Cross Track Session 1: Sexualised drug use among gay, bisexual and other MSM: exploring assumptions, motivations and implications
Tracks
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| Wednesday, September 26, 2018 |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
| Grand Lodge (Level 1) |
Details
Learning Objectives: 1) To examine the patterns of drug use, including sexualised drug use, among gay and bisexual men in Australia 2) To challenge common assumptions about the role of drugs in sexual risk-taking and the interaction between drug use and mental health. 2) To examine motivations for, and positive impacts of, using drugs in a sexual context. 3) To explore how sexual health and harm reduction professionals can meaningfully engage with GBMSM about sexualised drug use in a way that takes account of such motivations.
Speaker
Dr Mo Hammoud
Research Fellow & Research Group Leader
Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
What drugs are Gay, Bisexual, or Men who have Sex with Men (GBMSM) using and what role do they play?
1:30 PM - 1:40 PMBiography
Mo is a Senior Research Manager at the Kirby Institute. He was responsible for the design and implementation of an automated cohort management systems which was adapted for use in two Australian PrEP trials, EPIC-NSW and PrEPIT, and the national drug study ‘Flux’ which is currently expanding to New Zealand.
Prof Garrett Prestage
Program Coordinator
Kirby Institute
Mental health as a factor in gay men’s involvement in chemsex
1:40 PM - 1:50 PMBiography
A/Professor Garrett Prestage has been involved in gay community research and advocacy since the 1970s. He has investigated HIV behavioural risk through multiple studies of gay men’s sexual health, since the 1980s. He has strong relationships with gay community organisations and his work informs policy and programmatic responses
A/Prof Jennifer Power
Principal Research Fellow
Australian Research Centre In Sex, Health And Society, La Trobe University
Social connectivity in the context of sexualised drug use
1:50 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
Jennifer Power is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University. Her research focuses on sexuality, sexual and reproductive health and HIV. She currently co-ordinates the HIV Futures study.
Kane Race
University of Sydney
Peter Locke
Acting Director of Services
Thorne Harbour Health
Panel Discussion
Panellists: Joanne Bryant, Mohamed Hammoud, Garrett Prestage, Jennifer Power, Kane Race and Peter Locke
2:20 PM - 2:30 PMBiography
Chair
Joanne Bryant
Professor
UNSW, School of Social Sciences
Mo Hammoud
Research Fellow & Research Group Leader
Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
