HIV Proffered Papers: Social, Political & Social Aspects
Tracks
Track 3
Behavioural research
Care and support programs
Community development
Education
Gender and/or sexuality
Health promotion
Health services and systems
Humanities
Intersectionality
Law and human rights
Policy
Prevention
Priority populations
Public health
Social sciences
Stigma and discrimination
| Monday, August 29, 2022 |
| 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM |
| Minyama 3 |
Speaker
Dr Anthony Smith
Research Associate
UNSW, Centre for Social Research in Health
PrEP and Condoms and STIs, Oh My! Moral Work in Clinician Accounts of Prescribing PrEP
11:00 AM - 11:12 AMBiography
Anthony K J Smith is a Scientia PhD Candidate and Research Officer at the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney. His doctoral research examines clinician perspectives on providing PrEP in Australia. Anthony is broadly interested in HIV prevention, gender, sexuality, sociology of health, and qualitative research methods.
Ms Jane Costello
CEO
Positive Life NSW
Women Living with HIV in Australia are Disproportionately Represented in HIV-Related Legal Matters
11:12 AM - 11:24 AMBiography
Jane Costello is the CEO of Positive Life NSW and previously Research and Program Manager at the Kirby Institute UNSW Sydney working across sexual health, surveillance, evaluation, and research. As a woman living with HIV, she is dedicated to raising awareness around the lived experience of HIV.
Ms Lisa Wojciechowski
Treatment Support Facilitator
QPP
Young + Positive: Achieving Better Engagement With Care and Support For Young People With HIV in Australia
11:24 AM - 11:36 AMBiography
Lisa is a senior social work clinician with several years’ experience working alongside people with HIV in tertiary health and community-based settings. Her PhD research explores how young people living with HIV understand their diagnosis, as well as barriers and facilitators to accessing care and support.
Dr David Carter
Faculty of Law and Justice
University of New South Wales
The Health-Harming Legal Needs of those Living with HIV who have Migrated to Australia
11:36 AM - 11:48 AMBiography
David Carter is a member of the Faculty of Law at the University of Technology Sydney. David's expertise encompasses medical and health law, public health law and criminal law. His work focuses on the legal, regulatory and governance challenges involved in the delivery of safe, effective and sustainable healthcare services.
Dr Nathanael Wells
Research Associate
The Kirby Institute
The 'Journey' to (Un)detectability Among Recently Diagnosed People Living with HIV
11:48 AM - 11:53 AMBiography
Nathanael Wells is a medical anthropologist and social scientist at the Kirby Institute, UNSW. His current work explores the experiences of recently diagnosed PLHIV, particularly around engagement with peer support services and access to healthcare.
Dr Jacek Kolodziej
Policy And Science Manager
New Zealand AIDS Foundation
Issues Affecting Communities of the Participants of a Large HIV Prevention Survey in Aotearoa New Zealand. A Mixed-Methods Analysis
11:53 AM - 11:58 AMBiography
Dr Jacek Kolodziej is the Policy and Science Manager at New Zealand AIDS Foundation. His main areas of interest are social and epidemiological aspects of contemporary combination HIV prevention.
Mr Daniel Storer
PhD Student and Research Officer
Kirby Institute
Reflection and Reflexivity: Investigating COVID-19 Risk and Sexual Experience Among Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia
11:58 AM - 12:03 PMBiography
Daniel is a PhD student and Research Officer at the Kirby Institute's HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program. Daniel works on the Flux Study. He is using the study data for his PhD to understand changes to sexual health and cultures of gay and bisexual men throughout COVID-19.
Q&A Discussion
Chairperson
John Rule
Senior Research Manager
NAPWHA
Melissa Warner
Chief Executive Officer
Queensland Positive People
