Rosalie Power

Rosalie Power is a Research Fellow at Western Sydney University's Translational Health Research Institute (THRI), specializing in marginalized population health with deep expertise in sexual health, disability, and LGBTQ communities. She employs innovative arts-based and co-creation methodologies developed through 15+ years of frontline work across Australia and low/middle-income countries.

Her academic credentials include:

• PhD, University of Sydney
• MPH (Sexology), Curtin University of Technology
• BAppSci (Leisure and Health), University of Sydney

Dr. Power's research confronts systemic health inequalities through community-driven frameworks, prioritizing intersectional approaches that address how disability, sexuality, and socioeconomic status compound health disparities. Her work actively challenges medical paternalism by centering lived experience in knowledge production, particularly in sexual/reproductive health contexts where marginalized voices are systematically excluded.

Professionally, she shapes discourse as Associate Editor of Women’s Reproductive Health and through leadership roles as Secretary of the Australian Society for Psychosocial Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Board Member of the Society for Menstrual Cycle Research. These positions enable direct translation of community insights into clinical guidelines and policy reform.