Luka White (BSc, MSc, MSc)
Thesis title: A mixed methods exploration into eating disorders in trans and/or nonbinary autistic adults.
PhD supervisors:
Background
Luka (they/them) is a PhD student researching the intersection between transgender/nonbinary mental health, autistic mental health, and eating disorders. Their previous research spans LGBTQ+ refugee and asylum seeker mental health, transgender/nonbinary mental health and access to healthcare, and transgender/nonbinary autistic mental health.
Their PhD working title is: A mixed methods exploration into eating disorders in trans and/or nonbinary autistic adults.
Qualifications
Medical Science BSc
Global Health MSc
Psychology of Mental Health MSc
Research summary
Transgender mental health and access to healthcare
Autistic mental health and access to healthcare
Eating disorders
Knowledge exchange
Publications
White LCJ., Lanza S., Middleton J., Hewitt K., Freire-Moran L., Edge C., Nicholls M., Rajan-Iyer J., & Cassell J. A. (2016). The management of scabies outbreaks in residential care facilities for the elderly in England: a review of current health protection guidelines. Epidemiology and infection, 144(15), 3121–3130. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0950268816001746
White LCJ., Cooper M., Lawrence D. Mental illness and resilience among sexual and gender minority refugees and asylum seekers. British Journal of General Practice, 2019. 69(678):10-11. Doi: 10.3399/bjgp19X700349.
White LCJ., Holland D., Pantelic M., Llewellyn C. “I carry so much anger, and that is not good for my health,” the mental health impact of current gender-affirming healthcare pathways on transgender adults in England. Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies 2 (1-2): 47-65. https://doi.org/10.57814/0dbe-4w50
Holland D., White LCJ., Pantelic M., Llewellyn C. The experiences of transgender and nonbinary adults in primary care: A systematic review. The European journal of general practice, 30(1), 2296571. https://doi.org/10.1080/13814788.2023.2296571
Holland D., White LCJ., Pantelic M., Llewellyn C. The role(s) transgender adults want general practice to have in their healthcare: A qualitative study in Southeast England. Bulletin of Applied Transgender Studies 2 (3-4): 175-194. https://doi.org/10.57814/w0e6-xy86
White, LCJ., vel ixqe, k., Goodall., K., Gillespie-Smith, K. (2023). Minority stress, camouflaging and mental health outcomes in transgender and nonbinary autistic adults. Preprint available at: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/SE5H3