Oral Abstracts 1: Cures and Culture: Focus on people who inject drugs
Tracks
Track 2
Monday, August 5, 2019 |
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Endeavour Ballroom 1 |
Speaker
Dr Alisa Pedrana
Senior Research Fellow
Burnet Institute
THE IMPACT OF COMMUNITY-BASED RAPID POINT OF CARE TESTING ON ENHANCING UPTAKE OF HEPATITIS C TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS IN NEEDLE AND SYRINGE SERVICES.
2:30 PM - 2:45 PMBiography
Alisa Pedrana is public health practitioner and senior research fellow at Burnet Institute.
Her research career has focussed on Blood-borne virus/Sexually Transmitted Infections epidemiology and surveillance to inform prevention practice and policy.
With a strong emphasis on research translation, her current work on Hepatitis C elimination is focussed on implementation science to strengthen health systems, enhance health service delivery and develop sustainable models of care.
Dr Phill Read
Director, Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses - SESLHD/ Director, Kirketon Road Centre
South Eastern Sydney LHD
Dr Joe Doyle
Deputy Program Director, Disease Elimination
Burnet Institute
COMMUNITY-BASED HEPATITIS C RECRUITMENT AND TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS AND THEIR INJECTING NETWORK IS FEASIBLE AND EFFECTIVE: THE HCV TREATMENT AND PREVENTION (TAP) STUDY
3:00 PM - 3:15 PMBiography
Joseph Doyle is an infectious diseases physician at The Alfred in Melbourne.
Dr Dean Murphy
Senior Research Fellow
ARCSHS, La Trobe University
THE MEANINGS OF INJECTING IN SEXUALISED DRUG-USE SETTINGS AMONG GAY MEN LIVING WITH HIV
3:15 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Dr Dean Murphy works in the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies at University of Sydney, undertaking research on experiences of drug use among sexual and gender minorities; and also works at the Kirby Institute, UNSW. He has published widely on biomedical prevention, HIV and BBVs, sexuality, gender, and kinship.
Mr Brendan Harney
Post Doctorate Researcher
Burnet Institute
RISK BEHAVIOURS FOLLOWING HEPATITIS C TREATMENT AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN LIVING WITH HIV IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
3:30 PM - 3:35 PMBiography
Brendan works as a data analyst and research assistant on hepatitis C related projects among people living with HIV and people who inject drugs. He is also currently completing a Master of Public Health at Monash University.
Dr Lise Lafferty
Senior Research Fellow
Kirby Institute
INJECTING CULTURE FOLLOWING PRISON-WIDE HEPATITIS C TREATMENT SCALE-UP: NEGOTIATING RISK AFTER CURE
3:35 PM - 3:40 PMBiography
Dr Lafferty is a research fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney. Her research focuses on the social and behavioural components underpinning hepatitis C risk, prevention, transmission, testing, treatment, and reinfection in the prison setting.
A/Prof Behzad Hajarizadeh
Associate Professor
The Kirby Institute, UNSW
HEPATITIS C VIRUS REINFECTION FOLLOWING ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT AMONG PEOPLE WHO USE OR INJECT DRUGS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS
3:40 PM - 3:45 PMBiography
Behzad Hajari is a clinical epidemiologist, a Senior Lecturer in the Kirby Institute (UNSW Sydney) and an NHMRC fellow. He trained as a Medical Practitioner and has an MPH and PhD in Medicine. His research interests include HCV care in prison setting and among people who inject drugs.
Dr Stephen McNally
Deputy CEO
Penington.org.au
EXPANDING TESTING AND TREATMENT PROGRAMS FOR HEPATITIS C INTO SECONDARY NEEDLE AND SYRINGE PROGRAMS
3:45 PM - 3:50 PMBiography
Stephen is Deputy CEO, Penington Institute and has worked in the area of blood borne viruses and harm reduction for over twenty years in research and policy.
Ms Sinead Sheils
Hepatology Nurse Practitioner
Australasian Hepatology Association
IMPACT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF A COLLABORATIVE AND ASSERTIVE HCV FOCUSED MODEL OF CARE ON SCREENING AND TREATMENT UPTAKE, IN A METROPOLITAN, PRIVATE OPIOID PHARMACOTHERAPY CLINIC
3:50 PM - 3:55 PMBiography
Sinead is employed by Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Sydney, in a hospital-led, community-based Hepatology Nurse Practitioner role, focused mainly in Drug Health settings with a strong HCV elimination focus. She is committed to identifying and addressing barriers to HCV care for marginalised populations and improving hepatitis care in community settings.
Dr. Evan Cunningham
Research Fellow, Viral Hepatitis and Clinical Research Program
Kirby Institute
COMPARING ADHERENCE TO ONCE-DAILY AND TWICE DAILY DAA THERAPY AMONG PEOPLE WITH RECENT INJECTION DRUG USE OR CURRENT OPIOID SUBSTITUTION THERAPY: THE SIMPLIFY AND D3FEAT STUDIES
3:55 PM - 4:00 PMBiography
Evan is a postdoctoral fellow in the Viral Hepatitis Clinical research Program at the Kirby Institute in Sydney, Australia. His research is focused on the treatment of HCV infection in high risk populations including people who inject drugs and prisoners.
Chair
Lise Lafferty
Senior Research Fellow
Kirby Institute
Sally Watkinson
Nurse Practitioner
Melbourne Health