Dr Anthony K J Smith

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 Research Fellow (Level B) at CSRH, and 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. I have also led qualitative research on mpox in Australia, and I have an interest in emerging sexual health issues. 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:

- Straight men who have sex with men and bi+ qualitative study (NHMRC Partnership Project) - Project coordinator of qualitative research, led by Prof Martin Holt

- Community of Practice for Inclusive Research with Queer, Trans & people with variations of sex characteristics (Intersex) - Academic co-lead.

- LGBTQ+ Health Data Project - 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)

- The HIV PRISM Partnership (The HIV Prevention Research Implementation Science Monitoring Partnership) - 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

- Evidencing and Implementing Interventions in a Viral Elimination Era - Project coordinator of PrEP case study

- Tracking our communities' responses to monkeypox (MPX) outbreak (TraX 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

- Sex and Gender Health Policies in Health and Medical Research, Advisory group member

- Matters of Time in Health & Illness' special issue of Health Sociology Review (Guest co-editor)

- PrEP in Practice: clinician perspectives on prescribing PrEP in Australia, PhD dissertation project

- Trust in Digital Health, Research assistant

- 'Waiting to be seen: social perspectives on trans health' special issue of Health 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

- Understanding disparities in PrEP Access, Research assistant