On Demand Topic: Addressing Drug Related Harms
Thursday, September 2, 2021 |
1:00 AM - 2:00 AM |
Speaker
Ms Anna Conway
Research Associate
The Kirby Institute, UNSW
Opioid overdose and naloxone access among people who recently used opioids or received opioid agonist treatment in Australia: the ETHOS Engage Study
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Biography
Anna Conway is a PhD candidate in the Kirby Institute and the Centre for Social Research in Health, investigating health service use and health outcomes in people who use opioids.
Mr Jason Doran
Public Health Intelligence Analyst
Camden And Islington Public Health
#VP03: Factors Associated With Skin And Soft Tissue Infections Amongst People Who Inject Drugs: An Analysis Of Data From Two United Kingdom Surveys To Inform Targeted Responses
Biography
Jason Doran holds a MSc Control of Infectious Diseases from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Currently, he is the Lead Analyst on Substance Misuse and Sexual Health for the Local Government in London (Camden and Islington Public Health)
Dr Marie Dos Santos
Postdoc
AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITE
#PO01: Voicing PWID In The Debate On SIS With Photovoice Method
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Biography
Marie Dos Santos is a sociologist. Her research interests are harm reduction policies and drug users' experiential knowledge. She is interested in community-based participatory researches and she conducts qualitative research (semi-structured, biographical approach and ethnografic study).
Dr Beatrice Downing
Senior Research Associate
University Of Bristol
Miss Zoe Duncan
Phd Student
Monash University
#VP05: Correlates Of Depression And Anxiety In A Community Cohort Of People Who Primarily Smoke Methamphetamine
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Biography
Zoe Duncan is a first year PhD student at Monash University, within the school of Rural Health. Prior to this, she completed a Bachelor of Psychological Sciences (Honours) degree. Her current PhD thesis focuses on addressing the mental health needs of people that primarily smoke methamphetamines, in a community recruited-cohort.
Mrs Claire Edmundson
Scientist
Public Health England
#VP06: Increases In Crack Injection And Associated Risk Factors Among People Who Inject Psychoactive Drugs (PWID) In England And Wales
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Biography
In my role within the infections and drug use team at Public Health England I project manage the annual Unlinked Anonymous Monitoring Survey of People Who Inject Drugs and support the National Infection Service's response to outbreaks among this group.
Mr James Eghaghe
Community Mobilization Manager
The Nigeria Network Of People Who Use Drugs(nnpud)
#VP07: Effectiveness Of Safe Harm Reduction Spaces For Persons Who Inject Drugs Living With HIV And Viral Hepatitis Co-Infections In Lagos, Nigeria
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Biography
MR.EGHAGHE JAMES OSAMUDIA is a Harm Reduction advocate contributing to improve effective community engagement of PWIDs infected and affected by HIV and viral Hepatitis in Nigeria & West-Africa. In the last six years he has championed inclusivity of PWIDs as an active voice in Nigeria’s HIV/Hepatitis Prevention and Treatment agenda.
Mr Juan Fernández Ochoa
Campaigns And Communications Officer
International Drug Policy Consortium (IDPC)
#VP08: Not All Decriminalisation Is Created Equal: Mapping Non-Criminal Responses To Drug Use And Related Activities Globally
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Biography
Juan Fernandez Ochoa is Campaigns and Communications Officer at IDPC. He leads on the development of the Support. Don't Punish campaign and works closely with the Head of Research and Communications in maintaining and expanding the organisation's communication channels.
Ms. Catherine Gannon
Research Assistant
National Institutes of Health
#PO02: High Rates Of Unstable Housing Associated With Depression And Overdose In People With Opioid Use Disorder
Speaker Presentation
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Biography
Catherine Gannon is a graduate of Colby College and works as a research assistant for the DC Partnership for HIV/AIDS Progress Clinical Research Program and as a research fellow at the National Institutes of Health.
Ms. Elizabeth Goodbody
Research Assistant
Cuny Graduate School Of Public Health And Health Policy
Mr Jack Gunn
Research Assistant
Burnet Institute
Ilay Habaz
Medical Student
Centre For Research, Education And Clinical Care Of At-risk Populations (recap)
#PO04: Bare Bones Methadone Maintenance Therapy: Evaluating The Safety Of Low Dose Methadone Without Clinic Appointment Or Drug Screen Requirements
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Biography
Dr. Webster is an infectious disease physician and medical director of RECAP practicing in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. He has a strong interest in research related to marginalized populations, harm reductions and hepatitis C.
