Chase Ledin

Lecturer in Social Science and Medicine

Biography

Background

Chase has a background in social science, public health and medical education. Whilst completing his PhD at the University of Edinburgh, he taught medical sociology to undergraduate medical students. After completing his doctorate, he worked as a teaching fellow and research fellow in Usher Institute. He was then appointed as a Lecturer in Social Science and Medicine at Edinburgh Medical School, where he co-leads social and ethical aspects of medicine modules for the MBChB Y1 and Y2 programmes and social science research methods for a Y3 intercalated programme.

Qualifications

PhD, University of Edinburgh (2022)

Responsibilities & affiliations

Behavioural and Social Science Teaching in Medicine (BeSST), Committee Member & Co-Lead in Student Partnership

Undergraduate teaching

Chase teaches social and ethical aspects of medicine (Y1-2) as part of the MBChB programme in Edinburgh Medical School. He is also course organiser for the module "Foundations of Knowledge" as part of the Bioethics, Law and Social Science intercalated degree.

Postgraduate teaching

Chase teaches principles and methods of qualitative health research as part of the Masters of Public Health (MPH) programme within Usher Institute.

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

Yes

Areas of interest for supervision

My research interests focus on three core areas: (1) queer experiences of health and illness, including health activism, HIV/STI prevention, and the sociology of sexual health and medicine; (2) the intersection(s) of sexual health and science and technology studies (STS); and (3) the relationship(s) between antimicrobial resistance (AMR), antimicrobial stewarship, and sexual health and medicine.

My methodological approaches are primarily qualitative, including interviews and focus groups, workshops, archival research, and arts-based and creative methods for engaging publics.

I welcome masters and PhD projects related to these topics and methods.

Research summary

Chase is a sociologist and historian of public health and medicine. His research explores biomedical innovation and disease elimination, HIV/STI prevention and sexual health, critical public health, and health promotion.

Using qualitative methods, including interviews, focus groups, and archival research, Chase's work examines the role of social imaginaries in public health campaigns, national and global agendas to 'end HIV' by 2030, and biomedical innovation within queer communities in the Global North. Chase also employs collaborative and participatory methods, including community workshops, to foster dialogue between academic research, public health outreach, and community engagement.

He has work published or forthcoming in Critical Public Health; Culture, Health and Sexuality; the Journal of Science Communication; Sociology of Health and Illness; and BMJ Medical Humanities. 

Affiliated research centres

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