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Hepatitis C Models of Care Abstracts

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Track 3
Wednesday, October 13, 2021
2:25 PM - 3:55 PM

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Mr Conor Ashleigh
Filmmaker
INHSU

Connecting with Care Film – Ahtahkakoop, Canada: Know Your Status Project

3:45 PM - 3:55 PM

Biography

Conor Ashleigh is a storyteller and communications specialist, who has worked with us to develop INHSU's 'Connecting with Care' film series, showcasing innovative models of hepatitis C care from across the globe. Conor takes a participatory approach to his work and places equal emphasis on the process of working with people and the importance of delivering compelling stories. Conor has worked in more than 40 countries globally, and has specific experience within the health, education, research, development and agriculture sectors.
INHSU

Connecting with Care Film – Ahtahkakoop, Canada: Know Your Status Project

3:45 PM - 3:55 PM

Biography

Connecting with Care uses powerful storytelling to profile innovative models of care for hepatitis c elimination among people who use drugs. These films give a voice to the community, telling their stories and showcasing best practice from across the globe. Filmed by visual storyteller Conor Ashleigh on behalf of INHSU, the project aims to inspire community organisations, practitioners, advocates and policymakers by showcasing emerging and innovative best practice
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A/prof Nico Clark
Medical Director, Medically Supervised Injecting Room
North Richmond Community Health

Rapid point of care HCV testing allows high throughout HCV screening and rapid treatment uptake among PWID attending a medically supervised injecting room

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

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A/Prof Clark is medical director of the Medically Supervised Injecting Room at North Richmond Community Health, and head of addiction medicine at Royal Melbourne Hospital. He has >20yrs experience working with PWID, including 10yrs with the WHO in Geneva, and as clinical director of drug and alcohol services, South Australia
Ms Lora Magaldi
Viral Hepatitis Department Manager
Philadelphia FIGHT

Early Phase Implementation of Routine Opt Out Hepatitis C Testing in the Philadelphia Jail System

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

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Lora Magaldi is the Viral Hepatitis Department Manager at Philadelphia FIGHT.
Dr Tanyaporn Wansom
Director Of Research
Dreamlopments

Moving towards micro elimination with c-free: An effective community-based model of care for hepatitis C in people who use drugs in Thailand

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

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Tanyaporn Wansom is currently Director of Research at Dreamlopments and protocol chair of C-FREE. She serves as a hepatitis investigator in the multinational AIDS Clinical Trial Group (ACTG). She received her MD from University of Michigan and PhD from Johns Hopkins. She is board-certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases.
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Dr Joss O'Loan
GP / Co-director Kombi Clinic
Kombi Clinic

Same day delivery! HCV point of care testing in southeast Queensland marginalised communities simplifies diagnosis and ensures rapid access to treatment.

3:15 PM - 3:20 PM

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Dr Joss O'Loan is a GP and co-founder of Kombi Clinic. When not working at his usual gig of Medeco Inala General Practice, he is driving around Brisbane in a 1975 Yellow Kombi van testing, treating and curing Hep C in a variety of locations.
Mrs Leanne Myers
Nurse Practitioner
Peer Based Harm Reduction WA

The power of peers: increasing the uptake of HCV testing and treatment amongst people who inject drugs

3:20 PM - 3:25 PM

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Leanne is a highly qualified nurse practitioner with more than two decades of specialised experience in viral hepatitis and advanced liver disease. She has extensive experience working with public hospitals and other agencies and has worked in the alcohol and other drugs sector for approximately 6 years.
Dr. Sanam Hariri
Research associate
Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

Enhancing the hepatitis c care cascade among people in custody in Iran

3:25 PM - 3:30 PM

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Sanam Hariri holds an M.D. from Isfahan University of Medical Sciences (2018) and is currently a research assistant affiliated to the Digestive Diseases Research Institute of TUMS in Tehran. She is dedicated to improving the HCV care cascade among marginalized populations, including people in custody.
Mr Andrew Sommerville
Pharmacist
Nhs Greater Glasgow And Clyde

Pharmacist-led telephone clinic is an effective strategy for treating patients with hepatitis C and removing barriers to engagement

3:30 PM - 3:35 PM

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Specialist Hepatitis C Pharmacist working in Glasgow since 2019. Job sharing Lead Hepatitis C Pharmacist role in NHS Lothian as of 2021.
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Prof Jeffrey Lazarus
Research Professor
ISGlobal

A novel hepatitis C intervention in Denmark to test and treat people who inject drugs

3:35 PM - 3:40 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.
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Dr Maia Japaridze
Georgia Country Project Manager
FIND

Three-armed, cluster intervention study of hepatitis C viremia testing for people who inject drugs in Georgia

3:40 PM - 3:45 PM

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Dr. Maia Japaridze received her Master’s degree in Medicine from Tbilisi State Medical University and did her residency in Gastroenterology and OB/GYN and became certified doctor. Maia joined FIND in Jan 2017 as the Georgia HCV Country Project Manager. She has successfully coordinated the portfolio of projects of FIND

Chair

Leanne Myers
Nurse Practitioner
Peer Based Harm Reduction WA

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Andrew Seaman
Assistant Professor Of Medicine
Oregon Health And Sciences University / Central City Concern


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Nico Clark
Medical Director, Medically Supervised Injecting Room
North Richmond Community Health

Sanam Hariri
Research associate
Digestive Diseases Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences

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Maia Japaridze
Georgia Country Project Manager
FIND

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Jeffrey Lazarus
Research Professor
ISGlobal

Lora Magaldi
Viral Hepatitis Department Manager
Philadelphia FIGHT

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Joss O'Loan
GP / Co-director Kombi Clinic
Kombi Clinic

Andrew Sommerville
Pharmacist
Nhs Greater Glasgow And Clyde

Tanyaporn Wansom
Director Of Research
Dreamlopments

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