Biography
Dr Renae Fomiatti is an Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology, in the School of Humanities and Social Science at Deakin University. She is also an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, in the School of Psychology and Public Health at La Trobe University. She conducts qualitative research on the social, cultural, political and gendered dimensions of alcohol and other drug use, treatment, health and recovery. Her research is informed by contemporary feminist theory, feminist science studies and science and technology studies. She previously held appointments in the Drugs, Gender and Sexuality (DruGS) Program at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, and at the National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University.
Her current research explores enhancement drug consumption, connections between drugs, health, enhancement and optimisation, and experiences of hepatitis C treatment and cure.
Her research has appeared in international journals including Social Science and Medicine; Sociology of Health & Illness; The International Journal of Drug Policy; Qualitative Health Research; and Health Sociology Review. She has published on topics related to injecting drug use and addiction; the politics of recovery; gender and consumption; performance and image-enhancing drug consumption; and take-home naloxone and overdose.
She is the co-convenor of the TASA Health Sociology Group, editorial board member of the journal Health Sociology Review and current Book Reviews Editor for Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy.
Biography summary
Dr Renae Fomiatti is an Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology, in the School of Humanities and Social Science at Deakin University. She is also an Adjunct Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, in the School of Psychology and Public Health at La Trobe University. She conducts qualitative research on the social, cultural, political and gendered dimensions of alcohol and other drug use, treatment, health and recovery. Her research is informed by contemporary feminist theory, feminist science studies and science and technology studies.
Affiliations
- Member of the Alfred Deakin Institute (ADI)
- Co-convenor of The Australian Sociological Association’s Health Sociology Thematic Group
- Book Reviews Editor, Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
- Editorial Board Member, Health Sociology Review
- Editorial Board Member, Contemporary Drug Problems
Knowledge areas
- Alcohol and other drug consumption and treatment
- The politics of recovery
- Injecting drug use, addiction and stigma
- Alcohol and other drug consumption and new technologies
- Enhancement drug consumption and gender
- Contemporary feminist theory
- Science and Technology Studies
Professional activities
- Co-convenor of The Australian Sociological Association’s Health Sociology Thematic Group
- Invited peer reviewer for International Journal of Drug policy, Social Science and Medicine, Sociology of Health and Illness, Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, BMC Public Health, Health: an interdisciplinary journal and Journal of Extreme Anthropology
- Member of Australian Women’s Member of Australian Women’s and Gender Studies Association (AWGSA)
- Member of The Australian Sociological Association.
- Member of Health, Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (HASH) network
Projects
National competitive grants
- Fomiatti. Understanding gender and digital media in women’s enhancement drug consumption to improve health and minimise stigma. Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Fellowship Project. (2022-2024) $216,674
Public sector grants
- Fraser, Farrugia, Fomiatti, Ellard. Reducing stigma and discrimination associated with hepatitis C: Developing a stigma reduction toolkit for the Victorian healthcare workforce. (2021-2022): $150,447.
- Fraser, Fomiatti. Understanding experiences of telehealth care delivery for hepatitis C treatment in Australia. (2020-2021): $230,000.
