
Professor Christy Newman
Christy E. Newman (they/them) is a Professor at the聽Centre for Social Research in Health, and Deputy Dean Research for the faculty of聽Arts, Design and Architecture.
They are a qualitative sociologist with expertise in collaborative social research on health, gender, and sexuality, with a particular focus on sexual and reproductive health, and inclusive approaches to health system reform.
Christy is a passionate advocate for the contributions of the social sciences, humanities, creative and performing arts, design and built environment disciplines in supporting impactful responses to the many social, environmental, and geopolitical challenges we face today聽(see ADA Creating Impact).
Their research has been funded by >$18 million in grants from the Australian Research Council (Discovery and Linkage schemes), National Health and Medical Research Council (MRFF, Project and Partnership schemes), public sector and for-purpose health agencies.
Highlighted outputs and projects include:
- my health, our family: documenting stories of family life in the context of HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C
- What we do well: strengths based research about Aboriginal young people's sexual wellbeing聽
- Trust in digital health among communities affected by BBVs and STIs in Australia
- Queer generations: belonging and citizenship among gender and sexual minority youth
- Publications
- Media
- Grants
- Awards
- Research Activities
- Engagement
- Teaching and Supervision
- 2020 Research Supervisor Award, UNSW Arc Postgraduate Council
- 2017 Mid-Career Interdisciplinary Achiever Award, Australasian Sexual Health Alliance
- 2010 Paul Bourke Award for Early Career Research, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia
- 1998 University Medal in Arts, Murdoch University
- Associate, International Centre for Future Health Systems
- Associate,
- Editorial Board,
- Editorial Board,
- Member,
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My Research Supervision
- Katherine Thompson: Experiences in 鈥楻ainbow Family鈥 formation in Australia
- Clue Coman: Social imaginaries of queer justice
- Shannon Harvey: Disrupted bodies: Interrogating the gender binary in family violence policy and practice
- Bella Bushby:
- Ava del Tufo:
- Tierney Marey:聽
Doctoral graduates
- Dr Heather McCormack (2024):聽Optimising the MBS 715 Adult Health Check to improve sexual health testing in routine care for Aboriginal people in NSW
- Dr Catriona Ooi (2024):
- Dr Lisa Wojciechowski (2023)聽
- Dr Anthony KJ聽Smith (2022)聽
- Dr Giselle Newton (2022)聽
- Dr Elena Cama (2022)聽
- Dr Elan Lazuardi (2019)聽
- Dr Jialing (Angela) Cui (2019)聽
- Dr Jessica Botfield (2019)聽
- Dr Jamee Newland (2015)聽
- Dr Denton Callander (2013)聽
- Dr Dean Murphy (2013)聽
- Dr Rebecca Gray (2013)聽