I’m delighted to share that I’ve been elected to the Editorial Board of Sociology of Health & Illness alongside Dino Numerato. Thank you so much for those who voted--so excited for this new chapter!

What a pleasure to listen to @oliverescobar.bsky.social and Nuria Capdevila-Argüelles today talk about the future of Spanish democracy at the Spanish Film Festival in Edinburgh!

Thanks so much to Edgar Rodriguez-Dorans for such a generous review in Sexualities of my book The Eroticising of HIV: Viral Fantasies with Palgrave. doi.org/10.1177/1363...

We have a fantastic opportunity for health professionals (including allied ones) to undertake a funded PhD at Edinburgh. If anybody is keen on working on sexual health/social aspects, do DM me, very happy to chat! elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Delighted that our poster on conducting rapid research during the mpox outbreak has been shortlisted for the Usher Showcase

And that’s a wrap for @bsa-medsoc.bsky.social 2025 presenting on fear and gay men during COVID! Thanks to Sally Brown for the pic!

😍What a pleasure it’s been share the floor with @gmthomas.bsky.social @oliwilliams.bsky.social @amychandler.bsky.social and Jen Remnant talking about stigma at @bsa-medsoc.bsky.social Check out the book Recalibrating Stigma: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...

It was amazing to work with a brilliant collection of authors & my fellow co-editors. Fully agree it's a strong set of books. My personal favourite (after our own of course 👀) is @susannahrfox.bsky.social Rebel Health, I already have it lined up for my module in May '26. Good luck everyone!

What an honour to have our book on HIV and COVID nominated for the Foundation of Sociology of Health and Illness with such amazing books including the fab Selling Immunity! @bsa-medsoc.bsky.social @nagingtonuom.bsky.social

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...

Very excited to be at @bsa-medsoc.bsky.social in @northumbriauni.bsky.social next week to talk about HIV, COVID-19 and gay men's experiences of fear. Spoiler: socio-economic factors are the biggest predictor of fear! @uoe-eid.bsky.social

We've just published the protocol for our Viral Memories project, exploring how gay men mobilised their memories of HIV to navigate COVID-19. Check it out open access in the International Journal of Qualitative Methods: doi.org/10.1177/1609...

Today we held the end-of-award event for our Viral Memories project, including a fantastic keynote by Peter Aggleton and a roundtable! We’re so thankful to everyone who came to hear about our project!

🎓🏳️‍🌈🦠Are you a registered health professional seeking funding for a PhD in a topic related to: sexual health, sociology of health, qualitative or mixed methods? 🫶I'd be supportive of applicants to the upcoming @ukri.org opportunity in January call! 👉DMs open! @bma.org.uk @bashhuk.bsky.social

⭐️I am standing for election for the Sociology of Health and Illness Editorial Board: forms.gle/1srTUELeV3mm.... Read candidate statements: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/as... ✅You need to be subscribed to Medical Sociology mailing list, register: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j... #medsoc

🚩Interested in how #imposter participants are identified and prevented? And what this might mean for inclusion? 💙Our new paper in @SocresOnline is available: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... This was funded by Medical Research Scotland. @britsoci.bsky.social @socresonline.bsky.social

We're delighted to announce that Prof Peter Aggleton will be delivering keynote reflections at our Viral Memories September event. Peter will talk about matters 'left undone' in relation to HIV and COVID-19 including lessons long unlearned! Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/viral-memo...

We started working on this in 2021 and there is *finally* a physical copy of the book in my hand. It feels great that other people can now read all the great work that's in this collection. It is available as a free e-book and in paperback: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/recalibratin...

#MedSky Are you a registered healthcare professional seeking a PhD in something related to HIV, sexual health, or social sciences/qual methods? I'd be happy to support applicants going to the UKRI Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Fellowships: www.ukri.org/opportunity/... Send a DM.

Delighted to have this correspondence accepted in @naturemedicine.bsky.social @nature.com about creative methods to address #AMR. Link here (sadly behind paywall): doi.org/10.1038/s415... This is based on the musical about Alexander Fleming: Lifeline lifelinemusical.com @uoe-eid.bsky.social

Concerned about #imposter participants? In our latest paper in @IJQMonline, we discuss the epistemic implications of imposters and suggest a new terminology: "suspected participants" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... @bsa-medsoc.bsky.social @britsoci.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social

🗓️"Democracy as if the future mattered: Can democratic innovation change the world?" Delighted to invite you to my inaugural lecture at Univ of Edinburgh this spring @uoe-sps.bsky.social @edinburghpir.bsky.social Information and registration 👉 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/inaugural-... Everyone welcome!

🥰Delighted to announce our end-of-project event for the ESRC-funded ViralMemories project. 🤩Join us in Edinburgh on Sept 1, 2025 to hear about #COVID, #HIV and memories 🫴 Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/viral-memo... @appghiv.bsky.social @bhiva.bsky.social @uoe-eid.bsky.social #publichealth

This is happening next week! I’ll be talking about how COVID has changed HIV (and how it hasn’t!) www.eventbrite.com.au/e/hiv-and-co...

😍Very excited to co-organise this workshop with Dean Murphy and @kanerace.bsky.social on thinking *with* the goal of eliminating HIV and its implications! 🗓️Sydney, March 12! 🫱You can register to attend here: events.humanitix.com/the-2030-una... Hosted by La Trobe ARCSHS!

