Dr Asha Persson

Adjunct Senior Lecturer

BA(Hons), PhD

Arts, Design & Architecture

Centre for Social Research in Health

Dr Asha Persson is a Senior Lecturer at UNSW. She was a Senior Research Fellow with the Centre for Social Research in Health from May 2001 to December 2020 (formerly the National Centre in HIV Social Research). She was awarded a PhD in social anthropology from Sydney University in 2001.��
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Research Areas
During her almost 20 years at the Centre for Social Research in Health, Asha conducted a range of qualitative projects on various cultural and lived aspects of HIV, with particular focus on previously hidden or under-researched populations in the Australian epidemic, including heterosexuals, children growing up with HIV, straight-identified men who have sex with men, couples with mixed HIV status, and families living with a blood-borne virus. Her research aimed��to draw attention to the experiences and needs of these populations and to contribute to scholarly knowledge of the cultural interplay between illness, medicine, gender, sexuality and society.

Asha has published widely in high-profile international journals in the fields of health sociology, medical anthropology, cultural studies and HIV.

Areas of expertise for supervision
Social anthropology, ethnography, cultural phenomenology, embodiment,��medicine, cultural practice, gender and sexuality, health and illness, HIV/AIDS.

Phone

+61 2 9385 6414

E-mail

a.persson@unsw.edu.au

Location

310 Goodsell Building

Book Chapters | 2017

Persson A; Hughes SD, 2017, 'Introduction: Making “Difference”: New Perspectives on HIV Serodiscordance', in Social Aspects of HIV, Springer International Publishing, pp. 1 - 12,

Book Chapters | 2016

Newman CE; Persson AS; Ellard J, 2016, 'Pills, providers and partners: Exploring trust among serodiscordant couples in Australia', in Persson AS; Hughes S (ed.), Cross-cultural perspectives on couples with mixed HIV status: Beyond positive/negative, Springer, pp. 265 - 276,

Book Chapters | 2016

Persson AS; Hughes SD, 2016, 'Making “difference”: New perspectives on HIV serodiscordance.', in Persson AS; Hughes SD (ed.), Cross-cultural perspectives on couples with mixed HIV status: Beyond positive/negative., edn. 1, Springer, Switzerland, pp. 1 - 12,

Book Chapters | 2016

Persson AS; Newman CE; Miller A, 2016, ''There's more to you than just this virus': Young people growing up with perinatally acquired HIV in Australia', in Liamputtong P (ed.), Children and Young People Living with HIV/AIDS : a cross-cultural perspective, Springer International Publishing, pp. 107 - 124,
Edited Books | 2016

Persson AS; Hughes SD, (ed.), 2016, Cross-cultural perspectives on couples with mixed HIV status: Beyond positive/negative., 1, Springer, Switzerland,
Journal articles | 2024

Persson A; Mek A; Naketrumb R; Mitchell E; Bell S; Kelly-Hanku A, 2024, 'Local Pathways of “Serodiscordant Couples”: Unpacking a Global HIV Population Category in Papua New Guinea', Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, 43, pp. 31 - 45,

Journal articles | 2023

Bryant J; Smith AKJ; Persson A; Valentine K; Drysdale K; Wallace J; Hamilton M; Newman CE, 2023, 'Logics of control and self-management in narratives of people living with HIV, hepatitis C and hepatitis B', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 25, pp. 1214 - 1229,

Journal articles | 2023

Persson A; Kelly-Hanku A; Mek A; Mitchell E; Trumb RN; Worth H; Bell S, 2023, '“We Live Just Like a Normal Family”: Exploring Local Renderings of the Global HIV Normalisation Discourse Among Serodiscordant Couples in Papua New Guinea', Sexuality and Culture, 27, pp. 19 - 37,

Journal articles | 2023

Persson A, 2023, 'Heart cracked open: from personal loss to radical mourning', Mortality, 28, pp. 189 - 203,

Journal articles | 2023

Valentine K; Smith AKJ; Persson A; Gray R; Bryant J; Hamilton M; Wallace J; Drysdale K; Newman CE, 2023, 'The freighted social histories of HIV and hepatitis C: exploring service providers' perspectives on stigma in the current epidemics', Medical Humanities, 49, pp. 48 - 54,

