Dr Paula Baraitser

Medical Director, SH:24

Dr Paula Baraitser is a consultant in sexual health at King’s College Hospital, an honorary senior lecturer in Global Health at King’s College London (KCL), and a Health Foundation Improvement Science Fellow.

Paula is also a trustee of the UK Faculty of Sexual and Reproductive Health and a board member of the European Society of Contraception.

She leads the ‘Global Health in Local Practice’ module within the MSc/iBSc in Global Health at KCL and her research focuses on the innovation and evaluation of sexual health services, particularly online sexual health services in the UK and abroad.

Recent publications

Chatbots that deliver contraceptive services: a systematic review

Mills R, Mangone E, Lesh N, Jayal G, Mohan D, Baraitser P
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2024


Digital support for first time self-injectable contraceptive users in Nairobi, Kenya: A design evaluation.

Mills R, Comerford O, Krong R, Baraitser, P.
Social Science & Medicine, 2023


Chatbots to Improve Sexual and Reproductive Health: Realist Synthesis

Mills R, Mangone ER, Lesh N, Mohan D, Baraitser P.
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2023


Patterns of use of emergency and oral contraceptives from an online service in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic: a quantitative study of routinely collected data

Bury F, Iguyovwe V, Trivett M, Baraitser P.
Contraception, 2023


Photodiagnosis of genital herpes and warts: a sociomaterial perspective on users’ experiences of online sexual health care

Lupton D, Baraitser P.
Culture, Health & Sexuality, 2023


Improving experience of medical abortion at home in a changing therapeutic, technological and regulatory landscape: a realist review

Free CJ, Norman W, Lewandowska M, Meiksin R, Palmer MJ, Scott R, French R, Wellings K, Ivory A, Wong G, The SACHA study team, Baraitser P.
BMJ Open, 2022


Agreement between self-reported and researcher-measured height, weight and blood pressure measurements for online prescription of the combined oral contraceptive pill: an observational study

McCulloch H, Morelli A, Free CJ, Syred J, Botelle R, Baraitser P.
BMJ Open, 2022


Contraception in Person-Contraception Online (CiP-CO) cohort study

Rezel-Potts E, Palmer MJ, Free CJ, McCulloch H, Baraitser P.
BMJ Sexual & Reproductive Health 2022

Meet the rest of the clinical team

Blake George

International Development Lead, SH:24

Adrian Martins

Health Advisor

Shauna O’ Rourke

Sexual Health and Contraception Nurse

Katie Richards

Sexual Health and Contraception Nurse

Sian Whitmore

Senior Sexual Health and Contraception Nurse

Sophy Parr

Sexual Health and HIV Specialist Nurse

Stuart Amos-Gibbs

Health Advisor

Antigoni Kaliviotis

Nurse Prescriber

Charlotte Sullivan

Senior Sexual Health and Contraception Nurse

Emma Fletcher

Senior Sexual Health and Contraception Nurse

Abi Degg

Sexual Health and Contraception Nurse

Alice Luyimbo-Lule

Nurse Prescriber

Helen Burkitt

Senior Sexual Health and Contraception Nurse, SH:24

Sarah Higgins

Nurse Prescriber