David Reid

Research Fellow

Telephone: 020-7927 2792
Email: david.reid@lshtm.ac.uk

David Reid is a Research Fellow for Sigma Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. He joined Sigma in 1993 after working in Australia both as a gay men’s health promotion officer and as a researcher with people living with HIV. He works on a wide range of research projects but specialises in survey promotion, data management and analysis. He has been instrumental in the success of the Gay Men's Sex Survey since it went national in 1997. While he can often be found buried in large data sets he welcomes queries about our survey data and its analysis. He has an MSc in public health and health promotion from South Bank University.

Recent journal articles

Datta J, Reid D, Hughes G, Mercer CH, Wayal S, Weatherburn P. Awareness of and attitudes to sexually transmissible infections among gay men and other men who have sex with men in England: a qualitative study. Sexual Health, published online first 6 December 2018. (doi:10.1071/SH18025).
Melendez-Torres GJ, Bourne A, Reid D, Hickson F, Bonell C, Weatherburn P Typology of drug use in United Kingdom men who have sex with men and associations with socio-sexual characteristics. International Journal of Drug Policy, 2018; 55:159–164 (doi10.1016/j.drugpo.2018.01.007).
Wayal S, Reid D, Blomquist PB, Weatherburn P, Mercer CH, Hughes G The acceptability and feasibility of implementing a bio-behavioral enhanced surveillance tool for sexually transmitted infections in England: mixed-methods study. JMIR Public Health Surveillance, 2018 May, 4;4(2):e52 (doi: 10.2196/publichealth.9010).
Melendez-Torres GJ, Bourne A, Hickson F, Reid D, Weatherburn P Correlates and subgroups of injecting drug use in UK gay and bisexual men: Findings from the 2014 Gay Men’s Sex Survey. Drug & Alcohol Dependence, 2018; 187:292-295 (doi:10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.03.014).
Datta J, Reid D, Hughes G, Mercer CH, Wayal S, Weatherburn P Places and people: the perceptions of men who have sex with men concerning STI testing - a qualitative study. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2018; 94:46–50 (doi:10.1136/sextrans-2016-052983).
Melendez-Torres GJ, Hickson F, Reid D, Weatherburn P, Bonell C Findings from within-subjects comparisons of drug use and sexual risk behaviour in men who have sex with men in England. International Journal of STDs & AIDS, 2017; 28(3):250-258 (doi:10.1177/0956462416642125).
Hickson F, Melendez-Torres GJ, Reid D, Weatherburn P HIV, sexual risk and ethnicity among gay and bisexual men in England: survey evidence for persisting health inequalities. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2017 Nov; 93(7):508-513 (doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2016-052800).
Weatherburn P, Hickson F, Reid D, Torres-Rueda S, Bourne A Motivations and values associated with combining sex and illicit drugs (‘chemsex’) among gay men in South London: findings from a qualitative study. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2017, 93:203-206 (doi:10.1136/sextrans-2016-052695).
Bourne A, Davey C, Hickson F, Reid D, Weatherburn P Physical health inequalities among gay and bisexual men in England: a large community-based cross-sectional survey. Journal of Public Health, 2017; 39(2):290-296 (doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdw029).
Hickson F, Davey C, Reid D, Weatherburn P, Bourne A Mental health inequalities among gay and bisexual men in England, Scotland and Wales: a large community-based cross-sectional survey. Journal of Public Health, 2017; 39(2):266-273 (doi: 10.1093/pubmed/fdw021).
Ahmed A-K, Weatherburn P, Reid D, Hickson F, Torres-Rueda S, Steinberg P, Bourne A Social norms related to combining drugs and sex (“chemsex”) among gay men in South London. International Journal of Drug Policy, 2016; 38:29–35 (doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.10.007).
Schmidt AJ, Bourne A, Weatherburn P, Reid D, Marcus U, Hickson F, & The EMIS Network Illicit drug use among gay and bisexual men in 44 cities: Findings from the European MSM Internet Survey (EMIS). International Journal of Drug Policy, 2016; 38:4-12 (doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.09.007).
Melendez-Torres GJ, Bonell C, Hickson F, Bourne A, Reid D, Weatherburn P Predictors of crystal methamphetamine use in a community-based sample of UK men who have sex with men. International Journal of Drug Policy, 2016; 36:43–46 (doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2016.06.010).
Melendez-Torres GJ, Hickson F, Reid D, Weatherburn P, Bonell C Nested event-level case-control study of drug use and sexual outcomes in multipartner encounters reported by MSM by men who have sex with men. AIDS and Behavior, 2016; 20(3):646-654 (doi:10.1007/s10461- 015-1127-6).
Melendez-Torres GJ, Hickson F, Reid D, Weatherburn P, Bonell C An initial typology of contexts of dyadic sexual encounters between men and associations with sexual risk and pleasure: findings from an observational study. Sexual Health, 2016; 13(3):221-227 (doi:10.1071/SH15218).
Melendez-Torres GJ, Hickson F, Reid D, Weatherburn P, Bonell C Drug use moderates associations between location of sex and unprotected anal intercourse in men who have sex with men: nested cross-sectional study of dyadic encounters with new partners. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2015; 92:39-43 (doi:10.1136/sextrans-2014-051954).
Keogh P, Weatherburn P, Reid D Learning from the experiences of people with HIV using general practitioner services in London: a qualitative study. Primary Health Care Research & Development, 2016, Jul; 17(4):351-60 (doi:10.1017/S1463423615000481).
Bourne A, Reid D, Hickson F, Torres-Rueda S, Steinberg P, Weatherburn P “Chemsex” and harm reduction need among gay men in South London. International Journal of Drug Policy, 2015; 26(12):1171–1176 (doi:10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.07.013).
Bourne A, Reid D, Hickson F, Torres-Rueda S, Weatherburn P Illicit drug use in sexual settings (‘chemsex’) and HIV/STI transmission risk behaviour among gay men in South London: findings from a qualitative study.Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2015; 91(8): 564-8 (doi:10.1136/sextrans-2015-052052).
Colledge L, Hickson F, Reid D, Weatherburn P Poorer mental health in UK bisexual women than lesbians: evidence from the UK 2007 Stonewall Women’s Health Survey. Journal of Public Health, 2015; 37(3): 427-37 (doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdu105).
Hickson F, Tomlin K, Hargreaves J, Bonell C, Reid D, Weatherburn P Internet-based cohort study of HIV testing over 1 year among men who have sex with men living in England and exposed to a social marketing intervention promoting testing. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 2015; 91:24-30. (doi:10.1136/sextrans-2014-051598).

Recent research reports

Hickson F, Reid D, Hammond G, Weatherburn P (2016) State of play: findings from the England Gay Men's Sex Survey 2014. London, Sigma Research @ LSHTM, May 2016 (ISBN: 978-1-906673-24-6).
Bourne A, Reid D, Weatherburn P (2014) African Health & Sex Survey 2013-2014: headline findings. London, Sigma Research.
Bourne A, Reid D, Hickson F, Torres Rueda S, Weatherburn P (2014) The Chemsex study: drug use in sexual settings among gay and bisexual men in Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham. London, Sigma Research.

ResearchGate profile for David S. Reid.