20 September, 2023 | 10:30 - 11:30
SPEAKER
Dr Liz Fearon
INFECTIOUS DISEASE EPIDEMIOLOGIST AND LECTURER: INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL HEALTH, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
Dr Liz Fearon is an infectious disease epidemiologist and lecturer at the Institute for Global
Health at University College London. She has experience conducting research among
minoritized and marginalised populations including sex workers and gay, bisexual and other
men who have sex with men (GBMSM) in East and Southern Africa and in the UK, groups
who are heavily affected by HIV. Her experience includes conducting HIV prevention needs
assessments, designing and analysing epidemiological surveys, intervention evaluations, and
mathematical modelling.
ABOUT THE WEBINAR
Populations who might be socially marginalised, criminalised, or disenfranchised have traditionally been referred to as ‘hard-to-reach’
or ‘hidden’ by researchers. What is usually meant by this, is that these populations are underserved by research and services. From a
quantitative research methodology perspective, these are populations who lack a census or sampling frame, requiring innovative
sampling designs and recruitment methodologies as well as strong consideration as to how these populations are engaged in research.
This talk will consider two key forms of sampling design: social network-based recruitment, including respondent driven sampling;
and time-location or venue-based sampling methodologies, along with some broader research engagement considerations.