Session A: Opening Ceremony
Sunday, May 29, 2022 |
1:00 PM - 3:15 PM |
Ballroom 3 |
Speaker
Questions & Discussion
QUESTIONS & DISCUSSION
2:15 PM - 2:43 PMBiography
Tribal Experiences
Welcome to Country
1:00 PM - 1:10 PMBiography
Pre-recorded Video Presentation
Community Welcome
1:22 PM - 1:32 PMBiography
Mr Troy Combo
Program Manager
Burnet
Hepatitis C in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Communities: The road to elimination by 2030
1:34 PM - 1:54 PMBiography
Troy has a joint appointment with the Burnet Institute and is employed and based at University of Queensland, Poche Centre for Indigenous Health and is the Aboriginal Program Manager for Eliminate Hepatitis C Australia Partnership: EC Australia.
He is a Bundjalung man from the Northern NSW and with over twenty years’ experience. He has held high-level positions and has managed state and national projects working for both State and National peak Aboriginal Health Organisations and Hepatitis Australia.
Dr Joseph Tucker
Associate Professor of Medicine
UNC Chapel Hill and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
The diversity of hepatitis B community: what we know is not even the tip of an iceberg
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
Joe Tucker is an infectious diseases physician with an interest in community engagement, crowdsourcing, and hepatitis services. He is an Associate Professor at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine.
Mr Danjuma Adda
President
World Hepatitis Alliance
The Diversity of Hepatitis B Community: What we know is not even the tip of an iceberg
1:55 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
Danjuma Adda is a Nigerian prince and accomplished public health expert on a mission to raise awareness about Hepatitis and increase access to care. Danjuma is a former Executive Board Member, World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA) for African Region from 2014-2016; co-founder and past National Coordinator of Civil Society Network on Viral Hepatitis in Nigeria. Danjuma in 2021 assumed the role of President, World Hepatitis Alliance (WHA), UK, the first African to occupy that role in the 15 years history of the organization.
Mr Jack Wallace
Senior Research Officer
Burnet Institute
Hepatitis B cure: indicative findings of key informant perspectives on preparing for hepatitis B cure implementation
2:44 PM - 2:59 PMBiography
Jack Wallace is a social researcher looking at the social, cultural and political impact of hepatitis B. He is a senior research officer at the Burnet Institute and, in spite of his advanced age, has a Early Career Fellowship from the NHMRC
Mr Nigel Carrington
Dbs Project Coordinator
NSW Health
Hepatitis C treatment uptake following dried blood spot testing for hepatitis C RNA in New South Wales, Australia: The NSW DBS Pilot
3:00 PM - 3:15 PMBiography
Nigel is State-wide Coordinator of the NSW HIV and Hepatitis C Dried Blood Spot (DBS) Pilot Project. His work in Community Health, Youth Health/Youth Cancer and Sexual Health has involved health promotion, service development, service management and project coordination. Nigel has a Bachelor of Science (Hons) and Master of Education.
Chair
Carrie Fowlie
CEO
Hepatitis Australia
Mark Stoove
Discipline Head
Burnet Institute
Staff
Jeremy Cott
Senior Event Coordinator
ASHM Health
Amy Sargent
Conference Operations & Account Manager
ASHM
Sam Williamson
Senior Event Manager
Ashm
TP Operator
Karen Armstrong
Touchpoint
Touchpoint 1 Tablet
Touchpoint 2 Tablet
Erica Zarins
Touchpoint
