Research
Dr. Barr is a multi-disciplinary researcher with an active research program that crosses sectors and bridges paradigms. Her research program has roots in biomedical sciences, humanities, and social science research–a unique skillset that enables her to seamlessly communicate information to diverse audiences. Her areas of expertise include:
- Gender and health, particularly HIV and reproductive justice
- Community engagement
- Theories of feminism
- Rhetorical theory and criticism, especially queer and feminist persepectives
- Science and technology studies
Research
Dr. Barr is a multi-disciplinary researcher with an active research program that crosses sectors and bridges paradigms. Her research program has roots in biomedical sciences, humanities, and social science research–a unique skillset that enables her to seamlessly communicate information to diverse audiences. Her areas of expertise include:
- Gender and health, particularly HIV and reproductive justice
- Community engagement
- Theories of feminism
- Rhetorical theory and criticism, especially queer and feminist persepectives
- Science and technology studies
HER RESEARCH FOCUSES ON:
Dr. Barr has published peer reviewed articles on sex differences in HIV cure research (PMID 26900031; PMID 31754444)and gendered violence and risk of HIV acquisition (LINK). She’s collaborated with clinicians and scientists on the development of several international clinical treatment trials as well as a successful pilot program of targeted women’s outreach workers at clinical research sites. Dr. Barr is an investigator for a study of the feasibility of emergency contraception (as opposed to double barrier methods of contraception) in the context of HIV treatment trials.
Dr. Barr is interested in histories of AIDS activism, particularly the stories we tell about scientific and biomedical activism. She’s published work utilizing feminist theories of embodiment to understand community testimony at the FDA, and is currently working on an article that explores how activists, clinicians, and scientists who are interested in social justice construct arguments—for novel methods, for diversity in studies, for access to treatment/medicine, etc.— in a time of scarce financial resources.
Her research focuses on:
Dr. Barr has published peer reviewed articles on sex differences in HIV cure research (PMID 26900031; PMID 31754444)and gendered violence and risk of HIV acquisition (LINK). She’s collaborated with clinicians and scientists on the development of several international clinical treatment trials as well as a successful pilot program of targeted women’s outreach workers at clinical research sites. Dr. Barr is an investigator for a study of the feasibility of emergency contraception (as opposed to double barrier methods of contraception) in the context of HIV treatment trials.
Dr. Barr is interested in histories of AIDS activism, particularly the stories we tell about scientific and biomedical activism. She’s published work utilizing feminist theories of embodiment to understand community testimony at the FDA, and is currently working on an article that explores how activists, clinicians, and scientists who are interested in social justice construct arguments—for novel methods, for diversity in studies, for access to treatment/medicine, etc.— in a time of scarce financial resources.
They Became My Family
An outgrowth of Dr. Barr’s dissertation research, They Became My Family is a digital portrait gallery that preserves and celebrates the legacies of the AIDS Clinical Trials Group’s community advocates. More information can be found here.
Liz Barr and Danielle Campbell at the 9th International Workshop on Women & HIV, March 2019
Peer Reviewed Articles:
Barr L, Jefferys R. A landscape analysis of HIV cure-related clinical trials and observational studies in 2018. J Virus Erad. 2019 Nov 4;5(4):212-219. PMID: 31754444.
Barr, Liz; Andrasik, Michele Peake; Rappoport, Claire; Mooney, Jessica; Vogel, Annet Davis; Rossi, Lisa; and Alio, Amina (2014) “Gendered Violence, HIV Acquisition, and Clinical/Behavioral Research,” Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice: Vol. 7 : Iss. 2 , Article 5.
Gianella S, Tsibris A, Barr L, Godfrey C. Barriers to a cure for HIV in women. J Int AIDS Soc. 2016 Feb 18;19(1):20706. doi: 10.7448/IAS.19.1.20706. eCollection 2016. Review. PubMed PMID: 26900031
Dubé K, Barr L, Palm D, Brown B, Taylor J. Putting participants at the centre of HIV cure research. Lancet HIV. 2019 Mar;6(3):e147-e149. doi:10.1016/S2352-3018(19)30031-1. Epub 2019 Feb 13. PubMed PMID: 30772419.
Newton L, Necochea R, Palm D, Taylor J, Barr L, Patel H, Nathan A, Gerrard J, Sylla L, Brown B, Dubé K. Revisiting the ‘sterilising cure’ terminology: a call for more patient-centred perspectives on HIV cure-related research. J Virus Erad. 2019 Apr 1;5(2):122-124. PubMed PMID: 31191916
Dubé K, Eskaf S, Evans D, Sauceda J, Saberi P, Brown B, Averitt D, Martel K, Meija M, Campbell D, Barr L, Kanazawa J, Perry K, Patel H, Luter S, Poteat T, Auerbach JD, Wohl DA. The Dose Response: Perceptions of People Living with HIV in the United States on Alternatives to Oral Daily Antiretroviral Therapy. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2019 Dec 4. doi: 10.1089/AID.2019.0175. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31608651
Smeaton LM, Kacanek D, Mykhalchenko K, Coughlin K, Klingman KL, Koletar SL, Barr E, Collier AC. Screening and Enrollment by Sex in HIV Clinical Trials in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 29. pii: ciz959. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz959. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31563942.
