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Proffered Paper Session 03

Tuesday, June 1, 2021
1:45 PM - 3:16 PM

Speaker

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Mr Jack Wallace
Senior Research Officer
Burnet Institute

IDENTIFYING ENABLERS THAT FACILITATE HEPATITIS B CLINICAL MANAGEMENT IN PRIMARY CARE SETTINGS

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

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My research investigates hepatitis B as an issue where the biomedical, social, economic and political intersect, and how viral hepatitis affects individuals and communities. I have worked in community, government and research sectors seeking to reduce the personal and community impact of blood borne viruses, particularly viral hepatitis.
Ms Rosemary Gilliver
Clinical Nurse Consultant
Kirketon Road Centre

QUANTIFYING NURSES CONTRIBUTION TO HCV CARE MILESTONES: FINDINGS FROM AN INTEGRATED PRIMARY HEALTHCARE SETTING FOR MARGINALISED PEOPLE

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

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Rosie Gilliver holds a Masters of Nursing in Advanced Clinical Practice. Rosie is the CNC at the Kirketon Road Centre where she developed the viral hepatitis treatment program, including expanding primary health care outreach clinics and HCV care, management and treatment to marginalised communities and co-ordinates the clinical research trials.
Mrs Anna Conway
Academic
UNSW/The Kirby Institute

“WE’VE HAD A CIRCUIT BREAKER FOR AN OLD DOGMA OF MORE THAN 20 YEARS”: CHANGES TO OPIOID AGONIST TREATMENT SERVICES DURING COVID-19, THE CHOICE STUDY

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

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Anna is a Scientia PhD candidate at the Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program in the Kirby Institute and the Centre for Social Research in Health at UNSW Sydney. Her PhD research utilises qualitative and quantitative methods to investigate the health of people who use opioids.
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Ms Harini Walthati
Communication And Member Liaison Coordinator
AIVL

A HIDDEN POPULATION: SUPPORTING HEALTHY AGEING FOR PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

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Harini Walthati works as Communication and Member Liaison Coordinator at the Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League (AIVL). Her knowledge emphasis to the themes of harm reduction, stigma, and discrimination. Additionally, she has experience working with CALD communities. Harini holds a bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Health Promotion.
Dr Yinzong Xiao
Phd Student
Burnet Institute

A QUALITATIVE EXPLORATION OF ENABLERS TO HEPATITIS B CLINICAL MANAGEMENT AMONG ETHNIC CHINESE IN AUSTRALIA

2:45 PM - 2:50 PM

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Yinzong Xiao is a PhD student of the University of Melbourne and based at Burnet Institute and St Vincent's Hospital. Her PhD research is primarily concerned with improving hepatitis B testing, linkage to care and treatment uptake among high-risk populations in Australia.
Ms Samantha White
Workforce Development
Hepatitis Queensland

FIND THE HERO INSIDE YOU: WORLD HEPATITIS DAY DIGITAL CAMPAIGN

2:50 PM - 2:55 PM

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Samantha White is the Operations Manager and brings to the role over a decade of experience working in the BBV sector. Her skills and expertise enables HQ to embrace innovative and new approaches that support the care and wellbeing of people living with, or at risk of, viral hepatitis.
Ms Anna Palmer
Research Assisant
Burnet Institute

A COSTING ANALYSIS OF A STATE-WIDE, NURSE-LED HEPATITIS C TREATMENT MODEL IN PRISON

2:55 PM - 3:00 PM

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Anna works as 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.
Ms Paula Binks
Program Manager Hepatitis B
Menzies School Of Health Research

A CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE EVALUATION OF THE “HEP B STORY” APP IN A REMOTE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY IN ARNHEM LAND

3:00 PM - 3:05 PM

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Paula is the Menzies Hep B program Manager and PhD student. They have worked together for several years on Hep B related projects.
Mr George Gurruwiwi
Community Based Reseracher

A CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE EVALUATION OF THE “HEP B STORY” APP IN A REMOTE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY IN ARNHEM LAND

3:00 PM - 3:05 PM

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George is a Yolngu man from East Arnhem Land and a Community Based Researcher for Menzies.
Dr. Hossain Sazzad
Phd Candidate
Kirby Institute, UNSW

VIOLENCE AND HEPATITIS C TRANSMISSION IN PRISON – A MODIFIED SOCIAL ECOLOGICAL MODEL

3:05 PM - 3:10 PM

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Dr. Sazzad is a Scientia PhD candidate in the Kirby Institute, UNSW. His PhD topics includes hepatitis C transmission in prison through whole genome oxford-nanopore next-generation sequencing, identifying the non-injecting risk practice through qualitative methods and tracking trends of HCV epidemic through population genetics/bioinformatics. He is a Bangladeshi physician/epidemiologist.
Dr Joanne Carson
Research Associate
Unsw / Kirby Institute

REINFECTION IN THE REACH-C COHORT: OCCURRENCE AND EFFECTIVENESS OF RETREATMENT FOR HEPATITIS C VIRUS REINFECTION FOLLOWING DIRECT ACTING ANTIVIRAL THERAPY

3:10 PM - 3:15 PM

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Joanne Carson (BSc MPH) is research assistant and PhD candidate at the Kirby Institute, UNSW. Research focuses on hepatitis C virus reinfection among people who inject drugs.

Chair

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Evan Cunningham
Senior Lecturer Fellow
Unsw/ Kirby Institute

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Colette McGrath
Service Director Population Health
Justice Health Forensic Mental Health Network


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