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
Deputy Ceo
Nuaa
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.
Prof Jason Grebely
Professor
UNSW/Kirby Institute
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
Scientia Professor, Centre for Social Research in Health and the Social Policy Research Centre
UNSW Sydney
Ms Peta Gava
Project 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, Viral Hepatitis & Harm Reduction
Hiv And Related Programs 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
Jacqueline Richmond
Workforce Development And Health Service Delivery Lead, Elimination Hepatitis C Australia
Burnet Institute