Poster Tour 1
Tracks
Track 2
Track 3
Monday, August 5, 2019 |
1:40 PM - 2:15 PM |
Exhibition Area |
Speaker
Ms Peta Gava
Project Officer
Peer Based Harm Reduction WA
Ms Sahar Bajis
Postdoctorral Fellow
The Kirby Institute
HEPATITIS C VIRUS TESTING, LIVER DISEASE ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENT UPTAKE AMONG PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS PRE- AND POST-UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO DIRECT-ACTING ANTIVIRAL TREATMENT IN AUSTRALIA: THE LIVERLIFE STUDY
1:45 PM - 1:50 PMBiography
Sahar Bajis is a PhD Candidate in the Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
Dr Jake Williams
Advanced Trainee
St George Hospital
UNIVERSAL BLOOD-BORNE VIRUS SCREENING IN PATIENTS WITH SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS MANAGED IN AN OUTPATIENT CLOZAPINE CLINIC: UPTAKE AND PREVALENCE
1:50 PM - 1:55 PMBiography
Currently in final year of advanced training in Infectious Diseases at St George Hospital. Practice interests include HIV medicine and viral hepatitis with a focus on rural/regional populations.
Dr Ingrid Francis
Gp With Special Interest
Gold Coast University Hospital
COLLABORATIVE APPROACH TO THE MANAGEMENT OF HEPATITIS C AT NUMINBAH QUEENSLAND CORRECTIONAL FACILITY
1:55 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
Ingrid Francis is a GP with Special interest working in the hepatology unit GCUH and community general practice. As a Queensland opiate treatment program prescriber, she has developed an interest in Hepatitis C and an appreciation of the complexities of treating people with social disadvantage, substance dependence, current/previous incarceration.
Dr Annie Balcomb
General Practitioner
Prince St Medical Practice
AUSTRALIAN RURAL PRIMARY CARE LED VIRAL HEPATITIS CLINIC - OUTCOME DATA FROM 3 YEARS OF DIRECT ACTING ANTIVIRAL AGENTS (DAA'S).
2:00 PM - 2:05 PMBiography
Dr Balcomb is a chronic hepatitis C (HCV) General Practitioner (GP) Prescriber with over 10 years experience, based in rural New South Wales. In 2016 she established a dedicated GP viral hepatitis clinic and is passionate about upskilling all GP’s regarding chronic viral hepatitis management.
Dr Alisa Pedrana
Senior Research Fellow
Burnet Institute
Ms Bridget Draper
Senior Research Officer
Burnet Institute
COMMUNITY-BASED POINT-OF-CARE TESTING AND TREATMENT FOR PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS AND GENERAL POPULATION IN MYANMAR
2:10 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
Bridget Draper is a PhD Candidate at Burnet Institute/Monash University. Her PhD focuses on how to provide hepatitis C testing and treatment in resource-constrained settings using implementation science and health service delivery research methods. Previously she worked as a Research Assistant on the EC Partnership Project and the Prime Study.
Chair
Alisa Pedrana
Senior Research Fellow
Burnet Institute