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Research Oral Abstract Session - Progress Towards Hepatitis C Elimination

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Track 1
Thursday, October 14, 2021
2:25 PM - 3:35 PM

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Dr Heather Valerio
Research Fellow
The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney

Declining prevalence of current HCV infection associated with increased treatment uptake among people who inject drugs: the ethos engage study

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

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Heather is a PhD candidate in the Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program at the Kirby Institute.
Ms Megan Bardsley
Scientist
Public Health England

Trends in chronic hepatitis C infection among people who inject drugs in England: real world data, 2011-2018

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

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Epidemiologist within the National Infection Service at Public Health England
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Dr Evan Cunningham
Senior Lecturer Fellow
Unsw/ Kirby Institute

Interventions to enhance testing and treatment uptake for hepatitis C infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

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Evan is a lecturer at the Kirby Institute at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. His research is focused on addressing the remaining steps to HCV elimination including HCV reinfection, ongoing injecting risk behaviours, and interventions to improve HCV care.
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Prof Jeffrey Lazarus
Research Professor
ISGlobal

A global systematic review of efforts to accelerate the elimination of hepatitis C through micro-elimination among PWID and other target populations

3:15 PM - 3:20 PM

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Dr Lazarus leads the ISGlobal Health Systems Research Group, which includes viral hepatitis elimination studies. He is vice-chair of the EASL International Liver Foundation, is a core member of the Lancet Gastroenterology and Hepatology Commission on Viral Hepatitis and is a working group chair of the EASL-Lancet Liver Health Commission.
Mr Thomas Seyler
Scientific Analyst
Emcdda

Monitoring the progress towards elimination of hepatitis B and C among PWID: A European perspective

3:20 PM - 3:25 PM

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Scientific analyst
Miss Davina Jugnarain
Medical Student
Queen Mary University Of London

Role of Peer Support in a Hepatitis C Elimination Program

3:25 PM - 3:30 PM

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Davina is a fourth-year medical student studying at Queen Mary University of London with a BSc Biochemistry from Imperial College London. Since approaching Prof Graham Foster for a research project, she has studied in-depth peer support for hepatitis C and harm reduction. Her interests include hepatology, infectious disease and immunology
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Mr julian surey
Nurse manager / research fellow
UCLH NHS Trust / University College London

Experiences of advanced peer support workers as they progress from peer to professional: A qualitative evaluation

3:30 PM - 3:35 PM

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Julian Surey is an inclusion health clinical nurse specialist and PhD candidate in infectious disease epidemiology in marginalised populations.

Chair

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Trevor Goodyear
PhD Student
University Of British Columbia

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Alison Marshall
Research Fellow
UNSW/Kirby Institute


Speaker - will not appear in Portal

Megan Bardsley
Scientist
Public Health England

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Evan Cunningham
Senior Lecturer Fellow
Unsw/ Kirby Institute

Davina Jugnarain
Medical Student
Queen Mary University Of London

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Jeffrey Lazarus
Research Professor
ISGlobal

Thomas Seyler
Scientific Analyst
Emcdda

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julian surey
Nurse manager / research fellow
UCLH NHS Trust / University College London

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Heather Valerio
Research Fellow
The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney

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