01 March 2024
In this seminar, Dr Emily Harris and Kai Schweizer give us a closer look at eating disorders in LGBTQIA+ and gender diverse populations.
Dr Emily A Harris
Dr Emily Harris researches the psychology of gender, sexuality, and body image. Dr Harris is a Research Fellow in the Physical Appearance Research Team (PART), led by Dr Scott Griffiths.
Dr Harris' primary line of research explores how gender beliefs and identities shape our feelings about our bodies and our intimate relationships.
This work has explored topics including masculinity, femininity, sexual desire, body satisfaction, and orgasm frequency. Dr Harris' research is primarily quantitative, using advanced methodologies and statistical approaches to test theories and assumptions about gender, sexuality, and body image.
Dr Harris' research has contributed novel insights into how gender ideologies might impact sexual wellbeing. In recent work, Dr Harris has explored the variable nature of gender, and how moment to moment changes in masculinity and femininity might relate to how people feel about their bodies.
Kai Schweizer
Kai Schweizer BA, GradDipSexol, MSexol is an LGBTIQA+ health researcher, sexologist and phlebotomist located in Boorloo (Perth).
They are currently a Sessional Academic at Curtin University's Sexology Department, a Research Assistant at the University of Western Australia and a Research Affiliate at the Inside Out Institute for Eating Disorders.
They are the co-founder of the Youth Pride Network and the founder of the Youth Homelessness Advisory Council.
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An inspiring panel of First Nations health, research, service delivery and psychology leaders will share with delegates at the Society for Mental Health Research Conference 2024 this week the critical need to change the way mental health research is conducted in Australia if we are to improve mental health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
livED is the first of its kind in mental health research, co-designed by lived experience, clinical and digital experts uniquely developed to allow people to share their story, their way.
The AEDRTC’s core vision - collaboration between like-minded researchers, clinicians and people with lived experience to change the way eating disorders research is conducted in Australia - was central to everything at Think Tank 2024.
An inspiring panel of First Nations health, research, service delivery and psychology leaders will share with delegates at the Society for Mental Health Research Conference 2024 this week the critical need to change the way mental health research is conducted in Australia if we are to improve mental health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
livED is the first of its kind in mental health research, co-designed by lived experience, clinical and digital experts uniquely developed to allow people to share their story, their way.
