6B. HIV&AIDS Abstracts Session: Epidemiology, prevention & public health: Surveillance and strategies for reaching virtual elimination
Tracks
Track 2
Tuesday, September 16, 2025 |
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
City Room 1&2 (Upper Level) |
Details
All Q&A at the end of the session
Speaker
Dr Timothy Broady
Senior Research Fellow
Centre For Social Research In Health, UNSW
HIV Prevention Needs and Strategies Among gay and Bisexual Men and Non-Binary People with Different Gendered Partners: Results of Modified Behavioural Surveillance in Australia
11:00 AM - 11:12 AMBiography
Dr Timothy Broady is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW. His research focuses on prevention, testing, and treatment of bloodborne viruses and sexually transmissible infections, with a particular focus on addressing stigma and discrimination among affected communities.
Dr Ella Spear
Infectious Diseases Advanced Trainee
Monash Health
Prevalence of HIV indicator conditions in patients with late diagnosis of HIV: 25 years on, are we still missing opportunities for earlier care?
11:12 AM - 11:24 AMBiography
Dr Ella Spear is a first-year Advanced Trainee in Infectious Diseases at Monash Health. She is interested in HIV medicine, with a focus on how education and policy reform can improve care delivery for people living with HIV, aiming to enhance health outcomes through system-level and patient-centred approaches.
Dr Leo Featherstone
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
The Kirby Institute & Unsw
Quantifying the effect of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis on HIV-1 transmission in New South Wales using molecular epidemiology
11:24 AM - 11:36 AMBiography
I am an expert in phylogenetics and phylodynamics. My research focuses on the theory and application of phylodynamic models for epidemiological inference in a range of viral and bacterial pathogens. At the Kirby Institute, I work with the H2Seq working group to develop routine reporting for HIV and HCV.
Dr Jerram Bateman
Research Fellow
University Of Otago
Supporting antiretroviral therapy uptake and adherence for people living with HIV in Aotearoa New Zealand
11:36 AM - 11:48 AMBiography
Dr Jerram Bateman is a Research Fellow in the AIDS Epidemiology Group at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
Prof Martin Holt
Professor
Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney
Long-term trends in Australian gay and bisexual men's sexual practices with male partners: a 25-year retrospective
11:48 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Martin Holt is a Professor at the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney. He leads a program of HIV prevention research, including the GBQ+ Community Periodic Surveys.
Mr Rongxing Weng
PhD Student
Kirby Institute
Spatial distribution of late HIV diagnoses among adults from 2014 to 2023 in Australia
12:00 PM - 12:05 PMBiography
Mr Rongxing Weng is a PhD student at the Kirby Institute. His research project is to understand the HIV epidemic in Australia across space and time. His interests include prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STI), mathematical modelling, STI screening, and sexual behaviour.
Dr Dean Murphy
Senior Research Fellow
ARCSHS, La Trobe University
Contrasting accounts of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) discontinuation in two qualitative studies in Australia (2024–2025)
12:05 PM - 12:10 PMBiography
Dr Dean Murphy is Senior Research Fellow at ARCSHS, La Trobe University, where he leads the research theme on blood-borne viruses and other stigmatised conditions. He currently leads a new ARC Discovery Project which is undertaking the first analysis of public policy related to HIV ‘elimination’ in Australian settings.
HIV&AIDS Conference
6B. Questions & Discussion
12:10 PM - 12:30 PMBiography
HIV&AIDS Session Chair
Tiffany Phillips
Research Fellow
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Zoe Sever
HIV Program Manager
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