Sonali Wayal
Research Associate
POPULATION HEALTH SCIENCES
University College London
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Sonali Wayal is a Research Associate in the Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research at University College London. She has a Masters in Political Science from University of Pune, India following which she worked as a Lecturer in Political Science in Fergusson College and Abasaheb Garware College. Subsequently she did her training in Human Rights and Advocacy from the National Centre for Advocacy Studies in Pune, India and worked in the Centre for Advocacy in Mental Health in Pune and then in Positive People for developing a HIV prevention programme among sex workers in Goa. Subsequently she was awarded a British Chevening and University of Edinburgh Scholarship to pursue MSc in Public Health Research in the University of Edinburgh in 2005-2006 and an Overseas Students Awards to pursue a PhD in University College London in 2008. She is passionate about global health, human rights, and access to Health Care (both physical and mental health care).
Research Interest
Understanding sexual health inequalities due to ethnicity and sexuality; HIV
Publications
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Shahmanesh, M., & Wayal, S. (2004). Targeting commercial sex-workers in Goa, India: time for a strategic rethink?. Lancet, 364 (9442), 1297-1299.
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Wayal, S., Llewellyn, C., Smith, H., Hankins, M., Phillips, A., Richardson, D., & Fisher, M. (2009). Self-sampling for oropharyngeal and rectal specimens to screen for sexually transmitted infections: Acceptability among men who have sex with men. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 85 (1), 60-64.
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Wayal, S., Llewellyn, C., Smith, H., & Fisher, M. (2011). Home sampling kits for sexually transmitted infections: Preferences and concerns of men who have sex with men. Culture, Health and Sexuality, 13 (3), 343-353.