Delighted to present at the @unsw.bsky.social Centre for Social Research in Health & Social Policy Research Centre on HIV and COVID. I will talk about how COVID changed gay men's perceptions of HIV, or how it actually maybe didn't! This will be online, link below: t.co/JSWXXSL3GA

🎙️And yet another news: you can hear the discussion we held with @benvyle.bsky.social; @gilmorejnurse.bsky.social; & @edftmxxx.bsky.social on doxypep in Michelle Croston's HIV Matters podcast's special 50th episode! ▶️https://www.hivmatterspodcast.co.uk/s5e7 @appghiv.bsky.social @bhiva.bsky.social

💊Very happy to share our paper in @thelancetinfdis.bsky.social on doxypep: hopes and fears for implementation . 😍This is a joint effort with @gilmorejnurse.bsky.social; Manik Kohli; @edftmxxx.bsky.social; @benvyle.bsky.social ; and Laia Ventura 👉Access here: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

[🆕 paper ] Epidemiological characteristics of antimicrobial use in Primary Care in Spain: a nationwide study. Estudio cuyo objetivo es medir el uso de antimicrobianos en Atención Primaria e identificar los patrones epidemiológicos de uso. Disponible en: revespquimioterapia.com/articulo/epi...

Delighted to have been recognised for "Supporting and Enabling a Culture of Good Research Practice" as part of UoE Good Research Week! This is a recognition of our work on ethics and public engagement, which you can read here:

Quick question for my #AcademicSky people: have you also notice a massive increase in spam emails about fake conferences and journals? I've gone from like 5 per day, to 30+... @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Very excited to present next week at a seminar on AI and emotions in relation to dating apps. Is AI really the revolution on dating or have we been here before? #AcademicSky @academic-chatter.bsky.social

New article out, written with @jgarciaiglesias.bsky.social and Professor Brian Heaphy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Looking forward to presenting some thinking at IReSH about #doxyPEP implementation in the U.K. arising from our WAD event! #AcademicSky

💻 One of my 2025 resolutions is receiving better/more relevant mailing lists. 😍 Any suggestions for mailing lists relevant to sexuality, HIV/STIs, public health and social sciences? #IDsky #publichealth @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Guess who’s turned 30?

Wanna hear more about the role of fantasies and HIV? Join the CCRIE seminar on Thursday! I'll be talking all about fantasy, health and #HIV! 🫴https://health.ed.ac.uk/research/current-research/ccri/events/ccri-seminars-2024-2025-programme/eroticising-hiv-viral

Today, we had a fabulous roundtable on #DoxyPEP with @edftmxxx.bsky.social @benvyle.bsky.social @gilmorejnurse.bsky.social & Manik Kohli Watch this space as the recording will be available soon in HIVMatters! #SkyID #PublicHealth @uoe-eid.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social

And our last speaker for our World AIDS Day on #DoxyPEP: the amazing @edftmxxx.bsky.social who will share their experiences as sex worker, trans man, and #DoxyPEP user! 🗓️Fri 29, 10am online 🫴Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-aids... #MedSky #AcademicChatter #PublicHealth #SkyID

Thanks to the Participatory Research Network (esp. Fiona Murray) for inviting me to present our paper on public engagement and ethics approval, and discuss ethics! Pic by HollyTibble Paper here: researchinvolvement.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…#AcademicSkyky @academic-chatter.bsky.social

if you want to hear a bit more about the future of doxyPEP in the UK, i'll be part of an online roundtable on world AIDS day hosted by @jgarciaiglesias.bsky.social: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-aids....

Give a follow to the amazing @uoe-eid.bsky.social community which brings together virologists, scientists, and social scientists talking about viruses! #MedSky #IDSky #MedID #PublicHealth #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter

And here we come again, to introduce the amazing Manik Kohli from who is @nihr.bsky.social doctoral fellow at UCL exploring #DoxyPEP 🗓️Fri 29, 10am online 🫴Register: eventbrite.co.uk/e/world-aids... #AcademicSky @academic-chatter.bsky.social #MedSky #HIV #PublicHealth

He hecho este starter pack si cuentas de salud y sanidad. De momento tiene solo 30 cuentas, pero iré aumentándolo poco a poco. go.bsky.app/VczGRpV

😍🦠¡Qué fantasía oír a Paula Vazquez hablar de salud sexual en Estirando el Chicle! Aquí un breve resumen de por qué lo que cuenta Paula Vázquez es importante 🧵 #medsky #SaludPública #VIH #HIV/AIDS #IDSky

Great to see this review of our book Viral Times: Reflections on the HIV and COVID-19 pandemics in The Lancet ID 😍"Two pandemics, a shared lesson": sciencedirect.com/science/arti... The book: doi.org/10.4324/9781... @academic-chatter.bsky.social #AcademicSky #PublicHealth #MedSky

🚨Seminar on Nov 21st (in person & online) I'll be presenting our tools to help researchers figure out ethics approvals and public engagement. ✋Register (in person): eventbrite.co.uk/e/ethical-co... 💻Register (online): eventbrite.com/e/1049470824... #AcademicSky @academic-chatter.bsky.social

Hello current and possible friends! I’ve had a go at creating a “starter pack” of queer scholar activist types who I know (so forgive all the omissions). It’s a small and growing list. Let’s build a fab and fun queer scholarly-activist community! 🌈✨ go.bsky.app/Ke4Ctey

#academicSky 🙋‍♂️Hiya! I’m a sociologist of sexual health, also working on pandemic response and community involvement! 🇪🇸Spanish but working at Usher, University of Edinburgh! 🦠Watch this space for events and publications about #HIV, #COVID and #Mpox 🐶That’s me, and me + a dog

#AcademicSky hello! 1) I work on the interface of sexual health, pandemics and sexuality (from a sociology perspective) 2) I keep thinking about the social side-effects of dating apps