Catherine Dodds

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Dr. Catherine Dodds is a Senior Research Fellow at Sigma Research. She has been undertaking research in the field of HIV prevention for over 12 years and specialises in tailor-made research dissemination for diverse audiences. Her doctoral research explored communication of notions of responsibility through prevention policies. She has extensive qualitative research experience into the interaction between social inequality and HIV prevention need among homosexually active men, and among African migrants to the UK. Catherine has led on the development of key policy and planning frameworks The Knowledge, The Will and The Power (2008) and the African HIV prevention Handbook (2009) for the National African HIV Prevention (NAHIP) programme, and she led Bass Line 2007, a national HIV prevention needs assessment of Africans in England. She has undertaken research and evaluation for a range of funders including Local Authorities, NHS commissioners and third sector HIV services. Catherine is also recognised internationally for her expertise in criminal prosecutions for HIV transmission.

Recent journal articles

Dodds C, Bourne A, Weait M (2009) Responses to criminal prosecutions for HIV transmission among gay men with HIV in England and Wales. Reproductive Health Matters, 17(34): 135-145.
Dodds C, Hammond G, Weatherburn P, Hickson F, Keogh P, Reid D, Henderson L, Jessup K (2008) Homosexually active men’s views on criminal prosecutions for HIV transmission are related to HIV prevention need. AIDS Care, 20(5): 509 - 514.
Dodds C (2008) Positive benefits: preventive impact of PEP awareness among those with diagnosed HIV. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 84: 92-93.
Dodds C, Weatherburn P (2007) Reducing the length of time between HIV infection and diagnosis (Editorial). BMJ (British Medical Journal), 334: 1329-1330 (30 June).
Dodds C (2006) HIV-related stigma in England: experiences of Gay men and heterosexual African migrants living with HIV. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 16: 472-480.
Dodds C, Keogh P (2006) Criminal convictions for HIV transmission: people living with HIV respond. International Journal of STD & AIDS, 17(5): 315-318.

Recent research reports

Dodds C, Weatherburn P, Owuor J, Daodu K, Soomre E (2009) African HIV prevention Handbook: putting The Knowledge, The Will and The Power into practice. London, Sigma Research.
Bourne A, Dodds C, Keogh P, Weatherburn P, Hammond G (2009) Relative safety II: risk and unprotected anal intercourse among gay men with diagnosed HIV. London, Sigma Research.
Dodds C, Weatherburn P, Bourne A, Hammond G, Weait M, Hickson F, Reid D, Jessup K (2009) Sexually charged: The views of gay and bisexual men on criminal prosecution for HIV transmission. London, Sigma Research.
Dodds C, Hickson F, Weatherburn P, Reid D, Hammond G, Jessup K, Adegbite G (2008) Bass Line 2007: findings from a survey assessing HIV prevention need among African people in England. London, Sigma Research.
Dodds C, Hickson F, Chinouya M, Chwaula J, Weatherburn P (2008) The Knowledge, The Will and The Power: a plan of action to meet the HIV prevention needs of Africans living in England. London, Sigma Research.

Recent talks and presentations

Perceptions of risk reduction strategies by gay men with diagnosed HIV engaging in unprotected anal intercourse (UAI). XVIII International AIDS Conference, Vienna, 19^th July 2010.
Participatory and community-based research: knowledge for action. Be Heard, Global Forum on MSM & HIV, Pre Conference Vienna, 17^th July 2010.
Stigma and responsibility (workshop). 13^th annual CHAPS Conference (C13), Sheffield, 2^nd - 3^rd March 2010.
Responsibility and HIV risk among gay men and bisexual men. CHAPS Research into Practice Seminars (Leeds, Leicester, Manchester, London, Brighton), January & February 2010.
World AIDS Day Debate: criminal prosecutions for HIV transmission. Invited panellist. City University, London, 1^st December 2009.
Using local needs assessment data for intervention planning. Invited trainer. Managers’ Away day, National African HIV Prevention Programme, Reading, 30^th - 31^st October 2009.
Stigma, sexuality and HIV among gay men and bisexual men. CHAPS Research into Practice Seminars (Leeds, Birmingham, Manchester, London, Brighton), October & November 2009.
Sexual risk taking among gay men with diagnosed HIV infection. Invited speaker. Nordic Health Promotion meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark, 7^th - 9^th October 2009.
What you need to know about criminal prosecutions for HIV transmission. Invited speaker. Positive Support, Croydon, 3^rd August 2009.
Relative Safety II: risk and unprotected anal intercourse among gay men with diagnosed HIV. Poster presentation. 18th International Society for STD Research Congress, London, 28^th June – 1^st July 2009.
African HIV prevention need in the UK: behavioural research findings. Invited Speaker. Positive Yorkshire Conference, Leeds, 4^th June 2009.
Stage management: understanding and impact of criminal prosecutions for sexual transmission of HIV among diagnosed gay men. Oral presentation. 12^th annual CHAPS Conference, Brighton, 3^rd - 4^th March 2009.
Relative safety II. Risk and unprotected anal intercourse amongst gay men with diagnosed HIV: overview of findings. 12^th annual CHAPS Conference (C12), Brighton, 3^rd - 4^th March 2009.
Relative safety II: an investigation into sexual health and safety amongst gay men with diagnosed HIV. Oral presentation. One day symposium: How risk theory and practice inform each other. British Sociology Association (BSA) Health and Risk Group at City University, London, 29^th February 2009.
Bass Line 2007: an introduction to evidence of HIV prevention need research among Africans in England. Invited trainer. Terrence Higgins Trust Health Promotion Summit, London, 8^th October 2008.
Changing perspectives: How are we encouraged to see HIV in the 21st century? Invited panellist. AHRC-funded seminar series, Art and Illness, Loughborough University, Loughborough, 25^th - 26^th September 2008.
The knowledge, the will and the power: a plan of action to meet the HIV prevention needs of Africans in England (presented with Elisabeth Mataka, United Nations Envoy for AIDS in Africa). Oral presentation. Under the Baobab Tree: the National African HIV Prevention Conference, London, 28^th - 29^th March 2008.
Meaning and morality: homosexually active men’s views of criminal prosecutions for the sexual transmission of HIV. Oral presentation. 11^th annual CHAPS Conference (C11), Nottingham, 5^th - 6^th March 2008.
Meaning and morality: homosexually active men’s reflections on criminal prosecutions for sexually transmitted HIV in the UK. Oral presentation. AIDS Impact Conference. Marseilles, France, 1^st - 4^th July 2007.
Doing the right thing?: Homosexually active men’s experiences of seeking and taking post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) following sexual exposure to HIV. Oral presentation. AIDS Impact Conference. Marseilles, France, 1^st - 4^th July 2007.