Dr Robert Pralat is a research associate at THIS Institute in the Department of Public Health and Primary Care at the University of Cambridge. Previously, he held various roles in the Department of Sociology at Cambridge, where he maintains an affiliation. Most recently, he was a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow and the medical sociology subject manager on the MPhil in Health, Medicine and Society.
In his research, Robert has examined how cultural changes and advances in medicine shape people’s views about parenthood, with a particular focus on sexual minorities and men living with HIV. More recently, he has explored the role of desire in people’s engagement with health technologies and moral judgements about public funding allocation in healthcare. Currently, Robert is working on various projects aimed at healthcare improvement, with a focus on patient safety and end-of-life care.
Robert has taught at Cambridge since 2012, lecturing, supervising and leading modules in the areas of health, gender, family, reproduction and qualitative research methods. Before moving to Cambridge, he worked in the Centre for Sexual Health and HIV Research at UCL and in the Office for Public Management, where he conducted research on public service improvement. He has a BSc in Psychology and an MA in Gender Studies from the University of Leeds, and a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge.
