13E. ASRH Abstract Session: Clinical management: STI clinical features, aetiology and improving testing and care access
Tracks
Track 5
| Wednesday, September 17, 2025 |
| 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM |
| Riverbank Room 7&8 (Lower Level) |
Details
All Q&A at the end of the session
Speaker
Dr. Kay Htaik
Sexual Health Physician
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Dr. Kay Htaik
Sexual Health Physician
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Dr Ei Thu Aung
Sexual Health Physician
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Understanding the epidemiology, clinical characteristics and infection severity of mpox cases in 2024 outbreaks in Victoria, Australia
4:17 PM - 4:29 PMBiography
Ei is a sexual health physician and post-doctoral research fellow at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Monash University.
Dr Louise Causer
Senior Lecturer
The Kirby Institute
Improving equitable access to STI diagnosis and cure: trends in point-of-care testing and a new funding model in remote First Nations health services in Australia
4:29 PM - 4:41 PMBiography
Dr Causer is a medical epidemiologist at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney and Lead for the Decentralised Diagnostics Implementation Research Group. She is the Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) lead for the First Nations Molecular Point of Care Testing Program for infectious disease in regional and remote First Nations health services.
Mr Robert Monaghan
Yandamanjang, First Nations Health Research Program Manager
Kirby Institute
Co-presenting: Improving equitable access to STI diagnosis and cure: trends in point-of-care testing and a new funding model in remote First Nations health services in Australia
4:41 PM - 4:41 PMBiography
Robert Monaghan is a descendant of the Bundjalung (on his Grandmother’s side) and Gumbaynggir (on his Grandfather’s side) Nations, his family and extended family are from the North Coast NSW alongside the Clarence River at Baryulgil.
He has worked within the Aboriginal community-controlled health sector with national, state and local governments for over 25 years.
Robert is the Kirby Institute’s inaugural Manager of First Nations Health Research. In this role, he leads the development of systems, policies, and a cultural framework to support the Kirby Institute’s First Nations health research, is Chair of the Kirby Institute’s First Nations health research advisory committee, and a member of the Executive Committee.
Dr Carol El-Hayek
Senior Research Fellow
Poche Centre For Indigenous Health, Uq
DEVELOPING INTEGRATED STI CARE CASCADES TO SUPPORT CLINICAL CARE AND SURVEILLANCE IN ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY CONTROLLED HEALTH SERVICES
4:41 PM - 4:53 PMBiography
Carol El-Hayek is an epidemiologist and public health researcher with over 15 years’ experience managing state and national surveillance systems, monitoring BBV?STIs, and evaluating public health programs.
Carol is a Senior Research Fellow in the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, managing the ATLAS Indigenous primary care surveillance network.
Miss Victoria Hoban
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand
YOU DO THE TEST WE’LL DO THE REST: A NURSE-LED COLLABORATIVE MULTI-SERVICE MODEL TO PROMOTE COMPLETE SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED BLOOD BOURNE INFECTION (STBBI) TESTING IN THE EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT
4:53 PM - 5:05 PMBiography
Currently works as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Christchurch for the Infection Management Service (formerly Infectious Diseases) with a background in a variety of resource poor settings and Australasian ED's.
Ms Hollie Timmins
Nurse Practitioner
Swan Hill District Health- Community Health
Men's Sexual Health Clinic 'addressing rural healthcare marginalisation'
5:05 PM - 5:10 PMBiography
Hollie Timmins is an NP in Sexual and Reproductive Health working in regional Swan Hill. The catchment area incorporates approximately 21,000 individuals who are often marginalised from healthcare resulting in limited accessibility of healthcare needs. Hollie continually advocates that sexual healthcare should be available for all regardless of their postcode.
ASRH Conference
13E. Questions & Discussion
5:10 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
ASRH Session Chair
Emma Knowland
Nurse Practitioner
West Moreton Health / ASHHNA
Lenka Vodstrcil
Senior Research Fellow
Monash University & Mshc
ECR Judge
Julie Avery
Director Of Nursing / Nurse Practitioner
Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa
Claire Fotheringham
Senior Medical Officer
Sunshine Coast Health/Qld Virtual Hospital
Sally Sweeney
Specialist GP
Brightwell Health; Conjoint Senior Lecturer University of Newcastle