By Dr Asha Sofia Persson

Conference Presentations

Newman CE; Persson A; de Wit J; Holt M; Callander D; Schmidt HMA; Gordon T; Manolas P; Ooi C; Rutherford A, 2016, '‘The Secrecy is Immense’: Expert Views on Engaging Heterosexually-Identified Men Who Have Sex with Men With Sexual Health Promotion and Care', presented at 2017 Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference, Adelaide, 14 November 2016 - 16 November 2016

Persson A; Newman CE; Ellard J, 2016, 'Biomedicine and Serostatus Borderlands among Couples with Mixed HIV Status', presented at 2017 Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference, Adelaide, 14 November 2016 - 16 November 2016

Persson A; Newman C; Ellard J, 2016, 'Telling intimate tells: Stigma, stories and serodiscordant sexuality in the biomedical age.', presented at Narrative Impact Symposium, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, 01 May 2016 - 01 May 2016

Newman CE; Persson A; Ellard J, 2016, '‘As a family… it is a big thing’: Managing HIV serodiscordance in family life', presented at 14th Social Research Conference on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Related Diseases, Sydney, 31 March 2016 - 01 April 2016

Persson A, 2016, 'Biomedical prevention and serodiscordant sexuality: Researching intersections and upshots', presented at Margins and Belonging: 14th Social Research Conference on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Related Diseases, UNSW Sydney, 31 March 2016 - 01 April 2016

Persson A; Newman CE; Ellard J, 2016, 'Breaking binaries? Serostatus borderlands among couples with mixed HIV status', presented at 14th Social Research Conference on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Related Diseases, Sydney, 31 March 2016 - 01 April 2016

Newman CE; Persson A; de Wit J; Holt M; Callander D; Schmidt HMA; Gordon T; Manolas P; Rutherford A; Ooi C, 2016, 'Ever at the margins? Expert views on the challenges of defining and reaching heterosexually-identified men who have sex with men for health promotion and care', presented at 14th Social Research Conference on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Related Diseases, Sydney, 31 March 2016 - 01 April 2016

Newman C; Persson AS; Miller A; Brown R, 2015, '‘Just take your medicine and everything will be fine’: The complexities of responsibilising young people who have grown up with HIV under neoliberalism', presented at TASA Conference 2015: Neoliberalism and Contemporary Challenges for the Asia-Pacific, Cairns, 23 November 2015 - 26 November 2015

Newman C; Persson AS; Ellard J, 2015, 'Making families, eliding differences: Accounts of HIV serodiscordance and family life', presented at TASA Families Symposium: The Changing Face of Families and Relationships, Melbourne, 30 October 2015 - 31 October 2015

Newman C; Persson AS; Holt M; Mao L; de Wit J, 2015, '‘That’s not a good enough reason for me’: Appreciating consumer doubts about HIV medicine', presented at TASA Health Symposium: The Politics of Knowledge in Health Care: Science, Evidence and Experience, Newcastle, 26 June 2015 - 26 June 2015

Persson AS, 2015, 'Intimate citizenship: Stories of serodiscordance, stigma and science', presented at IASSCS X Conference: Literacies and Sexualities in Cultural, Fictional, Real, and Virtual Worlds, Dublin, 17 June 2015 - 20 June 2015

Persson A; Ellard J, 2014, 'Bridging the sero-divide: The de-stigmatising potential of serodiscordant stories (poster)', presented at AIDS2014: 20th International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 01 July 2014

Persson AS, 2014, 'TasP and perceptions of sexual safety in serodiscordant couples', presented at National Gay Men’s HIV Health Promotion Conference, Sydney, 08 April 2014 - 09 April 2014

Newman C; Persson A; Miller A; Cama E, 2014, 'Navigating different (biomedical) worlds: Clinician perspectives on the challenges of transitioning young people with HIV into adult care.', presented at promises&limitations: the 13th Social Research Conference on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Related Diseases, UNSW, Sydney, -

Persson AS, 2014, 'YouMe&HIV: CSRH Showcase—Emerging perspectives on HIV treatment as prevention in the ‘real world’', presented at promises&limitations: the 13th Social Research Conference on HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Related Diseases, UNSW, Sydney, -

Newman C; Mao L; Persson A; Holt M; de Wit J, 2013, '“Health seems to come second”: Views on treatment as prevention among people with HIV not currently taking treatment', presented at 25th Australasian HIV Conference, Darwin, Australia, -

Dodds C; Bourne A; Dowsett G; Flowers P; Friedman S; Kippax S; et al ; Persson A; et al , 2013, 'ARVs for prevention: A research agenda for the social sciences (plenary).', presented at IAPAC conference, London, UK, -

Newman C; Persson A; Miller A; Cama E, 2013, 'Bridging two worlds: Clinician perspectives on the challenges of transitioning young people with HIV into adult care', presented at 25th Australasian HIV Conference, Darwin, Australia, -

Dodds C; Persson A; Vernooij E, 2013, 'Professional ambivalence: The views of HIV service providers about ARVs for prevention in three settings (poster).', presented at IAPAC conference, London, UK, -

Persson AS, 2013, 'Selling TasP to Serodiscordant Couples: The Perspectives of HIV Service Providers', presented at 2nd International HIV Social Science and Humanities Conference, Paris, Francer, -

Persson A, 2012, '“Risk and “responsibility” in the narratives of women diagnosed with HIV', presented at 24th Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 01 October 2012

