Victor Minichiello, PhD, is an Adjunct Professor at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, School of Public Healthand Human Biosciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. His research focus is on public health, men's health, gerontology andsexualities. He has conducted quantitative and qualitative studies on the sexual health of people across the lifespan, including studieson the male sex industry. He has written books on both qualitative and quantitative methodologies, and his own research uses in-depthinterviews, surveys and secondary data analysis.