Congenital Syphilis Session
Tracks
Digital technologies
Epidemiology
Health services and systems
Prevention
Priority populations
Public health
Reproductive health
Sexually Transmitted Infections
| Tuesday, August 30, 2022 |
| 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM |
| Minyama 1 |
Speaker
Q&A Discussion
Q&A Discussion - Congenital Syphilis Session
Biography
Prof Donna Mak
Head Population and Preventive Health, Fremantle Public Health Physician,
School of Medicine - University of Notre Dame/ WA Health
Preventing Congenital Syphilis: Lessons Learned from Public Health Reviews of Case
1:30 PM - 1:45 PMBiography
Donna Mak is a public health physician who works at the Communicable Disease Control Directorate of the WA Department of Health and Domain Chair of Population and Preventive Health at the School of Medicine Fremantle, University of Notre Dame Australia.
Dr Mihaela Ivan
Senior Medical Advisor
Department of Health Victoria
Preventing Congenital Syphilis Through Patient-Centered Care
1:45 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
Dr Ivan is a Senior Medical Advisor with the Victorian Department of Health. She is a public health physician and medical epidemiologist with expertise in prevention and control of communicable diseases. Her research interests include BBV/STI, antimicrobial resistance, vulnerable populations, risk perception and risk communication.
Dr Heather McCormack
Research Fellow
Kirby Institute, Unsw Sydney
Electronic Optimisation of Annual Health Assessments Increases Testing for Sexually Transmissible Infections (STIs) at an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACCHS) in New South Wales (NSW)
2:00 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
Heather has worked in communications, health promotion, and program management roles across the STI/BBV sector for over ten years. Heather’s research interests include social aspects of sexual health, digital health promotion, accessibility and acceptability of sexual health services to diverse populations, and optimising public health interventions to improve service delivery.
Ms Palak Gupta
Student
Monash University
Increasing Syphilis Testing Among Women After Switching From an Opt-In to Opt-Out Testing Strategy in an Urban Australian Sexual Health Clinic
2:15 PM - 2:30 PMBiography
Palak Gupta is in her penultimate year of medical school at Monash University. She is currently completing a Bachelor of Medical Science Honours to further explore her passions in research, and women's health. She is the 2022 National Coordinator for the Australian Medical Student's Association's Global Health initiative Crossing Borders.
Adjunct Professor Marcus Chen
Adjunct Professor
Melbourne Sexual Health
Panellist
2:30 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Marcus Chen is Adjunct Professor at the Central Clinical School, Monash University and sexual health physician at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Health.
Mrs Elena Mcleish
Public Health Nurse
Metro North Public Health Unit
Panellist
2:30 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Elena is a Registered Nurse who has worked in the Sexual Health and HIV sector for over 20 years, in both the UK and Australia. For the past 5 years she has been working as the Contact Tracing Support Officer in Sexual Health in Metro North in Queensland and as a Public Health Nurse on the Queensland Syphilis Surveillance Service.
Dr Diane Rowling
Public Health Physician Sexual Health
Qld Syphilis Surveillance Service Metro North Public Health Unit
Panellist
2:30 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Diane is a Sexual Health and Public Health Physician with the Queensland Syphilis Surveillance Service. She was the clinical lead for the establishment of the enhanced surveillance of syphilis notifications in Queensland in 2001. She had a long career as a senior staff specialist with the Sexual Health and HIV Service Metro North prior to taking up her current position.
Chairperson
Jane Hocking
Head, Sexual Health Unit
University of Melbourne
James Ward
Director, Uq Poche Centre For Indigenous Health
University of Queensland
