Biography
Paul is a research fellow of the Justice Health Research Program at the School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney, and the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Offender Health. His research activities, both quantitative and qualitative, have centred on health, marginalisation, and ethics among justice system involved populations with a focus on violence, sexual health, infectious disease in prisons, and prison alternatives. He has an interest...view more
Paul is a research fellow of the Justice Health Research Program at the School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney, and the NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Offender Health. His research activities, both quantitative and qualitative, have centred on health, marginalisation, and ethics among justice system involved populations with a focus on violence, sexual health, infectious disease in prisons, and prison alternatives. He has an interest in advancing deliberative research methods within the justice health field having conducted various national deliberative forums with diverse stakeholders including, the public, incarcerated people, prisoner health service directors, and government, consumer and NGO stakeholders.
My Grants
Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF). A ‘whole-of-setting’ model of care for trans and gender diverse people in prison.
Ian Potter Foundation. Reducing systemic inequity in health services in prisons for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: Medicare in prisons feasibility study.
Fund for Research and Innovation in Global Health and Social Development. Building Global Collaboration to Advance the Health and Human Rights for Women’ pilot study.
NSW Department of Communities and Justice. Defining optimal post-prison care for those with psychosis using a Delphi Method.
NSW Department of Justice. Evaluation of electronic monitoring of family and domestic violence perpetrators and victims.
National Health and Medical Research Council. Second Survey of Sexual Health and Attitudes of Australian Prisoners (SHAAP2).
My Qualifications
BSc (Psych), PhD
My Research Activities
Current projects:
Second survey on Sexual health and attitudes of Australian Prisoners (SHAAP2)
A ‘whole-of-setting’ model of care for trans and gender diverse people in prison
Medicare and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Organisations in Prisons Project (MAPP)
Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women perpetrators of violence: a trial of a prison-based intervention (Beyond Violence)
Improving continuity of care and supports for people living with HIV after release from prison
My Research Supervision
Supervision keywords
Areas of supervision
Justice health, prisons, sexual health, physical and sexual violence, infectious diseases, gender and sexuality, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health, prison alternatives, research ethics, deliberative research
Currently supervising
Helene Smith (PhD)
Patricia Taflan (PhD)
Publications
ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1947-8923