Dr Kirstie Daken

NameDr Kirstie Daken
Email Addresskirstie.daken@unisq.edu.au
Job TitleLecturer (Psychology/Clinical)
QualificationsBPsych(Hons) USQ, MPsych(Clinical) USQ, PhD(ClinPsych) USQ
DepartmentSchool of Psychology and Wellbeing
AffiliationsCentre for Health Research
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3631-600X
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BPsych(Hons)
USQ
2018
MPsych(Clinical)
USQ
2023
PhD(ClinPsych)
USQ
2023

Current Supervisions

Research TitleSupervisor TypeLevel of StudyCommenced
Predictors of survival in people diagnosed with cancer living in rural Queensland, AustraliaAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2025
Exploring the knowledge younger invitees (45-49) have of the NBCSP and their barriers to screeningAssociate SupervisorDoctoral2025
The Pressure to Conform to Neurotypical Workplace Expectations: Adaptive Behaviours in the Workplace and their Impact on Self-Esteem and Autistic Identity.Associate SupervisorDoctoral2025

"I Know the Degradation, the Humiliation around Being Incarcerated and Ostracized, and Marginalized, and Sexualized"

Phillips, Tania, Clark, Kirsty A., Bromdal, Annette, Mullens, Amy, Sanders, Tait, Halliwell, Sherree, Gildersleeve, Jessica, Daken, Kirstie, Debattista, Joseph, du Plessis, Carol, Simpson, Paul and Hughto, Jaclyn M.W.. 2025. ""I Know the Degradation, the Humiliation around Being Incarcerated and Ostracized, and Marginalized, and Sexualized"." Maycock, Matthew, O‘Shea, Saoirse and Jenness, Valerie (ed.) Transgender People Involved with Carceral Systems: International Perspectives. United Kingdom. Routledge. pp. 21-45

Fostering healthy cognitive ageing in people living with HIV

Cysique, Lucette A, Levin, Jules, Howard, Chris, Taylor, Jeff, Rule, John, Costello, Jane, Bruning, Jane, Njjeri, Priscilla, Mullens, Amy B, Wright, Edwina, Gouse, Hetta, Daken, Kirstie, Trunfio, Mattia, Aung, Htein Linn, Robbins, Reuben N, Ferraris, Christopher M, Muñoz-Moreno, Jose A, Woods, Steven P, Moore, Steven P, ..., NeuroHIV and Aging Advocacy Group. 2025. "Fostering healthy cognitive ageing in people living with HIV." The Lancet HIV. 12 (1), pp. e71-e80. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(24)00248-0

Models of Publicly Available Gender Affirming Surgery Forum

Bromdal, A., Mulcahy, F., Debattista, J., Batchelor, V., Brown, D., Clarke, J., Daken, K., Forbes, P., Neilsen, G., Stimpson, B., Zerafa-Payne, E. and Mullens, A.. 2024. Models of Publicly Available Gender Affirming Surgery Forum. University of Southern Queensland. https://doi.org/10.26192/zq17q

University students’ access and use of sexual and reproductive health services in Australia

Mundie, Arabella, Mullens, Amy B., Fein, Erich C., Bell, Sara F. E., Debattista, Joseph, Ariana, Armin, Daken, Kirstie, Wenham, Kathryn, Gilks, Charles F., Doherty, Pamela, Durham, Jo, Gu, Zhihong and Dean, Judith A.. 2024. "University students’ access and use of sexual and reproductive health services in Australia." Culture, Health and Sexuality. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2024.2410834

HIV associated neurocognitive disorder screening and diagnosis pathways in Australia: a scoping review and international implications

Wagstaff, Ruth A., Mullens, Amy B., Daken, Kirstie, Cysique, Lucette A., Le Clercq, Diana, Howard, Chris, Gilling, Sue, Piovesana, Adina and Thompson, Claire L.. 2024. "HIV associated neurocognitive disorder screening and diagnosis pathways in Australia: a scoping review and international implications." AIDS Care: psychological and socio-medical aspects of AIDS-HIV. 36 (8), pp. 1029-1040. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2024.2343768

