10C. IUSTI Poster Session: Community Engagement & Policy
Tracks
Track 3
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 |
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
Exhibition Hall |
Details
Facilitator:
Michael Kwag, Community-based Research Centre (cbrc)
Michael Kwag, Community-based Research Centre (cbrc)
Speaker
Dr Alexandra James
Research Fellow
Australian Research Centre In Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University
Supporting children and young people’s sexual health: what parents need
11:00 AM - 11:05 AMBiography
Dr Alexandra James is a post-doctoral researcher at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University. She is a sociologist who specialises in gender and sexuality studies, human-technological interaction, and public health.
Mr. Ethan Cardwell
Phd Candidate
University Of Melbourne
Preferences for online or in-person STI testing vary by a person’s cultural background and where they live: a survey of young Australians
11:05 AM - 11:10 AMBiography
Trey holds a MPH from the University of Kentucky. He has worked for U.S. government organizations supporting HIV prevention, domestically and internationally, including 2 years in the U.S. Peace Corps serving Lesotho, Africa. Currently, a PhD candidate; thesis focused on developing a web-based STI testing clinic.
Dr Arthur Wong
Staff Specialist Sexual Health
Sydney Sexual Health Centre
Interim findings from 2023 Thai & Chinese sex worker survey at Sydney Sexual Health Centre (SSHC)
11:10 AM - 11:15 AMBiography
Na Mon is the Outreach Manager at the Sex Worker Outreach Project - Australia’s largest and longest established community-based peer education sex worker organisation.
Dr Arthur Wong is a sexual health physician at Sydney Sexual Health Centre - NSW's oldest & busiest publicly-funded sexual health clinic.
Professor Kath Albury
Professor of Media and Communication
Swinburne University of Technology
Digital and Data Capabilities for Sexual Health: supporting organisational digital transformation policy and strategy for sexual and reproductive health
11:15 AM - 11:20 AMBiography
Professor Kath Albury is an ARC Future Fellow and an Associate Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making & Society. Recent co-authored books include 'Data for Social Good: Non-Profit Sector Data Projects' (with Jane Farmer, Anthony McCosker and Amir Aryani, Palgrave Macmillan Open Access 2023)
Dr Alicia King
Research Fellow
Monash University
Factors impacting the accessibility and acceptability of web-based sexual health applications: Perspectives of sexual health service users
11:20 AM - 11:25 AMBiography
To her role as Research Fellow at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alicia brings her experiences as a health professional, in service user engagement and qualitative research. Her research program seeks to capture the experiences of service users towards improving the accessibility, acceptability and impact of health services.
Professor Sharyn Burns
Professor Health Promotion
Curtin University
Investigating Sexual Abuse and Primary Care Usage Among LGBTIQA+ Populations in Western Australia
11:30 AM - 11:35 AMBiography
For the past 18 years, Jacqui has worked in research, for various departments at both the University of Western Australia and Curtin University. She is a Director for the Australian Association for Adolescent Health. She holds a PhD, Postgraduate Diploma (Health Promotion), Postgraduate Diploma (Sexology) and a Bachelor of Science.
Dr Brendan Quinn
Epidemiologist
Burnet Institute
The Changing Epidemiology of Syphilis in Victoria and the State Government’s Response: Victoria’s First Syphilis Public Health Action Plan 2024–26 (‘The Plan’)
11:35 AM - 11:40 AMBiography
Dr Quinn is currently the Principal BBVSTI Epidemiologist at the Vic Dept of Health. He has a background in research including investigation of diverse topics including communicable diseases, licit and illicit drug trends and related harms, diverse men’s health concerns, and justice health issues.
Phd Bernard Saliba
Phd Candidate / Senior Lecturer of Public Health
Kirby Institute & UTS School of Public Health
Chemsex: Implications for Psychosexual and Psychosocial Health in Australian Gay and Bisexual Men
11:40 AM - 11:45 AMBiography
Bernard is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Public Health, UTS, and a PhD student at the Kirby Institute, UNSW. His area of research is in intersectionality, specifically on the impact of culture on the health of sexual and ethnic minority people.
Dr Elizabeth Messenger
Medical Director
Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa
Inequity in prevention of sexually transmitted infection: an analysis of online survey responses.
11:45 AM - 11:50 AMBiography
Dr Tania Huria (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Mutunga o Wharekauri) is the Director of Hauora Māori and Equity at Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa. New Zealand’s largest provider of Sexual and Reproductive Health. Dr Huria’s PhD focused on systemic inequities and is the first author of The Consider Statement (2019).
Dr George Parker
Senior Lecturer In Health Service Delivery
School Of Health, Victoria University Of Wellington
“It’s just assumed that I am a cisgender heterosexual”: Promoting LGBTIQ+ inclusive abortion care by addressing cis-heteronormativity
11:50 AM - 11:55 AMBiography
George Parker (they/them) is a senior lecturer in health service delivery in the school of health at Te Herenga Waka|Victoria University of Wellington. George was Lead Investigator of the Health Research Council of NZ funded Trans Pregnancy Care Project.
Dr Tania slater
Senior Research Fellow
Te Tatai Hauora O Hine Aotearoa National Centre For Women's Health Research Aotearoa, Victoria University Of Wellington
“It’s really about assisting this woman to be in charge of her fertility and her uterus”. Abortion healthcare providers talk about delivering equitable, timely, safe and accessible services in Aotearoa.
11:55 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Tania Slater is a senior research fellow at Te Tātai Hauora o Hine National Centre for Women’s Health Research Aotearoa. The focus of Tania’s work is equitable health outcomes for whānau Māori, spanning sexual reproductive health, cancer prevention, screening, detection, diagnosis, treatment and palliative care and occupational health.
Judges Invited
Edmond Pui Hang Choi
Assistant Professor
LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong
Tiffany Phillips
Research Fellow
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Poster Tour Chair
Michael Kwag
Executive Director
Community-based Research Centre (cbrc)
