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14B. Poster Session - Clinical Management STIs

Tracks
Track 2
Thursday, September 19, 2024
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Exhibition Hall

Details

Facilitator:
Lisa Wang, Gold Coast Sexual Health Service


Speaker

Miss Alexandra Lipa
Senior Project Officer
ASHM

Implementing a Learning Framework to Guide Evidence-Based and Patient-Centred Contraceptive Consultations

11:00 AM - 11:05 AM

Biography

Alexandra Lipa is a Senior Project Officer in the Sexual Health team at ASHM. Alexandra manages the delivery of ASHM's contraception education for primary care providers and oversees the development and maintenance of ASHM's contraception resources.
Dr. Stephanie Mclaughlin
Instructor
University Of Washington

Evaluation of a ciprofloxacin GyrA assay for resistance-guided therapy for Neisseria gonorrhoeae

11:05 AM - 11:10 AM

Biography

Katherine Holzhauer is a Research Coordinator at the University of Washington and Public Health – Seattle & King County Sexual Health Clinic. She works on research projects related to prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of STIs.
Ms Gianna Robbers
Senior Research And Evaluation Officer
Family Planning Australia

Barriers and facilitators for increasing cervical cancer screening in Tuvalu

11:10 AM - 11:15 AM

Biography

Gianna Robbers is a Senior Research and Evaluation Officer with Family Planning Australia and has extensive experience with research in sexual and reproductive health and rights. She has a particular interest in bridging the gap between public health, international development and evidence-based research to advance the sustainable development goals.
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Ms Ying Zhang
PhD candidate
Monash University

Economic evaluation alongside a clinical trial of Near-to-Patient Testing for sexually transmitted infections

11:15 AM - 11:20 AM

Biography

Ying is a PhD candidate based at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Monash University. She has a strong interest in diagnostic testing and sexual health. Her PhD research is focused on HIV self-testing among overseas-born GBMSM in Australia.
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Dr Natalie Edmiston
VMO
Northern NSW Sexual Assault Service

Motivations, barriers and facilitators to work as sexual assault examiners in NSW, Australia

11:20 AM - 11:25 AM

Biography

Natalie is Sexual Health Specialist and has many years experience as a clinician and researcher in Sexual Health. Natalie is currently the Medical Lead for Northern NSW Sexual Assault Services, works for NSW Health, Education Centre Against Violence, and is a researcher with Western Sydney University.
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Mr Nyi Nyi Soe
PhD Candidate
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence-powered Screening for Sexually Transmitted Infections-related Skin Lesions using Clinical Images and Metadata

11:25 AM - 11:30 AM

Biography

Nyi Nyi is a PhD candidate at Monash University pursuing innovative research in applying machine learning and deep learning techniques to detect and diagnose sexually transmitted infection (STI)-related dermatological conditions. His doctoral researchfocuses on developing automated image recognition and classification models to assist in the early identification of STI manifestations.
Ms Ursula Biba
Medical Student
David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles

Field evaluation of a dual treponemal/non-treponemal point-of-care test for syphilis within an HIV PrEP program in Hanoi, Vietnam

11:30 AM - 11:35 AM

Biography

Ursula Biba is a third-year medical student at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. She is part of the Global Health Equity Pathway and is interested in increasing equitable access to health care and improving care delivery for marginalized groups.
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Dr. Teralynn Ludwick
Senior Research Fellow
University Of Melbourne

Building service linkages for treatment and follow-up in web-based STI testing services

11:35 AM - 11:40 AM

Biography

Teralynn Ludwick is a public health researcher with a focus on health services research and evaluation. She is currently a Research Fellow at the Melbourne School of Population and Global Health and is managing the co-design and implementation research of Victoria, Australia’s first online sexual health clinic
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Dr Kevin Martin
Clinical Research Fellow
London School Of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Validation of a novel lateral flow assay for screening for Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection among pregnant women in Zimbabwe

11:40 AM - 11:45 AM

Biography

Dr Kevin Martin is undertaking a PhD registered at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. He is based in Zimbabwe, where his research focusses on the integration of aetiological approaches to STI management into public sector health services for pregnant women.
Dr Rachel Burdon
Deputy Director
RPA Sexual health

Women living with HIV in Australia: identifying and managing their reproductive, age-related, and psychosocial health needs in a metropolitan sexual health service

11:45 AM - 12:00 PM

Biography

Dr Rachel Burdon is currently a Senior Staff Specialist and is the Deputy Director for the Sydney Local Health District Department of Sexual Health Medicine. Prior to this she worked as a GP in a high HIV caseload general practice in Darlinghurst and has worked internationally for NGOs and multilateral partners to support the scale up of HIV prevention, care and treatment services in Vietnam and Papua New Guinea. She is passionate about providing client centred, equitable and accessible HIV and Sexual Health Prevention, Care and Treatment services.
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Dr Louise Causer
Senior Lecturer
The Kirby Institute

Reach and impact of a national community-led molecular point-of-care testing program for sexually transmitted infections in regional and remote Australia

11:50 AM - 11:55 AM

Biography

Louise is a medical epidemiologist and co-leads the National STI POCT program (TTANGO3). Joshua is the Sexual Health and BBV Program Officer supporting Aboriginal community-controlled health services to raise STI awareness and improve patient outcomes including through point-of-care testing. He is a member of the First Nations POCT Leaders Group.

Judges Invited

Huan Dong
Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellow
UCLA

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Catherine O'Connor
Senior Visiting Fellow
The Kirby Institute

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Janet Towns
Sexual Health Physician
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre


Poster Tour Chair

Lisa Wang
Staff Specialist
Gold Coast Sexual Health Service

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