AVHEC - Oral Abstracts - Concurrent 3: Understanding the Epidemics (Modelling/Surveillance)

Oral Abstracts - Concurrent 3: Understanding the Epidemics (Modelling/Surveillance)

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Thursday, August 10, 2017

2:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Tully Room I

Speaker

Dr Behzad Hajarizadeh

Associate Professor

Unsw / Kirby Institute

Incidence Of Hepatitis C Virus Infection In Two Maximum-Security Prisons In New South Wales, Australia: The Stop-C Study

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

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Speaker Presentation

Biography

Dr Jenny Iversen

Senior Research Fellow

The Kirby Institute

Progress towards Elimination: Rapid Uptake of HCV Treatment among People Who Inject Drugs Following Broad Access to DAA Therapies

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

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Biography

Dr Amy Kwon

Research Associate

Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney

Australia Could Meet The WHO HCV Elimination Targets If The Current Rollout Of DAA Treatment Is Continued’

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

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Speaker Presentation

Biography

Dr Nick Scott

Econometrician

Burnet Institute

Recommendations For Hepatitis C Virus Testing Among People Who Inject Drugs In Australia

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

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Speaker Presentation

Biography

Dr Kelly Hosking

Director of Sexual Health Blood Borne Viruses

NT Health & Menzies School of Health Research

Tracking In Arnhem Land – On the Hunt for Hepatitis B Virus

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

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Speaker Presentation

Biography

Ms Maryam Alavi

Research Associate

Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney

Characterisation of Populations with Hepatitis C to Improve Access to Antiviral Therapy Programs: A Population-Based Linkage Study

3:15 PM - 3:20 PM

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Speaker Presentation

Biography

Dr Karen McCulloch

Research Fellow

University Of Melbourne

Updating Estimates Describing the Burden of Hepatitis B in Australia

3:20 PM - 3:30 PM

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Speaker Presentation

Biography

Chair

Rachel Sacks-Davis

Research Fellow

Burnet Institute

Linda Selvey

Associate Professor

School Of Public Health, The University Of Queensland