Persson A; Newman C; Hopwood M; Kidd M; Canavan P; Kippax S; Reynolds R; de Wit J, 2012, 'No ordinary mainstream illness: How doctors working in general practice make sense of HIV and affected communities today', presented at 24th Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 01 October 2012

Persson A, 2011, 'Risk in serodiscordant couples: Context and culture (plenary)', presented at AIDS Impact, Santa Fe, USA, 01 September 2011

Persson A, 2010, 'HIV-negativity in serodiscordant relationships: Absence, enactments, liminality', presented at The XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology, Gothenburg, Sweden, 01 July 2010

Persson A, 2010, 'Serodifference, sexual practice, and the Swiss Consensus Statement', presented at The XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, Austria, 01 July 2010

Persson A, 2010, 'Serostatus identity? HIV-negativity in serodiscordant heterosexual couples', presented at The 11th Social Research Conference on HIV, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases, UNSW Sydney, 01 April 2010

Persson A, 2009, 'Does the Swiss Consensus Statement matter to heterosexuals living with HIV?', presented at 21st Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, Brisbane, Australia, 01 September 2009

Persson A, 2009, 'Reflections on the Swiss Consensus Statement in the context of qualitative interviews with HIV-discordant heterosexual couples', presented at 19th WAS World Congress for Sexual Health, Gothenburg, Sweden, 01 June 2009

Persson A; Newman C, 2008, 'Making Monsters: Heterosexuality, Crime and Race in Recent Western Media Coverage of HIV', presented at Everyday Lives: The 10th Social Research Conference on HIV, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases, UNSW Sydney, 01 March 2008

Persson A; Richards W, 2008, 'Serodiscordance, Sex and Heteronormalcy: Women in Relationships with HIV-Positive Men', presented at Everyday Lives: The 10th Social Research Conference on HIV, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases, UNSW Sydney, 01 March 2008

Persson A, 2007, 'Sero-sharing and Sero-silence: Managing HIV in Serodiscordant Heterosexual Relationships', presented at AIDS Impact, Marseilles, France, 01 July 2007

Persson A; Barton D, 2006, 'Masculinity and Sexuality in the Context of Heterosexual HIV', presented at StigmaPleasurePractice: The 9th Social Research Conference on HIV, Hepatitis C and Related Diseases, UNSW Sydney, 01 April 2006

Persson A; Barton D, 2005, 'Entering the Closet: Living with HIV Heterosexually', presented at 17th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, Hobart, Australia, 01 August 2005

Persson AS; Ellard JM, 2004, 'An Unusual Intimacy: How Stories Become Research'

Reports

Newman CE; Persson A; valentine K; Hamilton M; Bryant J; Wallace J; Drysdale K; Smith AKJ; Gray R; Lafferty L; Botfield J; Rance J; Cui J, 2020, my health, our family: documenting stories of family life in the context of HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C (summary report), UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/5facbe6ba9ac8

Newman CE; Persson A; de Wit J; Holt M; Callander D; Schmidt HM; Gordon T; Manolas P; Rutherford A; Ooi C, 2016, BRISE StraightMSM Study: Understanding expert views on defining and reaching heterosexually-identified men who have sex with men for health promotion and care, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Australia, Sydney, Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/25947, https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/projects/straight-msm/

Persson AS; Ellard J; Brown G; Newman C; Prestage G, 2016, YouMe&HIV: The Serodiscordant Couples Study, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/26231, https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/media/CSRHFile/YouMeHIV__Final_Report.pdf

Persson AS; Richards W; Barton D; Reakes K, 2009, Men and women living heterosexually with HIV: The Straightpoz study, Volume 2, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Sydney, Australia, http://nchsr.arts.unsw.edu.au/media/File/Straightpoz2.pdf

Persson AS; Barton D; Katsaros E, 2007, Get it straight: Heterosexuality and HIV - a fact sheet for health workers, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Sydney

Persson AS; Barton D; Richards W, 2006, Men and women living heterosexually with HIV: The Straightpoz study, Volume 1, National Centre in HIV Social Research, Sydney

Persson AS; Fogarty A; Rawstorne PR; Prestage G, 2005, Northern Exposure: HIV in the Northern Rivers Region - A Joint Report, National Centre in HIV Social Research, The University of New South Wales, The University of New South Wales

Persson AS; Triffitt K, 2004, Living and Dealing with Body Shape Change, People Living with HIV/AIDS, NSW, NSW

Media

Persson A; Newman CE; Brown G; Ellard J; Bavinton B, 2015, Understanding the promise of biomedical prevention for couples of mixed HIV status: Workshop report., AFAO

Persson AS, 2007, Communication, silence and serodiscordance

Persson AS; Baron D; Richards W, 2007, Get it straight: HIV and heterosexuality, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations Inc.

Persson AS; Barton D, 2007, Masculinity and sexuality in the context of heterosexual HIV, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations Inc.

Persson AS, 2003, Shaping Lives: Psychosocial Effects of Lipodystrophy, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations Inc.

Persson AS, 2003, The Silence of Lipodystrophy, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations Inc.

Other

Callander D; Newman C; Persson A, 2017, StraightMSM Study: Understanding expert views on heterosexually-identified men who have sex with men, HIV and Related Programs workforce development Forum, Sydney Local Health District, Sydney

Newman C; Persson A, 2016, StraightMSM Study: Understanding expert views on heterosexually-identified men who have sex with men, Pozhet Advisory Committee, Sydney

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