Psychology, University of Southampton

PhD McGill University
M App Sci University of Glasgow
BA University of Stirling
Diplôme d’Etudes Collegiales John Abbott College

Chartered Psychologist, British Psychological Society
Associate Fellow, British Psychological Society
Registered Health Psychologist and Clinical Psychologist, Health and Care Professions Council
Fellow, Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality

Previous Appointments

• Lecturer, Department of Psychology, Brunel University
• Research Tutor, Oxford Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology
• Senior Research Fellow, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University
• Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Indiana University
• Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Indiana University
• Lecturer, M. Phil in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Edinburgh
• Research Psychologist, MRC Reproductive Biology Unit, Edinburgh
• Senior Clinical Psychologist, HIV, AIDS, and Drugs Service, Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
• Basic Grade Clinical Psychologist, District Psychological Services, St. George’s Hospital, Stafford.

My research interests are in the areas of sexual and reproductive health. My current research focuses on four main areas:

1. The behavioural effects of hormonal contraceptives
2. The relevance of sexual excitation and sexual inhibition to sexual health
3. Sexual problems in women
4. Condom use errors and problems

I have published articles on the following topics: the relationship between the menstrual cycle and changes in mood and sexuality; menstrual synchrony; methodological issues in recall data on sexual behavior, gender differences in sexuality; the relationship between mood and sexuality; sexual arousal in women, contraception and sexuality, asexuality, microbicides; and intimate partner violence.

I am a member of the Condom Use Research Team (CURT), a multidisciplinary research team involving The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention (RCAP), and researchers from Canada and the U.S.

Current collaborations:

• Professor Sandra Byers (Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick)
• Professor Richard Crosby (College of Public Health, University of Kentucky)
• Dr Robin Milhausen (Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph)
• Professor Stephanie Sanders (The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, and Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University)
• Professor Judith Stephenson (Margaret Pyke Centre and UCL Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research)
• Professor William Yarber (Department of Applied Health Science, Indiana University and the Rural Center for AIDS/STD prevention)

Primary research group:  Centre for Applications of Health Psychology (CAHP)

Affiliate research group:  Centre for Sexual Health Research (CSHR)

Research projects