Industry Sponsored Symposium - Putting the individual first: patient-centric management of HCV
| Wednesday, October 13, 2021 |
| 1:15 PM - 2:15 PM |
Overview
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Join Jason Grebely, Chris Gough, Joss O’Loan and Leanne Myers for the Gilead-sponsored symposium ‘Putting the individual first: patient-centric management of HCV’, taking place from 13.15–14.15 AEDT on Wednesday 13 October 2021, during the 9th International Conference on Hepatitis Care in Substances Users.
Great strides have been made to simplify the HCV care cascade, allowing more patients to access HCV care and curative treatment. However, linking vulnerable people with HCV infection to care, such as those who use drugs, remains an area that can be improved.
To engage these patients, we have to do more to address their concerns. In this symposium, the panel will discuss how even with a legacy of stigma and discrimination, patients can become empowered to seek the care they deserve. The expert faculty will share examples of how treatment individualisation and integration of HCV care with multiple stakeholders has helped to overcome these barriers and is improving rates of treatment uptake in these patients.
Speaker
Chris Gough
The individual’s path to empowerment
Biography
Prof Jason Grebely
Professor
Unsw/ Kirby Institute
Acknowledgement of country and objectives
Biography
Jason is the Head of the Hepatitis C and Drug Use Research Group at the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney.
Mrs Leanne Myers
Nurse Practitioner
Peer Based Harm Reduction WA
How can we break down the remaining barriers?
Biography
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 Joss O'Loan
GP / Co-director Kombi Clinic
Kombi Clinic
Are we doing enough to individualise care?
Biography
Joss O'Loan is a general practitioner who started an outreach model of care, taking medical services to drug rehabilitation centres in Australia. The successful initiative has led to over 300 people accessing care and there are now plans to expand the model of care to music festivals and sporting events.
Speaker - will not appear in Portal
Chris Gough
Jason Grebely
Professor
Unsw/ Kirby Institute
Leanne Myers
Nurse Practitioner
Peer Based Harm Reduction WA
Joss O'Loan
GP / Co-director Kombi Clinic
Kombi Clinic
Support Staff
Julia Heagerty
Scientific Services Director
Obsidian Healthcare Group
Connor Horton
Medical Writer
Elements Communications
Emily McDonald
Account Executive
Elements Communications
Amy Sargent
Conference Operations & Account Manager
ASHM