Cognitive criteria in HIV: greater consensus is needed

Cysique, Lucette A., Brew, Bruce J., Bruning, Jane, Byrd, Desiree, Costello, Jane, Daken, Kirstie, Ellis, Ronald J., Fazeli, Pariya L., Goodkin, Karl, Gouse, Hetta, Heaton, Robert K., Letendre, Scott, Levin, Jules, Aung, Htein Linn, Mindt, Monica Rivera, Moore, David, Mullens, Amy B., de Almeida, Sérgio Monteiro, Muñoz-Moreno, Jose A., ..., Rourke, Sean B.. 2024. "Cognitive criteria in HIV: greater consensus is needed." Nature Reviews Neurology. 20 (2), pp. 127-128. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-024-00927-1

Where do incarcerated trans women prefer to be housed and why? Adding nuanced understandings to a complex debate through the voices of formerly incarcerated trans women in Australia and the United States

Bromdal, Annette, Sanders, Tait, Stanners, Melinda, du Plessis, Carol, Gildersleeve, Jessica, Mullens, Amy B., Phillips, Tania M., Debattista, Joseph, Daken, Kirstie, Clark, Kirsty A. and Hughto, Jaclyn M. W.. 2024. "Where do incarcerated trans women prefer to be housed and why? Adding nuanced understandings to a complex debate through the voices of formerly incarcerated trans women in Australia and the United States." International Journal of Transgender Health. 25 (2), pp. 167-186. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2023.2280167

Correctional staff knowledge, attitudes and behaviors toward incarcerated trans people: A scoping review of an emerging literature

Daken, Kirstie, Excell, Tarra, Clark, Kirsty A., Hughto, Jaclyn M. W, Sanders, Tait, Debattista, Joseph, du Plessis, Carol, Mullens, Amy, Phillips, Tania, Gildersleeve, Jessica and Bromdal, Annette. 2024. "Correctional staff knowledge, attitudes and behaviors toward incarcerated trans people: A scoping review of an emerging literature ." International Journal of Transgender Health. 25 (2), pp. 149-166. https://doi.org/10.1080/26895269.2023.2265386

Sexual and reproductive health literacy of culturally and linguistically diverse young people in Australia: a systematic review

Lirios, Alison, Mullens, Amy B., Daken, Kirstie, Moran, Claire, Gu, Zhihong, Assefa, Yibeltal and Dean, Judith A.. 2024. "Sexual and reproductive health literacy of culturally and linguistically diverse young people in Australia: a systematic review." Culture, Health and Sexuality. 26 (6), pp. 790-807. https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2023.2256376

“Never Let Anyone Say That a Good Fight for the Fight for Good Wasn’t a Good Fight Indeed”: The Enactment of Agency Through Military Metaphor by One Australian Incarcerated Trans Woman

Halliwell, Sherree, Hickey, Andrew, du Plessis, Carol du, Mullens, Amy B., Sanders, Tait, Gildersleeve, Jessica, Phillips, Tania M., Debattista, Joseph, Clark, Kirsty A., Hughto, Jaclyn M. W., Daken, Kirstie and Bromdal, Annette. 2023. "“Never Let Anyone Say That a Good Fight for the Fight for Good Wasn’t a Good Fight Indeed”: The Enactment of Agency Through Military Metaphor by One Australian Incarcerated Trans Woman." Paner, Heather and Dwyer, Angela (ed.) Transgender People and Criminal Justice: An Examination of Issues in Victimology, Policing, Sentencing, and Prisons. Switzerland. Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 183-212

STI and HIV testing: examining factors that influence uptake among domestic Australian-born, domestic overseas-born and international tertiary students studying in Australia

Engstrom, Teyl, Waller, Michael, Mullens, Amy B, Debattista, Joseph, Durham, Jo, Gu, Zhihong, Wenham, Kathryn, Daken, Kirstie, Ariana, Armin, Gilks, Charles F, Bell, Sara F, Williams, Owain, Dingle, Kaeleen and Dean, Judith A. 2023. "STI and HIV testing: examining factors that influence uptake among domestic Australian-born, domestic overseas-born and international tertiary students studying in Australia." BMC Public Health. 23 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-15418-z

Increasing capacity and capability of general practitioners to provide COPD management in primary care

Daken, Kirstie. 2022. Increasing capacity and capability of general practitioners to provide COPD management in primary care. PhD by Publication Master of Psychology. University of Southern Queensland. https://doi.org/10.26192/yy20z

