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Session O: Oral Abstracts

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Friday, September 8, 2017
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Manhattan Ballroom

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Alison Marshall
Phd Student
The Kirby Institute

Restrictions for Reimbursement of Interferon-Free Direct Acting Antiviral Therapies for HCV Infection in Europe

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

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Alison Marshall is an epidemiology PhD student in the Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia. Her research is primarily centered on the LiveRLife Study with specific attention to HCV and liver disease knowledge, liver disease assessment, and HCV treatment uptake.
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Prof Jason Grebely
Professor
UNSW/Kirby Institute

Safety And Efficacy Of Glecaprevir/Pibrentasvir In Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C Genotypes 1–6 Receiving Opioid Substitution Therapy

1:15 PM - 1:30 PM

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Dr. Jason Grebely is an Associate Professor at the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney.
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MD Brian Conway
Medical Director and President
Vancouver Infectious Diseases Centre

Paritaprevir/Ritonavir/Ombitasvir, Dasabuvir + Ribavirin In People With HCV Genotype 1 And Recent Injecting Drug Use Or Receiving OST: D3FEAT Study

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

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Dr. Brian Conway is the Director of the Vancouver Infectious Diseases Center in Vancouver, Canada.
Dr Shashi Kapadia
Instructor Of Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine

Barriers to Hepatitis C Treatment Access Across the United States: Perspectives of Public Health Officials and Advocates

1:45 PM - 1:50 PM

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Dr. Kapadia is a fellow in Infectious Diseases at Weill Cornell Medicine and a resident in the Preventive Medicine Program. He is completing a Masters' of Science degree at the Weill Cornell Graduate School. His clinical and research interest is in hepatitis C treatment access disparities.
Håvard Midgard
MD
Oslo University Hospital

HCV Reinfection Following Successful Direct-Acting Antiviral Treatment among People who Inject Drugs: Preliminary Results from a Low-Threshold Treatment Setting

1:50 PM - 1:55 PM

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Håvard Midgard is a MD in gastroenterology and hepatology at Oslo University Hospital. He recently submitted his PhD thesis on management of HCV infection among people who inject drugs. His research has focused on treatment utake, reinfection and risk behaviours.
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Prof Jason Grebely
Professor
UNSW/Kirby Institute

HCV Reinfection and Injection Risk Behavior Following Elbasvir/Grazoprevir Treatment in Participants on Opioid Agonist Therapy: Co-Star Three-Year Follow-Up Study

1:55 PM - 2:00 PM

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Dr. Grebely is an Associate Professor in the Viral Hepatitis Clinical Research Program at the Kirby Institute of UNSW Sydney in Sydney, Australia.
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