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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 PM

Biography

Tribal Experiences

Welcome to Country

1:00 PM - 1:10 PM

Biography

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Prof Jason Grebely
Professor
Unsw/ Kirby Institute

Committee Welcome

1:11 PM - 1:21 PM

Biography

Pre-recorded Video Presentation

Community Welcome

1:22 PM - 1:32 PM

Biography

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 PM

Biography

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.
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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 PM

Biography

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.
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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 PM

Biography

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.
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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 PM

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Biography

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
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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 PM

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Biography

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

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Carrie Fowlie
CEO
Hepatitis Australia

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Mark Stoove
Discipline Head
Burnet Institute


Staff

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Jeremy Cott
Senior Event Coordinator
ASHM Health

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Amy Sargent
Conference Operations & Account Manager
ASHM

Sam Williamson
Senior Event Manager
Ashm


TP Operator

Karen Armstrong
Touchpoint

Touchpoint 1 Tablet

Touchpoint 2 Tablet

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Erica Zarins
Touchpoint

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