A Critical Discourse Analysis of an Australian Incarcerated Trans Woman’s Letters of Complaint and Self-Advocacy

Halliwell, Sherree D., du Plessis, Carol, Hickey, Andrew, Gildersleeve, Jessica, Mullens, Amy B., Sanders, Tait, Clark, Kirsty A., Hughto, Jaclyn M. W., Debattista, Joseph, Phillips, Tania M., Daken, Kirstie and Bromdal, Annette. 2022. "A Critical Discourse Analysis of an Australian Incarcerated Trans Woman’s Letters of Complaint and Self-Advocacy." Ethos. 50 (2), pp. 208-232. https://doi.org/10.1111/etho.12343

Navigating intimate trans citizenship while incarcerated in Australia and the United States

Bromdal, Annette, Halliwell, Sherree, Sanders, Tait, Clark, Kirsty A., Gildersleeve, Jessica, Mullens, Amy B., Phillips, Tania M., Debattista, Joseph, du Plessis, Carol, Daken, Kirstie and Hughto, Jaclyn. 2023. "Navigating intimate trans citizenship while incarcerated in Australia and the United States." Feminism and Psychology. 33 (1), pp. 42-64. https://doi.org/10.1177/09593535221102224

Coping with COVID: Pandemic Narratives for Australian Children

Gildersleeve, Jessica, Cantrell, Kate, Bryce, India, Daken, Kirstie, Durham, Jo, Mullens, Amy, Batorowicz, Beata, Johnson, Rhiannan, Gildersleeve J., Cantrell K., Bryce I., Daken K., Durham J., Mullens A., Batorowicz B. and Johnson R.. 2022. "Coping with COVID: Pandemic Narratives for Australian Children." Heliyon. 8 (5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e09454

Trans architecture and the prison as archive: 'don’t be a queen and you won’t be arrested'

Sanders, Tait, Gildersleeve, Jessica, Halliwell, Sherree, du Plessis, Carol, Clark, Kirsty A., Hughto, Jaclyn M. W., Mullens, Amy B., Phillips, Tania M., Daken, Kirstie and Bromdal, Annette. 2023. "Trans architecture and the prison as archive: 'don’t be a queen and you won’t be arrested'." Punishment and Society: the international journal of penology. https://doi.org/10.1177/14624745221087058

Victimization Within and Beyond the Prison Walls: A Latent Profile Analysis of Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults

Hughto, Jaclyn M. W., Clark, Kirsty A., Daken, Kirstie, Bromdal, Annette, Mullens, Amy B., Sanders, Tait, Phillips, Tania, Mimiaga, Matthew J., Cahill, Sean, du Plessis, Carol, Gildersleeve, Jessica, Halliwell, Sherree D. and Reisner, Sari L.. 2022. "Victimization Within and Beyond the Prison Walls: A Latent Profile Analysis of Transgender and Gender Diverse Adults." Journal of Interpersonal Violence: concerned with the study and treatment of victims and perpetrators of physical and sexual violence. 37 (23-24), pp. 23075-23106. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211073102

STI and HIV knowledge and testing: a comparison of domestic Australian-born, domestic overseas-born and international university students in Australia

Engstrom, Teyl, Waller, Michael, Mullens, Amy B., Durham, Jo, Debattista, Joseph, Wenham, Kathryn, Bell, Sara F., Ariana, Armin, Gu, Zhihong, Daken, Kirstie, Dingle, Kaeleen, Gilks, Charles F., Williams, Owain D. and Dean, Judith A.. 2021. "STI and HIV knowledge and testing: a comparison of domestic Australian-born, domestic overseas-born and international university students in Australia." Sexual Health. 18 (4), pp. 346-348. https://doi.org/10.1071/SH21055

Tools to measure HIV knowledge, attitudes & practices (KAPs) in healthcare providers: a systematic review

Kaladharan, Siddharth, Daken, Kirstie, Mullens, Amy B. and Durham, Jo. 2021. "Tools to measure HIV knowledge, attitudes & practices (KAPs) in healthcare providers: a systematic review." AIDS Care: psychological and socio-medical aspects of AIDS-HIV. 33 (11), pp. 1500-1506. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2020.1822502

Stimulant expectancy questionnaire for men who have sex with men: a measure of substance‐related beliefs

