Research Team

The PrEPARE Project is a collaboration between the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney; The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney; Healthy Equity Matters (formerly the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations); NSW Ministry of Health; Positive Life NSW; and ACON.

The study is managed by the following researchers:

  • Dr James MacGibbon 
    Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney

  • Dr Tim Broady 
    Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney

  • Dr Benjamin Bavinton
    Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney

  • Professor Martin Holt 
    Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney

Our research advisory group includes:

  • Ms Simin Yu 
    Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney

  • Mr Johann Kolstee 
    Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney

  • Dr Dean Murphy 
    Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney

  • Dr Jeanne Ellard 
    Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University

  • Associate Professor Sarah Calabrese
    George Washington University (Washington DC, USA)

  • Mr Heath Paynter
    Health Equity Matters (formerly the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations)

  • Mr Angus Molyneux
    ACON

  • Mr Andrew Heslop
    Positive Life NSW

  • Ms Cherie Power
    New South Wales Ministry of Health

  • Professor John de Wit 
    Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney

The PrEPARE Project team acknowledges the generosity and expertise of Mr Teddy Cook, ACON and PASH.tm, who provided advice on the questionnaire, particularly its relevance for trans men and their partners.

The PrEPARE Project receives funding from the BBV & STI Research, Intervention and Strategic Evaluation (BRISE) program of the New South Wales Ministry of Health, and from the Australian Government Department of Health.