Lisa Fitzgerald

Associate Professor Lisa Fitzgerald is a public health sociologist at the School of Public Health, University of Queensland. Her work focuses on the health and wellbeing of marginalized populations, particularly those affected by HIV, sexual health disparities, and social determinants of health. She coordinates postgraduate courses in public health and qualitative research methods.

• Qualifications: Bachelor (Honours) of Arts, University of Canterbury; Masters (Coursework), University of Canterbury; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Otago.
• Research Interests:
  • Qualitative Longitudinal Research
  • Social Determinants of (Sexual) Health
  • Community and Participatory Research Methods
  • Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
• Grants:
  • 2023-2026: Sociology of health data for sexually diverse populations (ARC Discovery Project)
  • 2020-2023: Migrant networks and sexual health literacy
  • 2019-2023: Sexual health trajectories of gender-diverse youth

Supervision: She supervises PhD students exploring topics like Indigenous public health, queer rural experiences, sex worker health, and HIV self-testing. Her research has informed policy on HIV services, sex work, and harm reduction, with a focus on community partnerships and multidisciplinary collaboration.