IASR’s 51st Annual Meeting will take place from June 23-26, 2025 in Portland, Maine, USA at the Westin Portland Harborview. Symposium and plenary speakers have been selected from the pool of received proposals by the Scientific Programming Committee, and abstracts for brief oral and poster presentations are still being solicited. Thank you to the presenters below for sharing sexual science with us!
Plenary Speakers
Good sex: What narratives about best and worst sexual experiences tell us about sexual liberation
Candice Hargons, Emory University, United States
Orgasms: The good (?), the bad, and the coerced
Sara Chadwick, University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States
Symposia
note: symposium order does not reflect conference order and speakers may change slightly
Sexual communication in LGBTQ+ contexts
Organizer: Tiffany Marcantonio, University of Alabama, United States
Tiffany Marcantonio, University of Alabama, United States. Examining barriers for cisgender and transgender sexual minority men’s consent communication
Mary Hunt, Western Washington, United States. Gray areas and ‘greening out’: How LGBTQ+ adults navigate cannabis use and sexual consent communication
Kathryn Macapagal, Northwestern University, United States. Online partner seeking experiences among sexual and gender minority adolescent girls in the U.S.
Katherine Bogen, University of Nebraska – Lincoln, United States. Effects of sexual assault disclosure on sexual wellbeing in plurisexual women
Digital boundaries: Navigating the spectrum of consent and violence in online sexual encounters
Organizer: Vasileia Karasavva, University of British Columbia, Canada
Jennifer McArthur, Dalhousie University, Canada. A thematic analysis of Reddit users’ consent practices in sexting
Brandon Sparks, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada. Image-based sexual abuse: Victim-perpetrator overlap and risk-related correlates of coerced sexting, non-consensual dissemination of intimate images, and cyberflashing
Vasileia Karasavva, University of British Columbia, Canada. Behind closed screens: Disclosure rates, experiences, and outcomes in non-consensual intimate image dissemination
“Between cultures, beyond taboos”: Sexual health in Australia's migrant communities
Organizer: Zohra Lassi, School of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Australia
Zohra Lassi, School of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Australia. Gaps in sexual, reproductive, and maternal health for South Asian migrants and refugees in Australia: Insights from evidence mapping
Negin Mirzaei Damabi, School of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Australia. Beyond borders: The intersection of migration, culture, and female sexual dysfunction
Patience Castleton, School of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Australia. Sexual health among male migrants in Australia: Healthcare access, behaviors, and cultural perspectives
Ahmed Shabbir Chaudhry & Zahra Ali Padhani, School of Public Health, University of Adelaide, Australia. Addressing vulnerabilities and patterns in sexual and reproductive health among adolescent migrants and refugees in Australia through consumer-driven prioritization
Advancing sexual health through community-engaged research
Organizer: Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, Boston University School of Public Health, United States
Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, Boston University School of Public Health, United States. Community-engaged research for sexual health promotion among transgender and sexual-expansive populations
Omar Martinez, University of Central Florida College of Medicine, United States. Transforming sexual health through structural approaches
Souhail Malave-Rivera, University of Puerto Rico-Medical Sciences Campus, School of Public Health, Puerto Rico. Surviving the colony: Community-engaged research to improve sexual health in Puerto Rico
Luis A. Valdez, Drexel University Dornsife School of Public Health, United States. Shifting the paradigm: A gender-transformative, community-based approach to Latino men’s health