- Fraser, Farrugia, Fomiatti, Edwards. South West Sydney Drug Health Services grant. Assertive youth outreach in SWSLHD: Program and participant aims, priorities and outcomes, 2018-19: $50,000
- Fraser, Fomiatti, Edwards and Hocking. South West Sydney Drug Health Services grant. ‘Experiences of heavy alcohol consumption and dependence in SWS: A new module for Livesofsubstance.org, 2018: $50,000
Publications
Frances Shaw, Renae Fomiatti, Adrian Farrugia, Suzanne Fraser
(2023), Vol. 45, pp. 1-18, Sociology of Health and Illness: a journal of medical sociology, London, Eng., C1
Renae Fomiatti, Kim Toffoletti, Kiran Pienaar
(2023), pp. 009145092311549-009145092311549, Contemporary Drug Problems, C1
Passion, reason and the politics of intoxication: Ontopolitically-oriented approaches to alcohol and other drug intoxication
Suzanne Fraser, David Moore, Adrian Farrugia, Renae Fomiatti
(2022), Routledge Handbook of Intoxicants and Intoxication, London, Eng., B1
Heavy drinking as phenomenon: gender and agency in accounts of men's heavy drinking
R Fomiatti, M Savic, S Fraser, M Edwards, A Farrugia
(2022), Vol. 31, pp. 16-31, Health Sociology Review, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Addiction stigma and the production of impediments to take-home naloxone uptake
R Fomiatti, A Farrugia, S Fraser, R Dwyer, J Neale, J Strang
(2022), Vol. 26, pp. 139-161, Health: an interdisciplinary journal for the social study of health, illness and medicine, London, Eng., C1
J Neale, A Farrugia, A Campbell, P Dietze, R Dwyer, R Fomiatti, J Jones, S Comer, S Fraser, J Strang
(2022), Vol. 29, pp. 109-120, Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, Abingdon, Eng., C1
A Farrugia, R Fomiatti, S Fraser, D Moore, M Edwards, E Birbilis, C Treloar
(2022), Vol. 44, pp. 830-847, Sociology of Health and Illness, London, Eng., C1
Suzanne Fraser, David Moore, Adrian Farrugia, Renae Fomiatti, Michael Edwards, Elizabeth Birbilis, Carla Treloar
(2022), Vol. 107, pp. 1-9, International Journal of Drug Policy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
R Fomiatti, F Shaw, S Fraser
(2022), Vol. 110, pp. 1-9, International Journal of Drug Policy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
R Fomiatti, A Farrugia, S Fraser, S Hocking
(2021), Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, C1
R Fomiatti, D Moore, S Fraser, A Farrugia
(2021), Vol. 97, pp. 1-8, International Journal of Drug Policy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
R Fomiatti, E Lenton, J Latham, S Fraser, D Moore, K Seear, C Aitken
(2020), Vol. 75, International Journal of Drug Policy, Netherlands, C1
K Seear, D Moore, S Fraser, R Fomiatti, C Aitken
(2020), Vol. 85, International Journal of Drug Policy, Netherlands, C1
S Fraser, R Fomiatti, D Moore, K Seear, C Aitken
(2020), Vol. 246, Social Science and Medicine, England, C1
R Fomiatti
(2020), Vol. 80, International Journal of Drug Policy, Netherlands, C1
A Farrugia, J Neale, R Dwyer, R Fomiatti, S Fraser, J Strang, P Dietze
(2020), Vol. 28, pp. 29-37, Addiction Research and Theory, Abingdon, Eng., C1
J Latham, S Fraser, R Fomiatti, D Moore, K Seear, C Aitken
(2019), Vol. 34, pp. 149-164, Australian Feminist Studies, London, Eng., C1
R Fomiatti, J Latham, S Fraser, D Moore, K Seear, C Aitken
(2019), Vol. 28, pp. 323-338, Health Sociology Review, London, Eng., C1
Take-home naloxone and the politics of care
A Farrugia, S Fraser, R Dwyer, R Fomiatti, J Neale, P Dietze, J Strang
(2019), Vol. 41, pp. 427-443, Sociology of Health and Illness, Chichester, Eng., C1
The improvable self: enacting model citizenship and sociality in research on 'new recovery'
R Fomiatti, D Moore, S Fraser
(2019), Vol. 27, pp. 527-538, Addiction Research & Theory, Abingdon, Eng., C1
Interpellating recovery: The politics of 'identity' in recovery-focused treatment
R Fomiatti, D Moore, S Fraser
(2017), Vol. 44, pp. 174-182, International Journal of Drug Policy, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
M Savic, R Fomiatti
(2016), Vol. 43, pp. 169-187, Contemporary Drug Problems, London, Eng., C1
Funded Projects at Deakin
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Supervisions
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