Prof. Julie Fish

Professor Julie Fish, Chair in Social Work and Health Inequalities, Director of the Centre for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Trans and Queer Research at De Montfort University, Leicester, UK . Julie Fish has written widely on LGBTQ+ health and health inequalities; in particular, she is Editor of the Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, Campbell Collaborative Group. This initiative aims to promote excellence in LGBT research and to enhance its longevity. She is lead editor of Special Issue on LGBT+ health and health inequalities for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. She has conducted several projects among LGB people with cancer funded by the Department of Health, the ESRC and Macmillan Cancer Support. Her work is informed by intersectional approaches in both research and praxis.