Theme D Proffered Paper Session 1: Quality of Life for People with HIV
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Monday, September 24, 2018 |
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM |
Ionic (Ground Floor) |
Speaker
A/Prof Jennifer Power
Principal Research Fellow
Australian Research Centre In Sex, Health And Society, La Trobe University
Poverty, Financial Stress And Quality-Of-Life Among PLHIV In Australia From 1997 To 2016
11:15 AM - 11:30 AMBiography
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.
Dr Tanya Millard
Research Fellow
Monash University
Mr David Pieper
HIV & Ageing Project Officer
National Association of People With HIV Australia
Outcomes Of An Investigation Into HIV And Ageing In Australia
11:45 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
David Pieper is developing the advocacy agenda for HIV and ageing on behalf of the National Association of People With HIV Australia. This includes recommendations to Government, research, health and medical services, and the community sector. He previously led community campaigning for access to the cure for hepatitis C.
A/Prof Graham Brown
Research And Evaluation Director
Centre For Social Impact, UNSW
Clinical Needs And Barriers To Health Service Access Among PLHIV In Australia: A Latent Profile Analysis Approach
12:00 PM - 12:15 PMBiography
Dr Gosia Mikołajczak is an early career-researcher at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University. Her research focuses on the quality of life and well-being of PLHIV.
Prof Christy Newman
Professor
Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney
Exploring The Role Of Families In HIV Treatment Narratives, Decisions And Practices
12:15 PM - 12:30 PMBiography
Christy is Associate Professor at the UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health, where she has been involved in a range of qualitative and multi-method studies on HIV and sexual and reproductive health for the last 14 years.
Dr Asha Persson
Senior Research Fellow
UNSW Sydney, Centre for Social Research in Health
Understanding Divergent Family Responses To A Blood Borne Virus Diagnosis
12:30 PM - 12:35 PMBiography
Asha Persson does qualitative research on various cultural and lived aspects of HIV, with particular focus on previously hidden or under-researched populations within the Australian epidemic, including heterosexuals, children growing up with HIV, straight-identified men who have sex with men, and couples with mixed HIV status.
Q&A
Q&A
12:35 PM - 12:45 PMBiography
Chair
Joanne Bryant
Professor
UNSW, School of Social Sciences
Suzy Malhotra
Director Programs And People
Living Positive Victoria