About
Cynthia Graham is a Professor in Sexual and Reproductive Health and an HCPC-registered clinical and health psychologist. She is currently Deputy Head of Psychology (Director of Research), Co-Director of the Centre for Clinical and Community Applications of Health Psychology, member of the Centre for Sexual Health Research, and Chair of the Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences ethics committee. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University and Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Sex Research. Her main areas of research interest are in contraception, sexual problems, and sexual health interventions and she has received funding for her research from the MRC and NIHR. She is co-convenor of a 3rd. year undergraduate module on sexual health, teaches on health psychology undergraduate and postgraduate modules, and supervises PhD students on topics related to human sexuality.
Research
Research interests
- Interventions to improve uptake of, and experiences of, condom use
- Sexual Health in older adults
- Innovative sex education interventions for adolescents
- Sexual problems in women
- Condom use errors and problems
Research projects
Completed projects
Publications
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Biography
My research interests are in the areas of sexual and reproductive health. My current research focuses on four main areas:
- The behavioural effects of hormonal contraceptives
- The relevance of sexual excitation and sexual inhibition to sexual health
- Sexual problems in women
- Condom use errors and problems
I have published articles on the following topics: the relationship between the menstrual cycle and changes in mood and sexuality; menstrual synchrony; methodological issues in recall data on sexual behavior, gender differences in sexuality; the relationship between mood and sexuality; sexual arousal in women, contraception and sexuality, asexuality, microbicides; and intimate partner violence.
I am a member of the Condom Use Research Team (CURT), a multidisciplinary research team involving The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, the Rural Center for AIDS/STD Prevention (RCAP), and researchers from Canada and the U.S.