Dr Allison Carter
PhD (Simon Fraser University),ÌýMPH (Simon Fraser University),ÌýBSc (University of British Columbia)
Dr. Allison (Allie) Carter is a Senior LecturerÌýand Group Leader of the Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity (SHARE) Research Group at the Kirby Institute, »Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ Sydney, an Associate of theÌýAustralian Human Rights Institute, and anÌýAdjunct ProfessorÌýat Simon Fraser University in Canada. HerÌýresearch program aims to strengthen responses to gender, social justice, and sexual and reproductive health and rights. SheÌýhas a strong interest in critical social theories and community-based research and her projectsÌýutiliseÌýa range of methods, including big data, surveys, and cohort studies, as well as qualitative and arts-based research methodologies.ÌýSheÌýis currently involved in a number of research collaborations in Australia and Canada withÌýwomen living with HIV, young people with disability, migrant communities, and the broader population. Topics includeÌýHIV and STIs, HPV and cervical cancer, sexual behaviour, reproductive experiences, sexual pleasure, gender differences in sexuality, young people and sex education, gendered violence, and reproductive coercion.ÌýShe has successfully led/co-led research attracting 17.7M and has authored more than 70 peer reviewed publications.ÌýSheÌýwrites regularly about health, sexuality, and relationships for theÌýgeneral public and is available to provide expert opinion about sexual and reproductive health and rights for writers and producers of broadcast, print, and online media.
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- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
- Overcoming Inequity: Increasing Cervical Screening Participation for People with Intellectual Disability (CIRCE), NHMRC 2022-2025,ÌýChiefÌýInvestigator
- The Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections, Australian Government Department of Health 2019-2023, ChiefÌýInvestigator
- The Third Australian Study of Health and Relationships (ASHR3), NHMRC 2019-2022, Associate Investigator
- Organising and Co-designing Holistic Immunisation services with students with Disability, Australian Government Department of Health 2020-2021, Lead ChiefÌýInvestigator
- Sex in Translation: Understanding Concepts of Health and Relationships amongÌýChinese People in Australia, Australian Government Department of Health 2019-2020, Lead ChiefÌýInvestigator
- Positively Women: A Research Project Using Art to Understand What it Means to be a WomenÌýLiving with HIV in Australia, Australian Government Department of Health 2019-2020, Lead ChiefÌýInvestigator
- HIV Made Me Fabulous, Simon Fraser University and Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research 2020-2021, ChiefÌýInvestigator
- Life And Love With HIV, Simon Fraser University and Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research 2018-2021, ChiefÌýInvestigator
- The Canadian HIV Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health Cohort Study (CHIWOS), Canadian Institute for Health Research 2010-2020, Co-Investigator
- 2021, Early Career Award: Social, Political and Cultural Aspects of HIV and Sexual Reproductive Health in the Australasian Region - The Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine
- 2019,ÌýEmerging Investigator Award - The Kirby Institute, »Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ Sydney
- 2015,ÌýDoctoral Research Award - The Canadian Institutes of Health Research
- 2014, New Investigator Award - The Canadian Association for HIV Research
Professional Association Memberships
- Associate,
- Member,
- Affiliate Member,
Select media
- . The Peak. 14 February 2022.
- .ÌýABC Radio National Life Matters with Hilary Harper. 10 February 2022.
- »Ê¹Ú²ÊƱ Newsroom. 10 February 2022.Ìý
- Herald Sun. 10 February 2022.Ìý
- . The Conversation. 20 December 2021.Ìý
- . Sydney Morning Herald. 22 November 2020.
- Some women just go along with painful sex—and it’s time for a cultural shift.ÌýMGB Relationships. 1 October 2019.
- . Vancouver is Awesome. 27 April 2018.
- . CBC. 20 February 2017.
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My Research Supervision
- Azeem Travadi (MD student): Adolescent vaccination in students with disabilities.
- Jessica Murray (MSc student): Echoes of trauma in the lives of women living with HIV.
- Charity Mudhikwa (MPH student): Sexual health of women living with HIV.Ìý
Graduates
- Lisa Wojciechowski (PhD): Young + Positive: A national study of young people living with HIV.
- Erin Mowbray (MPH): Exploring the use of community-based art to reduce HIV stigma in Australia.
- Najihah Binte Salim (MD): Co-design of interventions to improve vaccine uptake among people with disabilities.
- Azra Bhanji (MPH): Engaging communities in storytelling: Life and Love with HIV.
- Zoe Osborne (MPH): HIV Made Me Fabulous: Film as a tool for knowledge dissemination.
- Olivia Burton (MPH): Systematic review: Education programs of sexual consent in young people.
- Michaela Pereira Bajard (MPH):ÌýUse of AIDS Service Organizations among women living with HIV.
My Teaching
I have developed courses in epidemiology and the social determinants of health and given a number of lectures in human sexuality. I welcome invitations to guest lecture on the intersections of HIV and gender, critical perspectives on sexual and reproductive health, and critical approaches in community-based research and arts-based knowledge translation.