15B. ASRH Invited Speaker Session: Epidemiology, prevention & public health: No wrong door approach - settings-based response to syphilis
Tracks
| Thursday, September 17, 2026 |
| 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM |
| Grand Ballroom 3&4 |
Speaker
Dr Annie Preston-thomas
Public Health Medical Officer
Cairns Public Health Unit
Don't be shame. Be game - how regional multilevel and cross sectoral approaches with resourcing can control syphilis
11:00 AM - 11:12 AMBiography
Annie works as a Public Health Medical Officer in the Cairns Public Health Unit. Previously she worked as a GP in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in Central Australia and Far North Queensland for 15 years.
Mikaela Seymour
Experiences of PALM Scheme participants in accessing care for HIV, STIs (particularly syphilis), experiences across Australia
11:12 AM - 11:27 AMBiography
Dr Phill Read
Director, Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses - SESLHD/ Director, Kirketon Road Centre
South Eastern Sydney LHD
Stopping syphilis on the streets: embedding point of care testing within a street outreach nursing service, experiences in Australia and overseas
11:27 AM - 11:42 AMBiography
Phillip is a sexual health physician, Director of the Kirketon Road Centre, and Director of Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses in South Eastern Sydney. He is also a conjoint associate professor at the Kirby Institute, UNSW.
Dr Kelly Hosking
Director of Sexual Health Blood Borne Viruses
NT Health & Menzies School of Health Research
Syphilis testing in emergency departments (EDs) as an expanding public health strategy to diagnose asymptomatic infections and prevent congenital syphilis, experiences in Australia and overseas
11:42 AM - 11:57 AMBiography
Dr Kelly Hosking (PhD, MPH, BN) is Director of Sexual Health and Blood Borne Viruses Policy and Strategy at NT Health, Incident Controller for the NT Syphilis Outbreak Incident Management Team, Co-Deputy Director of Viral Hepatitis Programs at Menzies School of Health Research, and Chair of the national Blood Borne Viruses and STI Standing Committee (BBVSS).
ASRH Conference
15B. Panel Discussion
11:57 AM - 12:30 PMBiography
Session Chair
Louise Causer
Senior Lecturer
The Kirby Institute
