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Lunch Session: Ending syphilis in Australia and the Pacific - ASHM session

Tracks
Track 2
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
12:40 PM - 1:55 PM
C2.2

Details

Chairs:
Lucas de Toca, Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Michelle O'Connor, ASHM Health


Speaker

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Professor Paul Kelly
Chief Medical Officer
Department of Health and Aged Care

The syphilis response in Australia

12:40 PM - 12:48 PM

Biography

Professor Paul Kelly is the Australian Government’s Chief Medical Officer. He is a public health physician and epidemiologist who has been a researcher, health systems developer, post-graduate teacher and a health executive in Australia and internationally. He has advised the Commonwealth Government and the National Cabinet during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Professor James Ward
Director
UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health original Health

Priorities for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia’s syphilis response

12:48 PM - 12:56 PM

Biography

Professor James Ward is a Pitjantjatjara and Nukunu man, an infectious diseases epidemiologist and a national leader in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research. He is currently the Director of the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at The University of Queensland.
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Dr Petronia Kaima
PNG National Health Department HIV program
Png National Health Department

The syphilis response in PNG

12:56 PM - 1:04 PM

Biography

Dr. Petronia Kaima, Senior STI and HIV Medical Officer working with the National Department of Health, PNG
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Ms Maia Da Costa Tilman
Project Manager
Maluk Timor

Supporting triple elimination in Timor-Leste

1:04 PM - 1:12 PM

Biography

Maia is a Timorese health professional whose career spans nursing, clinical quality improvement, public health, and project management who is passionate about health system strengthening to improve health outcome for communities through health workforce capacity building.
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Dr Eleanor MacMorran
HIV Clinical Mentor
Maluk Timor

Supporting triple elimination in Timor-Leste

1:04 PM - 1:12 PM

Biography

Eleanor is an Infectious Diseases physician who is passionate about health system strengthening and providing quality HIV care in resource-limited environments. She divides her time between clinical work in Hobart and supporting an HIV program in Timor-Leste. She works as a consultant for ASHM and for Maluk Timor.
IUSTI World Congress

Panel Discussion

1:12 PM - 1:55 PM

Biography

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Professor Paul Kelly
Chief Medical Officer
Department of Health and Aged Care

Panelist

Biography

Professor Paul Kelly is the Australian Government’s Chief Medical Officer. He is a public health physician and epidemiologist who has been a researcher, health systems developer, post-graduate teacher and a health executive in Australia and internationally. He has advised the Commonwealth Government and the National Cabinet during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Professor James Ward
Director
UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health original Health

Panelist

Biography

Professor James Ward is a Pitjantjatjara and Nukunu man, an infectious diseases epidemiologist and a national leader in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research. He is currently the Director of the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at The University of Queensland.
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Dr Petronia Kaima
PNG National Health Department HIV program
Png National Health Department

Panelist

Biography

Dr. Petronia Kaima, Senior STI and HIV Medical Officer working with the National Department of Health, PNG
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Professor Michael Marks
Professor Of Medicine
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Panelist

Biography

Michael Marks is Professor of Medicine at LSHTM and an Honorary Consultant in Infectious Diseases at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, University College London Hospital. His major area of interest has been the epidemiology and control of Treponema pallidum including using next-generation sequencing approaches, evaluating Linezolid as a new oral therapy for syphilis investigating integrating near-patient diagnostics for STIs into antenatal care in Zimbabwe.
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Ms Maia Da Costa Tilman
Project Manager
Maluk Timor

Panelist

Biography

Maia is a Timorese health professional whose career spans nursing, clinical quality improvement, public health, and project management who is passionate about health system strengthening to improve health outcome for communities through health workforce capacity building.
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Dr Eleanor MacMorran
HIV Clinical Mentor
Maluk Timor

Panelist

Biography

Eleanor is an Infectious Diseases physician who is passionate about health system strengthening and providing quality HIV care in resource-limited environments. She divides her time between clinical work in Hobart and supporting an HIV program in Timor-Leste. She works as a consultant for ASHM and for Maluk Timor.

Chair

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Lucas de Toca
Ambassador For Global Health
Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

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Michelle O’Connor
Director, ASHM Global
ASHM Health

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