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Mr Peter Weatherburn

Associate Professor

United Kingdom

Peter's role at LSHTM is split evenly between research and teaching management.

Affiliations

Department of Public Health, Environments and Society
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Centres

Centre for Evaluation

Teaching

Peter is the Lead Programme Director for the face-to-face (intensive) MSc Public Health (since January 2020), having previously been the Exam Board Chair (2017-2019) and Deputy Exam Board Chair (2016-17) for the same degree. He currently chairs the termly intensive MSc Programme Committee (since September 2020) and has been the Stream Advisor for Health Promotion across the MSc Public Health degree (since September 2012). He is a Seminar leader and lecturer on the Foundations of Health Promotion (1109) module in term 1 and the module organiser for the Integrating Module: Health Promotion (1806) in term 3. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE) and is currently working towards Senior Fellowship.

Research

Peter was the Director of Sigma Research from 1997 to 2020, and has worked as a research and evaluation specialist since 1989. He is Head of the Sexual & Reproductive Health Group in the department of Public Health, Environments and Society (PHES/ PHP). In addition to sexual and reproductive health Peter is interested in development and evaluation of community and structural interventions that address health inequalities especially in relation to mental health, drug use and youth violence. He has extensive experience of needs assessment, process and programme evaluation and has written more than 130 journal articles, a book, and over 100 research reports, monographs and book chapters.

Selected Publications

Experiences with health care services and HIV testing after sexual assault in cisgender gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men and transgender people.
Palich, R; Rodger, AJ; Nicholls, EJ; Wright, T; Samba, P; Chu, IY-H; Burns, FM; Weatherburn, P; Trevelion, R; McCabe, L; Witzel, TC;
2024
HIV medicine
Determinants of HIV Testing Among Migrant Men Who Have Sex With Men from Sub-Saharan Africa and Other Regions Residing in 10 European Countries.
Shobowale, O; SCHMIDT, AJ; Meireles, P; Rojas Castro, D; Detandt, S; Stutterheim, SE; WEATHERBURN, P; Jonas, KJ;
2024
AIDS and behavior
Understanding experiences of potential harm among MSM (cis and trans) using HIV self-testing in the SELPHI randomised controlled trial in England and Wales: a mixed-methods study.
Witzel, TC; Nicholls, EJ; McCabe, L; WEATHERBURN, P; McCormack, S; BONELL, C; GAFOS, M; Lampe, FC; Speakman, A; Dunn, D; Ward, D; Phillips, AN; Pebody, R; Gabriel, MM; Collaco-Moraes, Y; Rodger, AJ; Burns, FM;
2023
Sexually transmitted infections
Recreational and sexualised drug use among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (gbMSM) in Ireland-Findings from the European MSM internet survey (EMIS) 2017.
Daly, FP; O'Donnell, K; Davoren, MP; Noone, C; WEATHERBURN, P; Quinlan, M; Foley, B; Lyons, F; Igoe, D; Barrett, P;
2023
PloS one
Free HIV self-test for identification and linkage to care of previously undetected HIV infection in men who have sex with men in England and Wales (SELPHI): an open-label, internet-based, randomised controlled trial.
Rodger, AJ; McCabe, L; Phillips, AN; Lampe, FC; Burns, F; Ward, D; Delpech, V; WEATHERBURN, P; Witzel, TC; Pebody, R; Kirwan, P; Gabriel, M; Khawam, J; Brady, M; Fenton, KA; Trevelion, R; Collaco-Moraes, Y; McCormack, S; Dunn, D;
2022
The lancet HIV
Sexual happiness and satisfaction with sexual safety among German trans men who have sex with men: results from EMIS-2017
Appenroth, MN; Koppe, U; HICKSON, F; Schink, S; Hahne, A; SCHMIDT, AJ; WEATHERBURN, P; Marcus, U;
2022
Journal of the International AIDS Society
Understanding the potential for harm among men who have sex with men using HIV self-testing in the SELPHI online randomised controlled trial in England and Wales: a multi-method study
Witzel, TC; Nicholls, EJ; McCabe, L; WEATHERBURN, P; McCormack, S; Bonell, C; Gafos, M; Lampe, FC; Speakman, A; Dunn, DT; Ward, D; Phillips, AN; Peabody, R; Gabriel, MM; Collaco-Moraes, Y; Rodger, AJ; Burns, FM;
2022
JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY
Understanding the potential for harm among men who have sex with men using HIV self-testing in the SELPHI online randomised controlled trial in England and Wales: a multi-method study
Witzel, C; Nicholls, E; McCabe, L; WEATHERBURN, P; McCormack, S; BONELL, C; GAFOS, M; Lampe, F; Speakman, A; Dunn, D; Ward, D; Phillips, A; Pebody, R; Gabriel, M; Speakman, A; Collaco Moraes, Y; Rodger, A; Burns, F;
2022
AIDS 2022
Transmission dynamics of the 2016-18 outbreak of hepatitis A among men who have sex with men in England and cost-effectiveness analysis of vaccination strategies to prevent future outbreaks.
Zhang, X-S; Ong, JJ; Macgregor, L; Vilaplana, TG; Heathcock, ST; Mindlin, M; WEATHERBURN, P; HICKSON, F; Edelstein, M; Mandal, S; Vickerman, P;
2022
The Lancet Regional Health Europe
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