Dr Tori Ford

Biography

Tori Ford is a qualitative researcher interested in gender and health.

Her DPhil project “Experiences and Challenges with Recurrent Vulvovaginal Thrush in Primary Care: A Qualitative Study” was supervised by Dr Abigail McNiven, Professor Sue Ziebland, Dr Sarah Tonkin-Crine, and Dr Gail Hayward. She was funded by an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship, and awarded the CIHR (Canadian Institute of Health Research) Foreign Doctoral Study Award. This project resulted in a HEXI online resource. 

She holds an MPhil in Health, Medicine, and Society from the University of Cambridge and a BA in Gender, Sexuality, Feminist, and Social Justice Studies from McGill University. She is the recipient of the McGill Scarlet Key Award and the University of Cambridge Vice-Chancellor Social Impact Award for her feminist health research.  

Tori has been named a Top 25 Women of Influence and her work  advancing gender health equity has been recognised by the Rising Star Champion Award and the University of Oxford Paving the Way Award. Her words have also been featured in Hunger Magazine, Glamour, and Cosmopolitan.  

Alongside her academic work, Tori is also the founder of Medical Herstory, an international social impact organisation on a mission to eliminate sexism, shame, and stigma from health experiences. 

Tori is happy to be contacted about supervising or mentoring undergraduate, MSc or DPhil projects involving gender and health.  

Additional Roles

Vice-Chair DIPEx (Database of Individual Patient Experiences)

Board Member BSSVD (British Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease) 

Mentor for OxWest (Oxford Women in Engineering, Science, and Technology) and BSA (British Sociology Association) 

Supervisor for McGill CHAP (Community Health Alliance Programme)