Poster Tour 3
Tracks
Track 2
Track 3
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 |
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM |
Exhibition Area |
Speaker
Ms Rosemary Gilliver
Clinical Nurse Consultant
Kirketon Road Centre
Ms Jennifer MacLachlan
Epidemiologist
WHO Collaborating Centre For Viral Hepatitis
Ms Anna Palmer
Research Assisant
Burnet Institute
A COST-EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS OF PRIMARY VERSUS HOSPITAL-BASED SPECIALIST CARE FOR DIRECT ACTING ANTIVIRAL HEPATITIS C TREATMENT
12:55 PM - 1:00 PMBiography
Anna Palmer is a researcher in the Disease Elimination Program at the Burnet Institute. Her main research interest are hepatitis C treatment and care, specifically focussing on costing of novel health interventions. Anna is also currently completing a masters in mathematics.
Dr Jasmine Yee
Clinical Project Coordinator
VHCRP, The Kirby Institute, UNSW
Dr Neil Arvin Bretana
Lecturer
UNISA
A COMBINED TREATMENT AND PREVENTION APPROACH IS VITAL IN ELIMINATING HEPATITIS C VIRUS IN AUSTRALIAN PRISONS: A MODELLING STUDY
1:05 PM - 1:10 PMBiography
Dr Neil BretaƱa is a research associate at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney. His research is focused on investigating the ongoing hepatitis C virus epidemic in Australian prisons, particularly in New South Wales. He specialises in epidemiology, phylogenetics, spatiotemporal and behavioural analysis, and complex agent-based model development.
Dr Alisa Pedrana
Senior Research Fellow
Burnet Institute
A GLOBAL INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK FOR HEPATITIS C ELIMINATION
1:10 PM - 1:15 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.
Chair
John Didlick
Policy Analyst
Hepatitis Australia