Staff Member Biography
Lisa McDaid (nee Williamson)
position: Programme Leader (Track)programme: Sexual HealthContact Details
phone: 0141 357 7568
Address
4 Lilybank Gardens
Glasgow G12 8RZ
Biography and Interests
Lisa McDaid (nee Williamson) graduated in 1996 with a BA (Hons) in Applied Social Studies from the University of Paisley and went on to do the MPhil in Social Science Research at the University of Glasgow, graduating in 1998. Lisa joined the MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit in 2000 and gained her PhD from the Unit in 2007.
Lisa was promoted to a Programme Leader Track Scientist post in 2010 and is now developing and leading on the Unit’s programme of research on sexual health. She is particularly interested in sexual risk-taking, the social factors associated with this, and the development and evaluation of interventions to improve sexual health.
Publications
McDaid LM, Hart GJ. Serosorting and strategic positioning during unprotected anal intercourse: are risk reduction strategies being employed by gay and bisexual men in Scotland? Sexually Transmitted Diseases (in press).
McDaid LM, Hart GJ. Willingness to participate in future HIV prevention studies among gay and bisexual men in Scotland, UK: a challenge for intervention trials [Epub ahead of print]. Aids & Behavior 2011.
pubmedKnussen C, Flowers P, McDaid LM, Hart GJ. HIV-related sexual risk behaviour between 1996 and 2008, according to age, among men who have sex with men (Scotland). Sexually Transmited Infections 2011; 87:257-9.
pubmed open accessMcDaid L, Hart G. Increased HIV testing and reduced undiagnosed infection among gay men in Scotland, 2005-2008: support for the opt-out testing policy? Sexually Transmitted Infections 2011; 87:221-4.
pubmed open accessSadler K, Wellings K, Glasier A, Mercer C, McDaid L, Brima N, Stephenson J, Buston K, Stevens M, Parker R, Copas A, McManus S. Contessa: a longitudinal study of contraception discontinuation. Technical report. London: NatCen, 2011.
McDaid LM, Hart GJ. Contact with HIV prevention services highest in gay and bisexual men at greatest risk: cross-sectional survey in Scotland. BMC Public Health 2010; 10:798.
pubmed open accessMcDaid LM, Hart GJ. Sexual risk behaviour for transmission of HIV in men who have sex with men: recent findings and potential interventions. Current Opinion in HIV/AIDS 2010; 5:311-5.
pubmedMcDaid LM, Sweeting H, Buston K. Contraception among girls who have had more than one partner by age 16 years: method use and pregnancy risk-taking behaviour. Journal of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care 2010; 36:141-6.
pubmedMcDaid LM, Weiss HA, Hart G. Circumcision among men who have sex with men in Scotland: Limited potential for HIV prevention. Sexually Transmitted Infection 2010; 86:404-6.
pubmed open accessWilliamson LM, Buston K, Sweeting H. Young women and limits to the normalisation of condom use: a qualitative study. AIDS Care 2009; 21:561-6.
Williamson LM, Buston K, Sweeting H. Young women’s continued use of oral contraceptives over other hormonal methods: findings from a qualitative study. Journal of Family Planning & Reproductive Health Care 2009; 35:167-72.
pubmedWilliamson LM, Buston K, Sweeting H. Young women’s perceptions of pregnancy risk and use of emergency contraception: findings from a qualitative study – Authors’ Reply. Contraception 2009; 80:591-2.
Williamson LM, Buston K, Sweeting H. Young women’s perceptions of pregnancy risk and use of emergency contraception: findings from a qualitative study. Contraception 2009; 79:310-5.
Williamson LM, Flowers P, Knussen C, Hart GJ. HIV testing trends among gay men in Scotland (1996-2005): implications for HIV testing policies and prevention. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2009; 85:550-4.
Williamson LM, Parkes A, Wight D, Petticrew M, Hart GJ. Limits to modern contraceptive use among young women in developing countries: a systematic review of qualitative research. Reproductive Health 2009; 6:3.
Williamson LM, Rosato M, Teyhan A, Santana P, Harding S. AIDS mortality in African migrants living in Portugal: evidence of large social inequalities. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2009; 85:427-31.
Henderson M, Butcher I, Wight D, Williamson L, Raab G. What explains between-school differences in rates of sexual experience? BMC Public Health 2008; 8:53.
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Williamson LM, Dodds JP, Mercey DE, Hart GJ, Johnson AM. Sexual risk behaviour and knowledge of HIV status among community samples of gay men in the UK. AIDS 2008; 22:1063-70.
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Buston K, Williamson L, Hart G. Young women under 16 with experience of sexual intercourse: who becomes pregnant? Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health 2007; 61:221-225.
open accessWilliamson L, Hart G. HIV prevalence and undiagnosed infection among a community sample of gay men in Scotland, UK. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 2007; 45:224-230.
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Williamson L. Contraceptive careers: young women's choices, influences and risks [PhD]. MRC Social and Public Health Sciences Unit. Glasgow: University of Glasgow, 2007.
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Wight D, Williamson L, Henderson M. Parental influences on young people's sexual behaviour: a longitudinal analysis. Journal of Adolescence 2006; 29:473-494.
pubmedWilliamson L, Dodds J, Mercey J, Johnson A, Hart G. Increases in HIV-related sexual risk behaviour among community samples of gay men in London and Glasgow: How do they compare? Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome 2006; 42:238-241.
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Hart G, Williamson L. Increase in HIV sexual risk behaviour in gay men in Scotland, 1996-2002: Prevention failure? Sexually Transmitted Infections 2005; 81:367-372.
pubmedWilliamson L, Hart G, Buston K, Sweeting H. Young women's dislike of condom use: implications for HIV prevention. 7th International AIDS IMPACT 2005: Biopsychosocial Aspects of HIV Infection. Cape Town, South Africa, 2005.
Hart G, Williamson L, Flowers P. Good in parts: the Gay Men's Task Force in Glasgow-a response to Kelly. AIDS Care 2004; 16:159-165.
pubmedWilliamson L, Buston K, Sweeting H. Consistency, complexity or chaos: a qualitative study of young women's patterns of contraceptive use. European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 2004; 9:175.
Williamson L, Hart G, Petticrew M. A systematic review of research on young women's uptake, choice, and discontinuation of contraceptives: descriptive mapping. European Journal of Contraception & Reproductive Health Care 2004; 9:126.
Williamson L, Hart G. HIV optimism does not explain increases in high-risk sexual behaviour among gay men in Scotland. AIDS 2004; 18:834-835.
Elford J, Hart G, Sherr L, Williamson L, Bolding G. Peer led HIV prevention among gay men in Britain: expanding the evidence base (editorial). Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2002; 78:158-159.
Flowers P, Hart G, Williamson L, Frankis J, Der G. Does bar-based, peer-led sexual health promotion have a community-level effect amongst gay men in Scotland? International Journal of STD & AIDS 2002; 13:102-108.
pubmedHart G, Williamson L, Flowers P, Frankis J, Der G. Gay men's HIV testing behaviour in Scotland. AIDS Care 2002; 14:665-674.
pubmedWilliamson L, Hart G, Flowers P, Frankis J, Der G. The Gay Men's Task Force: the impact of peer education on the sexual health behaviour of homosexual men in Glasgow. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2001; 77:427-432.