Liz Barr and Danielle Campbell at the 9th International Workshop on Women & HIV, March 2019
Peer Reviewed Articles:
Barr L, Jefferys R. A landscape analysis of HIV cure-related clinical trials and observational studies in 2018. J Virus Erad. 2019 Nov 4;5(4):212-219. PMID: 31754444.
Barr, Liz; Andrasik, Michele Peake; Rappoport, Claire; Mooney, Jessica; Vogel, Annet Davis; Rossi, Lisa; and Alio, Amina (2014) “Gendered Violence, HIV Acquisition, and Clinical/Behavioral Research,” Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice: Vol. 7 : Iss. 2 , Article 5.
Gianella S, Tsibris A, Barr L, Godfrey C. Barriers to a cure for HIV in women. J Int AIDS Soc. 2016 Feb 18;19(1):20706. doi: 10.7448/IAS.19.1.20706. eCollection 2016. Review. PubMed PMID: 26900031
Dubé K, Barr L, Palm D, Brown B, Taylor J. Putting participants at the centre of HIV cure research. Lancet HIV. 2019 Mar;6(3):e147-e149. doi:10.1016/S2352-3018(19)30031-1. Epub 2019 Feb 13. PubMed PMID: 30772419.
Newton L, Necochea R, Palm D, Taylor J, Barr L, Patel H, Nathan A, Gerrard J, Sylla L, Brown B, Dubé K. Revisiting the ‘sterilising cure’ terminology: a call for more patient-centred perspectives on HIV cure-related research. J Virus Erad. 2019 Apr 1;5(2):122-124. PubMed PMID: 31191916
Dubé K, Eskaf S, Evans D, Sauceda J, Saberi P, Brown B, Averitt D, Martel K, Meija M, Campbell D, Barr L, Kanazawa J, Perry K, Patel H, Luter S, Poteat T, Auerbach JD, Wohl DA. The Dose Response: Perceptions of People Living with HIV in the United States on Alternatives to Oral Daily Antiretroviral Therapy. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2019 Dec 4. doi: 10.1089/AID.2019.0175. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31608651
Smeaton LM, Kacanek D, Mykhalchenko K, Coughlin K, Klingman KL, Koletar SL, Barr E, Collier AC. Screening and Enrollment by Sex in HIV Clinical Trials in the United States. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Sep 29. pii: ciz959. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciz959. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 31563942.
Book Chapters:
Barr, Liz. “Spiritual Narratives and The Icarus Project: Disidentification and a Rhetoric of Liberation.” In Practical Spiritualities, edited by Monica Emerich and Curtis Coats, 143-156. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2015.
Barr, L. “Embodied Vernacularity at the FDA: Feminism, Epistemic Authority and Biomedical Activism.”
In Feminist Rhetorical Science Studies, Edited by Julie Jung and Amanda Booher, Southern Illinois University Press, 2018.
Book Chapters:
Barr, Liz. “Spiritual Narratives and The Icarus Project: Disidentification and a Rhetoric of Liberation.” In Practical Spiritualities, edited by Monica Emerich and Curtis Coats, 143-156. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2015.
Barr, L. “Embodied Vernacularity at the FDA: Feminism, Epistemic Authority and Biomedical Activism.”
In Feminist Rhetorical Science Studies, Edited by Julie Jung and Amanda Booher, Southern Illinois University Press, 2018.
Review Essays & Book Reviews
Review Essays:
Barr, Liz. “Surveilling the Body: Reproductive Technologies and the Pregnant Body,” Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women’s Studies Resources: 35, No. 1-2 (2014): 11-14.
Book reviews:
Review of Spiritual Mestizaje: Religion, Gender, Race and Nation in Contemporary Chicana Narrative, by Theresa Delgadillo, Rhizomes, 2012, Available here.
Review of Queering Anarchism: Addressing and Undressing Power and Desire ed. by C. B. Daring et al. QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking 1, no. 3 (2014): 159-161.
Review Essays & Book Reviews
Review Essays:
Barr, Liz. “Surveilling the Body: Reproductive Technologies and the Pregnant Body,” Feminist Collections: A Quarterly of Women’s Studies Resources: 35, No. 1-2 (2014): 11-14.
Book reviews:
Review of Spiritual Mestizaje: Religion, Gender, Race and Nation in Contemporary Chicana Narrative, by Theresa Delgadillo, Rhizomes, 2012, Available here.
Review of Queering Anarchism: Addressing and Undressing Power and Desire ed. by C. B. Daring et al. QED: A Journal in GLBTQ Worldmaking 1, no. 3 (2014): 159-161.