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Ford Hickson is affiliated with the University of London in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine, psychology, and health professions. Their research spans multiple subfields including infectious diseases, general health professions, epidemiology, social psychology, and clinical psychology. The primary focus of their work intersects with HIV/AIDS research and interventions, drug use, sexual risk, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, LGBTQ health, identity and policy, as well as sexuality, behavior, and technology.

Their recent scholarly output includes several publications notable for their relevance to sexual health and public health. These include:

  • Sexual and Mental Health Inequalities across Gender Identity and Sex-Assigned-at-Birth among Men-Who-Have-Sex-with-Men in Europe: Findings from EMIS-2017, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • An update on the performance of STI services for gay and bisexual men across European cities: results from the 2017 European MSM Internet Survey, 2020, Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Chemsex and diagnoses of syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia among men who have sex with men in the UK: a multivariable prediction model using causal inference methodology, 2021, Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Spatio-temporal changes in pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among MSM in mainland France between 2016 and 2021: a Bayesian small area approach with MSM population estimation, 2023, Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • Social and behavioural determinants of syphilis: Modelling based on repeated cross-sectional surveys from 2010 and 2017 among 278,256 men who have sex with men in 31 European countries, 2022, The Lancet Regional Health - Europe

Hickson's frequent coauthors include Axel J. Schmidt, Peter Weatherburn, Francesco Avallone, Kim Engler, and Bertrand Lebouché, reflecting strong collaborative networks within their research community.

Their work has appeared in a range of publication venues with repeated contributions to:

  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • Journal of the International AIDS Society
  • The Lancet Regional Health - Europe
  • BMJ Open
  • Sexual Health

Ford Hickson's research addresses several key topics, such as:

  • HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk
  • Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
  • LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Mobile Health and mHealth Applications
  • Sex work and related issues

Best Publications

  • Illicit drug use in sexual settings (‘chemsex’) and HIV/STI transmission risk behaviour among gay men in South London: findings from a qualitative study

    Adam Bourne;D Reid;F Hickson;S Torres-Rueda

  • “Chemsex” and harm reduction need among gay men in South London

    Adam Bourne;David Reid;Ford Hickson;Sergio Torres-Rueda

  • Hidden from health: structural stigma, sexual orientation concealment, and HIV across 38 countries in the European MSM Internet Survey

    John E. Pachankis;Mark L. Hatzenbuehler;Ford Hickson;Peter Weatherburn

  • Illicit drug use among gay and bisexual men in 44 cities: Findings from the European MSM Internet Survey (EMIS).

    Axel J. Schmidt;Adam Bourne;Peter Weatherburn;David Reid

  • The Chemsex study: drug use in sexual settings among gay and bisexual men in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham

    A Bourne;D Reid;F Hickson;S Torres Rueda

  • Motivations and values associated with combining sex and illicit drugs (‘chemsex’) among gay men in South London: findings from a qualitative study

    P Weatherburn;F Hickson;D Reid;S Torres-Rueda

  • Gay men as victims of nonconsensual sex

    Ford C. I. Hickson;Peter M. Davies;Andrew J. Hunt;Peter Weatherburn

  • Maintenance of open gay relationships: some strategies for protection against HIV.

    F. C. I. Hickson;P. M. Davies;A. J. Hunt;P. Weatherburn

  • Social norms related to combining drugs and sex ("chemsex") among gay men in South London

    Alysha-Karima Ahmed;Peter Weatherburn;David Reid;Ford Hickson

  • Poorer mental health in UK bisexual women than lesbians: evidence from the UK 2007 Stonewall Women's Health Survey

    Lisa Colledge;Ford Hickson;David Reid;Peter Weatherburn

  • The European Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Internet Survey (EMIS): Design and Methods

    Peter Weatherburn;Axel J. Schmidt;Ford Hickson;David Reid

  • No connection between alcohol use and unsafe sex among gay and bisexual men.

    Peter Weatherburn;Peter M. Davies;Ford C.I. Hickson;Andrew J. Hunt

  • Men who have sex with men in Great Britain: comparing methods and estimates from probability and convenience sample surveys.

    Philip Prah;Ford Hickson;Chris Bonell;Lisa M McDaid

  • Estimating the size of the MSM populations for 38 European countries by calculating the survey-surveillance discrepancies (SSD) between self-reported new HIV diagnoses from the European MSM internet survey (EMIS) and surveillance-reported HIV diagnoses among MSM in 2009

    Ulrich Marcus;Ford Hickson;Peter Weatherburn;Axel J Schmidt

  • European Men-Who-Have-Sex-With-Men Internet Survey (EMIS-2017): Design and Methods

    Peter Weatherburn;Ford Hickson;David S. Reid;Ulrich Marcus

  • Prevalence of HIV among MSM in Europe: comparison of self-reported diagnoses from a large scale internet survey and existing national estimates

    Ulrich Marcus;Ford Hickson;Peter Weatherburn;Axel J Schmidt

  • Factors associated with HIV seroconversion in gay men in England at the start of the 21st century.

    Neil Macdonald;Gillian Elam;Ford Hickson;John C G Imrie

  • A systematic review of evidence to inform HIV prevention interventions among men who have sex with men in Europe.

    S Strömdahl;F Hickson;A Pharris;M Sabido

  • Estimating the 'PrEP Gap': how implementation and access to PrEP differ between countries in Europe and Central Asia in 2019.

    Rosalie Hayes;Axel J Schmidt;Anastasia Pharris;Yusef Azad

  • HIV, sexual risk, and ethnicity among men in England who have sex with men.

    F Hickson;D Reid;P Weatherburn;M Stephens

  • Sex role separation in sexual diaries of homosexual men.

    Anthony Coxon;N. Coxon;Peter Weatherburn;Andrew Hunt

  • No aggregate change in homosexual HIV risk behaviour among gay men attending the Gay Pride festivals, United Kingdom, 1993-1995.

    Ford C.I. Hickson;David S. Reid;Peter M. Davies;Peter Weatherburn

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Weatherburn
Peter Weatherburn London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Chris Bonell
Chris Bonell London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Adam Bourne
Adam Bourne La Trobe University
Tim Rhodes
Tim Rhodes London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Kaye Wellings
Kaye Wellings London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Catherine H Mercer
Catherine H Mercer University College London
James R Hargreaves
James R Hargreaves London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Stefan Baral
Stefan Baral Johns Hopkins University
Robert Power
Robert Power Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
John Imrie
John Imrie University of the Witwatersrand

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