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6A. HIV&AIDS Abstract Session: Epidemiology, prevention & public health: Living with HIV, surveillance, inequities in outcomes

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Tuesday, September 15, 2026
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

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Dr Koson Tony Sriamporn
Research Fellow
University of Auckland

“Just a hole… in the healthcare system?” Developing a social marketing strategy to improve survey participation among gender-diverse communities: lessons from New Zealand’s national HIV behavioural surveillance programme

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Koson Tony Sriamporn is a Research Fellow at the School of Population Health (University of Auckland, NZ) and an executive member of the NZ Sexual Health Society. He is a health psychologist researcher interested in HIV and STI prevention practices, blood donation, quantitative methodologies, and psychometric development.
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Professor Graham Brown
Professor
Australian Research Centre In Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Australia

The PozQoL Network – building new insights and partnerships to strengthen cross-sectoral HIV care

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Graham leads a research program at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society looking at the role of peer programs, and leads the research partnership that developed PozQoL, a validated quality of life scale for people with HIV, and trialled its implementation in peer, community and clinical settings.
Aaron Cogle
Executive Director
NAPWHA

The Gaps Report: Understanding viral non-suppression among people living with HIV in Australia

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Ms Alexandra Miller
Senior Project Coordinator
The Kirby Institute

Women diagnosed with HIV in Australia: results from the National HIV Data Linkage Study

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Alley Miller is a Senior Project Coordinator with experience in national HIV surveillance and linked data analysis, with a focus on improving outcomes for women living with HIV
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Dr Dean Murphy
Senior Research Fellow
ARCSHS, La Trobe University

WHEN PrEP BREAKS DOWN: EXPERIENCES OF PREVIOUS PrEP USE AMONG PEOPLE RECENTLY DIAGNOSED WITH HIV (2023–2026)

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Senior Research Fellow and convenor of the blood-borne viruses research theme at ARCSHS (the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society) at La Trobe University.
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Dr Skye McGregor
Epidemiologist
The Kirby Institute

Demographic characteristics and time to treatment First Nations peoples diagnosed with HIV: The Australian National HIV Data Linkage Study

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Professor James Ward is a Pitjantjatjara and Narungga 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.
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Dr Allison Carter
Senior Lecturer
The Kirby Institute

The social and health characteristics of women living with hiv in Australia: Findings from a sentinel surveillance network, 2010–2025

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Dr. Allison Carter is NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow and Head of the Sexual Health and Reproductive Equity Research Group at the Kirby Institute. Her research program aims to strengthen responses to gender, social justice, and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
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