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HIV & AIDS: Theme C Proffered Papers - Test & Treat

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Monday, November 6, 2017
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Royal Theatre

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Dr Ben Bavinton
Associate Lecturer
The Kirby Institute

Undetectable Viral Load Prevents HIV Transmission In Male Serodiscordant Couples In Australia, Thailand And Brazil

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

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Benjamin has worked in the field of HIV prevention and research for over ten years in Australia and internationally. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Kirby Institute and was Project Leader of the Opposites Attract Study, an international cohort study of HIV treatment-as-prevention in male serodiscordant couples.
Dr Nick Medland
Sexual Health Physician
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

Time From HIV Infection To Virological Suppression: Dramatic Fall From 2007-2016.

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

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Nick Medland has more than 20 years clinical experience in HIV across the primary care, community and international sectors. He is completing his PhD and is a sexual health physician at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Royal Melbourne Hospital.
Dr Angie Pinto
PhD Candidate
The Kirby Institute

Rates Of Transmitted Drug Resistant Mutations In Newly Diagnosed Hiv In Nsw 2004-2015

11:45 AM - 11:50 AM

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Angie Pinto trained as a Staff specialist in Infectious diseases and Microbiology and currently works at Royal Prince Alfred hospital. She is completing her PhD with The Kirby Institute and has established a database to enable ongoing surveillance of HIV drug resistance in NSW.
Dr Richard Gray
Senior Lecturer
Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney

Undiagnosed HIV Infections Among Gay And Bisexual Men Increasingly Contribute To New Infections In Australia

11:50 AM - 12:05 PM

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Dr Richard Gray is a researcher in the Surveillance, Evaluation and Research Program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney. His research focuses on using mathematical models to investigate the transmission of HIV, viral hepatitis and other sexually transmitted infections and assess the effectiveness of public health interventions.
Mr Philip Keen
Coordinator NHPPP
The Kirby Institute

New South Wales HIV Diagnosis and Care Cascade, 2016: Meeting the UNAIDS 90-90-90 Targets.

12:05 PM - 12:20 PM

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Phillip Keen is the coordinator of the NSW HIV Prevention partnership Project.
Ms Barbara Telfer
Epidemiologist For Hiv And Hiv Support Program
Health Protection NSW

Predictors of Late Diagnosis for People Newly Diagnosed with HIV Infection in NSW

12:20 PM - 12:25 PM

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Working as an epidemiologist for either NSW Health and MSF/Doctors without borders for about 14 years
Ms Lucy Watchirs Smith
Research Officer
Kirby Institute

Identifying Gaps In Hiv Testing In High-Risk Gay Men

12:25 PM - 12:30 PM

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Lucy Watchirs Smith is a Research Officer and PhD candidate at the Kirby Institute, UNSW.
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Ms Sara Bell
PhD Student
The University of Queensland

Acceptability And Feasibility Of An Integrated HIV Self-Testing (HIVST) Service Delivery Model In Queensland

12:30 PM - 12:35 PM

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Prof Mark Stoove
Head, Public Health Discipline, Co-Head of the HIV Elimination Program
Burnet Institute

Characteristics Of HIV Cases Diagnosed At Non-HIV Specialist GP Clinics In Victoria

12:35 PM - 12:40 PM

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Ms Clarissa Moreira
Research Assistant
Burnet Institute

An Increase In Overseas Born Men Who Have Sex With Men Among HIV Diagnoses In Victoria, Australia

12:40 PM - 12:45 PM

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Clarissa Moreira works on infectious disease and epidemiology and has a particular interest in large data projects and disease surveillance.
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