HIV Futures Project: Staff

The Director of the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society Professor Marian Pitts serves as Director of the Living with HIV program. Program specific staff are:

Jeffrey Grierson, a senior research fellow with a background in quantitative psychosocial research with a particular interest in communities and social networks.

Rachel Thorpe, a research officer on the HIV Futures project.

Karalyn McDonald, a researcher with an interest in women’s experience of HIV, particularly around issues of reproduction.

Other ARCSHS staff involved in research adressing the experience of HIV Positivity include Dr Michael Hurley (michael.hurley@latrobe.edu.au ), Professor Gary Dowsett (g.dowsett@latrobe.edu.au ), Mr Murray Couch (m.couch@latrobe.edu.au ), Dr Sean Slavin (S.Slavin@latrobe.edu.au ), and Dr Stephan McNally (s.mcnally@latrobe.edu.au ), .

Community Liaison
ARCSHS has an ongoing commitment to community liaison as integral to the success, relevance and usefulness of its research. Contact Mark Saunders, Philomena Horsley or Anne Mitchell.

Contact the Living with HIV program @ the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society on  (t) +61 3 9285 5382; (f) +61 3 9285 5220; (e) arcshs@latrobe.edu.au

Information about the program can be found on the ARCSHS webpage.