Session E: Hepatitis C: screening & linkage to care
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	                    | Friday, July 21, 2023 | 
| 2:00 PM - 3:20 PM | 
| Ballroom 2 | 
Speaker
                        Mr Charles Henderson
                    
                
                            Community/ Student
                        
                    
                            Burnet Intitute
                        
                    Supporting HCV Elimination through NUAA Peer Expertise and Health Partnerships - The Peers On Wheels (POW) Project
2:00 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
                    Charles is Deputy CEO at NUAA. He has worked in Victoria and NZ improving the health/ well-being of people who inject drugs by developing peer-led services. His main passion is harm reduction promoting the well being and human rights of people who use/ inject drugs, and championing accessible drug treatment.
                
        
                        Professor Jason Grebely
                    
                
                            Professor
                        
                    
                            The Kirby Institute, Unsw Sydney
                        
                    A national program to scale-up decentralized hepatitis C virus point-of-care testing and treatment in Australia
2:15 PM - 2:30 PMBiography
                    Professor Jason Grebely is the Head of the Hepatitis and Drug Use Group in the Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW. 
                
        
                        Dr Joss O'Loan
                    
                
                            Director
                        
                    
                            Kombi Clinic
                        
                    HCV treatment uptake following point-of-care HCV testing at a mobile community clinic in Queensland, Australia: The Kombi Clinic
2:30 PM - 2:35 PMBiography
                    Dr Joss O’Loan is a General Practitioner at Medeco Inala which was awarded RACGP General Practice of the Year 2018. He is also the co-founder and Director of the not for profit organisation, Kombi Clinic, which is a Hepatitis C outreach model of care delivered from 1975 Yellow Kombi Van. 
                
        
                        Professor Carla Treloar
                    
                
                            Sci Prof
                        
                    
                            UNSW, CSRH
                        
                    
                        Ms Peta Gava
                    
                
                            Overdose Prevention Project Officer and Communications and Reporting Officer
                        
                    
                            Peer Based Harm Reduction WA
                        
                    Hepatitis C Peer Harm Reduction Education (Hep C PHRE); a peer model to increase accessibility of hepatitis C testing, treatment and information- valuing what is not always measured.
2:50 PM - 2:55 PMBiography
                    Peta Gava is a peer worker at Peer Based Harm Reduction WA. Peta is passionate about supporting peers to empower peers and the ‘Nothing About Us, Without Us’ movement, which speaks to the need for the meaningful involvement of people who use drugs in policy and service development. 
                
        
                        Ms Julie Coutelas
                    
                
                            Senior Project Officer
                        
                    
                            Harp Unit Seslhd
                        
                    Pricks and Drills - Blood Borne Virus Testing in an Oral Health Setting
2:55 PM - 3:10 PMBiography
                    Julie works as a Senior Project Officer in the Viral Hepatitis and Harm Reduction team at SESLHD HARP. With 15 years’ experience working in HIV, Harm Reduction and Viral Hepatitis sectors she has a keen interest in health equity and decreasing barriers to testing and treatment access. 
                
        
                        Ms Sarah Smith
                    
                
                            Manager, Sexual Health & BBV Projects Team
                        
                    
                            Sexual Health & BBV Services SESLHD
                        
                    Viral Hepatitis and HIV testing in Mental Health Settings - A Partnership Approach
3:10 PM - 3:15 PMBiography
                    Sarah is the Manager, Viral Hepatitis and Harm Reduction at SESLHD HARP. She holds a Masters Degree in Public Health and has 15 years' experience in program management, and has worked in clinical roles in viral hepatitis, HIV and sexual health.
                
        
                        Ms. Anju Devkota
                    
                
                            PhD Candidate
                        
                    
                            The University of Sydney
                        
                    Hepatitis C: Can community pharmacy do more than dispensing?
3:15 PM - 3:20 PMBiography
                    Anju has been working at the HIV and Related Programs Unit in Western Sydney LHD for over 7 years. Prior to this, Anju worked at Multicultural Health Services in Northern Sydney LHD within the portfolio of refugee & community partnerships. Anju is a PhD student at University of Sydney.   
                
        Chairperson
                        Sione Crawford
                    
                
                            Chief Executive Officer
                        
                    
                            Harm Reduction Victoria
                        
                    
                        Jacqui Richmond
                    
                
                            Workforce Development And Health Service Delivery Lead, Elimination Hepatitis C Australia
                        
                    
                            Burnet Institute
                        
                    