HIV & AIDS: Theme C Proffered Papers - PrEP
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Monday, November 6, 2017 |
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
Royal Theatre |
Speaker
Dr Martin Holt
Associate Professor
Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney
Community-Level Change In Condom Use Associated With HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis By Gay And Bisexual Men In Melbourne And Sydney, 2013-17
4:00 PM - 4:15 PMBiography
Associate Professor Martin Holt has worked at the Centre for Social Research in Health at UNSW Sydney since 2003. He conducts HIV prevention research with gay and bisexual men.
Associate Professor Rebecca Guy
Program Head
Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
Who Is The Epic-Nsw Prep Program Reaching? A Comparison Of Epic-Nsw Participants And Hiv Notifications
4:15 PM - 4:25 PMBiography
Rebecca Guy is an Associate Professor and Program Head with the Surveillance Evaluation and Research Program in the Kirby Institute for infection and immunity in society, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW. She is an epidemiologist with expertise in surveillance and public health interventions related to HIV and sexually transmissible infections . Her research focuses on reducing the impact of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) in vulnerable populations, including implementation and evaluation of testing, point-of-care testing and treatment interventions to prevent transmission of HIV and STIs in a range of settings.
Miss Stefanie Vaccher
Phd Student
The Kirby Institute
PrEP and other drugs in the Flux cohort: The new MTV generation
4:25 PM - 4:40 PMBiography
Dr Jin is a senior lecturer at the Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, with research interests including infection-related cancer prevention in high-risk populations.
Stefanie is currently undertaking a PhD at the Kirby Institute. The focus of her research is on adherence to PrEP and associated HIV risk behaviours. She is also the behavioural data manager for over 6000 people on the EPIC-NSW study.
After completing a Bachelor of Psychology with honours, Mo Hammoud commenced his PhD at the Kirby Institute where he is investigating how subcultural affiliation and peer-norms influence drug-use and HIV risk behaviours. Mo is also employed by the Kirby Institute where he works on the Flux Study and the EPIC-NSW study.
Dr Dean Murphy
Senior Research Fellow
ARCSHS, La Trobe University
The use of HIV risk-reduction strategies by gay and bisexual men (including trans men) on PrEP: Experiences in the PrEPX study
4:40 PM - 4:55 PMBiography
Dean Murphy is a Research Fellow at the Kirby Institute, and at the Department of Gender and Cultural Studies, University of Sydney
Dr Anna Wilkinson
Honorary Fellow
Burnet Institute
Using Factor Analyses To Understand The Attitudes Of Australian Gay And Bisexual Men Towards New HIV Prevention Technologies.
4:55 PM - 5:10 PMBiography
Anna Wilkinson is an early career researcher in public health. Dr Anna Wilkinson is an Honorary Fellow at the Burnet Institute, after completing her PhD in HIV epidemiology and prevention. Her interests include surveillance of infectious diseases, epidemiology and biostatistics.
Mr Philip Keen
Coordinator NHPPP
The Kirby Institute
Let’s Talk About Prep – Disclosure of Prep Use Among Gay and Bisexual Men
5:10 PM - 5:20 PMBiography
Johann Kolstee is a PhD student at The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales in the HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program. He is also the Manager of Research and Grants Development at ACON in Sydney.
Mr Garrett Prestage
Associate Professor
The Kirby Institute
Why Are Some Gay And Bisexual Men Eligible For Prep But Not Taking It?
5:20 PM - 5:25 PMBiography
A/Professor Garrett Prestage has been involved in gay community research and advocacy since the 1970s. He has investigated HIV behavioural risk through multiple studies of gay men’s sexual health, since the 1980s. He has strong relationships with gay community organisations and his work informs policy and programmatic responses.
Mr Jason Asselin
Surveillance & Evaluation Manager
Burnet Institute
Not Eligible But Still Risky: Understanding The Reasons Prepx Participants Were Enrolled At Clinicians’ Discretion
5:25 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Jason is the Deputy Head of Surveillance at the Burnet Insitute. Jason has been working with the Burnet Institute since 2013, with a focus on HIV among gay and bisexual men.
Mr Alec Hope
Medical Student
University of New South Wales
Assessing Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis-Based Health Promotion For Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Gay And Bisexual Men
5:30 PM - 5:35 PMBiography
Alec is a medical student at the University of New South Wales. He is working with the Kirby Institute on his student research project on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health promotion in the field of PrEP.