11A. HIV&AIDS Abstract Session: Clinical management: Comorbidities, Coinfection
Tracks
| Wednesday, September 16, 2026 |
| 11:20 AM - 12:50 PM |
| Grand Ballroom 1&2 |
Details
This session will provide an update on comorbidities and coinfections as they relate to people with HIV. Presentations will pertain to ageing, viral hepatitis, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, and anal cancer and MPOX in people with HIV.
- To provide a contemporary update on key comorbidities and coinfections affecting people with HIV.
- To evaluate emerging screening and risk-assessment tools for comorbidities in people with HIV
- To discuss key considerations in the management of overlapping infections and comorbidities in people with HIV
Speaker
Prof Jennifer Hoy
Director Hiv Medicine
Alfred Hospital And Monash University
Does frailty assessment, biomarkers of ageing and phenotypic age scores predict mortality in older people with HIV?
11:20 AM - 11:32 AMBiography
Professor Jenny Hoy is an Infectious Diseases physician and Director of HIV Medicine at Alfred Health and Monash University. She has remained involved in patient care and research since the 1980s. Her research focus now lies in understanding the prevention and management of the comorbidities associated with Ageing and HIV.
Dr Mary Poynten
Senior Lecturer
The Kirby Institute
Interim results from a Pilot trial of Anal Neoplasia Treatment in people living with HIV in Sydney, Australia (the PANTHER study)
11:32 AM - 11:44 AMBiography
Dr Mary Poynten is a clinical epidemiologist whose research since 2008 has focussed on anal cancer natural history and prevention.
Dr Kasha Singh
Doctor
Vids
Dr Jane Macleod
Advanced Trainee Shm; Gp
Gold Coast Sexual Health Service
Risk of hepatitis B virus(HBV) infection or reactivation in people living with HIV(PLWH) who attend Gold Coast Sexual Health Service(GC SHS) and are on 2-drug non-HBV covering antiretroviral treatment(2DR)
11:56 AM - 12:08 PMBiography
Dr Jane MacLeod is an Advanced Sexual Health Medicine Trainee at Gold Coast Sexual Health Service; and a GP.
HIV&AIDS Conference
11A. Abstract Presentation Questions & Discussion
12:08 PM - 12:18 PMBiography
Prof Chloe Orkin
Professor Of Infection And Inequities
QMUL
MPOX Update
12:18 PM - 12:43 PMBiography
Chloe is Clinical Professor of Infection and Inequities. She directs the QMUL-based SHARE research Collaborative for health equity at Queen Mary University of London and Consultant Physician at Barts Health NHS Trust. She focuses on long-acting therapy for HIV and on equitable research delivery. Chloe has held multiple leadership positions including clinical advisor to WHO Europe during the Mpox pandemic,
Chair of the British HIV Association, President of the (MWF) and IAS governing council member. In 2024 she was awarded an MBE by the King for services to the NHS.
HIV&AIDS Conference
11A. Questions & Discussion
12:43 PM - 12:50 PMBiography
Session Chair
Fiona Bisshop
Sexual Health GP
Holdsworth House
Mark O'Reilly
Director
East Sydney Doctors