#ukhighered

PhDone ✅ 🥳 Thank you @daraghmcdermott.bsky.social, Dr Beth Jones & Prof. Rusi Jaspal for all your support! Shout to Professor Adam Bourne (La Trobe University, Melbourne) and Dr Blerina Kellezi (NTU Psychology) for making the viva so enjoyable! @ntupsychology.bsky.social

Humble brag time - proofs for PhD paper number five (!!) are officially submitted, which means the only thing between me and finishing this PhD is the viva. Wild to think I once hoped for three papers, but caffeine, stress, and top-tier supervision said otherwise. Viva, I’m coming for you.

Interested in the social impact of video games? Want to understand how games can make our world better? Attend this webinar at @uniofbathsom.bsky.social on 13/11! Special guests include experts @drkowert.bsky.social & @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social! Pls share www.bath.ac.uk/events/explo... #videogames

The latest #Psychgeist entry has arrived! THE LEGEND OF ZELDA 🗡️ I’m SO excited to read it this weekend ♥️ Thank you @annayahprosser.bsky.social @drkowert.bsky.social 🙏

anyone found this week extra exhausting? autumn daylight hours slapping me hard

🛡️ It's dangerous to go alone, take this! ⚔️ Since 2023, I've been working on a collection that explores what the Legend of Zelda video games can teach us about psychology, social science and our environment. Our collection is available open-access here: playstorypress.org/books/the-ps... #videogames

Never dreamt that I would be able to combine two of my favourite things: The Legend of Zelda and LGBTQ+ Psychology ⚔️ 🏳️‍🌈 🧠 🎮 Thank you to @annayahprosser.bsky.social and @drkowert.bsky.social for this opportunity! Read my chapter “Smash the pot, break the binary”: works.hcommons.org/records/z0qv...

Amazing review on @nagingtonuom.bsky.social’s The Moral Lessons of Chemsex boom in the LA REVIEW OF BOOKS! @lareviewofbooks.bsky.social 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 lareviewofbooks.org/article/crui...

What’s better than submitting your thesis? Getting your absolute icon to sign said thesis (and read my acknowledgment to her as well ofc 😌)

PhD paper #4 published today, in a special issue for studies examining healthcare for Sexual Minority populations. (Just in time for thesis submission 😱) Key findings show the promise for using gain-framed, narrative messaging to improve PrEP self efficacy. @ntupsychology.bsky.social

the condom doctrine is so powerful (and moralising) that some sexual health services will literally communicate things like: "remember, HIV PrEP, doxyPEP, and routine vaccinations for hepatitis A and B, mpox, gonorrhoea, and more are no replacement for a condom!!!!"

I will take AI seriously when my smart speaker understands the phrase “original broadway cast recording.”

The FDA approved twice-yearly lenacapavir (Yeztugo) for PrEP, making it the longest-acting HIV prevention method. Advocates lauded the eagerly awaited approval but expressed concern that the $28,000 annual price tag could limit access as HIV prevention funding is being slashed in the US & worldwide.

PhD Paper #3 published in the Psychology of Sexual and Gender Diversity special issue in Behavioural Science. A latent profile analysis of PrEP usage among MSM in the U.K. Endless thanks to Rusi Jaspal, Beth Jones and @daraghmcdermott.bsky.social @ntupsychology.bsky.social

bravi to the authors of the 2025 BASHH/BHIVA UK PrEP guidelines for recognising that excessive reliance on RCT data necessarily reproduces inequalities for groups already marginalised or minoritised within healthcare. (see: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....) /1

New UK guidelines for prescribing doxyPEP for syphilis prevention launched today by @bashhuk.bsky.social The Love Tank played a key role in community engagement for the guidelines, with @benvyle.bsky.social and @idiosyncraticxl.bsky.social on the writing group. www.thelovetank.info/news/doxysyph

A good thesis is a done thesis, or so I tell myself! First draft (of many more, I’m sure) ✅

Not me. Actually enjoying writing a methods chapter. Couldn’t possibly.

So grateful for the opportunity to work on this paper and help present some really interesting findings 😁

Or why can’t we stop normalising “publish and flourish” as the ECR ideal? 🤷‍♂️ It’s exclusionary, uneven across disciplines, and replicates a system many current academics didn’t face. Let’s build research cultures that value care, curiosity, and equity. Critique shouldn’t lead to compliance.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! Psychology & Sexuality is putting together a special issue on Sexual Subcultures. You can read the call below. Deadline for abstracts is 2nd June. think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu...

Thrilled to share our new HIV Anxiety Scale. This was a true collaborative effort, and I’m so thankful to have worked with the amazing @drliamcahill.bsky.social @daraghmcdermott.bsky.social and Dr Beth Jones to bring this from idea to reality. doi.org/10.1007/s104... @ntupsychology.bsky.social

🌈 Celebrating #TransDayOfVisibility! Dr. Beth Jones and team explore how beliefs about gender shape attitudes toward TGD people. Let's foster inclusivity and amplify voices! ✨📄 Read more: psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

Exciting news! @unibirmingham.bsky.social & @inqyr.bsky.social are thrilled to co-host a symposium focused on LGBTQ+ health & resilience. Join us on 22 May 2025 for this important event. Check out the press release below for more details (incl. a quote from me 😊) 🔗 shorturl.at/SSU7n

Paper #2 from my PhD published today. It highlights the importance of considering identity resilience when trying to improve PrEP uptake for HIV prevention. doi.org/10.1111/hiv.... @ntupsychology.bsky.social

We're pleased to see that the Scottish Medicines Consortium approval of injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) for the prevention of HIV on the NHS in Scotland This new option may help those facing barriers to using oral #PrEP A significant step forward in #HIV prevention for people living in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Delighted to announce that the INQYR UK symposium focused on LGBTQ+ health & well-being will be held in Birmingham on May 22nd - in time for Birmingham Pride! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Call for abstracts now open: 🔗 Submission: tinyurl.com/INQYRUK-2025 🗓️Deadline: Feb 28, 2025 Symposium registration will open soon!

Didn’t notice this until now, but I lowkey feel famous: www.thepinknews.com/2024/09/17/b...

I'm giving a webinar in a few weeks with Seed Talks on Sexual Wellbeing and Pleasure. Feel free to come along: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-sexual...

From pointing my toes, to publishing prose - my first published article and the first study from my PhD. Coming to a Google Scholar search near you! doi.org/10.1080/1941... @ntupsychology.bsky.social