Poster Highlights 5: ASRH Social, political and cultural aspects
Tracks
| Wednesday, September 16, 2026 |
| 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM |
| Exhibition Hall |
Speaker
Ms Eleni Gabrielides
Manager Health Promotion
Meridian
Cover Yourself in Canberra: a five-year reflection on humour and cultural relevance in sexual health promotion
1:00 PM - 1:05 PMBiography
Eleni Gabrielides is a Health Promotion Manager at Meridian in Canberra, with six years’ experience in sexual health promotion. She focuses on creating inclusive, community-driven initiatives that support engagement, reduce stigma, and improve access to care.
Miss Kate Toomey
Sexual And Reproductive Health Project Officer
CERSH, University of Melbourne
Northeast Roadshow
1:05 PM - 1:10 PMBiography
Kate is a project officer at the Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health, University of Melbourne. Kate designs and coordinates sexual health promotion initiatives for regional and rural communities, with a strong focus on workforce development and priority populations, including culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) and First Nations communities.
Mr BENJAMIN MWAMVANI
Project Officer
Malawi Network of Aids Service Organisation
Youth Leadership Boosts Access to HIV Testing in Mbalachanda, Mzimba South, Malawi
1:10 PM - 1:15 PMBiography
Am a Malawian public health professional and Regional Project Officer at MANASO. I specializes in community systems strengthening, HIV/AIDS programming and maternal and child health. With over ten years’ experience, i have led district-level initiatives, capacity building and service delivery improvements, supported by strong data analysis and program management skills.
Ms Eleni Gabrielides
Manager Health Promotion
Meridian
You CAN ask that: Using real-world misinformation to inform sexual health education and engagement.
1:15 PM - 1:20 PMBiography
Eleni Gabrielides is a Health Promotion Manager at Meridian in Canberra, with six years’ experience in sexual health promotion. She focuses on creating inclusive, community-driven initiatives that support engagement, reduce stigma, and improve access to care.
Mx Micha Couell
Project Officer - Word on the Sheets
ACON
Eroticising evidence: sex, pleasure and desire as portals into queer sexual and reproductive health promotion
1:20 PM - 1:25 PMBiography
Micha Couell is a Project Officer at ACON working on Word on the Sheets, Australia's first digital SRH resource for LGBTQ+ women and TGD communities. With five years across harm reduction and LGBTQ+ health promotion, she brings a background in performance art, poetry and sex and kink education.
Mr Leon Huxtable
Schools And Community Educator
Sexual Health Victoria
Sexual & Reproductive Health Australia’s (SRHA) Recommendations for Pornography Education
1:25 PM - 1:30 PMBiography
The Sexual and Reproductive Health Australia Educator Group consists of educations from the Sexual and Reproductive Organisations in each state and territory. The Educator Group continues to work towards our overarching goal: Optimal sexual and reproductive health and rights for everyone, everywhere.
Ms Jingfei Wu
Postgraduate Student
The Kirby Institute
EXPERIENCES OF REPRODUCTIVE COERCION AND ABUSE AMONG WOMEN: QUALITATIVE FINDINGS FROM THE THIRD AUSTRALIAN STUDY OF HEALTH AND RELATIONSHIPS
1:30 PM - 1:35 PMBiography
Jingfei is a research nurse coordinator based in Melbourne with a background in nursing and medical law. She is currently completing a Master of Public Health at UNSW and works with Dr Carter and A/Prof Nathan on research exploring Australian women’s experiences of reproductive abuse and coercion.
Pastor P.Nunlai Flomo
Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning
Stop Aids in Liberia
PRECISION ADVOCACY: LEVERAGING DHIS2 TO BRIDGE HEALTH EQUITY GAPS IN HIV PREVENTION FOR MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES IN LIBERIA
1:35 PM - 1:40 PMBiography
P. Nunlai Flomo is a Liberian, a pastor, and a Monitoring and Evaluation specialist with eight years of experience. An expert in MEAL and data science, he integrates machine learning into community development. he balances technical leadership in data-driven policy with a commitment to mentoring others and fostering inclusive innovation.
Mrs Tammy Rudduck
RAPID HIV/STI Program Manager
Queensland Positive People
From vision to impact: 12 years of Brisbane’s peer-led RAPID clinic
1:40 PM - 1:45 PMBiography
Melissa Warner – Bachelor of Nursing, Masters Public Health, CEO, QPP – Over 20 + years experience in HIVand sexual health clinical care, programs, policy, and research across Australia, the UK, and Asia.
He/him Thisanut Kaewnukul
Community Health Promotion Officer
Acon Health
Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis (Doxy-PEP) Awareness, Access Gaps and Health System Navigation Barriers Among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men from Multicultural Backgrounds in Australia
1:45 PM - 1:50 PMBiography
Bright is a community health promotion officer for the Asian Gay, Bi+, and Queer Men project at ACON. Bright leads community outreach, community building and research, focusing on culturally inclusive health initiatives and connecting with Asian Gay, Bi+, and Queer Men in Sydney.