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 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.

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.

Sue is the Leader of the AIDS Epidemiology Group, based in the University of Otago in Dunedin. The Group carries out surveillance of HIV and AIDS in New Zealand. Sue will be presenting research conducted in the aged care sector, around knowledge and attitudes with HIV.

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 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 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.