Towards the Elimination of HIV Transmission in NSW - Adapting the Response to Address Disparities Among Sub-Populations Most at Risk of HIV - Affiliate Org Session by NSW Health
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			                    | Tuesday, August 30, 2022 | 
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM | 
| Mudjimba Room | 
Speaker
                        Dr Steven Nigro
                    
                
                            Epidemiologist
                        
                    
                            NSW Health
                        
                    HIV notifications in NSW
1:30 PM - 1:40 PMBiography
                    Steven Nigro, PhD, is HIV epidemiologist at Health Protection NSW, NSW Health. He continues to work with academics, community organisations and policymakers that are part of the HIV Prevention Research Implementation Science and Monitoring (PRISM) partnership to ensure outcomes of research are translated into improvements in HIV surveillance in NSW. 
                
        
                        Mr Phillip Keen
                    
                
                            Co-ordinator
                        
                    
                            Kirby Institute
                        
                    Uptake of HIV Prevention Among GBMSM in NSW
1:40 PM - 1:50 PMBiography
                    Phillip Keen coordinates the NSW HIV Prevention Research Implementation Science and Monitoring Partnership – (PRISM). This project combines policy makers, surveillance officers, HIV community organisations, clinicians, researchers and others to evaluate interventions to reduce HIV stigma, increase HIV prevention uptake among gay and bisexual men, and monitor the NSW HIV Strategy.  
                
        
                        Ms Cherie Power
                    
                
                            Senior Policy Analyst, Centre for Population Health
                        
                    
                            NSW Ministry Of Health
                        
                    HIV policy responses in NSW
1:50 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
                    Cherie Power is currently acting Manager, HIV & STI unit, Centre for Population Health, NSW Ministry of Health. She holds a Masters degree in Public Health from the University of NSW. Cherie was the lead author and project manager for the development of the latest HIV Strategy 2021–2025, encompassing prevention, PrEP, testing, treatment and stigma.
                
        
                        Dr Timothy Broady
                    
                
                            Senior Research Fellow
                        
                    
                            Centre For Social Research In Health, UNSW
                        
                    Panellist
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
                    Dr Timothy Broady is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW. His current research interests include addressing stigma and discrimination among communities affected by blood-borne viruses, HIV prevention, and the lived experiences of marginalised groups within society. 
                
        
                        Ms Jane Costello
                    
                
                            CEO
                        
                    
                            Positive Life NSW
                        
                    Panellist
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
                    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 committed to social justice, human rights and eliminating HIV stigma and discrimination.
                
        
                        Ms Barbara Luisi
                    
                
                            Director
                        
                    
                            MHAHS, Diversity Programs & Strategy
                        
                    Panellist
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
                    Barbara Luisi is the Manager of the Multicultural HIV and Hepatitis Service. With a career in health spanning over 30 years, Barbara has had the opportunity to work in population health on a range Barbara of areas including women’s health, HIV and blood borne viruses, domestic violence and cardiovascular disease. Barbara is passionate about equity in health and improving health outcomes for migrant populations.
                
        
                        Dr. Anna McNulty
                    
                
                            Medical Chief Officer
                        
                    
                            Sydney Sexual Health Centre
                        
                    Panellist
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
                    Anna McNulty has more than 20 years experience in leadership roles within sexual health clinics in NSW.  She is currently the director of Sydney Sexual Health Centre. SSHC has partnerships to support sexual health and HIV care in Western and Far Western NSW LHDs as well as with Justice Health. 
                
        
                        Mr Tim Wark
                    
                
                            South Eastern Sydney LHD
                        
                    Panellist
2:00 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
                    Tim Wark has over 6 years’ experience delivering HIV, sexual health, and LGBTQ health peer education programs in NSW. As Manager, Community Partnerships and Population Programs at, Tim works across a diverse range of health promotion projects aimed at ending HIV for all and improving health equity
                
        Chair
                        Andrew Grulich
                    
                
                            Professor and Program Head HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program
                        
                    
                            Kirby Institute
                        
                    Chairperson
                        Valerie Delpech
                    
                
                            Head Of Communicable Diseases
                        
                    
                            NSW Health