Rate My Professor Kirstin Mitchell

Mitchell's academic interests centre on sexual wellbeing, gender-based violence, and the role of social relationships in public health, with a focus on sexual and reproductive health. She employs expertise in intervention design and evaluation, co-production, methods innovation, creative approaches, effective communication, and an inequalities lens, collaborating with clinicians and third-sector organisations to translate research into practice. Principal projects include the NIHR-funded Equally Safe at School cluster randomised controlled trial evaluating a whole-school approach to tackling gender-based violence in Scottish secondary schools in partnership with Rape Crisis Scotland, co-investigator on the Wellcome-funded National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles-4, and principal investigator of the MRC-funded Good Measure Project developing improved measures of adolescent sex and sexuality. Key publications include 'What is sexual wellbeing and why does it matter for public health?' (The Lancet Public Health, 2021), 'Sexual function in Britain: findings from the third national survey of sexual attitudes and lifestyles (Natsal-3)' (The Lancet, 2013), 'Lifetime prevalence, associated factors, and circumstances of non-volitional sex in women and men in Britain: findings from Natsal-3' (The Lancet, 2013), 'Painful sex (dyspareunia) in women: prevalence and associated factors in a British population probability survey' (BJOG, 2017), and 'Development and validation of a brief measure of sexual wellbeing for population surveys: The Natsal Sexual Wellbeing Measure (Natsal-SW)' (Journal of Sex Research, 2025). She is Editor of the Annual Review of Sexual Research, an elected member of the International Academy of Sex Research since 2015, and editorial board member of the Journal of Sex Research from 2019 to 2025. Mitchell is Culture Champion for the School, chairs a group on collaboration and leadership, sits on the National Oversight Committee for Sexual Health and BBV in Scotland, co-chairs the National Monitoring, Assurance and Research Group, and supports Scottish Government and Public Health Scotland strategies.