Plenary Session - Friday
Friday, October 15, 2021 |
8:55 AM - 10:30 AM |
Speaker
Questions & Discussion
Questions & Discussion
9:40 AM - 10:00 AMBiography
Ms Linda Montanari
Principal scientist
EUDA
Impact of COVID-19 on drug use and health services for people who use drugs
9:00 AM - 9:20 AMBiography
Health sociologist, works as principal scientist at European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) since 2000.
She coordinates the area of drugs and prison at the EMCDDA, with the objective to improve data availability and comparability on drug problem and drug related interventions in prison across European countries.
Mr Matthew Bonn
Drug Culture Advisor
ChangeMark Research & Evaluation
Choice and flexibility for people who use drugs: Does COVID-19 show us the way
9:20 AM - 9:40 AMBiography
Matthew is the program coordinator with the Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs. He's a board member of the International Network of Health and Hepatitis in Substance Users. Matthew was also on Canada’s 64th Canadian Delegation for CND. He is a current drug user and a formerly incarcerated person.
Dr Timothy Papaluca
Hepatology Fellow
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
The C-LINK Trial: A prospective randomised controlled trial showing than care-navigation post release from prisons increases linkage to hepatitis C care
10:00 AM - 10:15 AMBiography
Tim is completing an PhD in hepatitis C at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne, which includes evaluation of models of care for hepatitis C treatment within and beyond the prison setting.
Dr Joanne Carson
Infectious disease and data scientist
Kirby Institute, UNSW
Chair
Charles Henderson
Community Engagement Coordinator and Student
Burnet Institute
Natasha Martin
Professor
University Of California San Diego
Speaker - will not appear in Portal
Matthew Bonn
Drug Culture Advisor
ChangeMark Research & Evaluation
Joanne Carson
Infectious disease and data scientist
Kirby Institute, UNSW
Linda Montanari
Principal scientist
EUDA
Timothy Papaluca
Hepatology Fellow
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
