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Liadh Simmins
Liadh Timmins, PhD
Swansea University - Lecturer in Psychology
Education
PhD, Psychology, King’s College London
MSc, Psychology, Trinity College Dublin
BA, Psychology, Maynooth University
Research Interests
Minority stress, LGBT+ health, LGBT+ healthcare, sexual orientation, gender identity
BIO
Liadh Timmins’ research is broadly concerned with sexual orientation and gender identity. This includes the impacts of minority stress on sexual and gender minorities; the psychology of prejudice; and social and cognitive components of sexual orientation and gender identity. Their work uses an intersectional and feminist lens.
Publications

Recent

Timmins L, Barnes-Holmes D, Rahman Q (2025).
The implicit relational assessment procedure as a measure of sexual orientation in heterosexual, bisexual, and lesbian/gay men and women
Archives of Sexual Behavior, 54 (10), 4191-4207. doi: 10.1007/s10508-025-03241-z. PMCID: PMC12753572.

Son EJ, Bosson JK, Schudson ZC, Timmins L, Burns JA, Hong J, van Anders SM (2025).
Gender/sex and predictors of transphobia
Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity [Epub 2025 Jun]. doi: 10.1037/sgd0000859.

Driver R, Schneider JA, Hickson DA, Timmins L, Brewer RA, Goedel WC, Duncan DT (2023).
Sexual orientation, HIV vulnerability-enhancing behaviors and HIV status neutral care among Black cisgender sexual minority men in the Deep South: The N2 cohort study
AIDS and Behavior, 27 (8), 2592-2605. doi: 10.1007/s10461-023-03984-7. PMCID: PMC11034832.

Timmins L, Pitman A, King M, ...., Harding R (2023).
Does the impact of bereavement vary between same and different gender partnerships? A representative national, cross-sectional study
Psychological Medicine, 53 (9), 3849-3857. doi: 10.1017/S0033291722000496. PMCID: PMC10317796.

Zivony A, Kardosh R, Timmins L, Reggev N (2023).
Ten simple rules for socially responsible science
PLoS Computational Biology, 19 (3), e1010954. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010954. PMCID: PMC10035751.

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Selected Press