Overview
Background
I am a public health sociologist with research interests in the health and wellbeing of people experiencing marginalisation and the social determinants of (sexual) health. I am the course coordinator of PUBH7033 Foundations of Public Health and PUBH7003 Qualitative Research Methods. I am engaged in social research projects related to HIV, sexual health, young people, LGBTIQ+ health, sex worker health and the scholarship of teaching and learning.
Availability
- Associate Professor Lisa Fitzgerald is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, University of Canterbury
- Masters (Coursework), University of Canterbury
- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Otago
Research interests
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Qualitative Longitudinal Research
Using qualitative methodologies that use time as a major component e.g. life history, qualitative longitudinal research and visual methods.
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Social determinants of (sexual) health
HIV social research, ageing, young people, LGBTIQ+, gender variant and sexually diverse, regional/rural
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Community and participatory research methods/co-design
Exploring the health and well being of people experiencing marginalisation. Working in partnership, collaboratively with community/key stakeholders in research that has direct application to the community.
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Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• Threshold concepts in Public Health, Student as partners, Teaching and learning of the social determinants of health, Intergration in Public Health curriculum design, technology enhanced learning and teaching
Research impacts
I am am a member of a highly productive research team at UQ SPH whose goal is to develop and contribute to innovative multidisciplinary approaches to sexual health and HIV social research, forge and foster collaborations to reduce HIV and STI prevalence and, above all, improve the lives of people. I have lead innovative qualitative research projects and have contributed to the translation of research to policy and practice through active engagement with and membership of government and non-government committees and agencies. I work collaboratively and in partnership with community/key stakeholders in research, to have direct application to community, government and non-government organisations. My research has had direct education, service provsion and policy impact in (sexual) health, HIV services, and sex work policy, both locally and internationally.
Works
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2024
Journal Article
A cross-sectional investigation of the factors associated with awareness of PEP and PrEP among Queensland university students
Warzywoda, Sarah, Dyda, Amalie, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Mullens, Amy, Debattista, Joseph, Durham, Jo, Gu, Zhihong, Wenham, Kathryn, Ariana, Armin, Gilks, Charles F., Bell, Sara F.E. and Dean, Judith A. (2024). A cross-sectional investigation of the factors associated with awareness of PEP and PrEP among Queensland university students. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 48 (2) 100136, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.anzjph.2024.100136
2024
Journal Article
Social marketing and mass media interventions to increase sexually transmissible infections (STIs) testing among young people: social marketing and visual design component analysis
Riddell, Julie, Cleary, Anne, Dean, Judith A., Flowers, Paul, Heard, Emma, Inch, Zeb, Mutch, Allyson, Fitzgerald, Lisa and McDaid, Lisa (2024). Social marketing and mass media interventions to increase sexually transmissible infections (STIs) testing among young people: social marketing and visual design component analysis. BMC Public Health, 24 (1) 620, 1-21. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18095-8
2024
Book Chapter
Diversity and Community
Mutch, Allyson and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2024). Diversity and Community. Political Determinants of Health in Australia. (pp. 47-66) London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003315490-5
2024
Book
Political Determinants of Health in Australia : A Planetary Perspective
Sendall, Marguerite C., Mutch, Allyson and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2024). Political Determinants of Health in Australia : A Planetary Perspective. London: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003315490
2023
Journal Article
‘Change creates change’ – older female sex workers’ experiences through the early COVID-19 pandemic
Brennan, Rachael P., Fitzgerald, Lisa, Dean, Judith A. and Selvey, Linda (2023). ‘Change creates change’ – older female sex workers’ experiences through the early COVID-19 pandemic. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 26 (4), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2023.2224869
2023
Journal Article
“More human”: using ethnographic insights to develop a posthuman framework of ‘extended recovery’ for harmful drug use
Brookfield, Samuel, Selvey, Linda, Fitzgerald, Lisa and Maher, Lisa (2023). “More human”: using ethnographic insights to develop a posthuman framework of ‘extended recovery’ for harmful drug use. SSM - Qualitative Research in Health, 3 100245, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmqr.2023.100245
2023
Journal Article
Empowering Queer Data Justice
Smith, Anthony K J, Schermuly, Allegra, Newman, Christy E., Fitzgerald, Lisa and Davis, Mark D. M. (2023). Empowering Queer Data Justice. American Journal of Bioethics, 23 (11), 56-58. doi: 10.1080/15265161.2023.2256264
2022
Journal Article
