gender binary in family violence policy and practice
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Clue Coman:Experiences of Discrimination and Engagement with Anti-discrimination mechanisms among LGBTQA+ people in Australia