Journal articles | 2022

Drysdale K; Persson A; Smith AKJ; Wallace J; valentine K; Gray RM; Bryant J; Hamilton M; Newman CE, 2022, 'Professional perspectives on serodiscordant family service provision in the context of blood-borne viruses', Health Sociology Review, 32, pp. 145 - 160,

Journal articles | 2022

Persson A; Smith AKJ; Wallace J; valentine K; Bryant J; Hamilton M; Newman CE, 2022, 'Understanding ‘risk’ in families living with mixed blood-borne viral infection status: The doing and undoing of ‘difference’', Health (United Kingdom), 26, pp. 284 - 301,

Journal articles | 2022

Wells N; Philpot SP; Murphy D; Ellard J; Howard C; Rule J; Fairley C; Prestage G; Brown G; Jin J; Kaldor J; Guy R; Grulich A; Mao L; Donovan B; Persson A; Medland N; Clifton B; Hilton P; Hammoud M; Malhotra S; Bastian L, 2022, 'Belonging, social connection and non-clinical care: Experiences of HIV peer support among recently diagnosed people living with HIV in Australia', Health and Social Care in the Community, 30, pp. e4793 - e4801,

Journal articles | 2021

Persson A; Kelly-Hanku A; Mek A; Mitchell E; Nake Trumb R; Worth H; Bell S, 2021, 'Making Sense of Serodiscordance: Pathways and Aftermaths of HIV Testing among Couples with Mixed HIV Status in Papua New Guinea', Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 22, pp. 298 - 314,

Journal articles | 2021

Smith AKJ; Persson A; Drysdale K; Bryant J; valentine K; Wallace J; Hamilton M; Gray RM; Newman CE, 2021, 'Family imaginaries in the disclosure of a blood-borne virus', Sociology of Health and Illness, 43, pp. 1422 - 1436,

Journal articles | 2020

Drysdale K; Newman CE; Persson A; Gray RM, 2020, 'Mapping Experiences of Serodiscordance: Using Visual Methodologies to Construct Relationality in Families Living With or Affected by Stigmatized Infectious Disease', Qualitative Health Research, 30, pp. 793 - 808,

Journal articles | 2020

Persson A; Kelly-Hanku A; Mek A; Mitchell E; Nake Trumb R; Worth H; Bell S, 2020, 'Polygyny, Serodiscordance and HIV Prevention in Papua New Guinea: A Qualitative Exploration of Diverse Configurations', Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, 21, pp. 248 - 263,

Journal articles | 2020

Philpot SP; Persson A; Prestage G; Bavinton BR; Ellard J, 2020, 'The ‘normality’ of living as a gay serodiscordant couple in Sydney, Australia', Sociology of Health and Illness, 42, pp. 1837 - 1857,

Journal articles | 2020

valentine K; Persson A; Newman CE; Hamilton M; Bryant J; Wallace J, 2020, 'Commentary on Alex Stevens (2020) Critical realism and the ‘ontological politics of drug policy'', International Journal of Drug Policy, 84,

Journal articles | 2020

valentine K; Persson A; Newman CE; Hamilton M; Bryant J; Wallace J, 2020, 'Experience as Evidence: The Prospects for Biographical Narratives in Drug Policy', Contemporary Drug Problems, 47, pp. 191 - 209,

Journal articles | 2019

Drysdale K; Newman CE; Persson A; Gray RM, 2019, 'Mapping Experiences of Serodiscordance: Using Visual Methodologies to Construct Relationality in Families Living With or Affected by Stigmatized Infectious Disease.', Qual Health Res, 30, pp. 793 - 808,

Journal articles | 2019

Mitchell E; Kelly-Hanku A; Mek A; Nake Trumb R; Persson A; Worth H; Bell SA, 2019, 'Caring Masculinities in the Context of HIV Serodiscordant Relationships in Papua New Guinea', Men and Masculinities,

Journal articles | 2019

Newman C; Hughes S; Persson A; Truong H-H; Holt M, 2019, 'Promoting ‘equitable access’ to PrEP in Australia: accounting for stakeholder perspectives', AIDS and Behavior, 23, pp. 1846 - 1857,

Journal articles | 2019

Newman C; Persson A; Kumar S; Lea T; Aggleton P, 2019, 'Experiences of Family Belonging among Two Generations of Sexually Diverse Australians', Family Relations, 69, pp. 292 - 307,