“They're my go-to people”: a qualitative study of support networks for people recently diagnosed with HIV in Queensland, Australia
Hollingdrake, Olivia, Lui, Chi-Wai, Dean, Judith A., Mutch, Allyson, Howard, Chris and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2022). “They're my go-to people”: a qualitative study of support networks for people recently diagnosed with HIV in Queensland, Australia. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 33 (6), 624-637. doi: 10.1097/jnc.0000000000000351
2022
Journal Article
Peer navigators' role in supporting people living with human immunodeficiency virus in Australia: Qualitative exploration of general practitioners' perspectives
Khalpey, Zoyah, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Howard, Chris, Istiko, Satrio Nindyo, Dean, Judith and Mutch, Allyson (2022). Peer navigators' role in supporting people living with human immunodeficiency virus in Australia: Qualitative exploration of general practitioners' perspectives. Health and Social Care in the Community, 30 (4), 1353-1362. doi: 10.1111/hsc.13465
2022
Journal Article
HIV Health literacy beyond the biomedical model: an innovative visual learning tool to highlight the psychosocial complexities of care
Hollingdrake, Olivia, Howard, Chris, Lui, Chi-Wai, Mutch, Allyson, Dean, Judith and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2022). HIV Health literacy beyond the biomedical model: an innovative visual learning tool to highlight the psychosocial complexities of care. AIDS Care, 34 (12), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2022.2085866
2022
Journal Article
The experience of syphilis in early Queensland as recorded through hospital records
Stewart, Mary, Debattista, Joseph, Williams, Owain and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2022). The experience of syphilis in early Queensland as recorded through hospital records. Queensland Review, 29 (2), 53-66. doi: 10.1558/qre.23682
2022
Journal Article
‘Making Ground’: an ethnography of ‘Living With’ harmful methamphetamine use and the plurality of recovery
Brookfield, Samuel, Selvey, Linda, Maher, Lisa and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2022). ‘Making Ground’: an ethnography of ‘Living With’ harmful methamphetamine use and the plurality of recovery. Journal of Drug Issues, 52 (3), 366-388. doi: 10.1177/00220426211073911
2022
Journal Article
‘The spiral just keeps on going’: Cascading health and social issues for women living and aging with HIV
Herron, Lisa-Maree, Mutch, Allyson, Mugamu, Melania, Howard, Chris and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2022). ‘The spiral just keeps on going’: Cascading health and social issues for women living and aging with HIV. Women's Health, 18, 174550652210748. doi: 10.1177/17455065221074882
2022
Journal Article
Understanding access to healthcare for gender diverse young people: a critical review of the literature
Lovejoy, Charlotte, Fitzgerald, Lisa and Mutch, Allyson (2022). Understanding access to healthcare for gender diverse young people: a critical review of the literature. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 25 (1), 1-15. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2021.2017486
2021
Journal Article
“It just kind of cascades”: a critical ethnography of methamphetamine-related pleasure among people in recovery
Brookfield, Samuel J., Selvey, Linda, Maher, Lisa and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2021). “It just kind of cascades”: a critical ethnography of methamphetamine-related pleasure among people in recovery. International Journal of Drug Policy, 98 103427, 103427. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103427
2021
Journal Article
Exploring the social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with HIV (PLHIV): A scoping review
Winwood, Jordan J., Fitzgerald, Lisa, Gardiner, Bernard, Hannan, Kate, Howard, Chris and Mutch, Allyson (2021). Exploring the social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on people living with HIV (PLHIV): A scoping review. AIDS and Behavior, 25 (12), 4125-4140. doi: 10.1007/s10461-021-03300-1
2021
Journal Article
“We’re supposed to be a family here”: An ethnography of preserving, achieving, and performing normality within methamphetamine recovery
Brookfield, Samuel, Selvey, Linda, Fitzgerald, Lisa and Maher, Lisa (2021). “We’re supposed to be a family here”: An ethnography of preserving, achieving, and performing normality within methamphetamine recovery. SSM - Population Health, 16 100969, 100969. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100969
2021
Journal Article
Views and preferences of people living with HIV about smoking, quitting and use of nicotine products
Edwards, Stephanie, Fitzgerald, Lisa, Mutch, Allyson, Dean, Judith A, Ford, Pauline, Howard, Chris, Watts, Peter and Gartner, Coral (2021). Views and preferences of people living with HIV about smoking, quitting and use of nicotine products. International Journal of Drug Policy, 97 103349, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2021.103349
2021
Journal Article
Enduring stigma and precarity: a review of qualitative research examining the experiences of women living with HIV in high income countries over two decades
Herron, Lisa-Maree, Mutch, Allyson, Lui, Chi-Wai, Kruizinga, Lara, Howard, Chris and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2021). Enduring stigma and precarity: a review of qualitative research examining the experiences of women living with HIV in high income countries over two decades. Health Care for Women International, 43 (1-3), 1-32. doi: 10.1080/07399332.2021.1959589
2021
Journal Article
“There’s No Sense to It”: A Posthumanist Ethnography of Agency in Methamphetamine Recovery
