Prof. Sarah Stutterheim

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Prof. Sarah Stutterheim is an Associate Professor at Maastricht University's Care and Public Health Research Institute. She is an interdisciplinary mixed methods researcher with expertise in the related fields of health and social psychology, health promotion, and public health. Her research focuses on psychosocial aspects of living with a given condition or identity. As such, Prof. Stutterheim's research often focuses on social stigma and its effects, particularly among vulnerable populations, across a broad range of conditions and identities. A core area of her research is HIV, where she investigates psychosocial aspects of HIV across the continuum from primary prevention to testing, linkage to care, initiation, adherence, and quality of life. She is co-lead of the SPIRAL consortium, which seeks to work towards ethical and equitable durable control of HIV. She also conducts research on systematic behaviour change more broadly and on sexual and reproductive health. Prof. Stutterheim's research is strongly informed by principles of meaningful community engagement, the use of participatory research methods, and explicit attention to inclusivity. She is is an experienced teacher, mentor, and supervisor. She teaches on systematic behaviour change, inclusive research, social psychology, public health in international contexts, academic skills, qualitative research methods, health promotion, and academic writing.