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Title
Lisa McDaid
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# Lisa McDaid

**Source**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24553
**Parent**: https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1976

Professor

# Lisa McDaid

Email:
:   [l.mcdaid@uq.edu.au](mailto:l.mcdaid@uq.edu.au)

Phone:
:   [+61 7 336 56070](tel:+61 7 336 56070)

## Positions

Insitute Director
:   Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

## Overview

### Background

Lisa McDaid is Director of the Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR) and Professor of Social Sciences and Health at The University of Queensland. Lisa has an international reputation grounded in knowledge exchange and partnership. Her research has made significant contributions to identifying solutions to health inequalities among the most disadvantaged and marginalised in our society. Lisa is experienced in how to engage communities at high risk of poor health and wellbeing in health improvement research and in developing new methods of co-production for intervention development.

Lisa is a Social Scientist and obtained her PhD in Medical Sociology from the University of Glasgow in 2007. She has been Chief-Investigator on research grants c.AU$100M and has authored over 100 publications. Lisa is also an Associate Director of the [Centre for Research on Families and Relationships](http://www.crfr.ac.uk/), a consortium research centre based at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland.

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### Availability

Professor Lisa McDaid is:
:   Available for supervision

### Fields of research

[Biomedical and Clinical Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4760)
[Health Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4759)
[Human Society](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4755)
[Sociology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4861)

### Qualifications

- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Glasgow

### Research interests

- #### Solution-focused social science and health

  This work seeks to apply social science to real world problems to improve health and wellbeing

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- #### Health inequalities

  This work seeks to understand and improve health among the most disadvantaged in our society, including working with LGBTQ+ communities

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- #### Intervention development and evaluation

  This work focuses on working with stakeholders to develop health improvement interventions and test and implement solutions at scale, with a particular focus on peer-led network interventions

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- #### Community participative research

  Engaging with communities to understand lived experience and co-design health improvement interventions

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- #### Salutogenesis and assets-based interventions

  Research that focuses on enabling strengths and protective factors and resources of individuals and communities, rather than deficits and risks

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- #### Syndemics

  This research explores the co-occurrence of inter-related health conditions and harmful social contexts and uses it as a framework for understanding health among disadvantaged groups

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### Research impacts

Lisa has led on and contributed to projects that have had significant impact on policy and practice. Lisa was the lead of the MRC Gay Men's Sexual Health Survey, Scotland from 2005-2014 and findings from this survey have shaped HIV prevention policies in Scotland, the UK and Europe. This research informed the Scottish Government’s policy decision to publicly fund PrEP (a drug that can prevent the transmission of HIV, if taken before sex) for HIV prevention in Scotland and has had significant impact further afield, informing international policy guidance on PrEP implementation with marginalised populations. Lisa was a member of a number of UK advisory groups including the Scottish Parliament Cross Party Group on Sexual Health & Blood Borne Viruses and the British Association of Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH) Gender and Sexual Minorities Special Interest Group. Her work has been cited in numerous policy documents including the Scottish Government's Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Framework and the BASHH 2016 National Guidelines for Sexual Health Care in Men who have Sex with Men. Much of Lisa's research has had an embedded knowledge exchange element within it and she ensures that her research is conducted in partnership with practitioners, policy makers, non-goverment organisations, and the communities most affected by her work.

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## Works

[Search Professor Lisa McDaid’s works on UQ eSpace](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/5987982)

[All
(171)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/24553/all)
[Journal Article
(123)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/24553/4748)
[Other Outputs
(43)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/24553/4749)
[Conference Publication
(4)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/24553/4751)
[Book Chapter
(1)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/24553/4752)

2025

Journal Article

##### Commonly cited approaches to reducing health inequalities: a call for more clarity around their definition and underlying assumptions

Campbell, Mhairi, Dawkins, Bryony, Fergie, Gillian, Jung, Anne-Sophie, Lewis, Ruth, McDaid, Lisa, Olsen, Jonathan R, Pollack, Roxana, Rigby, Benjamin P, Robinson, Mark, Skivington, Kathryn, Thomson, Michael and Pearce, Anna (2025). Commonly cited approaches to reducing health inequalities: a call for more clarity around their definition and underlying assumptions. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health PMID 7909766, jech-2025. doi: 10.1136/jech-2025-224952

[Commonly cited approaches to reducing health inequalities: a call for more clarity around their definition and underlying assumptions](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e2ab51d)

2025

Journal Article

##### Concern about the health effects of climate change according to experiences of climate events: international comparison of UK and Australian adults

Olsen, Jonathan R., Niedzwiedz, Claire, Robinson, Mark, McDaid, Lisa, Corcoran, Jonathan, Cleary, Anne, Charlson, Fiona and Pell, Jill P. (2025). Concern about the health effects of climate change according to experiences of climate events: international comparison of UK and Australian adults. Wellbeing, Space and Society, 9 100324, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.wss.2025.100324

[Concern about the health effects of climate change according to experiences of climate events: international comparison of UK and Australian adults](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:0cbf485)

2025

Other Outputs

##### Safe and connected futures final evaluation

Duell, R., Young, C., Penton, J., Mann, Catherine, Lattz, M., Burger, S., Cleary, A. and McDaid, L. (2025). Safe and connected futures final evaluation. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Brisbane Youth Service and The University of Queensland.

