Can a pill end STIs in society?: Putting DoxyPEP in context

Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Invited talk

Description

This talk will discuss the emergence of a new tool for preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs), called DoxyPEP, and consider its impact on society. I explore whether medicine can change the social inequalities that underlie sustained STI transmission, which significantly affect LGBTQ+ communities, and intervene in increasing antimicrobial resistance (AMR) within sexual healthcare. Based upon interviews with doctors and nurses in the UK, I demonstrate how safer sex may transform in the coming years as DoxyPEP becomes normalised in society. I suggest that medicine may play a key role in facilitating new safer sex practices in the future.

This is an invited talk as part of the 2025 STEMinar series at the Open University.
Period26 Jun 2025
Held atOpen University, United Kingdom
Degree of RecognitionNational

Keywords

  • Doxy PEP
  • Public health
  • Sexual health
  • Science and technology
  • Social change
  • Sociology

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