Symposium 4: The Role of the Laboratory in Controlling STIs
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| Friday, November 2, 2018 |
| 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Princes Ballroom C |
Details
This session will focus on how clinical and reference laboratories can contribute to the control of STIs.
Learning objectives:
To understand how different laboratory tests can be used in the prevention and control of STIs, including antimicrobial-resistant pathogens and To understand how laboratory data can be used to inform STI surveillance
During the panel discussion panellists will explore:
What is the role of the 21st century laboratory in reducing STIs? ; The role of PoC testing in controlling STIs; The pros and cons of NAAT testing for STIs and The ethics of using genomic data in tracking STIs
Speaker
A/Prof David Whiley
Principal Research Fellow
The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
Rapid diagnostics for gonoccocal resistance detection
2:00 PM - 2:20 PMBiography
Associate Professor David Whiley is a principal research fellow at the Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland and a research scientist at Pathology Queensland. Antibiotic-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a particular research interest of his, and recently he has been leading studies that aim to enhance gonorrhoea surveillance and treatment.
Professor Catriona Bradshaw
Staff Specialist
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Global trends in antimicrobial resistance and implications for treatment strategies for M.genitalium
2:20 PM - 2:40 PMBiography
Dr Catriona Bradshaw is an Associate Professor at the Central Clinical School, Monash University and a practicing sexual health physician at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Hospital. Catriona has a broad interest in sexual health research but directs two specific programmes of clinical and epidemiological research on bacterial vaginosis and Mycoplasma genitalium.
Doctor Makoto Ohnishi
Deputy Director General
Department of Bacteriology I, NIID
Professor Catriona Bradshaw
Staff Specialist
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Panel Discussion
3:00 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Dr Catriona Bradshaw is an Associate Professor at the Central Clinical School, Monash University and a practicing sexual health physician at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Hospital. Catriona has a broad interest in sexual health research but directs two specific programmes of clinical and epidemiological research on bacterial vaginosis and Mycoplasma genitalium.
Collette Bromhead
Panel Discussion
3:00 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Prof Seung-Ju Lee
Professor
The Catholic University of Korea
Panel Discussion
3:00 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Doctor Makoto Ohnishi
Deputy Director General
Department of Bacteriology I, NIID
Panel Discussion
3:00 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
A/Prof David Whiley
Principal Research Fellow
The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
Panel Discussion
3:00 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Associate Professor David Whiley is a principal research fellow at the Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland and a research scientist at Pathology Queensland. Antibiotic-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae is a particular research interest of his, and recently he has been leading studies that aim to enhance gonorrhoea surveillance and treatment.
Chair
Barbara Van Der Pol
Associate Professor
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Deborah Williamson
Director, Victorian Infectious Diseases Reference Laboratory
Doherty Institute
