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• LGBTQ+ Psychology
• Mixed methods research
• Health Psychology
• Social Psychology
• Queer Creative Health

• MSc Psychology (University of East London)
• PhD Psychology (Nottingham Trent University)

• PSY4050 Doing Psychological Research 2
• PSY5046 Qualitative research methods
• PSY5053 Health Psychology
• PSY6097 Dissertation

• Arts-based interventions to promote wellbeing
• HIV anxiety and its psychosocial impacts
• HIV prevention, including PrEP usage and related decision-making
• DoxyPEP and emerging approaches to STI prevention
• Body image and wellbeing among recreational runners

Anthony is open to conversations with prospective postgraduate students interested in pursuing research in these areas, including gender and sexualities research, health and wellbeing among marginalised populations, and LGBTQ+ psychology.

Current Postgraduate Students:

• Nikhita Sheppard - The role of positive embodiment in body image among non-binary people of colour (Supervisor)

• Fiona Brook - Supporting wellbeing and mental health among performing arts professionals (Director of Studies)

Gifford AJ, Beck RJ, McDermott DT, Abbott K. 鈥淪hare Your Trauma鈥� and Make It Funny鈥�: Comedy as Catharsis and Community-Building in LGBTQ+ Mental Wellbeing and Resilience.聽Behavioral Sciences. 2026; 16(7):1059.

Gifford, AJ, & Jaspal, R. (2026). Latent profiles of outness and psychosocial functioning among lesbian, gay, and bisexual people.聽Sexual and Gender Diversity in Social Services,听38(3), 381鈥�401.

Gifford AJ, Jaspal R. Identity Resilience, Community Connectedness, and Sociosexuality Among Gay and Bisexual Men: The Mediating Effect of Internalized Homonegativity.聽International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2026; 23(3):358.

Gifford AJ, Jaspal R, Jones BA, & McDermott DT. (2025) PrEP acceptability and self-efficacy in men who have sex with men: The roles of identity, trust and knowledge. Psychology & Sexuality, 1-17.聽

Jaspal, R., Gifford, AJ, & Scheinpflug, U. (2025) Ego and Partner-Centered Sexual Satisfaction in Heterosexual Men. Sexuality & Culture, 1-20.聽

Gifford, AJ. (2025) Smash the pot, break the binary: LGBTQ+ psychology and Hyrule. In A. M. B. Prosser & R. Kowert (Eds.), The Psychgeist of Pop Culture 鈥� Legend of Zelda. Psychgeist & Play Story Press.聽

Gifford AJ, Jaspal R, Jones BA, McDermott DT. (2025) Gain-Framed Health Messaging, Medical Trust, and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Self-Efficacy: An Experimental Study. Healthcare; 13(16):1981.聽

Gifford AJ, Jaspal R, Jones BA, McDermott DT. (2025) Psychosocial Profiles of Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) Influencing PrEP Acceptability: A Latent Profile Analysis. Behavioral Sciences; 15(6):818.聽

Jaspal R, Gifford AJ, & Scheinpflug U. (2025). A Theoretical Model for Predicting the Derivation of Sexual Satisfaction in Gay Men. The Journal of Sex Research, 1鈥�11.聽

Cahill L, Gifford AJ, Jones BA, & McDermott DT. (2025) The HIV Anxiety Scale (HAS): Developing and Validating a Measure of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Anxiety. AIDS Behav.聽

Gifford AJ, Jaspal R, Jones BA, & McDermott DT. (2025) Predicting PrEP acceptability and self-efficacy among men who have sex with men in the UK: The roles of identity resilience, science mistrust, and stigma. HIV Med.; 1-11.聽

Gifford AJ, Jaspal R, Jones BA, & McDermott DT. (2025) 鈥榃hy are PrEP gays always like this 鈥� 鈥�: psychosocial influences on U.K.-based men who have sex with men鈥檚 perceptions and use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis. Psychology & Sexuality, 1鈥�24.聽