Journal articles | 2019

Persson A; Kelly-Hanku A; Bell S; Mek A; Worth H; Nake Trumb R, 2019, '“Vibrant Entanglements”: HIV Biomedicine and Serodiscordant Couples in Papua New Guinea', Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, 38, pp. 267 - 281,

Journal articles | 2019

Persson A; Newman C; Rasmussen ML; Marshall D; Cover R; Aggleton P, 2019, 'Queerying Notions of “Difference” Among Two Generations of Australians Who Do Not Identify Heteronormatively', Sexuality and Culture, 24, pp. 54 - 71,

Journal articles | 2019

Persson A; Newman C; valentine K; Hamilton M; Bryant J; Wallace J, 2019, 'The embodied relationality of blood-borne viruses: How families matter in the context of a stigmatised viral infection', Social Science and Medicine, 243, pp. 1 - 8,

Journal articles | 2019

Persson A; Newman CE; Manolas P; Holt M; Callander D; Gordon T; de Wit J, 2019, 'Challenging Perceptions of “Straight”: Heterosexual Men Who Have Sex with Men and the Cultural Politics of Sexual Identity Categories', Men and Masculinities, 22, pp. 694 - 715,

Journal articles | 2018

Hamilton M; Botfield J; Persson A; Newman C; Bryant J; valentine K; Wallace J, 2018, 'Hidden Carers? a Scoping Review of the Needs Of Carers of People with HIV in the Contemporary Treatment Era', International Journal of Care and Caring, 2, pp. 529 - 549,

Journal articles | 2018

Hasan MK; Aggleton P; Persson A, 2018, 'Sexual Practices and Sexual Health Among Three Generations of Men in Bangladesh: Exploring Gender- and Sexuality-Assemblages', Sexuality and Culture,

Journal articles | 2018

Mao L; Buchanan A; Wong HTH; Persson A, 2018, 'Beyond mere pill taking: SMS reminders for HIV treatment adherence delivered to mobile phones of clients in a community support network in Australia', Health and Social Care in the Community, 26, pp. 486 - 494,

Journal articles | 2018

Newman CE; Persson A; Ellard J, 2018, 'When HIV figures in family life: exploring the relational reach of serodiscordance', Sexuality and Culture, 22, pp. 1527 - 1541,

Journal articles | 2018

Newman CE; Persson A; Manolas P; Schmidt HMA; Ooi C; Rutherford A; de Wit J, 2018, '“So Much Is at Stake”: Professional Views on Engaging Heterosexually Identified Men who Have Sex with Men with Sexual Health Care in Australia', Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 15, pp. 302 - 311,

Journal articles | 2017

Hasan MK; Aggleton P; Persson A, 2017, 'The makings of a man: social generational masculinities in Bangladesh', Journal of Gender Studies,

Journal articles | 2017

Persson A; Newman CE; Ellard J, 2017, 'Breaking Binaries? Biomedicine and Serostatus Borderlands among Couples with Mixed HIV Status', Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness, 36, pp. 699 - 713,

Journal articles | 2017

Persson A; Newman CE; Hamilton M; Bryant J; Wallace J; valentine K, 2017, 'Families Living with Blood-Borne Viruses: The Case for Extending the Concept of “Serodiscordance”', Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Infectious Diseases, 2017, pp. 4352783,

Journal articles | 2017

Persson A; Newman CE; Miller A, 2017, 'Caring for ‘underground’ kids: qualitative interviews with clinicians about key issues for young people growing up with perinatally acquired HIV in Australia', International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, 22, pp. 1 - 15,

Journal articles | 2017

Persson AS; Newman CE; Manolas P; Holt M; Callander D; Gordon T; de Wit J, 2017, 'Challenging perceptions of “straight”: Heterosexual men who have sex with men and the cultural politics of sexual identity categories', Men and Masculinities, 22, pp. 694 - 715,

Journal articles | 2016

Newman CE; Persson A; Bains A; De Wit J, 2016, 'Whose voices inform online representations of HIV treatment as prevention?', AIDS, 30, pp. 808 - 810,

Journal articles | 2016

Persson A; Ellard J; Newman CE, 2016, 'Bridging the HIV Divide: Stigma, Stories and Serodiscordant Sexuality in the Biomedical Age', Sexuality and Culture, 20, pp. 197 - 213,

Journal articles | 2016

Persson A; Newman CE; Mao L; de Wit J, 2016, 'On the Margins of Pharmaceutical Citizenship: Not Taking HIV Medication in the “Treatment Revolution” Era', Medical Anthropology Quarterly, 30, pp. 359 - 377,

