My broad interests are concerned with the potential health contribution that an explicit focus on gender and masculinity can bring to men, women and their families. My PhD on ‘Dividuality, masculine respectability and reputation: exploring the link between men’s uptake of HIV treatment and their masculinity in rural eastern Uganda’, examined men’s health seeking behaviour for HIV in a gold mining area in Busia district, eastern Uganda. I have published several articles on this topic (see list of peer reviewed publications below). My current work focuses on understanding men’s relationship risks with female sex partners, and in developing and evaluating interventions on parenting to reduce sexual and gender-based violence, and child abuse. I also maintain an interest in exploring and testing interventions for young people and thier parents living with HIV.