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Peter Weatherburn is affiliated with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several areas within medicine and psychology, with a specific focus on infectious diseases, epidemiology, and sociopolitical dimensions of health.

The primary fields of study include Medicine and Psychology, while notable subfields are Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, and Clinical Psychology.

The scientist's work centers on topics such as HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk, LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy, Sex Work and Related Issues, HIV Research and Treatment, Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology, and Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Some of the recent published papers are:

  • Comparing the effects of HIV self-testing to standard HIV testing for key populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis, 2020, BMC Medicine
  • Structural stigma and sexual minority men's depression and suicidality: A multilevel examination of mechanisms and mobility across 48 countries., 2021, Journal of Abnormal Psychology
  • Examining the effects of HIV self-testing compared to standard HIV testing services in the general population: A systematic review and meta-analysis, 2021, EClinicalMedicine
  • Interventions to address loneliness and social isolation in young people: A systematic review of the evidence on acceptability and effectiveness, 2021, Journal of Adolescence
  • Characteristics and sexual health service use of MSM engaging in chemsex: results from a large online survey in England, 2020, Sexually Transmitted Infections

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Peter Weatherburn include:

  • T. Charles Witzel
  • Fiona Burns
  • Alison Rodger
  • Leanne McCabe
  • Axel J. Schmidt

Publications often appear in specific venues with multiple contributions, including:

  • Sexually Transmitted Infections
  • PLoS ONE
  • BMC Public Health
  • HIV Medicine
  • EClinicalMedicine

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

  • Comparing the effects of HIV self-testing to standard HIV testing for key populations: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    T. Charles Witzel;Ingrid Eshun-Wilson;Muhammad S. Jamil;Nerissa Tilouche

  • Gay men as victims of nonconsensual sex

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

  • Structural and environmental factors are associated with internalised homonegativity in men who have sex with men: findings from the European MSM Internet Survey (EMIS) in 38 countries.

    Rigmor C. Berg;Michael W. Ross;Peter Weatherburn;Axel J. Schmidt

  • Substance use among men who have sex with men: patterns, motivations, impacts and intervention development need

    Adam Bourne;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

  • Internalised homonegativity predicts HIV-associated risk behavior in European men who have sex with men in a 38-country cross-sectional study : some public health implications of homophobia

    Michael W Ross;Michael W Ross;Rigmor C Berg;Axel J Schmidt;Harm J Hospers

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

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

  • Structural stigma and sexual minority men's depression and suicidality: A multilevel examination of mechanisms and mobility across 48 countries

    John E Pachankis;Mark L Hatzenbuehler;Richard Bränström;Axel J Schmidt

  • 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

  • Interventions for tobacco use cessation in people living with HIV and AIDS

    Erica R.M. Pool;Omara Fatima Dogar;Ryan P. Lindsay;Peter Weatherburn

  • HIV Self-Testing among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in the UK: A Qualitative Study of Barriers and Facilitators, Intervention Preferences and Perceived Impacts.

    T. Charles Witzel;Alison J. Rodger;Fiona M. Burns;Tim Rhodes

Frequent Co-Authors

Ford Hickson
Ford Hickson University of London
Adam Bourne
Adam Bourne La Trobe University
Chris Bonell
Chris Bonell London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Catherine H Mercer
Catherine H Mercer University College London
Michael W. Ross
Michael W. Ross University of Minnesota
Mark L. Hatzenbuehler
Mark L. Hatzenbuehler Harvard University
David Dunn
David Dunn University College London
John E. Pachankis
John E. Pachankis Yale University
Andrew N. Phillips
Andrew N. Phillips University College London
Harm J. Hospers
Harm J. Hospers Maastricht University

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