Journal articles | 2016

Persson A, 2016, ''The world has changed': Pharmaceutical citizenship and the reimagining of serodiscordant sexuality among couples with mixed HIV status in Australia', Sociology of Health and Illness, 38, pp. 380 - 395,

Journal articles | 2015

Hasan MK; Aggleton P; Persson A, 2015, 'Rethinking Gender, Men and Masculinity: Representations of men in the South Asian Reproductive and Sexual Health Literatures', International Journal of Men's Health, 14, pp. 146 - 162,

Journal articles | 2015

Newman C; de Wit J; Persson AS; Holt M; Slavin S; Kidd M; Post J; Wright E; Mao L, 2015, 'Understanding concerns about HIV treatment-as-prevention among people with HIV who are not using antiretroviral therapy', AIDS and Behavior, 19, pp. 821 - 831,

Journal articles | 2015

Newman CE; Mao L; Persson A; Holt M; Slavin S; Kidd MR; Post JJ; Wright E; De Wit J, 2015, ''Not Until I'm Absolutely Half-Dead and Have To:' Accounting for Non-Use of Antiretroviral Therapy in Semi-Structured Interviews with People Living with HIV in Australia', AIDS Patient Care and STDs, 29, pp. 267 - 278,

Journal articles | 2015

Newman CE; Persson A; Miller A; Brown RJ, 2015, ''Just take your medicine and everything will be fine': Responsibilisation narratives in accounts of transitioning young people with HIV into adult care services in Australia', AIDS Care, 28, pp. 131 - 136,

Journal articles | 2014

Newman ; Persson AS; Miller A; Cama E, 2014, 'Bridging worlds, breaking rules: Clinician perspectives on transitioning young people with perinatally acquired HIV into adult care in a low prevalence setting', AIDS Patient Care and Stds, 28, pp. 381 - 393,

Journal articles | 2014

Persson A, 2014, '"I don't blame that guy that gave it to me": Contested discourses of victimisation and culpability in the narratives of heterosexual women infected with HIV', AIDS Care, 26, pp. 233 - 239,

Journal articles | 2014

Persson A, 2014, 'Significant ambivalence: perspectives of Australian HIV service providers on universal treatment-as-prevention (TasP) for serodiscordant couples', Critical Public Health, 17 February, pp. 1 - 12,

Journal articles | 2014

Persson AS; Brown G; McDonald A; Korner H, 2014, 'Transmission and prevention of HIV among heterosexual populations in Australia', AIDS Education and Prevention: an interdisciplinary journal, 26, pp. 245 - 255,

Journal articles | 2013

Hopwood MN; Newman C; Persson A; Watts I; de Wit J; Reynolds R; Canavan P; Kippax S; Kidd M, 2013, 'Expert perspectives on the contribution of HIV general practice nursing to the 'extraordinary story' of HIV medicine in Australia', Primary Health Care Research and Development, 15, pp. 180 - 189,

Journal articles | 2013

Hopwood MN; Newman C; de Wit J; Kippax S; Persson A; Kidd M, 2013, 'No ordinary mainstream illness: How HIV doctors perceive the virus', Qualitative Health Research, 24, pp. 6 - 17,

Journal articles | 2013

Newman CE; Persson AS; Paquette D; Kidd M, 2013, 'The new cultural politics of the waiting room: Straight men, gay-friendly clinics and 'inclusive' HIV care', Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 10, pp. 87 - 96,

Journal articles | 2013

Newman CE; Persson AS; de Wit J; Reynolds R; Canavan P; Kippax S; Kidd M, 2013, 'At the coalface and the cutting edge: General practitioners' accounts of the rewards of engaging with HIV medicine', BMC Family Practice, 14, pp. 1 - 14,

Journal articles | 2013

Persson AS, 2013, 'Non/infectious corporealities: tensions in the biomedical era of 'HIV normalisation'', Sociology of Health and Illness, 35, pp. 1065 - 1079,

Journal articles | 2012

Persson AS; Newman C, 2012, 'When HIV-positive children grow up: A critical analysis of the transition literature in developed countries', Qualitative Health Research, 22, pp. 656 - 667,

Journal articles | 2012

Persson AS, 2012, 'Notes on the concepts of serodiscordance and risk in couples with mixed HIV status', Global Public Health, 8, pp. 209 - 220,