Mullens, Amy B., Fein, Erich C., Young, Ross, Dunne, Michael P., Norton, Graham and Daken, Kirstie. 2020. "Stimulant expectancy questionnaire for men who have sex with men: a measure of substance‐related beliefs." Health Promotion Journal of Australia. 31 (2), pp. 309-319. https://doi.org/10.1002/hpja.271

HIV Point of Care Testing (PoCT) at late-night sex on premises venues (SOPV) for gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM): a mixed methods analysis

Mullens, Amy B., Daken, Kirstie, Lemoire, Jime, Brownlow, Charlotte, Driver, Glen and Gow, Jeff. 2020. "HIV Point of Care Testing (PoCT) at late-night sex on premises venues (SOPV) for gay and bisexual men and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM): a mixed methods analysis." AIDS and Behavior. 24 (2), pp. 450-466. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02500-0

Domains of reinforcement associated with greater alcohol use among gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men (GBMSM) within ‘Chemsex’ contexts in Queensland

Fein, Erich, Mullens, Amy, Ray, Madeleine, Daken, Kirstie, Garvey, Shane, Muscolino, Robert and Young, Ross. 2019. "Domains of reinforcement associated with greater alcohol use among gay, bisexual and men who have sex with men (GBMSM) within ‘Chemsex’ contexts in Queensland." 2019 Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs Conference (APSAD 2019). Hobart, Australia 10 - 13 Nov 2019 Sydney, Australia.

Substance use at sex on premises venues among GBMSM (gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men)

Daken, Kirstie, Mullens, Amy B., Lemoire, Jime, Brownlow, Charlotte, Howard, Chris and Coffey, Luke. 2019. "Substance use at sex on premises venues among GBMSM (gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men)." 2019 Australasian Professional Society on Alcohol and Other Drugs Conference (APSAD 2019). Hobart, Australia 10 - 13 Nov 2019 Sydney, Australia.

Whole-incarceration-setting approaches to supporting and upholding the rights and health of incarcerated transgender people

Bromdal, Annette, Clark, Kirsty A., Hughto, Jaclyn M. W., Debattista, Joseph, Phillips, Tania M., Mullens, Amy B., Gow, Jeff and Daken, Kirstie. 2019. "Whole-incarceration-setting approaches to supporting and upholding the rights and health of incarcerated transgender people." International Journal of Transgenderism. 20 (4), pp. 341-350. https://doi.org/10.1080/15532739.2019.1651684

Point-of-care testing (POCT) for HIV/STI targeting MSM in regional Australia at community ‘beat’ locations

Mullens, Amy, Duyker, Josh, Brownlow, Charlotte, Lemoire, Jime, Daken, Kirstie and Gow, Jeff. 2019. "Point-of-care testing (POCT) for HIV/STI targeting MSM in regional Australia at community ‘beat’ locations." BMC Health Services Research. 19 (93), pp. 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-019-3899-2

Characteristics Of Early Adopters Of Hiv Point Of Care Testing (Poct) At Late-Night Sex On Premises Venue (Sopv) Theme Parties

Mullens, Amy, Daken, Kirstie, Lemoire, Jime, Brownlow, Charlotte and Gow, Jeff. 2018. "Characteristics Of Early Adopters Of Hiv Point Of Care Testing (Poct) At Late-Night Sex On Premises Venue (Sopv) Theme Parties." 15th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine. Santiago, Chile 14 - 17 Nov 2018 United States. Springer.

PoCT (point of care) HIV/STI testing at after-hours SOPV (sex on premises venues) theme parties

Mullens, Amy, Driver, Glen, Lemoire, Jime and Daken, Kirstie. 2017. "PoCT (point of care) HIV/STI testing at after-hours SOPV (sex on premises venues) theme parties." 9th IAS conference on HIV science (IAS 2017). Paris, France 23 - 26 Jul 2017

Depression mediates HIV stigma and medication adherence in men who have sex with men (living with HIV)

Mullens, Amy B., Strodl, Esben, Fein, Erich, Stewart, Lauren and Daken, Kirstie. 2016. "Depression mediates HIV stigma and medication adherence in men who have sex with men (living with HIV)." 14th International Congress of Behavioral Medicine: Behavioral Medicine: Making an Impact in the Modern World (ICBM 2016). Melbourne, Australia 07 - 10 Dec 2016