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Proffered Paper Session 01

Sunday, May 30, 2021
2:00 PM - 3:35 PM

Speaker

Ms Anna Deng Hui Min
Doctor
WHO Collaborating Centre For Viral Hepatitis

UPTAKE OF PERINATAL IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS FOR INFANTS BORN TO WOMEN WITH A RECORD OF HEPATITIS B IN VICTORIA (2009 - 2017)

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

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Biography

Anna is public health researcher originally from Melbourne and now working as a junior doctor at Alice Springs Hospital.
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Ms Nafisa Yussf
Board Chair, Co-founder
Hepatitis B Voices Australia

HOW DO MOTHERS WITH CHRONIC HEPATITIS B UNDERSTAND AND EXPERIENCE THE PREVENTION OF MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION INTERVENTIONS IN VICTORIA?

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

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Nafisa Yussf is a Researcher at the WHO Collaborating Centre for Viral Hepatitis, Doherty Institute. Her research explores how hepatitis B perinatal services are delivered to Victorian women and their infants. Nafisa’s background is in community engagement and public health program development and delivery within a culturally safe framework.
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Ms Megan Hughes
Mobile Outreach- Nurse Team Leader
Danila Dilba

TASMANIAN ELIMINATE HEPATITIS C AUSTRALIAN OUTREACH PROJECT (TEHCAO)

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

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Biography

Megan Hughes is a Clinical Nurse Consultant working on the Tasmanian Eliminate Hepatitis C Australian Outreach Project. She is passionate about delivering patient-centred care and reducing barriers to Hepatitis C treatment. Megan has a background in mental health nursing and holds a Graduate Diploma in Mental Health and Psychiatric Nursing.
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Ms Jennifer MacLachlan
Epidemiologist
WHO Collaborating Centre For Viral Hepatitis

INTERRUPTED PROGRESS: DECLINE IN VIRAL HEPATITIS TESTING AND CARE DURING COVID-19

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

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Jennifer MacLachlan is an epidemiologist at The Doherty Institute in Melbourne. Her work focuses on the innovative analysis of publicly available datasets to identify health disparities, and she currently leads the National Viral Hepatitis Mapping Project.
Miss Laura McCoullough
Phd Student
Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory

ANALYSING THE EFFECTS OF HBV SPLICE VARIANTS ON WILDTYPE HBV REPLICATION

3:00 PM - 3:05 PM

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Laura is a second year PhD student at the Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory.
Ms Anna Palmer
Research Assisant
Burnet Institute

AN UPDATED ESTIMATE OF THE ANNUAL NUMBER OF NEW HEPATITIS C INFECTIONS AMONG PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS IN AUSTRALIA

3:05 PM - 3:10 PM

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Anna is a research assistant in the Burnet Institute's Modelling and Biostatistics working group. She works on a variety of mathematical modelling/health economics projects related to injecting drug use and hepatitis C elimination.
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Dr Damin Si
Epidemiologist
Queensland Department Of Health

DATA LINKAGE FOR SURVEILLANCE OF NEWLY ACQUIRED HEPATITIS C INFECTIONS IN QUEENSLAND: EARLY FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY AND PRACTICE

3:10 PM - 3:15 PM

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Biography

Damin Si is an Epidemiologist with the Communicable Diseases Branch in Queensland Department of Health, working in the Bloodborne Viruses and Sexually-Transmissible Infections portfolio. His role focuses on providing specialised advice and information for a variety of stakeholders, and in collaborating with key partner organisations to improve policy and practice.
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Dr Joss O'loan
GP and Director
Kombi clinic / Inala institute of medical research

JUST A GP, JUST A FINGER PRICK, JUST AN HOUR

3:15 PM - 3:20 PM

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Biography

Dr Joss O'Loan is a GP and co-founder of Kombi Clinic. When not working at his usual gig of Medeco Inala General Practice, he is driving around Brisbane in a 1975 Yellow Kombi van testing, treating and curing Hep C in a variety of outreach locations.
Ms Olivia Dawson
Program Manager
INHSU

BEYOND THE C: HEPATITIS C ELIMINATION IN YOUR PRACTICE

3:20 PM - 3:25 PM

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Biography

Olivia is a Senior Project Officer at ASHM, a not-for-profit organisation representing the health workforce in Australia and New Zealand. She has coordinated national and international HCV education/training programs for healthcare professionals working in drug treatment, primary care, and NSPs, and has led the development of HCV online education.
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Dr Joss O'loan
GP and Director
Kombi clinic / Inala institute of medical research

PALEN CREEK PRISON CURES; HCV ELIMINATION IN A WEEKEND

3:25 PM - 3:30 PM

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Biography

Dr Joss O'Loan is a GP and co-founder of Kombi Clinic. When not working at his usual gig of Medeco Inala General Practice, he is driving around Brisbane in a 1975 Yellow Kombi van testing, treating and curing Hep C in a variety of outreach locations.
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Mrs Mim O'Flynn
Outreach Fibroscan Nurse
Hepatitis Queensland

PALEN CREEK PRISON CURES; HCV ELIMINATION IN A WEEKEND

3:25 PM - 3:30 PM

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Biography

Mim O’Flynn is a registered nurse and midwife with a long history of working with patients living with HIV and Hepatitis. She currently focuses her time screening and linking marginalised patients to Hepatitis C care. In addition to Kombi Clinic, she works with Qld Corrections and QuIHN.

Chair

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Melinda Hassall
Clinical Nurse Lead
ASHM

Amanda Kvassay
Program Manager
QuIHN


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