Journal articles | 2012

Persson AS, 2012, 'The undoing and doing of sexual identity among HIV-positive heterosexual men in Australia', Men and Masculinities, 15, pp. 311 - 328,

Journal articles | 2011

Persson AS; Ellard JM; Newman CE; Holt M; de Wit J, 2011, 'Human rights and universal access for men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs: a critical reflection on 2010 UNGASS narrative country progress reports', Social Science and Medicine, 73, pp. 467 - 474,

Journal articles | 2011

Persson AS, 2011, 'HIV-negativity in serodiscordant relationships: The absence, enactment, and liminality of serostatus identity', Medical Anthropology, 30, pp. 569 - 590,

Journal articles | 2010

Persson AS, 2010, 'Embodied worlds: A semiotic phenomenology of Satyananda Yoga', Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 16, pp. 797 - 815,

Journal articles | 2010

Persson AS, 2010, 'Reflections on the Swiss Consensus Statement in the context of qualitative interviews with heterosexuals living with HIV', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio - Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 22, pp. 1487 - 1492,

Journal articles | 2009

Newman CE; Persson AS, 2009, 'Fear, complacency and the spectacle of risk: The making of HIV as a public concern in Australia', Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Health Illness and Medicine, 13, pp. 7 - 23,

Journal articles | 2008

Persson AS; Newman CE, 2008, 'Making monsters: Heterosexuality, crime and race in recent Western media coverage of HIV', Sociology of Health and Illness, 30, pp. 632 - 646,

Journal articles | 2008

Persson AS; Richards W, 2008, 'From closet to heterotopia: A conceptual exploration of disclosure and `passing` among heterosexuals living with HIV', Culture, Health and Sexuality, 10, pp. 73 - 86,

Journal articles | 2008

Persson AS; Richards W, 2008, 'Vulnerability, gender and `proxy negativity`: Women in relationships with HIV-positive men in Australia', Social Science and Medicine, 67, pp. 799 - 807,

Journal articles | 2008

Persson AS, 2008, 'Sero-silence and sero-sharing: Managing HIV in serodiscordant heterosexual relationships', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio - Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 20, pp. 503 - 506,

Journal articles | 2007

Persson AS, 2007, 'Intimate immensity: Phenomenology of place and space in an Australian yoga community', American Ethnologist, 34, pp. 44 - 56,

Journal articles | 2006

Newman CE; Persson AS; Ellard JM, 2006, '`We just don`t know`: Ambivalence about treatment strategies in the Australian community-based HIV media', Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Health Illness and Medicine, 10, pp. 191 - 210,

Journal articles | 2006

Persson AS; Newman CE, 2006, 'Potency and vulnerability: Troubled `selves` in the context of antiretroviral therapy', Social Science and Medicine, 63, pp. 1586 - 1596,

Journal articles | 2005

Persson AS, 2005, 'Facing HIV: Body shape change and the (in)visibility of illness', Medical Anthropology, 24, pp. 237 - 264

Journal articles | 2005

Persson AS, 2005, 'Northern Exposure: HIV and Body Shape Change in the Northern Rivers', Talkabout, 1

Journal articles | 2004

Persson AS, 2004, 'Incorporating Pharmakon: HIV, medicine, and body shape change', Body and Society, 10, pp. 45 - 67

Journal articles | 2003

Persson AS; Race KD; Wakeford E, 2003, 'HIV health in context: Negotiating medical technology and lived experience', Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Study of Health Illness and Medicine, 7, pp. 397 - 415
Reports | 2020

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,

Conference Presentations | 2019

Drysdale K; Newman C; Persson A, 2019, 'Mapping Intimacy: unanticipated methodological insights in researching familial relationships in the context of stigmatized infectious disease', presented at IIQM Qualitative Methods Conference, Brisbane, 01 May 2019 - 03 May 2019

Conference Posters | 2019

Drysdale K; Newman CE; Persson A; Gray R; Bryant J; Hamilton M; valentine K; Wallace J, 2019, 'Mapping experiences of serodiscordance: incorporating visual methodologies to represent families affected by HIV and viral hepatitis', Perth, presented at 2019 Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference, Perth, 16 September 2019 - 19 September 2019

Conference Presentations | 2019

Hamilton M; Gray R; Botfield J; Newman C; Drysdale K; Persson A; valentine K; Bryant J; Wallace J, 2019, 'Linked lives and chronic illness: extending life-course analysis to families affected by blood borne viruses', presented at The Australian Sociological Association 2019 Conference, Sydney, 26 November 2019 - 28 November 2019

Conference Presentations | 2019

Mitchell E; Kelly-Hanku A; Mek A; Nake Trumb R; Persson A; Worth H; Bell S, 2019, 'Caring masculinities in the context of HIV serodiscordant relationships in Papua New Guinea', presented at Joint Australasian Sexual Health and HIV&AIDS Conferences, Perth, 16 September 2019 - 19 September 2019

Conference Presentations | 2019

Newman C; Persson A; Gray R; Drysdale K; Bryant J; valentine K; Hamilton M; Wallace J, 2019, 'The secret-keepers and the super-sharers: understanding the family life of blood borne viruses today', presented at The Australian Sociological Association 2019 Conference, Sydney, 26 November 2019 - 28 November 2019

Conference Presentations | 2019

Newman C; Persson A; valentine K; Gray R, 2019, 'Understanding the family life of transmissible infections', presented at Australian Social Policy Conference, Sydney, 09 September 2019 - 11 September 2019

Conference Presentations | 2019

Persson A; Kelly-Hanku A; Mek A; Mitchell E; Worth H; Nake Trumb R; Bell S, 2019, 'Polygyny, serodiscordance and HIV risk in Papua New Guinea: a qualitative exploration', presented at Joint Australasian Sexual Health and HIV&AIDS Conferences, Perth, 16 September 2019 - 19 September 2019

Conference Papers | 2019

Persson A; Newman C; Hamilton M; Bryant J; valentine K; Drysdale K; Gray R, 2019, 'The embodied relationality of blood-borne viruses: How families matter in the context of a stigmatised viral infection', in Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, London, pp. 112620, presented at AIDS Impact, London, 29 July 2019 - 31 July 2019,

Conference Presentations | 2019

Persson A; Newman C; Hamilton M; valentine K; Wallace J; Bryant J; Gray R; Drysdale K, 2019, 'Risk perceptions and testing in families living with mixed HIV status', presented at 2019 Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference, Perth, 16 September 2019 - 19 September 2019

Conference Presentations | 2018

Drysdale K; Newman C; Persson A, 2018, 'Family intimacies: conceptualising serodiscordance in families living with or affected by stigmatized infectious disease through family mapping methodologies', presented at 12th Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference, Shanghai, 12 August 2018 - 15 August 2018

Conference Presentations | 2018

Hamilton M; Botfield J; Newman C; Persson A; Bryant J; valentine K; Wallace J, 2018, 'Hidden carers? Understanding the needs of carers of people with HIV in the contemporary treatment era.', presented at Carers NSW 2018 Biennial Conference, Auckland, 01 November 2018 - 03 November 2018,

Conference Presentations | 2018

Hamilton M; Botfield J; Persson A; Newman C; Bryant J; valentine K; Wallace J, 2018, 'Hidden carers? A scoping review of the needs of informal carers of people with HIV in the contemporary treatment era', presented at Australasian HIV Conference, Sydney, 24 September 2018 - 26 September 2018

Conference Posters | 2018

Hamilton M; Botfield J; Persson A; Newman CE; Bryant J; valentine K; Wallace J, 2018, 'Hidden carers? Understanding the needs of carers of people with HIV in the contemporary treatment era', Auckland, presented at IUSTI Asia Pacific Congress, Auckland, 01 November 2018 - 03 November 2018

Conference Presentations | 2018

Newman C; Drysdale K; Persson A; Rance J; Hamilton M; valentine K; Bryant J; Wallace J, 2018, 'Mediating biosocial possibilities: The deployment of biomedical technologies in HIV and viral hepatitis family disclosure narratives', presented at 2018 annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science: TRANSnational STS, Sydney, 24 September 2018 - 26 September 2018

Conference Presentations | 2018

Newman C; Persson A; Drysdale K; Hamilton M; valentine K; Bryant J; Wallace J; Gray R; Rance J; Botfield J, 2018, 'Exploring the role of families in HIV treatment decisions and practices.', presented at Australasian HIV Conference, Sydney, 24 September 2018 - 26 September 2018

