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IUSTI: Epidemiology and Surveillance Poster Tour

Tracks
Track 1
Thursday, September 19, 2024
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM
Exhibition Hall

Details

Facilitator:
Joe Givan, ASHM Health


Speaker

Dr Huan Dong
Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellow
UCLA

Antimicrobial Susceptibility Among Oropharyngeal Neisseria Isolates from Men in a HIV PrEP Program in Hanoi, Vietnam

12:45 PM - 12:50 PM

Biography

Dr. Huan Vinh Dong is a Pediatric Infectious Disease Fellow at UCLA interested in molecular mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance. He holds a BA in Integrative Biology as well as in Theatre-Performance Studies from UC Berkeley, a MS in Nutrition from Columbia University, and MD from Charles Drew University/UCLA.
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Professor Jo-Anne Dillon
Professor
IUSTI2024 Congress Co-President

Molecular Epidemiology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae Isolates Pre- and Post-COVID (2017-2022): Saskatchewan

12:50 PM - 12:55 PM

Biography

Jo-Anne Dillon's research interests include the antimicrobial susceptibility, molecular epidemiology and biology of Neisseria gonorrhoeae. She co-founded the WHO-GASP program and is currently the President of IUSTI. She is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Saskatchewan.
Ms Liz Walker
Epidemiologist
NSW Health

Epidemiology of infectious syphilis in women of reproductive age in NSW, 2017 to 2023

12:55 PM - 1:00 PM

Biography

Liz Walker is an epidemiologist in the Epidemiology and Data Systems Branch, Health Protection, NSW Health. She hold a Master of Applied Epidemiology (FETP accredited) and MPH.
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Mx Zoïe Alexiou
PhD candidate
National Institute For Public Health And The Environment, STI department

Machine learning methods as a tool for predicting risk of symptoms and reproductive tract complications of chlamydia infection

1:00 PM - 1:05 PM

Biography

Zoïe Alexiou (MSc) is an STI Epidemiologist from the National Institute for Public Health in the Netherlands. Her research combines epidemiology, microbiology and immunogenetics to identify women with highest risk of Chlamydia related complications, alongside qualitative research that examines the impact of such tools on STI care.
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Dr Cheng Wang
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SMU Institute of Global Health/Dermatology Hospital of SMU/Guangdong Provincial STD Control Center

Expanding hepatitis C virus test uptake using self-testing among men who have sex with men in China: two parallel randomized controlled trials

1:05 PM - 1:10 PM

Biography

Cheng Wang is the Vice President of the Dermatology Hospital at Southern Medical University, Associate Chief Physician, Master's Supervisor, Assistant Director of the Global Health Center at Southern Medical University, and Postdoctoral Fellow at North Carolina State University in the United States.
Prof Nicola Low
Professor of Epidemiology And Public Health
University of Bern

Mother-to-child transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: cohort study in Papua New Guinea

1:10 PM - 1:15 PM

Biography

Nicola Low is an epidemiologist and public health specialist. Her research includes evaluation of screening interventions to prevent bacterial STIs and their complications, estimation of the burden of STIs, STIs in pregnancy, and diagnostics for antimicrobial-resistant STIs.
Mr. Haoyi Wang
Phd Researcher
Maastricht University

Risk of HIV and Recent Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections among Transgender and Non-binary Individuals in 20 European Countries: Are We Overlooking Non-binary Persons?

1:15 PM - 1:20 PM

Biography

Haoyi Wang is an Epidemiologist and a PhD candidate with expertise in the related field of infectious disease epidemiology, public health and social psychology. His PhD focuses on the critical use of modelling in combination with social psychology science to facilitate ending the HIV pandemic by 2030.
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Professor Edmond Pui Hang Choi
Assistant Professor
LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong

Chemsex and associated sexual health behavioral outcomes among men who have sex with men in Hong Kong

1:20 PM - 1:25 PM

Biography

Professor EdmondChoi is currently an Assistant Professor at the School of Nursing, The University of Hong Kong. He has received substantial grant awards and has an extensive publication record. He was recognized as one of the top 2% of the world's most-cited scientists in 2021 and 2022 by Stanford University.
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Dr Samuel Adetona Fayemiwo
Reader and Consultant Clinical Microbiologist
Department of Medical Microbiology & Parasitology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.

Roles of lifestyles and clinical presentation associated with RVVC among women of reproductive age in Nigeria

1:25 PM - 1:30 PM

Biography

Dr Samuel Adetona Fayemiwo is a Reader and Honorary Consultant Clinical Microbiologist at the Department of Medical Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Ibadan, and University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria. He works as an ID physician in the University College Hospital’s ARV Clinic, managing HIV/AIDS patients with sexually transmitted diseases.

Judges Invited

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Christian Hoebe
Head Department
GGD Zuid-Limburg/ Maastricht University

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Fabian Kong
Deputy Head, Sexual Health Unit
Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne


Poster Tour Chair

Joseph Givan
Senior Program Officer, Sexual Health
ASHM

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