Dr Stine Hoj
Research Associate
University Of Montreal
#VP11: Trends In Amphetamine Injection And Predictors Of Initiation Among People Who Inject Drugs In Montreal, Canada, 2011-2019
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Biography
Dr Høj is a social epidemiologist whose work focuses on harm reduction, hepatitis C prevention, and access to health care among people who inject drugs.
Dr Samira Hooshyar
PhD Student
UNSW-Kirby
#VP14: Drug Use Patterns, Injection Risk Behaviours And Harm Reduction Service Utilization Among People Who Inject Drugs In Iran: Results From Three Consecutive Bio-Behavioural Surveillance Surveys
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Biography
I am a PhD candidate (Scientia Scholar) at The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Australia. My research and expertise focus on infectious diseases surveillance and prevention, particularly sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV, and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.
Prof Vivian Hope
Professor Of Public Health
PHI, LJMU
#VP13: Venous Disease, Leg Ulcers And Deep-Vein Thrombosis Among People Who Inject Drugs In The UK: Prevalence And Associated Factors
Biography
Viv is Professor of Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. The focus of his work for the last 30 years has been on the health harms, particularly infections, associated with drug use, and sexual health.
Prof Vivian Hope
Professor Of Public Health
PHI, LJMU
#VP12: Prevalence And Severity Of Abscesses And Cellulitis In A Community-Based Study Of People Who Inject Drugs In London, UK
Biography
Viv is Professor of Public Health at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. The focus of his work for the last 30 years has been on the health harms, particularly infections, associated with drug use, and sexual health.
Dr Marie Jauffret-Roustide
Research Fellow, Sociologist
Inserm
#VP15: Criminalisation Of Injecting Drug Use In Different Settings In France: Voices From Below
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Biography
Marie Jauffret-Roustide is a Sociologist, Research Fellow at Inserm, Paris, France and Affiliate Scientist at BCCSU, Vancouver, Canada. She coordinates an international research program on harm reduction policies focusing on the impact of criminalisation on drug user's trajectories and their access to health services.
Miss Victoria Kulesza
Medical Student
Dalhousie Medical School
#PO05: Longitudinal Follow-Up Of Opiate Agonist Therapy Patients’ Retention In Care In Community-Based HCV Focused Harm Reduction Clinic: Examining Differences In Characteristics, Risk Factors & Retention In Care Between Biological Sexes
Biography
Third year Dalhousie Medical Student with a passion for harm reduction strategies and a strong interest in reducing stigma for our most vulnerable and marginalized populations.
Dr Tina Lam
Research Fellow
Monash Addiction Research Centre
#VP17: Monitoring Fentanyl Contamination Of Heroin Supplies In Melbourne And Sydney, Through Instant Strip Tests And Validated Forensic Laboratory Urinalysis
Biography
Dr Tina Lam is a Research Fellow at the Monash Addiction Research Centre with interests in opioid-related harms and alcohol policy. Dr Lam was the first to analyse and report on a recent Australian trend of increasing heroin-related harm and a plateauing of harms relating to pharmaceutical opioids.
Dr Sarah Larney
Associate Professor
Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
#VP18: Protective Associations Between Opioid Agonist Treatment And Fatal Opioid Overdose Vary With Time And Age: Findings From The Opioid Agonist Treatment And Safety (Oats) Study, New South Wales, Australia, 2001-2016
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Biography
Dr Sarah Larney is based at the Centre de Recherche du CHUM; her research focuses on the epidemiology of drug- and injecting-related harms, including hepatitis C, premature mortality and harms due to the criminal legal system.
Dr Lynne Leonard
Adjunct Professor
School Of Epidemiology And Public Health, University Of Ottawah
#VP19: Inmates’ Perspectives On Canada’s First Prison Overdose Prevention Site
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Biography
Dr Leonard is an Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa where she founded and currently directs the HIV and HCV Prevention Research Team. A social scientist and professional social worker, Dr Leonard conducts community-based research to effect policy and programme change.
Prof Caroline Longpré
Professeure
Université du Québec en Outaouais
#PO06: Solutions To The Challenges Of Accessing Harm Reduction Approaches Services For People Who Use Drugs
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Biography
Caroline Longpré is a professor in the Department of Nursing Sciences at the University of Quebec in Outaouais. She collaborates with the Centre Sida Amité, which uses a harm reduction approach for people who use drugs. She’s interested in the organization of health services to meet the needs of populations.
Dr Brandon D.L. Marshall
Professor
Department of Epidemiology, Brown University School of Public Health, RI, USA
#PO07: Preventing Overdose Using Information And Data From The Environment (Provident): Protocol For A Randomised, Population-Based, Community Intervention Trial
Biography
Dr. Marshall is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health. He is also founding director of the People, Place & Health Collective at Brown University.
Chairman Antony Kaimenyi Nkiiri
Lead Advocacy
Caik(community Advocacy Iniative In Kenya)
#VP16: Enhancing Health Care For PWUDs Through Advocacy For Universal Health Coverage (UHC) For HCV & Harm Reduction
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Biography
NKIIRI Anthony Kaimenyi is a 45 years old male PWUD who used heroin for 20 years and started OST in 2017 at Ngara Health Centre in Nairobi. He is finishing his treatment in May 2020. Meanwhile he is a pro-active paralegal and advocate of the rights of PWUDs.
Ms Marie Nougier
Head Of Research And Communications
International Drug Policy Consortium
#PO08: The Global Drug Policy Index: Leveraging The Power Of Data To Advocate For Drug Policy Reform
Biography
Marie Nougier is responsible for the communications and publications work stream of IDPC, and also engages in networking, civil society capacity building activities, and policy advocacy engagement, in particular at the United Nations, in Latin America and Europe.
Ms Kimberlie Paul Boulanger
Internship student
Université de Montréal
#PO09: Medicine Ward Staff Perceptions: Ease With People Who Inject Drugs, Discomfort With Their Treatments
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Biography
My name is Kimberlie Paul Boulanger, I’m a first-year medical student at l’Université de Montréal. The PUDI project is the first research one that I was involved in.
Ms. Susanna Rhodes
Research
Temple University
#PO10: Network Correlates Of Using A Syringe After An Injection Partner Among Women Who Inject Drugs In Philadelphia, PA
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Biography
Susanna Rhodes completed this research study with Dr. Rudolph as part of her final fieldwork project for an MPH in Epidemiology. Susanna has worked for several harm reduction agencies within the United States and is particularly interested in the health of women who use drugs.
Ms Michelle Rose
Manager Population Health
Norton Healthcare
#PO11: Syringe Exchange Programs Kentucky USA – Harm Reduction Examined Through An Integrated Policy, Medical Infection Prevention And Implementation Science Approach
Biography
Ms Rose, MBA is a population health researcher with the Norton Infectious Diseases Institute. Her areas of interest are HIV, viral hepatitis, STIs, and infections associated with injection drug use. She also does extensive policy work in these areas. Prior to relocating to Kentucky, she worked in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Mr Sotirios Roussos
Research Fellow
Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
#PO16: Estimating The Number Of People Who Inject Drugs In Athens, Greece (2018-2019)
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Biography
Sotirios Roussos is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His main research interest is HCV and HIV among people who inject drugs
Ms Carli Salvati
Research Assistant
CUNY Graduate School Of Public Health And Health Policy
#PO12: Fentanyl And Overdose: Experiences And Behaviors In Young People Who Inject Drugs (PWID)
Speaker Presentation
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Biography
Carli Salvati has spent the last several years working in harm reduction research with young people who use opioids. She received her Masters of Science in Social work from Columbia University School of Social work in 2017.
Dr. Thomas Santo Jr
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
NDARC, UNSW Sydney
#PO13: Estimating The Prevalence Of Child Maltreatment In People With Opioid Dependence: A Systematic Review And Meta-Analysis
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Biography
Tom is focused on the relationship between child maltreatment, mental disorders, opioid use and dependence during his Master of Research candidature at the National Drug & Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney.
Mrs Isabelle Savard
Primary health care nurse practitioner
UQO/Dispeansaire
#PO14: Strategies To Address The Opioid Crisis: A Review Of Systematic Review
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Biography
Isabelle Savard is a nurse practitioner and an assistant professor in Nursing at UQO. She holds Master's degrees in Nursing and in Public Health, and is currently a PhD student in Nursing at McGill University. She continues her clinical practice at Centre Sida Amitié with people in vulnerable situations.
Jessica Seleme
KPs Manager - HIV Programme
Minister of Health
#VP20: Complete Harm Reduction Package For People Who Use Drugs: Pilot Project In Maputo, Mozambique
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Biography
Anne Loarec, trained as Medical Doctor, has been working for 16 years for MSF. In 2018, graduated with a epidemiology Master, AL coordinated the research of a UNITAID-MSF project on HCV access in LMIC. Since 2019, AL coordinate M&E for HIV, tuberculosis, viral hepatitis and PWUD projects in Maputo.
Dr Edmund Silins
Research Coordinator
Kirketon Road Centre
#VP21: Sustainable Harm Reduction: Evaluation Of Cardboard Fitkits Dispensed From Automatic Dispensing Machines
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Biography
Ed is Research Coordinator at the Kirketon Road Centre, Kings Cross. His research work and clinical experience are in the harm minimisation and drug and alcohol sector. His research work largely focusses on drug-related issues in youth and marginalised populations and spans prevention, harm reduction, and evaluation.
Ms. Jasmine Stevens
Research Assistant/Postbac IRTA
National Institutes of Health/DC Partnership for HIV/AIDS Progress Hepatitis Clinical Research Program
#PO15: The Association Between Specific Childhood Trauma And Opioid Use Disorder Initiation And Severity
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Biography
Jasmine Stevens is currently completing a research post baccalaureate with the NIH. She has an interest in health disparities affecting those in urban settings. Currently, she is a part of a clinical team focused on implementation research in the care of patients with infectious diseases and substance use disorders.
Dr Rachel Sutherland
Research Fellow
NDARC
#VP22: Feasibility, Consumer Acceptability And Behavioural Outcomes Associated With Take-Home Fentanyl Test Strips
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Biography
Dr Sutherland is a Research Fellow at the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, UNSW Sydney. She has over 10 years’ experience working on a range of research projects, focusing on illicit drug surveillance and harm reduction, and is currently the Acting Program Lead for Drug Trends.
Ms Jill Tarasuk
Senior Epidemiologist
Public Health Agency Of Canada
#PO17: National Findings From The Tracks Survey Of People Who Inject Drugs In Canada, Phase 4, 2017–2019
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Biography
Jill Tarasuk is an epidemiologist who works on the Tracks Surveillance Team that coordinates the Tracks Survey of the determinants of HIV and hepatitis C among people who inject drugs in Canada at the Centre for Communicable Diseases and Infection Control, Public Health Agency of Canada.
Dr Nicholas Thomson
Research Fellow
University Of Melbourne
PO18: People First: Addressing Homelessness, Drug-Related Harms And HIV Through Enabling Quality Integrated Service Access And Provision – A Review Of Models
Biography
Nicholas Thomson works across the intersection of security and health with a focus on substance use, infectious disease and the role of security sector agencies in supporting or decreasing health outcomes for people who use drugs
Mr Wai Chung Tse
Student Research Fellow
Monash Addiction Research Centre
#VP01: Modelling The Impact Of Unsupervised Injectable Opioid Agonist Therapy With Other Opioid Therapy
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Biography
A BMedSc/MD candidate with an interest in harm reduction and equity. He is active in harm reduction with a publication in the MJA on naloxone utilisation following reclassifcation, and is working on a review to examine substance use and naloxone. He plans to pursue a PhD in substance-related infectious diseases.
Dr Jorge Antonio Valencia La Rosa
Medical Specialist
Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor
#VP23: Recurring Severe Injection-Related Infections In People Who Inject Drugs And The Need For Safe Injection Sites In Madrid, Spain
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Biography
Dr.Valencia is medical coordinator of a Mobile harm reduction unit in Madrid (Spain) attending PWID with diseases related to injection drug use. He is involved in researches regarding to bacterial and viral infections occurring in PWID and other vulnerable groups. In addition, he works in the Infanta Leonor Hospital (Madrid).
Dr Shelley Walker
Researcher
Burnet Institute
#VP24: Participant Experiences And Views Of The UNDOC/WHO ‘Stop Overdose Safely’ (S-O-S) Project
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Biography
Shelley has a background in nursing. She is currently employed as a Research Officer at the Burnet Institute, where she works across a range of projects, including in the areas of justice health, international development, and alcohol and other drugs. Shelley is passionate about human rights and social justice issues.
Ms Alice Wheeler
PhD Candidate
The Kirby Institute, UNSW
#VP25: Prevalence And Factors Associated With Hospitalisation For Drug-Related Causes Among People Who Inject Drugs: The Ethos Engage Study
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Biography
Alice Wheeler is a PhD Candidate within the Kirby Institute at The University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia. Alice's work focuses on the epidemiology of injecting-related injury and disease among people who inject drugs.
Dr. April Young
Professor
University Of Kentucky
#PO19: Network Analysis Of Secondary Syringe Exchange Among People Who Inject Drugs In Rural Appalachia
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Biography
Dr. April Young is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Faculty Associate with the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research. She has been conducting research on HCV and substance use for more than ten years and has authored/co-authored more than 70 publications, primarily on drug-related harms.