Conference Presentations | 2018

Newman C; Persson A; Drysdale K; Hamilton M; valentine K; Bryant J; Wallace J; Gray R; Rance J; Botfield J, 2018, 'Open doors and family secrets: Negotiating communication agreements among families affected by HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C', presented at IUSTI Asia Pacific Sexual Health Congress 2018, Auckland, 01 November 2018 - 03 November 2018

Conference Presentations | 2018

Newman CE; Persson A; Drysdale K; Rance J; Hamilton M; valentine K; bryant J; Wallace J, 2018, '"I found out I have HIV but it's all good, I'm on medication": The deployment of biomedical technologies in HIV and viral hepatitis family disclosure narratives', presented at 2018 In Sickness and in Health Conference, Sydney, 07 June 2018 - 09 June 2018

Conference Presentations | 2018

Persson A; Newman C; Drysdale K; Hamilton M; valentine K; Bryant J; Gray R; Rance J; Botfield J, 2018, 'Understanding divergent family responses to a blood borne virus diagnosis', presented at Australasian HIV Conference, Sydney, 24 September 2018 - 26 September 2018

Conference Presentations | 2018

Persson A; Newman C; Kelly A, 2018, 'The many (interconnected and relational) strands of HIV: Qualitative findings from Australia and Papua New Guinea', presented at IUSTI Asia Pacific Sexual Health Congress 2018, Auckland, 01 November 2018 - 03 November 2018

Other | 2017

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,

Conference Presentations | 2017

Newman CE; Lea T; Aggleton P; Persson A; Kumar S, 2017, 'Uncovering evidence of belonging: ‘counter-exclusion’ narratives in the Queer Generations study', presented at TASA Conference 2017: Belonging in a Mobile World, Perth., Perth, -

Conference Presentations | 2017

Newman CE; Persson A; Holt M; Callander D; Manolas P; Schmidt H; Gordon T; Rutherford A; Ooi C; de Wit J, 2017, 'Sexual health professional perspectives on the politics of belonging for heterosexually-identified men who have sex with men', presented at TASA Conference 2017: Belonging in a Mobile World, Perth, -

Conference Presentations | 2017

Persson AS; Newman C; Hamilton M; Bryant J; Wallace J; valentine K; Botfield J, 2017, 'Understanding the needs of families affected by blood-borne viruses: The case for extending the concept of “serodiscordance”.', presented at 29th Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference, Canberra, 06 November 2017 - 08 November 2017

Other | 2016

Newman C; Persson A, 2016, Public HIV disclosures as restitution narratives: who is permitted to secure restitution?, Narrative Impact Symposium, Nijmegen,

Other | 2016

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

Conference Presentations | 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

Reports | 2016

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, ,

Conference Presentations | 2016

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

Conference Presentations | 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

Conference Presentations | 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

Other | 2016

Persson A; Newman C, 2016, Telling intimate tales: Stigma, stories and serodiscordant sexuality in the biomedical age, Narrative Impact Symposium, Nijmegen,

Conference Presentations | 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

Conference Presentations | 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

Conference Presentations | 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

Reports | 2016

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,

Other | 2015

Ellard J; Persson A; Newman C, 2015, You, Me & HIV, Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney,

Other | 2015

Ellard J; Persson AS, 2015, YouMe&HIV overview and key findings on PrEP, In-service seminar, Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney Hospital,

Other | 2015

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

Conference Presentations | 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

Conference Presentations | 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

Conference Presentations | 2015

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

Other | 2015

Newman C; Persson AS; Miller A, 2015, HIV positive children transitioning to adolescence and adulthood, Gilead Best Practice Sharing Symposium: Improving patient care in HIV and chronic viral hepatitis, Sydney,

Other | 2015

Newman C; Persson AS, 2015, Making families, eliding differences: Accounts of HIV serodiscordance and family life, Serodiscordant Studies Workshop, UNSW Australia,

Other | 2015

Newman C; Persson AS, 2015, PozKidz transition issues, Adolescents with HIV, Staff Forum, Albion Centre, Sydney,

Other | 2015

Newman C; Persson AS, 2015, ‘If there's no trust, it's just not gonna work’: Understanding trust in partners, pills and providers among couples of mixed HIV status, Serodiscordant Studies Workshop, UNSW Australia,

Other | 2015

Newman C; de Wit J; Persson AS; Holt M; Mao L; Slavin S; Kidd M, 2015, Why might some people with HIV feel concerned about using treatment as prevention?, AFAO, ,

