Sexual Health Symposium: Outbreak of gonorrhoea in young people in Australian cities; why and what should be done?
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| Wednesday, November 8, 2017 |
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
| Bradman Theatrette |
Speaker
Dr Praveena Gunaratnam
Research Fellow
Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
Epidemiology of gonorrhoea in Australia
11:30 AM - 11:45 AMBiography
Praveena Gunaratnam works within both the Public Health Interventions Research Group and the Surveillance, Evaluation and Research Program at the Kirby Institute, with a focus on migrant populations.
Prof Donna Mak
Head Population and Preventive Health, Fremantle Public Health Physician,
School of Medicine - University of Notre Dame/ WA Health
Epidemiology and Control in Western Australia
11:45 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Donna Mak is a public health physician at Communicable Disease Control in the WA health Dept. She also heads the Populationa nd preventive Health Domain at the University of Notre Dame and works at the WA AIDS Council's M clinic.
A/Prof David Whiley
Principal Research Fellow
The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
Molecular epidemiology: Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Circulating Amongst Heterosexuals in New South Wales
12:00 PM - 12:15 PMBiography
Associate Professor David Whiley is a principal research fellow at the Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland and a research scientist at Pathology Queensland. Antibiotic-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a particular research interest of his, and recently he has been leading studies that aim to enhance gonorrhoea surveillance and treatment.
Dr Eric Chow
Senior Research Fellow
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Risk factors for gonorrhoea in heterosexuals
12:15 PM - 12:30 PMBiography
Dr Chow is an early-career research fellow at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Monash University. He is an epidemiologist with a strong interest in health promotion, program evaluation, clinical and epidemiological research in STI and a particular focus on gonorrhoea and human papillomavirus.
Professor Christopher Fairley
Director
Melbourne Sexual Health
Other explanations and control of gonorrhea in heterosexual populations
12:30 PM - 12:45 PMBiography
Kit Fairley has been the Director of Melbourne Sexual Health Centre since 2001. He has an appointment at Monash University as Professor of Public Health. His research interests are the control of STIs.
