Co/Principal Investigator:
- Periods in a Pandemic: how UK period poverty initiatives are mitigating Covid-19 related challenges (funded by ESRC/UKRI, PI)
- Travelling Abroad for Endometriosis Care (ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø pilot funding, PI)
- Period Dramas: what works in menstrual health education (ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø pilot funding, PI)
- Inclusivity in ‘femtech’: period tracking apps (funded by Clue, PI)
- ÌýMeasuring What Matters: Co-Designing a UK Menstrual Health Framework and Evaluation Toolkit (NIHR Public Health Research, co-I)
- Decolonising Pelvic Pain: A Key Stakeholder Workshop and Equitable Care Charter (ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø small research grant, co-I)
- Plan International UK: Situational analysis of girls’ experiences of menstruation in the UK (funded by Plan International UK, co-I)
- Let’s Talk.Period menstruation learning briefs (funded by Plan International UK, co-I)
Other projects:
- The VQ Collective: women’s sexual health and pleasure
- Barriers to Return of Home Sampling Kits for Sexually Transmitted Infections Ordered Online: A Qualitative Study
- Barriers and facilitators to practitioner prescribing and patient adoption of anti-inflammatory maintenance and reliever therapy (MART) for adult asthma: a qualitative study
Publications:
- Craddock, E., Williams, G., & Weckesser, A. (2026). What We Live and Breathe: Expert Insights on Inclusivity in U.K. Period Poverty Initiatives.ÌýWomen’s Reproductive Health, 1–14.
- Williams, G. (2026). Covid-19. InÌýThe sage encyclopedia of menstruation and societyÌý(Vol. 1, pp. 69-71). SAGE Publications, Inc.,
- Williams, Gemma C.Ìý(2026)ÌýPeriods in a Pandemic: How the Covid-19 Pandemic Influenced UK Experiences of Providing and Accessing Menstrual Health Support.ÌýDoctoral thesis, Birmingham City University.
- Dyson, J., Cummings, H., Williams, G.Ìýet al.Ìý(2026) Barriers and facilitators to practitioner prescribing and patient adoption of anti-inflammatory maintenance and reliever therapy (MART) for adult asthma: a qualitative study.ÌýBMC Prim. Care.
- Abbott, K., Commane, G., Weckesser, A. &ÌýWilliams, G. (2025) ‘Reflections from ‘Bean Flicks,’ an intersectional porn festival celebrating marginalised bodies and sexualities’. Porn Studies, 1-14. DOI:ÌýÌý
- Craddock, E.,ÌýWilliams, G., & Weckesser, A. (2025). Same shit, different crisis? Feminist activism against period poverty during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK. Journal of Poverty and Social Justice, 1-20. DOI:Ìý
- ÌýWilliams G. 2022. Commentary: Promoting a gender-affirming environment in research: implications for research nurses. Journal of Research in Nursing
- ÌýS.Jones, R.Cook,ÌýG.Williams,ÌýD. Worsley, R. Walker, M. Radford, A. Leary (2019). An observational study on the rate of reporting of adverse event on healthcare staff in a mental health setting: an application of Poisson Expectation Maximisation analysis on nurse staffing data.ÌýHealth Informatics Journal
Reports:
- Crooks, M., Dyson J., Cummings, H.,ÌýWilliams, G.Ìý& Codling, S.ÌýÌýBarriers and facilitators to practitioners prescribing and adult patients accepting SABA-Free MART treatment for Asthma: Qualitative study.ÌýAstraZeneca UK Limited
- Weckesser, A.,ÌýWilliams, G. & Hughes, A. 2023.ÌýBarriers to Return of Home Sampling Kits for Sexually Transmitted Infections Ordered Online: A Qualitative Study. Umbrella Sexual Health Service, Birmingham & Solihull
- Weckesser A., Randhawa A.,ÌýWilliams G., Hewett A., 2022. Situational analysis of girls’ experiences of menstruation in the UK and policy and programmatic responses to this. Plan International UK
- Williams, G., Weckesser, A. & Craddock, E., 2022. Periods in a Pandemic: how UK period poverty initiatives have mitigated Covid-19 challenges [online] Available to download:Ìý
- Williams G.,Ìý2020. Inclusivity within ‘femtech’: How women living with chronic health conditions use period tracking apps. Clue
- Weckesser, A.,ÌýWilliams, G., Hewett, A. and Randhawa, A. (2020). Plan International UK’s Let’s Talk. Period Research Series:
Jones SJ., Scoats R.,ÌýWilliams G., 2018. Review of Disability & Physical Activity Evidence: a thematic analysis of WMCA’s Calls for Evidence and Academic Evidence. West Midlands Combined Authority
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