[Safe and connected futures final evaluation](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:82bfdc5)

2025

Other Outputs

##### Ruby’s reunification program evaluation plan

Young, C., Taylor, D., Duell, R., Mellberg, J., Buckley, D., Mataafa, L. and McDaid, L. (2025). Ruby’s reunification program evaluation plan. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Brisbane Youth Service and The University of Queensland.

[Ruby’s reunification program evaluation plan](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:7fa6964)

2025

Journal Article

##### A co-designed program for better sleep in Australian First Nations adolescents: Protocol for the Let’s Yarn About Sleep adolescent sleep health program

Fatima, Yaqoot, Von Senden, Roslyn, Bucks, Romola S., Ashby, Caitie, Sullivan, Daniel P., Smith, Simon S., Blunden, Sarah, Yiallourou, Stephanie, Eastwood, Peter R., Mamun, Abdullah, McDaid, Lisa, Walsh, Jen, Kinghorn, Mina, Potia, Azhar H., Varela, Sharon, King, Stephanie, Solomon, Shaun, Fanti, Markesh and Skinner, Timothy C. (2025). A co-designed program for better sleep in Australian First Nations adolescents: Protocol for the Let’s Yarn About Sleep adolescent sleep health program. Sleep Advances, 6 (2) zpaf012, 1-9. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpaf012

[A co-designed program for better sleep in Australian First Nations adolescents: Protocol for the Let’s Yarn About Sleep adolescent sleep health program](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:8f770ca)

2025

Journal Article

##### Informal digital peer support for mental health: understanding the digital support practices of LGBTQ+ young people in Australia

Byron, Paul and McDaid, Lisa (2025). Informal digital peer support for mental health: understanding the digital support practices of LGBTQ+ young people in Australia. Culture, Health and Sexuality, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print), 1-18. doi: 10.1080/13691058.2025.2459803

[Informal digital peer support for mental health: understanding the digital support practices of LGBTQ+ young people in Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:4af44a7)

2024

Journal Article

##### Addressing (in)equity through public policy and local governance systems: a case study of Queensland, Australia

Reddel, Tim, Lata, Lutfun Nahar, Young, Charlotte, Yates, Miriam and McDaid, Lisa (2024). Addressing (in)equity through public policy and local governance systems: a case study of Queensland, Australia. Australian Journal of Public Administration, 84 (4), 687-705. doi: 10.1111/1467-8500.12675

[Addressing (in)equity through public policy and local governance systems: a case study of Queensland, Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:4376009)

2024

Other Outputs

##### Safe and Connected Futures: Interim Process Evaluation Report

Duell, R., Young, C., Penton, J., Mann, C., Cleary, A. and McDaid, L. (2024). Safe and Connected Futures: Interim Process Evaluation Report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Brisbane Youth Service; The University of Queensland.

[Safe and Connected Futures: Interim Process Evaluation Report](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:ccb1db4)

2024

Journal Article

##### Seeking support for abortion online: a qualitative study of women's experiences

Wilson-Lowe, Rachel Victoria, Purcell, Carrie, Lewis, Ruth and McDaid, Lisa (2024). Seeking support for abortion online: a qualitative study of women's experiences. BMJ Sexual and Reproductive Health, 50 (3), 172-177. doi: 10.1136/bmjsrh-2023-202083

[Seeking support for abortion online: a qualitative study of women's experiences](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:25137e8)

2024

Journal Article

##### Association between poor sleep and mental health issues in Indigenous communities across the globe: a systematic review

Fernandez, Dan Richard, Lee, Rennie, Tran, Nam, Jabran, Dure Sameen, King, Stephanie and McDaid, Lisa (2024). Association between poor sleep and mental health issues in Indigenous communities across the globe: a systematic review. Sleep Advances, 5 (1) zpae028, zpae028-1. doi: 10.1093/sleepadvances/zpae028

[Association between poor sleep and mental health issues in Indigenous communities across the globe: a systematic review](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:26f700b)

2024

Other Outputs

##### FamilyLinQ baseline report hub 1

Povey, Jenny, Armour, Danielle, Burger, Sarah-Ann, San Martin Porter, Macarena, Austerberry, Sophie, Lee, Rennie, Kubler, Matthias, Nuttall, Gina, Salom, Caroline, Baxter, Janeen, McDaid, Lisa and Reddel, Tim (2024). FamilyLinQ baseline report hub 1. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The University of Queensland.

