4B. HIV&AIDS Invited Speaker Session: Epidemiology, prevention & public health: No one left behind
Tracks
Track 2
Monday, September 15, 2025 |
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM |
City Room 1&2 (Upper Level) |
Speaker
Dr Skye McGregor
Epidemiologist, Lead Surveillance Innovation Group
The Kirby Institute
Late diagnosis data and other gaps eg. engagement in care, time to treatment initiation
3:30 PM - 3:42 PMBiography
Dr Skye McGregor is a public health epidemiologist and lead of the Surveillance Innovation Group at the Kirby Institute. Skye’s research concentrates on the prevention and surveillance of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections, with a particular focus on populations that experience marginalisation.
Professor James Ward
Director & Professorial Research Fellow
The Poche Centre | University Of Queensland
Ensuring First Nations people are not left behind
3:42 PM - 3:54 PMBiography
Professor James Ward is a Pitjantjatjara and Nukunu man, an infectious diseases epidemiologist and a national leader in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research. He is currently the Director of the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health at The University of Queensland.
Mx Budiadi Sudarto
Research Officer (Part Time)
Monash University
Overseas-born trans and gender diverse people’s experiences with Australian sexual health services: A qualitative study
3:54 PM - 4:06 PMBiography
Budi Sudarto (they/them) is a casual research officer at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Monash University. Their research focuses on HIV and other STI prevention strategies for marginalised communities, including overseas-born gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men, international students, and trans and gender diverse communities.
Dr Fergus McCabe
Director
Waac & View St Medical
On-Site, On-Demand: A Responsive Model for HIV and STI Prevention for MSM Communities- Seeking the final 5%
4:06 PM - 4:18 PMBiography
Dr. Fergus McCabe Medical Governor of the WAac’s M Clinic, an S100 GP and co owner of View Street Medical an inner city general practice with over 350 HIV positive patients. Dr Daniel Vujcich PhD CEO of WAAC and an Adjunct Research Fellow at Curtin University School of Population Health
Professor Edwina Wright
Professor
Alfred Health, Monash University
Edwina Wright
4:18 PM - 4:30 PMBiography
Dr Wright is a clinician and researcher in HIV medicine. Her research leadership lies in the areas of HIV dementia, early antiretroviral therapy, HIV cure and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). She has led several large, national and international trials and has published in leading journals including the New England Journal of Medicine and JAMA. Dr Wright is a Past President of ASHM and is the current Chair of the ASHM PrEP Guidelines Committee. In 2021 Dr Wright was awarded an Order of Australia for her work in HIV Medicine and Research.
HIV&AIDS Conference
4B. Questions & Discussion
4:50 PM - 5:00 PMBiography
HIV&AIDS Session Chair
Tiffany Phillips
Research Fellow
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Daniel Vujcich
CEO
WAAC
