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Oral Abstracts - Concurrent 2: Models of Care/What are the Challenges Ahead?

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Thursday, August 10, 2017
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Bluewater Rooms 1&2

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Professor Margaret Hellard
Deputy Director
Burnet Institute

Hepatitis C elimination in HIV/HCV coinfection through HCV treatment in primary care is feasible and highly effective

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

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Dr Doyle is an infectious diseases physician and senior lecturer at The Alfred and Monash University, and Deputy Director of the Disease Elimination Program at Burnet Institute
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Dr Nicole Allard
Epidemiologist/ Phd Candidate/ Gp
1969

Optimal liver cancer surveillance in the community: do recall and reminder systems hold the answer?

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

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Dr Nicole Allard is a PhD student in the Epidemiology Unit, researching how people living with hepatitis B access care across the Australian health system. She is also a general practitioner at cohealth with an interest in refugee health, health literacy and hepatitis B. She has past experience working overseas in Cambodia in HIV prevention and in remote Aboriginal communities. She has represented the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) on various state committees, is a member of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM) and is a board member of Hepatitis Victoria.
Professor Carla Treloar
Professor
UNSW Sydney

Hepatitis C: stigma indicators and patient reported outcome measures for DAA treatment

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

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Carla is the Director of the Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW
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Ms Sally Watkinson
Nurse Practitioner
Melbourne Health

Community Prescribing of Hepatitis C Treatment - A Mentorship and Capacity Building Model to Increase Treatment Uptake by Targeted Populations

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

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Sally Watkinson is a Clinical Nurse Consultant and coordinator of the Integrated Hepatitis C Service (IHCS). Sally has worked in the viral hepatitis sector since 2011 and is committed to expanding the reach of hepatitis care to hard to reach populations by developing programs to increase and enhance workforce capacity
Dr Evelyn Wong
Public Health Registrar
Burnet Institute

Eliminate hepatitis C Partnership: Clinical site scoping

3:00 PM - 3:05 PM

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Evelyn is a medical graduate and is currently an advanced trainee with the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine. Evelyn completed her PhD in 2015, developing skills in epidemiological modelling and statistical methods. Evelyn is an earlier career researcher with interest in translating research into practice.
Mrs Sally Von Bibra
Research Nurse
Burnet Institute

Opportunities and Challenges Experienced When Treating HCV in People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) Though A Nurse –Led Outreach Model

3:05 PM - 3:10 PM

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Sally is a registered Nurse and has been working in the fields of HIV and Hepatitis research for over 15 years.
Ms Capucine Penicaud
Programme Manager
ICE-HBV, The Doherty Institute

The International Coalition to Eliminate Hepatitis B

3:10 PM - 3:15 PM

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Capucine Penicaud leads the secretariat of the International Coalition to Eliminate HBV. She has ten years of experience in international development and global health, both in non-profit and government organisations. Her recent work focuses on the design of international strategic research initiatives.

Chair

Michelle Kudell
Programs Manager
Hepatitis Australia

Simone Strasser
Senior Staff Specialist
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney





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