Current/ongoing research:
Co-I – , NIHR: Programme Grant for Applied Research, 2023 - 2028
Convener – ‘’ British Academy & Wellcome Trust Conference, July 6th and 7th 2023
Lead Investigator – Improving Maternity Services: Listening to Families and Staff, R&D Number: 288136; REC Reference: 20/YH/0256; HRA Approval:20/11/2020
PI – ‘Improving Mystery Shopper Evaluation Methods in Community Pharmacies Providing Sexual Health Services’ (Umbrella Sexual Health, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
Lead Investigator – Barriers to Return of Home Sampling Kits for Sexually Transmitted Infections Requested Online: A Qualitative Study (Umbrella Sexual Health, Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust)
Completed projects/dissemination in process:
(2021) Lead Investigator - Plan International UK’s and Brook’sLet’s Talk.Period Menstruation Research Resources. Creating evidence-based resources for themenstruation education, health, policy, and advocacy sector:
(2022) Co-I - Periods in a Pandemic: How UK period poverty initiatives are managing with Covid-19 related challenges (UKRI: Economic Social Research Council)
(2022) Co-Lead - Situational analysis of girls’ experiences of menstruation in the UK and policy and programmatic responses (Plan International UK)
(2021) Lead with Dr Stella Bullo of - Communicating Endo: Doctors’ Perspectives on Treating (Suspected) Endometriosis (HELS Faculty Pilot Project Scheme)
(2019) Co-Lead- - bringing academics, activists and creators for public engagement event on gender, sexuality and marginalised bodies) (Film Hub West Midlands)
(2018) Co-I - (NIHR: Research for Patient Benefit)
Selection of Publications
Hughes, Weckesser, Denny, et al. (2024) Seizure: European Journal of Epilepsy
Perro, Seglah, Abrahams, Weckesser & Griffith (2022) BMJ
Weckesser & Denny (2022, 2018) ’ BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. Includes:
- Weckesser & Denny (2022) BJOG: Research Methods Guide
- Weckesser & Denny (2022) BJOG: Research Methods Guide
- Denny & Weckesser (2022) ? BJOG: Research Methods Guide
- Denny & Weckesser (2022) BJOG: Research Methods Guide
- Denny & Weckesser (2018) BJOG: Research Methods Guide
Williams, Craddock, & Weckesser (2022) , Report for UKRI: Economic and Social Research Council.
Bullo & Weckesser (2021) , in Frontiers in Global Women's Health
Randhawa, Tufte-Hewett, Weckesser, et al. (2021) . J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol.
Weckesser, Randhawa, Williams & Hewett (2020) Let’s Talk. PeriodResearch Briefs. Brook and Plan International. A series of evidence-based resources for themenstruation education, health, policy, and advocacy sector, entailing four reports:
Abbott, Weckesser & Egan (2020) ‘ĜEveryone knows someone in an unhealthy relationship”: Young people’s talk about intimate heterosexual relationships in England,’ in Sex Education
Weckesser, Hodgetts-Morton,Wilson, et al. (2019) ‘,’ BMC Pregnancy & Childbirth, 19 (245).
Denny & Weckesser(2019) ‘Women’s Experiences of Endometriosis’ in Ussher, Chrisler, & Prez (eds),.
Hodgetts-Morton, Hewitt, Wilson,Farmer,andWeckesser,et al. (2019) ‘’ inActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.
Denny, Weckesser, Jones, G, et al. (2018) ‘,’ Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4 (1).
Hodgetts-Morton, Wilson,Hewitt,Weckesser, et al. (2018)‘’Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 4 (84).
øԲ, Weckesser, Turner & Wade (2018) ‘’ Sex Education, 19 (1).
Thangaratinam, Marlin, Newton, Weckesser, et al. (2018) ‘AntiEpileptic drug Monitoring in PREgnancy (EMPiRE): a double-blind randomised trial on effectiveness and acceptability of monitoring strategies,’ NIHR-HTA Final Report: Health Technology Assessment, 22 (23).
Weckesser & Denny (2017) ‘,’ , 185.
Middleton, Daniels, Weckesser, & Bhattacharya (2017) ‘,’ Trials, 18 (21).
