New open access International Journal of Drug Policy article on clients' embodied experiences of depot buprenorphine treatment. Led by Tony Barnett & applying new materialist concepts, we explore how treatment relies on wider ecologies of care beyond the clinical encounter: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Thanks to the generous participants! Co-authored with the fab team: Kiran Pienaar Dan Lubman Shalini Arunogiri vicky phan vickyhayes, Nick Lintzeris, Michael Savic Turning Point Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Eastern Health

Qual study interviewing 30 ppl on depot bupe: we trace (1) expectations and concerns about whether LAIB will ‘hold’ people; (2) meaning making of the lump under the skin; (3) exp. of dosing cycles; (4) how LAIB fits in with wider care networks (e.g.,12-step; counselling). 2/3

New in International Journal of Drug Policy-Clients’ experiences of depot #buprenorphine for #opioid dependence - Clinicians might find useful to spk w/ppl RE how depot feels in body, supports external to depot, & #harmreduction (incl. consuming opioids; overdose reversal) bit.ly/3Q9dysV

Hi friends, I'm throwing my hat in the ring for #4SCouncil this year! It's been almost 10 years since my first 4S meeting in Denver as a baby PhD student. I've gained so much from this extraordinary network of scholars/friends/peers... 🧵

Dean Murphy and Kiran Pienaar have a chapter in Routledge’s first open access social science book, ‘Viral Times: Reflections on the COVID-19 and HIV Pandemics.’ Check out ‘Thinking with HIV in pandemic times: A diffractive reading of COVID-19 and mpox’:

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Wonderful to see this collection out in the world! Thanks Jaime Garcia-Iglesias, Maurice Nagington 🏳️‍🌈💃☮️ & Peter Aggleton for inviting us to contribute. Our chapter (with dxmurphy) is titled “Thinking with HIV in pandemic times: A diffractive reading of COVID & mpox”: taylorfrancis.com/chapters/oa-ed…

🚨OUT NOW and OPEN ACCESS!

Our fabulous collection of work on HIV & COVID, edited w/ Maurice Nagington 🏳️‍🌈💃☮️ & P Aggleton.

😍It features essays from Dennis Altman, Prof. Chris Ashford, Tim Dean, Max Morris, Theodore Kerr, carmen logie 🌈 or Kiran Pienaar!

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At tomorrow's VSURF I'll be presenting a co-authored (w/ Adrian Farrugia Suzanne Fraser Carla Treloar) paper on hepatitis C treatment and cure, details below. Head to Vital Voices and vitalvoicesonhepc.org to read more about the project.

New job alert 🚨 We’re looking to hire a post-doc to work with us on our ARC project on care transitions TASA Brendan Churchill Louisa Smith Iva Strnadova UNSW Arts, Design & Architecture

external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/cw/en/job/5227…

Thanks to those who submitted an abstract to our #EASST2024 #4S panel on the technopolitics of (health)care. We’re awaiting instructions from the organizers before selecting papers & appreciate your patience. ~Convenors: Fay Dennis, Renae Fomiatti, Adrian Farrugia, Michael Savic

Our next *online* seminar will be at 4pm on March 22nd with Gemma Nourse from ARCSHS. Gemma will be presenting her qualitative research on hepatitis C treatment and cure. Send us a message to be added to the event.

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Organised & chaired by Dean Murphy and hosted by Victorian Pride Centre. May interest Dion Kagan, Gemma Nourse, Renae Fomiatti, Dr J. R. Latham, @FlorinDouglas, Ollie Cook, Thorne Harbour Health, Living Positive Victoria - LPV, Robyn Dwyer

Those working in pandemic #sociology , #HIV , cultural #heritage & the politics of archives, come along to the next ARCSHS public seminar. Dr Marika Cifor (@UofWA) examines how we reckon with histories of HIV/AIDS amidst the ongoing HIV pandemic: latrobe.edu.au/events/all/vir…

Professor Kate Seear of ARCSHS presents from her ARC-funded fellowship at UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health seminar: “Human rights aren’t necessarily a flawed basis for reforming drug policy but much depends on how rights are framed & the assumptions made about people who use drugs”

Only a few days until submissions close for #EASST2024 ! Scholars working in STS and healthcare should consider submitting to our panel on the technopolitics of care.

Just a few days left to submit an #EASST2024 #4S abstract with the call closing on Monday 12 Feb. With a wide range of interesting panels, it promises to be a great conference. Check out our panel P007 ‘The technopolitics of (health)care’: easst4s2024.net/open-panels/#1…

On biomedicalisation we have amazing work by Max Morris, Kiran Pienaar, Dean Murphy, Richard Parker and Peter Aggleton, and Michael Lim Tan.