[FamilyLinQ baseline report hub 1](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:1bd8600)

2024

Journal Article

##### Social marketing and mass media interventions to increase sexually transmissible infections (STIs) testing among young people: social marketing and visual design component analysis

Riddell, Julie, Cleary, Anne, Dean, Judith A., Flowers, Paul, Heard, Emma, Inch, Zeb, Mutch, Allyson, Fitzgerald, Lisa and McDaid, Lisa (2024). Social marketing and mass media interventions to increase sexually transmissible infections (STIs) testing among young people: social marketing and visual design component analysis. BMC Public Health, 24 (1) 620, 1-21. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18095-8

[Social marketing and mass media interventions to increase sexually transmissible infections (STIs) testing among young people: social marketing and visual design component analysis](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:15cc831)

2024

Other Outputs

##### Research and policy agenda on health inequalities and planetary health: a coproduced cross sector vision

Baille, Anna, Olsen, Jonathan, Pearce, Anna, Irwin, Sarah, Pangbourne, Kate, Corcoran, Jonathan, Johnson, Laurel, Lisa McDaid, Reddel, Tim, Robinson, Mark, Wyeth, Stephanie and Glasgow, Queensland and Leeds Health and Equity Initiative (2024). Research and policy agenda on health inequalities and planetary health: a coproduced cross sector vision. Glasgow, United Kingdom: University of Glasgow. doi: 10.36399/gla.pubs.339527

[Research and policy agenda on health inequalities and planetary health: a coproduced cross sector vision](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:c619b88)

2023

Other Outputs

##### Childhood builders – operationalising resilience frames and tools evidence review report

McDaid, Lisa, Edmed, Shannon, Maturi, Jennifer and Xiang, Ning (2023). Childhood builders – operationalising resilience frames and tools evidence review report. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.

[Childhood builders – operationalising resilience frames and tools evidence review report](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:17a9ee8)

2023

Journal Article

##### Improving HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence and retention in care: Process evaluation and recommendation development from a nationally implemented PrEP programme

MacDonald, Jennifer, Estcourt, Claudia S., Flowers, Paul, Nandwani, Rak, Frankis, Jamie, Young, Ingrid, Clutterbuck, Dan, Dalrymple, Jenny, McDaid, Lisa, Steedman, Nicola and Saunders, John (2023). Improving HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence and retention in care: Process evaluation and recommendation development from a nationally implemented PrEP programme. PLoS One, 18 (10 October) e0292289, 1-21. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292289

[Improving HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) adherence and retention in care: Process evaluation and recommendation development from a nationally implemented PrEP programme](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:48d1402)

2023

Journal Article

##### Scoping review of nature-based interventions in bereavement care: what are the implications for perinatal loss?

Dean, Julie, Cleary, Anne, Ma, Tianyi, McDaid, Lisa, Pollock, Danielle and Boyle, Frances (2023). Scoping review of nature-based interventions in bereavement care: what are the implications for perinatal loss?. Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 8 (1) 100690, 100690. doi: 10.1016/j.ssaho.2023.100690

[Scoping review of nature-based interventions in bereavement care: what are the implications for perinatal loss?](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:cd91c5c)

2023

Journal Article

##### School-based relationship and sexuality education intervention engaging adolescent boys for the reductions of teenage pregnancy: the JACK cluster RCT

Lohan, Maria, Gillespie, Kathryn, Aventin, Áine, Gough, Aisling, Warren, Emily, Lewis, Ruth, Buckley, Kelly, McShane, Theresa, Brennan-Wilson, Aoibheann, Lagdon, Susan, Adara, Linda, McDaid, Lisa, French, Rebecca, Young, Honor, McDowell, Clíona, Logan, Danielle, Toase, Sorcha, Hunter, Rachael M., Gabrio, Andrea, Clarke, Mike, O’Hare, Liam, Bonell, Chris, Bailey, Julia V. and White, James (2023). School-based relationship and sexuality education intervention engaging adolescent boys for the reductions of teenage pregnancy: the JACK cluster RCT. Public Health Research, 11 (8), 1-139. doi: 10.3310/ywxq8757

[School-based relationship and sexuality education intervention engaging adolescent boys for the reductions of teenage pregnancy: the JACK cluster RCT](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5254485)

