Sonjelle started her career in public health at a community-based health outreach organization in rural Ghana. She has over ten years of experience in programme implementation and research. Her time in Ghana cemented her dedication to public health approaches that are collaboratively designed and implemented with meaningful data capture.

With a background as a nurse, Ernst has experience as a fieldworker in several low-threshold street-based programs, he increasingly got involved in project management of Harm Reduction interventions in low and middle income countries in the middle east and Asia like Iran, Afghanistan and Myanmar.

A/Professor Philip Cunningham directs the NSW State Reference Laboratory for HIV at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney. Established in 1982 the reference lab plays an important role in providing testing and surveillance to monitor the changing patterns of HIV and HCV infection in Australia. Successfully implementing quality management programs in laboratories throughout the Asia Pacific region, his research interests include improving rates of HIV/HCV testing in key populations.