Pat Branigan is the Child Sexual Abuse Theme lead at the NSPCC. He has had a diverse career – he’s an anthropologist with a background in public health. When based at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine his specialism was qualitative research into sensitive topics and he has led the development of over 40 national HIV and sexual health campaigns, policy changing research in prisons and was also instrumental in shaping the Government’s ‘Talk to Frank’ drug awareness initiative. Pat is now responsible for leading on the development of key elements of the NSPCC’s response to child sexual abuse with a focus on prevention and harmful sexual behaviour displayed by children and young people.