Brookfield, Samuel, Selvey, Linda, Maher, Lisa and Fitzgerald, Lisa (2021). “There’s No Sense to It”: A Posthumanist Ethnography of Agency in Methamphetamine Recovery. Contemporary Drug Problems, 49 (3) 009145092110316, 1-21. doi: 10.1177/00914509211031609
Funding
Current funding
Supervision
Availability
- Associate Professor Lisa Fitzgerald is:
- Available for supervision
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Available projects
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Social determinants of (sexual) health
Can discuss research opportunities that examine the social determinants of health using mixed methods or qualitative research methods- HIV social research, LGBTIQ+, young people, regional/rural
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Projects that use qualitative methods to examine 'lived experiences' of inequalities
Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Understandings, opportunities, and challenges to the implementation of comprehensive, positive, pleasure-based approaches to sexuality education and sexual and reproductive health promotion in Queensland, Australia
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Allyson Mutch
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Doctor Philosophy
An exploration of young, Queer people's experiences of place, belonging and health in rural Australia.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Allyson Mutch
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Doctor Philosophy
Newly Arrived Asian-born Gay Men in Queensland, Australia: A Decolonial Qualitative Exploration of Sexual Health Literacy as Social Practices Embedded within Migrant Networks
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Allyson Mutch, Associate Professor Judith Dean
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Doctor Philosophy
Where is the Indigenous in Indigenous Public Health?
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Recognition of the 'work' and understanding concepts of 'health' and 'health care' of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers and Health Practitioners in urban South East Queensland
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
HIV prevention knowledge, attitudes and practices among Australian youth and young adults: establishing a potential need for PrEP access for those under 18 years of age
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Amalie Dyda, Associate Professor Judith Dean
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Doctor Philosophy
Enhancing harm reduction programs for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who inject drugs
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Andrew Smirnov
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Doctor Philosophy
Examining the feasibility of a place-based social inclusion program for people experiencing housing insecurity in Australia and Canada.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Kim-Huong Nguyen, Associate Professor Sheleigh Lawler
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Doctor Philosophy
Older women in the oldest profession: An exploration of the careers and work experiences of cisgender women 50 years and older engaged in sex work in Queensland
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Judith Dean
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Doctor Philosophy
Co-designing an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation to better meet the needs of Aboriginal young people in Western Australia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Judith Dean
Completed supervision
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
More Human: An Ethnographic Study of Methamphetamine Recovery
Principal Advisor
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2021
Doctor Philosophy
The sexual and reproductive health of women living with HIV in Banten Province Indonesia: Integrating qualitative and quantitative methods
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Judith Dean
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Ageing with HIV: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study of the Lived Experience of Older Homosexual Men in Regional Queensland
Principal Advisor
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2020
Doctor Philosophy
Social Support Networks of People Recently Diagnosed with HIV in Queensland: A Qualitative Exploration
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Allyson Mutch, Associate Professor Judith Dean
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Living with HIV in regional Queensland: social ties, care and support in managing a long-term complex chronic illness
Principal Advisor
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
The Psychosocial Impact of Fatal Child Drowning in Queensland and the Availability and Use of Support
Principal Advisor
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Using drama-based research and practice to understand intimate partner violence with young people in Samoa: Exploring an intersectionality informed approach to health promotion
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Allyson Mutch
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Hereditary endometrial cancer: Improving identification and referral of patients with suspected Lynch syndrome
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Andreas Obermair, Honorary Professor Amanda Spurdle
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Devolution in Pakistan: Implications for District Health System
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Peter Hill
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2012
Doctor Philosophy
Engaging communities in malaria elimination in the south-west Pacific
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor Gail Williams
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