Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Zimbabwe born and educated in Australia and England, Dr Mark Davis (PhD, London) is an internationally-recognised social researcher in the field of health and social equity. His highly-cited outputs focus on the immune self, pandemics, superbugs, data medicine and inequity to help build more inclusive and effective social public health.
Mark is principal chief investigator for two ARC Discovery Projects. He is leading research on the social and economic dimensions of antimicrobial resistance prevention (DP200100002) and the sociology of health data for sexuality and gender diverse people (DP230100245).
Recently, Mark was principal chief investigator for an ARC Discovery Project on general publics and the prevention of antimicrobial resistance (DP170100937) and, with colleagues at the University of Sydney, he was chief investigator on an ARC Linkage Project concerning hospital governance and antimicrobials (LP170100300). He was previously principal chief investigator for an ARC Discovery Project (DP110101081) on psychosocial and cultural responses to the 2009 influenza pandemic in Australia and the United Kingdom and was chief investigator on two HIV treatment and prevention research projects, funded by the UK’s Economic and Social Research Council. Mark also conducted research on digital sexual cultures and HIV prevention and the impact of HIV treatment technologies in the sexual lives of gay men with HIV, funded by the UK’s Medical Research Council. His research has also been supported by the UK’s National Health Service and the Terrence Higgins Trust.
Mark coordinates AMR Social Science Webinars that promote interdisciplinary dialogue on antimicrobial resistance with social researchers, policy-makers, biomedical scientists, and clinicians.
Mark’s books include:
Sex, Technology and Public Health (Palgrave)
HIV Treatment and Prevention Technologies in International Perspective (Palgrave), edited with Corinne Squire
Disclosure in Health and Illness (Routledge), edited with Lenore Manderson
Pandemics, Publics and Narrative (Oxford University Press), co-authored with Davina Lohm
Selling Immunity: Self, Culture and Economy in Healthcare and Medicine (Routledge).
Mark is a member of the Australian Psychological Society (elected 1989), the Public Health Association of Australia, the British Sociological Association, the International Sociological Association, and associate member of the Royal Society of Medicine.
Supervision interests
Mark supervises doctoral research in the fields of health and society, sexualities, and narrative methods in the social sciences. Topics have included, Facebook friendships, Sorry Day narratives, parenting children with severe emotional distress, cigarette advertising in Indonesia, mid-twentieth century public health film on TB and malaria, self-tracking tech, and refugee mental health support.
Monash teaching commitment
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- Immunity as culture
- Superbugs
- Pandemics
- Science and Technology Studies
- Narrative bioethics
- Social public health
- HIV treatment and prevention
- Sociology of antibiotics
- One Health
- Coronavirus
Network
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Social Science Network In Antimicrobial Resistance
Davis, M., Whittaker, A., Warren, N., Schermuly, A. & Dunse, K.
1/06/21 → 31/07/24
Project: Other
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The sociology of antibiotics and the antimicrobial resistance crisis
Davis, M., Warren, N., Hardefeldt, L. Y., Buising, K. L., Thursky, K. A., Flowers, P. & Hoeyer, K.
1/07/20 → 30/06/24
Project: Research
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The sociology of health data for sexuality and gender diverse people
Davis, M., Newman, C. E. & Fitzgerald, L. J.
3/07/23 → 2/07/26
Project: Research
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The social burden of antimicrobial resistance in Australia: Long term survivors’ therapeutic quests
Whittaker, A., Davis, M., Barr, J. & Dunse, K.
1/07/21 → 30/07/22
Project: Research
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Engaging stigmatised communities in Australia with digital health systems: Towards data justice in public health
Smith, A. K. J., Davis, M. D. M., MacGibbon, J., Broady, T. R., Ellard, J., Rule, J., Cook, T., Duck-Chong, E., Holt, M. & Newman, C. E., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Knowledge of Australia’s My Health Record and factors associated with opting out: Results from a national survey of the Australian general population and communities affected by HIV and sexually transmissible infections
Holt, M., MacGibbon, J., Smith, A. K. J., Broady, T. R., Davis, M. & Newman, C. E., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: PLoS Digital Health. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Reconfiguring breast reconstruction in the post-cancer life in Vietnam
Do, T. T., Whittaker, A. & Davis, M., 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Antibiotic assemblages and their implications for the prevention of antimicrobial resistance
Davis, M. DM., Lohm, D., Flowers, P. & Whittaker, A., Dec 2022, In: Social Science & Medicine. 315, 8 p., 115550.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Diversity via datafication? Digital patient records and citizenship for sexuality and gender diverse people
Davis, M. D. M., Schermuly, A., Smith, A. K. J. & Newman, C., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: BioSocieties. 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Prizes
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Dean’s Award for Excellence in Early Career Research
Davis, Mark (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Monash Research Accelerator Award, Office of the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research)
Davis, Mark (Recipient), 2013
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Promising Researcher Fellowship Award
Davis, Mark (Recipient), 2006
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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COVID-19 media contexts and antimicrobial resistance communication
Mark Davis (Organiser)
2021Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course
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Roundtable 1- One Health communications and AMR: Policy, practice & politics
Mark Davis (Host), Allegra Schermuly (Contributor), Andrea Whittaker (Contributor) & Kerry Dunse (Contributor)
1 Jul 2021Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public event
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Swiss National Science Foundation - Special call on Coronavirus
Mark Davis (Reviewer)
2020Activity: External Academic Engagement › Grant review responsibilities
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COVID-19: Roadmap to Recovery: A report to the nation
Mark Davis (Contributor)
2020Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
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Social impact of pandemics. Advice provided to Psychosocial Reference Group, Emergency Management, Victorian Department of Health and Human Services (Event)
Mark Davis (Advisor)
26 Mar 2020Activity: Industry, Government and Philanthropy Engagement and Partnerships › Consultancy
Press/Media
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The social life of COVID-19 data, Sonar Global, https://www.sonar-global.eu/keyreadings/the-social-life-of-covid-19-data/
26/02/21
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs, Podcasts and Social Media › Podcasts
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Superbugs: The health threat that has failed to capture public attention, Monash Lens, 18 November 2020, https://www.monash.edu/discovery-institute/news-and-events/news/2020-articles/superbugs-the-health-threat-that-has-failed-to-capture-public-attention
Mark Davis, Thomas Naderer & Ana Traven
20/11/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
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How can we mobilise general publics to impact COVID-19?
Mark Davis, Narelle Warren & Andrea Whittaker
12/05/20
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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