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27 Aug 2025

The I in Us with Bridget, Kate and Adam 31 July 2025

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The I in Us with Bridget, Kate and Adam 31 July 2025

On this episode Paul and Cody welcomed Associate Professor Bridget Haire, Dr
Kate Burry and Professor Adam Bourne to the JOY Airwaves. The topic of discussion in this episode is the
Australian five-year Interconnect Health Research Project –
https://interconnect.org.au/

Associate Professor Bridget Haire is an empirical bioethicist. Bridget has over a decade’s
experience in conducting participatory research on sex, sexuality and gender issues
in collaboration with community partners.

Dr Kate Burry brings over a decade of experience in sexual, domestic and family
violence, human rights, and sexual and reproductive health, rights, and justice.

Also present is Professor Adam Bourne. Adam brings more than 15 years’ experience in health and
wellbeing research among marginalised populations with a particular focus on
LGBTIQ+ communities.

A hugely significant piece of work the Interconnect Project is striving to develop co-
designed, integrated, person-centred models of care to improve the physical and
mental health of people with innate variations of sex characteristics.

On this episode enjoy hearing from each guest about the process, progress and next
steps in this world-leading, innovative research project.

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