Weckesser &. Denny (2013) ‘,’ Seizure, 22(2).
(Academic) Media Articles
Boylan, Weckesser & Dixon ‘,’ The Conversation, March 23rd 2022
Weckesser & Bullo ‘,’ The Conversation, Nov 21st 2021
Weckesser ‘,’ The Conversation, March 25th 2021
Weckesser ‘Ĝ’ Discover Society, June 3rd 2020
Bloom, Galpin, Weckesser (2020) ‘Focus: Interrogating ‘A Woman’s Curse’ – What endometriosis tells us about politics & society’, Discover Society
Selection of Conference Papers and Talks
(2022) Invited paper ‘Endometriosis and the global menstrual equity movement’Global Period Poverty ForumShare the Dignity, Brisbane, Australia, Oct 10-12th
(2022) Invited paper, ‘The role of social endometriosis research in addressing and understanding health inequalities’ Oxford Talks: Evidenced-Based Health Care Programme, University of Oxford, June 30th podcast available:
(2022) Invited talk, Weckesser & Williams ‘Periods in the Pandemic & Current Responses to Period Poverty in England’ Menstrual Health Day Event, Irise International, online, May 28th
(2022) ‘We know what good care is, but we can’t deliver it: Maternity staff experiences in context of ongoing crisis’ Centre for Social Care and Health Related Research Annual Conference, Birmingham City University, May 10th
(2021) Invited series of talks for Menstrual Activism International Network, Weckeser & Williams, ‘Then: Periods in the Pandemic: findings from the frontlines,’Sept 15th ‘Now: Let’s Talk. Period – Best Practice & Assessing Impact,’ Nov 16th ‘Next: Let’s Talk. Period – Inclusivity, Diversity & Centring Young Voices,’ Dec 7th
(2021) ‘They think we think they’re mad: UK Clinicians’ experiences of providing care for those with suspected endometriosis’. Conference presentation. Chronic Living: An InterdisciplinaryConference. University of Copenhagen, Denmark, (hybrid, online conference) March 4th -6th
(2020) Conference Co-Convener : What Endometriosis Tells Us about Politics and Society Sociology of Health & Illness Foundation, University of Birmingham (Moved Online as virtual series due to Covid)
(2020) Co-Convener: ‘Ethics & Desires’ Bean Flicks Feminist Porn Festival, Film Hub West Midlands and Birmingham City University, Birmingham, Feb 14th -15th
(2020) Invitedtalk, ‘Towards Diversity & Inclusion in the Menstruation Movement: Key Experts’ Insights’ Periods and Beyond, Brunel University, London, Feb 10th
(2019) ‘The VQ Collective: A women’s sexual health public engagement initiative’ University of Manchester’s Research Engagement Network, Manchester, June 25th
(2018) Invited paper, ‘Vagina Dialogues: Challenging Stigma around Menstruation, Menopause and Female Sexuality’ Oxford Talks: Evidenced-Based Health Care Programme, University of Oxford, Jun 20th Podcast:
(2018) Invited talk ‘,’ Pint of Science: Let’s Talk about Sex, Birmingham, May 14th
(2018) ‘ĜDoctors Don’t Live with the Consequences”: Women’s Negotiations of Medication in Pregnancy while Living with Epilepsy’ 17th European Society for Health and Medical Sociology Biennial Congress, Lisbon, Portugal, 6-8th June
(2018) ‘Women’s Views on Ceasarean section Recovery, Infection and the PREPS Trial’ British Maternal & Fetal Medicine Conference, Brighton, 28-29th March
(2017) ‘Women’s Decision-Making around Anti-epileptic Drug Management’ British Sociology Association (BSA) Medical Sociology Annual Conference, York University, 11-13th September
(2016) ‘Sextually Active: Lessons from an Inter-disciplinary Pilot Study with Young People on the Digital Mobility of Sexual Images’ Im/mobile Youth: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Spatial and Temporal Change in Young People’s Lives, University of Manchester,1st April
(2014) ‘Re-Working Biographies: Women’s Narratives of Pregnancy whilst Living with Epilepsy,’ BSA, Medical Sociology, Aston University, 10th -12th September