Other | 2015

Persson AS; Newman C; Ellard J, 2015, Telling intimate tales: Stigma, stories and serodiscordant sexuality in the biomedical age, CSRH seminar series, UNSW,

Other | 2015

Persson AS; Newman C, 2015, PozKidz overview, Adolescents with HIV, Staff Forum, Albion Centre, Sydney,

Conference Presentations | 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

Other | 2015

Persson AS, 2015, Pharmaceutical citizenship: Serodiscordance, stigma, sex and TasP, Serodiscordant Studies Workshop, UNSW Australia,

Other | 2015

Persson AS, 2015, PrEP and serodiscordant relationships, Serodiscordant Studies Workshop, UNSW Australia,

Other | 2015

Persson AS, 2015, YouMe&HIV: Overview of participants and key findings, Serodiscordant Studies Workshop, UNSW Australia,

Other | 2014

Newman C; Persson A; Holt M; Mao L; de Wit J; Treloar C, 2014, Using treatment to prevent HIV transmission… and HCV? Emerging perspectives from social research, Scientific Advisory Committee, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Australia,

Conference Presentations | 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, -

Other | 2014

Newman C; Persson A; Miller A, 2014, Responsibilising young people with HIV: clinician and client perspectives, 7th Paediatric HIV Update 2014, Sydney Children’s Hospital,

Conference Posters | 2014

Newman CE; Mao L; Persson A; Holt M; Slavin S; Kidd MR; Post JJ; Wright E; de Wit J, 2014, '‘Not until I’m absolutely half-dead and have to’: Accounting for non-use of HIV treatment through qualitative interviews with people living with HIV in Australia', Melbourne, presented at 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014), Melbourne, 20 July 2014 - 25 July 2014

Conference Posters | 2014

Newman CE; Persson A; Miller A, 2014, '‘For as long as I can remember, I’ve been taking medication’: How young people in Australia with perinatally acquired HIV remain engaged with HIV care and treatment over time', Melbourne, presented at 20th International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, 20 July 2014 - 25 July 2014

Conference Posters | 2014

Newman CE; de Wit J; Persson A; Holt M; Slavin S; Kidd MR; Post JJ; Wright E; Mao L, 2014, 'Understanding concerns about HIV treatment as prevention among people with HIV who are not using antiretroviral therapy in Australia', Melbourne, presented at 20th International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, 20 July 2014 - 25 July 2014

Conference Presentations | 2014

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

Other | 2014

Persson A; Newman C; Miller A, 2014, "I'm just a normal teenager": Growing up with HIV from the perspectives of young people and clinicians, 7th Paediatric HIV Update 2014, Sydney Children’s Hospital,

Conference Presentations | 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

Conference Presentations | 2014

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, -

Conference Presentations | 2013

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, -

Conference Presentations | 2013

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, -

Conference Presentations | 2013

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, -

Conference Presentations | 2013

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, -

Conference Presentations | 2013

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, -

Conference Presentations | 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

Conference Presentations | 2012

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

Conference Presentations | 2011

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

Conference Presentations | 2010

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

Conference Presentations | 2010

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

Conference Presentations | 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

Conference Presentations | 2009

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

Conference Presentations | 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

Reports | 2009

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, Men and women living heterosexually with HIV: The Straightpoz study, Volume 2,

Conference Presentations | 2008

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

Conference Presentations | 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

Conference Presentations | 2007

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

Reports | 2007

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, Get it straight: Heterosexuality and HIV - a fact sheet for health workers

Conference Presentations | 2006

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

Reports | 2006

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, Men and women living heterosexually with HIV: The Straightpoz study,Volume 1

Conference Presentations | 2005

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

Reports | 2005

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, Northern Exposure: HIV in the Northern Rivers Region

Conference Presentations | 2004

Persson AS; Ellard JM, 2004, 'An Unusual Intimacy: How Stories Become Research', Vol. 1

Reports | 2004

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

Media | 2015

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, Sydney,

Media | 2007

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

Media | 2007

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

Media | 2007

Persson AS, 2007, Communication, silence and serodiscordance,

Media | 2003

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

Media | 2003

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

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Asha welcomes supervision of postgraduate projects that focus on the intersections of HIV, gender, sexuality, embodiment, medicine, health and illness, and cultural practice, particularly projects situated in the fields of social and medical anthropology, ethnography, cultural phenomenology, and sociology of health and illness.

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