5. HIV&AIDS Plenary

Tracks
Track 1
Track 2
Track 3
Track 4
Paediatrics Day
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
8:55 AM - 10:40 AM
Pyrmont Theatre

Details

Chairs:
Jeanne Ellard, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society
Scott Harlum, NAPWHA


Speaker

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The Hon Mark Butler MP
Minister for Health and Aged Care

Government Welcome

8:55 AM - 9:10 AM

Biography

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Mr Teymur Noori
Expert Hiv
ECDC

HIV in migrant populations: the European situation

9:10 AM - 9:40 AM

Biography

Teymur Noori is a psychologist and works at the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) as an expert on monitoring an evaluation. He is primarily responsible for monitoring progress toward the Sustainable Development Goals as they pertain to HIV in Europe and Central Asia. Teymur also leads ECDC work on migrant health and infectious diseases.
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Dr. Marit Van Gils
Associate Professor
Amsterdam Umc, University Of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The path to find an HIV vaccine

9:40 AM - 10:10 AM

Biography

Dr. Marit van Gils is focused on understanding how vaccines induce protective antibodies against viral infections, including HIV and more recently, coronaviruses. She completed her Ph.D., and postdoctoral research at the University of Amsterdam and partly at Scripps Research, San Diego, USA. Her discoveries have informed next-generation HIV vaccine designs.
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Dr David Carter
Scientia Associate Professor
Faculty Of Law & Justice, UNSW

Laws Past/Law’s Future: HIV and the Legal Needs of People Beyond Criminalisation

10:10 AM - 10:40 AM

Biography

Scientia Associate Professor David Carter is an Australian lawyer and researcher in the field of medical and health law at UNSW. David currently leads the Health+Law Research Partnership which aims to improve access to justice and quality of life for those living with Hepatitis B or HIV in Australia.

Chair

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Jeanne Ellard
Research Fellow
La Trobe University

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Scott Harlum
President
NAPWHA

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