Mr Anthony K J Smith

I specialise in HIV prevention research with gay and bisexual men. I'm a qualitative health researcher and sociologist and have worked at the Centre for Social Research in Health (CSRH) since 2018, where I undertook my PhD (2018-2022), 'PrEP in Practice: a sociological study of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis prescribing' (submitted August 2022).

I am currently employed as Research Associate (Level A) in a 3-year postdoctoral position at CSRH. In this role I am working on the NSW PRISM project to investigate HIV stigma amongst gay and bisexual men, and on an NHMRC-funded project exploring how to expand the Gay Community Periodic Survey to other priority populations.

I am currently involved in the following projects:

• The HIV PRISM Partnership (The HIV Prevention Research Implementation Science Monitoring Partnership) - Project lead of Stigma Qualitative Study
• Gay Community Periodic Survey NHMRC Partnership Project - Project lead of qualitative arm
• Responding to monkeypox virus among gay and bisexual men in Australia (RE:MPXV) - Lead investigator of qualitative arm
• Evidencing and Implementing Interventions in a Viral Elimination Era - Project lead of PrEP study
• I collaborate with Assistant Professor Stephen Molldrem (Institute for Bioethics and Health Humanities, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston) on the bioethics of pathogen genomics (particularly molecular HIV surveillance)
• I am part of the advisory group for Sex and Gender Health Policies in Health and Medical Research (Australian Human Rights Institute & The George Institute for Global Health)

I am actively involved with the HIV sector, gay community organisations, and professional associations in my field. I am currently an Editorial Advisory Board member for Health Sociology Review (2020-present), member of the ACON Research Ethics Review Committee (2020-present) and involved in the National Program Committee for the 2022 ASHM HIV & Sexual Health Conferences. I have previously been involved with The Australian Sociological Association, including as the Postgraduate Portfolio Leader (2020 - 2021), a member of the Postgraduate Sub-Committee (2019-2020), and a co-convener of the Health thematic group (2019-2021).

My past research projects include:

• PrEP in Practice: clinician perspectives on prescribing PrEP in Australia
• Trust in Digital Health
• '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
• Enhancing Tasmanian Health Professionals’ Capacity for LGBTI-Inclusive Care (University of Tasmania)
• Understanding disparities in PrEP Access