Kerryn Drysdale (she/her)

We propose recommendations for improving LGBTQ+ participation in cancer clinical trials within.

LGBTQ+ participation in cancer clinical trials: Ensuring justice and data equity - Haryana M. Dhillon, Kerryn Drysdale, Bridget Haire, kylie valentine, Scott Walsberger, Anna Hartley, Lindsey Jasicki,... This case study considers LGBTQ+ participation in cancer clinical trials as an issue of justice and data equity in research ethics. Although representation of L...

New publication! Dhillon, H. M., Drysdale, K., Haire, B., valentine, kylie, Walsberger, S., Hartley, A., Jasicki, L., Daignault, C., & Smith, A. K. J. (2025). LGBTQ+ participation in cancer clinical trials: Ensuring justice and data equity. Research Ethics, 17470161251383558. doi.org/10.1177/1747...

A novel finding was that gender affA novel finding was that gender affirming hormonal therapies was seen to boost immunity among gender diverse peoplirming hormonal therapies was seen to boost immunity among gender diverse people.

Rather than the individual, combative, almost-militant relationship between the self and external pathogens, LGBTIQ+ and people living with HIV/hepatitis refer to a relational dynamic between immunities and others, rooted in cultures of care.

Immune logics, immune selves and immunoprivilege in the COVID era: Perspectives from marginalised social groups The COVID-19 pandemic has been accompanied by a fraught immunopolitics in which the health and interests of powerful social groups have been privilege…

New article out! Another in our suite of articles exploring immunity in the pandemic age. Read it here.
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...suggesting how greater inclusivity can be adapted within the medical domain of ‘women’s health’ without losing sight of its history of feminist activism.

Beyond words: operationalizing inclusive language in Australian cervical screening health promotion policy

Hi folks, new article out. In the second of our series on inclusive language in cervical screening policy, we traced the downstream operationalisation in broader policy ecologies
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Drawing on insights from a 2024 workshop supported by our TASA Gary Bouma Memorial Grant, this session explores how menopause can be reimagined beyond conventional norms. We'll share learnings and provocations that challenge dominant narratives and open up more inclusive understandings of menopause.

TASA Thursdays | Reimagining Menopause: Mobilising Radical Imaginaries Across Social, Creative and Clinical Domains

Join us on Thursday 15th May at 12:30pm (AEST) for our TASA Thursdays session
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In conversation with Dr Andy Kaladelfos (UNSW Faculty of Law & Justice), Sam and Andy will explore fast-moving anti-trans political agendas, the challenges ahead for LGBTIQA+ rights, and how we can keep ourselves safe in the face of it all.

Challenging the System: A Queer Legal Conversation with Sam Elkin Join us for a conversation about the state of Australian LGBTIQA+ human rights explored through queer storytelling.

Challenging the System: A Queer Legal Conversation with Sam Elkin

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But then they did.

When you are low-key worried no one will show up for your birthday party...

Oh, I hadn't realised you are in lutruwita now. I moved down 2 years ago, though still working (remotely) at UNSW.

PhD students who complain about supervisors ‘never hear outcome’ ‘A poor communicator who ghosts me’: disaffected research students and supervisors have similar grievances about each other, survey reveals

PhD students who complain about their supervisors ‘never hear outcome’, Australian survey led by @justinenolan.bsky.social et al finds www.timeshighereducation.com/news/phd-stu...

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We are looking for a diverse range of people, particularly those with identities that have been historically underrepresented by WIO staff and Board members.

From WIO: Working It Out is looking for LGBTIQA+ people with an interest in providing input into WIO’s strategic decisions, with a focus on helping us meet the community’s needs.

Hey, this is a super important initiative at Working It Out, and has been really set up to ensure mutual benefit and capacity building. Looking for people with intersectional experiences to provide strategic advice (LGBTIQA+, sex work, substance use, housing instability, dis/ability, race).

Letter of Support for nomination of @ARC_Tracker for a Eureka Prize for Leadership in Science In signing this form you endorse the proposal to nominate @ARC_Tracker for a Eureka Prize in the category 'Leadership in Science'. The list of signatories will be appended to the nomination form. I wi...

Come on folk, get off your butts! Let's thank @arc-tracker.bsky.social. 3500+ of you follow their posts about proposed changes in ARC funding & which schemes remain open for now. But only 135 of you have signed up to support their nomination for a Eureka prize. Sign!

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I bet someone could do a reverse Omelas story right now where everyone in the village has to suffer so one guy gets to be happy and successful

Using theory-informed, arts-based research translation to change community attitudes towards people who inject drugs newly released from prison: A randomised controlled trial Community attitudes contribute to social exclusion of people with incarceration and injecting drug use histories. Interventions that positively impact…

New article out!

While anyone who knows me would query my knowledge of the statistics that form the basis of this study, I produced the arts based narratives that were used as the intervention (which is way more my speed).
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Hey folks if you missed this, recording is now available
Co-designing intersectionality in a LGBTIQA+ disability storytelling project.
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Co-designing intersectionality in a LGBTIQA+ disability storytelling project

Tuesday 11 February 2025
3pm-4pm AEDT
This is an online event

Reimagining menopause by expanding assumptions shaping research: a scoping review of gender and sexuality diverse people’s experiences and expectations Background: Menopause is socially coded as an experience of hormonal change which threatens the vitality and identity of (cisgender) women in midlife; yet this framing overlooks the diversity in me...

As part of a broader research programme, we conducted a scoping review to assess assumptions around menopause that does a disservice to cis and trans people alike.

Free copies here or HMU for the PDF

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Public Understandings Related to Immunity Systems and the Microbiome A social research project funded by the ARC

Kicking off 2025 with our new ARC Discovery project with @dalupton.bsky.social and Mark Davis - check out our website (and check back in to see our progress over the next three years).

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The salience of genomic information to reproductive autonomy: Australian healthcare professionals’ views on a changing prenatal testing landscape Genomic testing in prenatal care is rapidly advancing and it is now possible to obtain an entire fetal genome via a blood test administered in early pregnancy. In the pursuit of reproductive autono...

New OPEN ACCESS article by TASA member @kerryndrysdale.bsky.social et al. The salience of genomic information to reproductive autonomy: Australian healthcare professionals’ views on a changing prenatal testing landscape doi.org/10.1080/1463...

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Is there a role for hybrid service provision in place‐based initiatives within the human services sector? Findings from an Australian exploratory study The value of place-based initiatives in the design and delivery of human services has long been recognised, but the need for hybrid service delivery to clients—that is any combination of online and .....

One of our articles from 2023 has now found its home in a volume. In this article, we explored the potential between place based initiatives and virtual/online service delivery, provided the principles underpinning place-based initiatives are retained.
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