I am a public health sociologist at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS), La Trobe University. My research focuses on LGBTIQ health and wellbeing, social capital and HIV risk-taking behaviours, and suicide risk among LGBTIQ people in Australia and Japan.

I am currently working on a number of projects at ARCSHS including: Writing Themselves In 4, the largest national study of the health and wellbeing of young LGBTQA+ people living in Australia; Private Lives 3, the largest national survey of the health and wellbeing of LGBTIQ adults in Australia; HIV Futures, an ongoing project examining the quality of life of people living with HIV; Asia Pacific MSM Internet Survey (APMIS): A pilot survey of HIV related experiences and needs among men who have sex with men in Malaysia, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and Japan. All projects include close consultation with community and government partners to ensure alignment with policy and program development need.

I have also conducted a variety of national studies in Japan that explored suicidality and HIV risk and prevention among gay and bisexual men, including: HIV risk-taking behaviours among non-community-attached gay and bisexual indigenous men in Okinawa; and the largest survey of suicidality and HIV risk-taking behaviours among gay and bisexual men in Greater Tokyo and Kyushu.

My research has been funded by international fellowships, competitive international and domestic funding schemes, public sector grants, and competitive internal university funding.

National Competitive Grants

► Hill, A, Japan Japan Foundation for AIDS Prevention (JFAP) Fellowship. (2020, total: $8,000)

► Hill, A, Japan Sociological Society (JSS-ILC) Travel Grant for Foreign Researchers (JSS). (2015, total: $1,000)

Internal Competitive Grants

►Hill, A, Faculty of Arts Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences Graduate Research in Arts Travel Scheme (GRATS). University of Melbourne (2018, total: $2,000)

►Hill, A, Faculty of Arts Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences PhD Fieldwork Grant. University of Melbourne (2018, total: $7,900)

►Hill, A, The International Cooperation Project for Community Health and Education. University of the Ryukyus (2014, total: $800)

►Hill, A, Human Migration & 21st Century Global Society. University of the Ryukyus (2013, total: $4000)

►Hill, A, Human Migration & 21st Century Global Society. University of the Ryukyus (2013, total: $1800)

Public Sector Grants

►Hill, A, Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare Research Group for MSM HIV Infection Prevention Planning, Practice, Assessment, Structure and Maintenance. (2018, total: $600)

►Hill, A, Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare Research Group for MSM HIV Infection Prevention Planning, Practice, Assessment, Structure and Maintenance. (2013, total: $700)

Category 1 and 2-4 funded projects

►Private Lives 3, Lead CI: A/Prof Anthony Lyons

►This is Me, Lead CI A/Prof Adam Bourne

►APMIS: Asia Pacific Men’s Sexual Health Survey, Lead CI A/Prof Adam Bourne

Positions

►Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, School of Psychology and Public Health (2019 – Present)

►Visiting Research Fellow, Japan Foundation for AIDS Prevention, Nagoya City University, (2019)

►Visiting Research Fellow, Faculty of Law and Letters, University of the Ryukyus (2016 – 2017)