Concurrent 1A: Abstract Session - Hepatitis C Elimination and Harm Reduction in Prisons
Tracks
Track 1
| Wednesday, October 15, 2025 |
| 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM |
| Hall A |
Speaker
Dr. Thomas Santo Jr
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
NDARC, UNSW Sydney
Global coverage of interventions for reduction of injecting drug use-related harm, HIV, viral hepatitis and tuberculosis in prisons and other carceral settings
1:45 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
Tom Santo Jr is a NDARC researcher at UNSW Sydney. He studies opioid agonist treatment and harm-reduction in prison and community settings, combining data-linkage cohorts with systematic reviews to guide policy and practice alongside justice-health, community partners, and global health agencies.
Ms Anna Conway
Research Associate
The Kirby Institute, UNSW
HEPATITIS C VIRUS REINFECTION FOLLOWING TREATMENT IN A COHORT OF PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS IN PRISON: THE SHARP-P STUDY
2:00 PM - 2:15 PMBiography
Anna Conway is a Research Associate in the Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program at the Kirby Institute. Anna’s research draws on epidemiology and social sciences to explore barriers to health and wellbeing at the program and policy levels.
Dr AJEET SINGH BHADORIA
ADDITIONAL PROFESSOR
AIIMS RISHIKESH
DECENTRALIZATION, INTEGRATION, AND TASK-SHIFTING WITH HEPATITIS C SELF-TESTING: A MICRO-ELIMINATION PROJECT AMONG PRISONERS IN NORTHERN INDIA
2:15 PM - 2:30 PMBiography
Dr Ajeet Singh Bhadoria is an Additional Professor in Community and Family Medicine at AIIMS Rishikesh, India
Dr Bhadoria is WHO GVAC member and has contributed to four WHO guidance documents as GDG member on viral hepatitis His research, with over 150 publications in journals like The Lancet Gastroenterology etc.,
Mrs Mim O'Flynn
Kombi Clinic Nurse
Kombi Clinic
ONE STEP CLOSER TOWARDS HCV ELIMINATION: LESSONS FROM 25 HIGH INTENSITY POINT-OF-CARE TESTING CAMPAIGNS ACROSS 14 PRISONS IN QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
2:30 PM - 2:45 PMBiography
Nurse Mim focuses on screening and linking homeless and incarcerated people to Hepatitis C care and with Kombi Clinic. As well as leading fingerstick point-of-care testing campaigns throughout all of Queensland Prisons, she gets to wear a fabulous Hawaiian shirt and drives around in a bright yellow Van called Ruby.
Ms Samara Griffin
PhD Student
Burnet Institute
A one-stop-shop for hepatitis C care in the community corrections setting: The nurse and peer-led C No More study.
2:45 PM - 2:50 PMBiography
Samara Griffin is a PhD student at Burnet Institute in Melbourne, Australia. Her research primarily focuses on hepatitis C testing and treatment in priority populations. She has a background in disease surveillance and epidemiology.
Ms Samara Griffin
PhD Student
Burnet Institute
"Quick, simple, and friendly": Understanding the acceptability and accessibility of a nurse and peer-led, mobile model of hepatitis C care adjacent to community corrections in Melbourne, Australia
2:50 PM - 2:55 PMBiography
Samara Griffin is a PhD student at Burnet Institute in Melbourne, Australia. Her research focuses primarily on hepatitis C testing and treatment in priority populations. She has a background in disease surveillance and epidemiology.
Ms Bridget Reid
Hepatology Clinical Nurse Consultant
St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Examining the characteristics of people who tested positive for hepatitis C that were reached through a mobile nurse and peer-led model of care in Melbourne, Australia
2:55 PM - 3:00 PMBiography
Bridget Reid is a hepatitis clinical nurse consultant working for St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne in Australia. Bridget is currently leading the C No More community corrections hepatitis C mobile outreach clinic. Bridget has a background in sexual and reproductive health and primary nursing for people experiencing homelessness.
Professor Vana Sypsa
Professor Of Epidemiology And Medical Statistics
National And Kapodistrian University Of Athens
INHSU 2025
Questions & Discussion
3:05 PM - 3:15 PMBiography
Chairperson
Rachel Halford
CEO
The Hepatitis C Trust
Gunasekaran Rengaswamy
Regional Adviser, HIV/AIDS Prevention And Care, Southern Africa
UNODC