Doctor Aaron Philip

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Dr Aaron Philip

Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Visiting Fellow, Queensland University of Technology


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Aaron is a Public Health Practitioner with over a decade of experience researching and working in health and not-for-profit settings. He has worked with vulnerable and priority groups (orphans and vulnerable children, injecting drug users, persons with disabilities, and sex workers) as well as culturally and linguistically diverse people.

His interest focuses on sexual health, infectious diseases (HIV) and disability inclusion in health and organisational settings.  As a qualitative researcher, Aaron applies his expertise to explore research areas focusing on donor behaviour, inclusion, and diversity in blood donation.

Aaron holds a PhD in public health from Queensland University of Technology.

Awards
  • Co-investigator: Carla Paterson Memorial Grant for Community Consultation and Co-design of a Peer Worker and Nurse Partnership Model of care for People Living and Ageing with HIV (2023)
  • Queensland University of Technology Postgraduate Research Award (2019)

Key publications

When less is more—exploring Australian donor and non-donors perspectives on proposed changes to donor screening questions.
Thorpe R, Masser B, Philip AA, Jensen K, Hoad V
2024
Vox Sanguinis
119: 179-180
*“Double wahala for dead body”: Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy among Persons with Disabilities Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Nigeria
Philip AA.
2024
Queensland University of Technology
No reference
*HIV knowledge and information access among Nigerian female cancer survivors
Nwakasi C, Esiaka D, Staab T, Philip A, Arinze CA
2023
Journal of Cancer Policy
2024: 100456
*Lived experiences of persons with disabilities living with HIV in accessing HIV services in Africa: a qualitative systematic review
Philip A, King J, Durham J
2022
Disability and Rehabilitation
45(6): 937-949
*Sero-prevalence of Hepatitis B and C among eligible blood donors attending a tertiary healthcare facility in Nasarawa State, Nigeria
Philip AA, Oti BV
2017
Journal of advances in Microbiology
4(2): 1-6

* This research was completed prior to starting with Lifeblood