Abstract Session 1
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Thursday, July 27, 2023 |
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Ballroom 1 |
Speaker
Dr Ian Mackay
Senior House Officer
Royal Brisbane And Women's Hospital
COVID-19 (Omicron strain) hospital admissions from a virtual ward – who required further care?
11:00 AM - 11:12 AMBiography
Ian Mackay is now a Principal House Officer in the Emergency Department at Rockhampton Hospital. In his Senior House Officer year he worked in the COVID-19 virtual ward and was interested inpatient outcomes admitted to hospital. This presentation discusses the resultant paper.
Ms Yu Yeung Lau
Mphil Student
The University of Hong Kong
Estimating the Epidemic Size of Super-spreading Coronavirus Cluster Outbreaks in Real-time
11:12 AM - 11:24 AMBiography
Kitty Lau is an MPhil student with School of Public Health at the University of Hong Kong. She works with Laboratory of Data Discovery for Health to generate data-driven insights through epidemiological modeling and inform public health decisions in fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dr David Griffin
Infectious Diseases Physician
Alfred Health
Low CD4 T-cell count attenuates immunogenicity of COVID-19 vaccines in people with HIV: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
11:24 AM - 11:36 AMBiography
David works as an Infectious Diseases Physician at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, and has been actively involved in the COVID-19 response, and involved in the care of people living with HIV in an ambulatory and inpatient setting.
He is a current PhD candidate at Monash University.
Ms Ha-Linh Quach
Senior Research Assistant
Duke-nus Medical School
Insomnia after COVID-19 infection: a cross-section study among non-hospitalized COVID-19 survivors
11:36 AM - 11:48 AMBiography
Ha-Linh Quach received her Master of Public Health degree from the University of Hong Kong and MPhil Applied Epidemiology from Australian National University. Her research interests include social epidemiology, environmental and occupational health, and infectious disease modelling.
Dr Tashi Dendup
Sr. Health Program Manager
Save the Children
Access and barriers to essential health services during COVID-19 pandemic in Bhutan: A community perspective
11:48 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Dr. Tashi Dendup works as a Sr. Program Manager with Save the Children Bhutan. He holds a PhD and a master’s degree in Public Health. Dr. Tashi previously worked for Bhutan’s Ministry of Health. He also worked as a consultant providing technical assistance to government and international organizations.
Chair Person
Nicole Allard
Researcher
WHO Collaborating Centre For Viral Hepatitis
Bridget Barber
Infectious Diseases Physician
QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute