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Affiliated Org Satellite Session: Towards elimination: Imagining the future of HIV prevention - NSW Ministry of Health, The Kirby Institute and ACON

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Tuesday, September 17, 2019
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM
Meeting Room 1

Speaker

Dr Christine Selvey
Medical Epidemiologist
Communicable Diseases Branch, Health Protection NSW, NSW Health

Progress towards the virtual elimination of HIV transmission in NSW by 2020. HIV notifications

11:15 AM - 11:25 AM

Speaker Presentation

Biography

Dr Christine Selvey has worked for NSW Health managing surveillance of BBVs and STIs for the last six years. She works closely with the BBV/STI policy area in the NSW Ministry of Health to develop, implement and monitor progress against relevant NSW Strategies, including the NSW HIV Strategy 2016-2020. She is the Chair of the National BBV and STI Surveillance Subcommittee of CDNA.
Ms Katherine Ashe
Adminsitration Officer
Kirby Institute

Where are we up to with HIV prevention in NSW, and how does this compare to the rest of Australia?

11:25 AM - 11:35 AM

Speaker Presentation

Biography

Andrew Grulich leads the HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program at the Kirby Institute, at UNSW. He is Past President of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, a past board member of the International AIDS Society, and is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science
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Dr Benjamin Bavinton
Senior Research Fellow
Kirby Institute

Imagining HIV in 2030 – What’s on the horizon?

11:35 AM - 11:55 AM

Speaker Presentation

Biography

Benjamin Bavinton has worked in the field of HIV prevention and research for 15 years in Australia and internationally. He is a research fellow at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, focusing on the biomedical, behavioural and epidemiological aspects of HIV prevention among gay and bisexual men in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
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Mr Matthew Vaughan
Director HIV & Sexual Health
ACON

Imagining HIV in 2030 – What’s on the horizon?

11:35 AM - 11:55 AM

Biography

Discussion

Panel Discussion

11:55 AM - 12:30 PM

Biography


Co-chair

Christine Selvey
Medical Epidemiologist
Communicable Diseases Branch, Health Protection NSW, NSW Health

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