MR DAVID FIELD

Biography

David Field [he/him] – PhD Student & Clinical Nurse Specialist in Sexual Health.

David commenced his PhD with the University of Aberdeen in Feb 2021 with Dr Chantal Den Daas, Prof Diane Dixon and Prof John de Wit. David is focused on researching the concept of risk as it relates to the sexual health of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.

David has completed a Master of Public Health with University College Cork, his dissertation focused on the relationship between chemsex and anxiety and depression in gay & bisexual men living with HIV. David is also a fully accredited Clinical Nurse Specialist in sexual health in Dublin, Ireland. His primary clinical focus is the sexual health & wellbeing of gay and bisexual men and the trans community.

Prizes and Awards

1st Place Award, Best Original Research Presentation. - Society for the Study of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Ireland, Annual Conference (2021)

Past Research

Publications:

Gilmore, J.P, Field, D.J. (2025) Mpox: exploring the nursing role in diagnosis, management and controlling its spread. Nursing Standard. doi: 10.7748/ns.2025.e12477

Gilmore J, Comer D, Field D.J, Parlour R, Shanley A, Noone C (2024) Recognising and responding to the community needs of gay and bisexual men around mpox. PLoS ONE 19(11): e0313325. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313325

Gilmore, J., Noone, C., Sibandze, B., and Field, D.J. (2024). What Nurses Can Learn from the MPox Public Health Emergency of International Concern. Journal of Advanced Nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.16157

Field, D.J., de Wit, J., Davoren, M.P., O'Reilly, E.J. and Den Daas, C. (2023) Chemsex, Anxiety and Depression AmongGay, Bisexual and Other Men Who have Sex with Men Living with HIV. AIDS and Behaviour.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-023-04041-z

Conference Presentations:

Field, D.J, de Wit, J., Dixon, D., Comer, D & Den Daas, C. (2024) Rethinking Risk Among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men who Have Sex with Men in Sexual Health Research. European Health Psychology Society Annual Conference (Cascais, Portugal), (Poster Presentation)

Field, D.J, de Wit, J., Dixon, D. & Den Daas, C. (2024) Reassessing Risk among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men who Have Sex with Men in Sexual Health Research. Society for the Study of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Ireland, Spring Meeting. (Oral Presentation)

Field, D.J, de Wit, J., Dixon, D. & Den Daas, C. (2023) Rethinking Risk: How has risk related to gbMSM sexual health outcomes been conceptualised since 2015. (Poster Presentation). European Fast Track Cities Conference (Amsterdam), (Poster Presentation).

Duggan, P., Finlay, C., O’Hare, S., Lambert, J. & Field, D.J. (2023) Developing a community clinic: The importance of partnership and lessons learned. (Poster Presentation). European Fast Track Cities Conference (Amsterdam), (Poster Presentation).

Field, D.J., de Wit, J., Dixon, D. & Den Daas, C. (2022) "At your own risk..." How has risk related to sexuallytransmitted infection and sex between men been conceptualised since 2015 (Preliminary Findings) - All-Ireland LGBT+ Health Symposium (Oral Presentation), University College Dublin.

Field, D.J. & Den Daas, C. (2022) The what, why & how of researching risk in Sexual Health. Post- Graduate Research Conference, School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition (Oral Presentation). University of Aberdeen.

Field, D.J., de Wit, J., Davoren, M.P., & Den Daas, C. (2022) Chemsex, anxiety and depression among gay, bisexualand other men who have sex with men with HIV in the Netherlands. (Oral Presentation) – International Association of Providers of AIDS care, Fast Track Cities, UK and Ireland, Manchester 2021.

Field, D., de Wit, J., Davoren, M.P., & Den Daas, C. (2021) Chemsex, anxiety and depression among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men with HIV (Oral Presentation) - Society for the Study of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Ireland (SSSTDI), Annual Conference 2021.

Knowledge Exchange

• Chair of Expert Panel: “Sexual Health Futures”, 20th Annual Gay Health Forum, Dublin. – (2024)
• Expert Advisor: “Community needs Analysis for GbMSM during MPox Emergency” Report from MPOWER at HIV Ireland – 2023
• Expert Panellist: A discussion on Chemsex following “Party Scene: Chemsex, Community & Crisis” – Project Arts Centre (Dublin).
• Expert Panellist: “Pride in Work”, Creating an inclusive workplace. Irish Nurses & Midwives Organisation – June 2023.
• Contributor: Sexual Health Promotion – Video Series for social Man2Man/Gay Health Network.
• Contributor: “Responding to rising STIs”. The Medical independent. May 2023. https://www.medicalindependent.ie/in-the-news/news-features/responding-to-rising-stis/
• Expert Panelist: Brighter Outcomes – Health & Wellbeing Expo: Sexual Health Cork Pride Festival.
• Contributor: “Sex Worker’s Health in a Pandemic” The Medical independent. Oct 2020. https://www.medicalindependent.ie/in-the-news/news-features/sex-workers-health-in-a- pandemic/
• Expert Speaker: “Fundamentals of Sexually Transmitted Infections” Irish Urology Nurses Conference, 2020.
• Contributor: “Closure of PrEP service will “undoubtedly have impact of HIV rates, experts warn” ie,Oct 2020. https://www.thejournal.ie/where-can-you-access-prep-in- dublin-5220038-Oct2020/
• Contributor: “A point of pride” - World of Irish Nursing 

https://inmo.ie/tempDocs/WIN%20June%202019%20Full%20Version.pdf (Page 55)

Collaborations

Gilmore, J.P., Noone, C. and Field D.J. (2025) Knowledge and attitudes of gay men in Ireland on Doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis as a novel STI prevention method. University College Dublin & Health Service Executive.

Gilmore, J.P, Field, D.J. et al. Enhancing psychosexual care for spinal injury patients (EpiC-Si) (2025) University College Dublin, Academic Health Science System Grant.

Lyons, F., Field, D., Shanley, A., Foley, W., O’Sullivan, A. and Gilmore, J. (2024) Community Guidelines for the use of Doxy PEP in Ireland. Health Service Executive, Ireland. https://www.lenus.ie/handle/10147/643533

Comer, D., Field, D., Phillips, A., McSharry, J., and Noone, C. (2024) Systematic Review and Critical Discourse Analysisof Research on HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Programme use among Gay, Bisexual and other Men who have sex with Men (2024)

Sah, R.K., Singh, D.R, Wright, T., Gilmore, J., Field, D.J., Fabiyi, F., Sah L.K., Gunn, R. and Smith, R. (2023)Experiences of refugees and asylum seekers towards access and utilisation of sexual health services: A systematic review. PROSPERO 2023 CRD42023362471 Available

from: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?ID=CRD42023362471 (Ongoing)

Lambert, J., Avramovic, G., McHugh, T., Field, D.J. & Devitt, E. (2023) Evaluation of benchmarking the French pilot community sexual health centres against international community sexual health centres and best practice (Funded bythe European Union). University College Dublin & Ministere de la Sante et de la Prevention.

Non-course Teaching Responsibilities

University College Dublin & Mater Misericordiae University Hospital - Continuing Professional Development for Infectious Diseases Nurses (2022)

• Introduction to Public Health 
• HIV and STI Prevention

Dublin City University - Undergraduate Nursing Programmes (2019-2022) 

• Introduction to Sexual Health 
• Communication in Sexual Health

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital & British Association of Sexual Health & HIV, STI foundation course (2019-2022)

• Taking a sexual history, recognition of symptoms & risk
• Sexual Health promotion, risk reduction & prevention 
• Telemedicine in Sexual Health