Let’s talk about ‘Sex & Drugs & all that Jazz’ at Professorial Lecture

Glasgow Caledonian University Professor of Health and Society Jamie Frankis  will deliver his Professorial Lecture entitled ‘Sex & Drugs & all that Jazz (or How to crochet your way to health)’ on Tuesday, April 9, from 5.30-6.30pm.

Professor Frankis will showcase his work to improve the sexual health and wellbeing of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (GBM) in Scotland and beyond. Register here through Eventbrite for the on-campus event. There will be a networking reception afterwards.

He is a Professor in the Department of Nursing and Community Health in the School of Health and Life Sciences, and co-leads the Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses Research Group in the Research Centre for Health (ReaCH).

With over 20 years of research expertise, Professor Frankis' work addresses sexual health, HIV, and the multiple health inequalities experienced by LGBTQIA+ folk in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and beyond.

In his lecture, Professor Frankis will explore how the landscape of GBM’s health has radically changed over the last 20 years, as well as highlight the changes still needed to address the multiple challenges around both mental and physical health.

The audience will learn how Professor Frankis’ research has helped reduce sexual and mental health inequalities for GBM in Scotland and beyond. He will also give an insight into some of the cutting-edge LGBTQIA+ health research going on at Glasgow Caledonian, and he’ll explain why crochet just might be the answer.