2023

Journal Article

##### Integrating and producing evidence through participatory design

Teal, Gemma, McAra, Marianne, Riddell, Julie, Flowers, Paul, Coia, Nicky and McDaid, Lisa (2023). Integrating and producing evidence through participatory design. CoDesign, 19 (2), 110-127. doi: 10.1080/15710882.2022.2096906

[Integrating and producing evidence through participatory design](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:0a64776)

2023

Other Outputs

##### FamilyLinQ Evaluation Framework and Plan v4

Povey, J., Armour, D., Burger, S-A., San Martin Porter, M., Austerberry, S., Lee, R., Kubler, M., Nuttall, G., Salom, C., Baxter, J., McDaid, L. and Reddel, T. (2023). FamilyLinQ Evaluation Framework and Plan v4. Brisbane, QLD Australia: Institute for Social Science Research, University of Queensland.

[FamilyLinQ Evaluation Framework and Plan v4](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:f0b9193)

2023

Journal Article

##### Improving HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and initiation: process evaluation and recommendation development from a national PrEP program†

Estcourt, Claudia S., MacDonald, Jennifer, Saunders, John, Nandwani, Rak, Young, Ingrid, Frankis, Jamie, Clutterbuck, Dan, Steedman, Nicola, McDaid, Lisa, Dalrymple, Jenny and Flowers, Paul (2023). Improving HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and initiation: process evaluation and recommendation development from a national PrEP program†. Sexual Health, 20 (4), 282-295. doi: 10.1071/sh22170

[Improving HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) uptake and initiation: process evaluation and recommendation development from a national PrEP program†](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:2a89394)

## Funding

### Current funding

- 2022 - 2027

  Sleep for Strong Souls (3S): Multisectoral partnership and codesigned solutions to improve the sleep health of First Nations Adolescents

  NHMRC Partnership Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/56847)
- 2022 - 2027

  Relationships in Good Hands Trial: clinical and cost-effectiveness of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy for abused and neglected young children with maltreatment-associated problems and their parents

  University of Glasgow

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/66187)
- 2021 - 2026

  Strategic Evaluation of Health and Wellbeing Queensland's Prevention Programs

  Health and Wellbeing Queensland

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/50447)

### Past funding

- 2023

  Childhood Builders: Operationalising Resilience Frames and Tools Project

  Thriving Queensland Kids Partnership

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/59865)
- 2023 - 2024

  Targeted Review of Student Equity in Higher Education Programs and System Level Policy Levers

  The National Priorities Pool Program

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/59108)
- 2021 - 2022

  Mapping Project ECHO program for building an integrated patient-care system

  UQ Knowledge Exchange & Translation Fund

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/51832)
- 2021 - 2022

  Equity Framework: System Analysis

  Health and Wellbeing Queensland

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/51946)
- 2021

  Component of the Community Resilience Project

  Bundaberg Regional Council

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/49445)
- 2021 - 2025

  Safe and Connected Futures Program

  Brisbane Youth Service Inc

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/49771)
- 2020 - 2021

  Termination of Pregnancy Legislation and Policy Implementation

  Queensland Health

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/43405)
- 2020 - 2024

  Research Partnership - Health and Wellbeing Queensland and ISSR

  Health and Wellbeing Queensland

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/43285)
- 2020 - 2021

  Responding to the Educational Needs of Students Experiencing Disadvantage in the COVID-19 Recovery

  Paul Ramsay Foundation Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/42856)
- 2020 - 2024

  Co-designed sleep health program to achieve better sleep and improved mental health symptoms in Indigenous adolescents

  NHMRC MRFF - Indigenous Health Research Grant

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/41968)
- 2019 - 2020

  Evaluation Framework for the Keeping Queenslanders Healthy Priority

  Queensland Health

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/38527)

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## Supervision

### Availability

Professor Lisa McDaid is:
:   Available for supervision

Looking for a supervisor? Read our advice on [how to choose a supervisor](https://study.uq.edu.au/study-options/phd-mphil-professional-doctorate/how-to-choose-a-supervisor).

### Supervision history

#### Current supervision

- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Sleep and Social and Emotional Well-being in First Nations Australian children

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Joemer Maravilla](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/21843), [Dr Kate Anderson](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/32733)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Triple Complexities in Black Queer Migration to Queensland, Australia: Advocacy, Settlement and Refugeehood

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Lisa Fitzgerald](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1976), [Dr Charlotte Young](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/36468)

#### Completed supervision

- 2024

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Sexual minority women's health and satisfaction with healthcare: A secondary analysis of data from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:f22f7ae)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Janeen Baxter](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/910)

## Media

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## External profiles

- [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7711-8723)

## Personal links

- [Personal profile](https://issr.uq.edu.au/profile/2531/lisa-mcdaid)

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