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2B. HIV Abstracts: Epidemiology, Prevention & Public Health - Testing

Tracks
Track 2
Monday, September 16, 2024
11:40 AM - 1:10 PM
C4.8

Details

Chair:
Judith Dean, The University of Queensland
Jane Costello, Positive Life NSW


Speaker

Dr Stefanie Vaccher
Senior Research Fellow
Burnet Institute

Different post-COVID-19 recovery in HIV testing according to PrEP use among gay and bisexual men attending clinics in a surveillance network in Australia

11:40 AM - 11:52 AM

Biography

Dr Vaccher is a Senior Research Fellow at the Burnet Institute, where her work focuses on immunisations and health systems strengthening. She completed her PhD on adherence to PrEP at the Kirby Institute in 2019.
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Ms Erin Ogilvie
Project Manager
Kirby Institute

HIV testing among eligible Australians: Findings from the Third Australian Study of Health and Relationships

11:52 AM - 12:04 PM

Biography

Erin Ogilvie is the Project Manager on the Third Australian Study of Health and Relationships (ASHR3) as part of the Surveillance and Evaluation Research Program (SERP) at the Kirby Institute, UNSW. Her experience primarily involves coordination of public health research projects and clinical trials in sexual health, HIV and STIs.
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Dr Benjamin Bavinton
Senior Research Fellow
Kirby Institute

How well targeted is HIV testing of gay and bisexual men since COVID-19 in Australia? Results from national HIV behavioural surveillance, 2019-2023

12:04 PM - 12:16 PM

Biography

Benjamin Bavinton has worked in HIV prevention and research for 20 years in Australia and internationally. He is a Senior Research Fellow and Group Leader at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, focusing on HIV prevention among men who have sex with men and trans women in Australia and the Asia-Pacific.
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Dr Sue McAllister
AIDS Epidemiology Group
University of Otago

Trends in HIV testing among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2002–2022

12:16 PM - 12:28 PM

Biography

Sue is the Leader of the AIDS Epidemiology Group (AEG) based at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. The Group undertakes the surveillance of HIV and AIDS under contract with the NZ Ministry of Health. She is also a co-investigator on the Sex and Prevention of Transmission Study (SPOTS).
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A/prof Nikki Sullivan
Project Development Manager
Thorne Harbour Health

CONNECT: Testing the untested

12:28 PM - 12:40 PM

Biography

Dr Nikki Sullivan is Project Coordinator and Health Educator at SAMESH/ Thorne Harbour health SA and Adjunct Associate Professor in the School of Humanities at the University of Adelaide.
HIV&AIDS 2024

Questions & Discussion

12:40 PM - 1:10 PM

Biography


Chair

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Jane Costello
CEO
Positive Life NSW

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Judith Dean
Principal Research Fellow
The University of Queensland

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