Proffered Papers 13 - Prevention, Epidemiology and Health Promotion
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| Thursday, September 19, 2019 |
| 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
| Meeting Room 2 |
Speaker
Prof Martin Holt
Professor
Centre for Social Research in Health
SUSTAINED, LOW PREVALENCE OF UNDIAGNOSED HIV AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN IN SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES (NSW) COINCIDENT WITH INCREASED TESTING AND PREP USE: RESULTS FROM REPEATED, BIO-BEHAVIOURAL STUDIES 2014-2018.
10:30 AM - 10:45 AMBiography
Professor Martin Holt specialises in HIV prevention research with gay and bisexual men. A social scientist by training, he has worked at the Centre for Social Research in Health since 2003.
Mr Jason Asselin
Surveillance & Evaluation Manager
Burnet Institute
TRENDS IN LATE-DIAGNOSIS OF HIV AMONG GAY, BISEXUAL AND OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN (GBM) IN MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
10:45 AM - 11:00 AMBiography
Jason works at the Burnet Institute and coordinates the The Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmitted Infections. He research interest relates to HIV and STI risk and health seeking behaviour among gay and bisexual men.
Dr Steven Nigro
Epidemiologist
NSW Health
WHAT CAN ENHANCED SURVEILLANCE REVEAL ABOUT HIV PREVENTION MEASURES IN MSM WITH EARLY STAGE HIV DIAGNOSIS?
11:00 AM - 11:15 AMBiography
Steven completed a PhD in molecular microbiology and genomics in 2014, followed by a graduate diploma in biostatistics in 2017. His research focused on the evolution and epidemiology of antibiotic resistant bacteria, before beginning a career in public health as an HIV epidemiologist at HPNSW in 2018.
Dr Fengyi Jin
Senior Lecturer
The Kirby Institute, University Of New South Wales
MEDICATION POSSESSION RATIO AS A MEASURE OF PREP ADHERENCE IN THE EPIC-NSW STUDY
11:15 AM - 11:30 AMBiography
Dr Fengyi Jin is a senior lecturer at the Kirby Institute, UNSW. His research interests include the epidemiology and prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
Associate Professor Judith Dean
Principal Research Fellow
The University of Queensland
INTENTION VERSES REALITY: PrEP USE IN QUEENSLAND FOLLOWING PBS LISTING
11:30 AM - 11:45 AMBiography
Judith Dean is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Queensland School of Public Health with over 25-years of national and international experience as a Registered Nurse/Midwife in sexual and reproductive health and health education. Her research focuses on priority populations using mixed methods participatory approaches.
Dr Stefanie Vaccher
Statistician/Epidemiologist
Kirby Institute
GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WHO USE CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE ARE BETTER AT USING BIOMEDICAL HIV PREVENTION STRATEGIES
11:45 AM - 11:50 AMBiography
Stefanie is a statistician and epidemiologist at the Kirby Institute in Sydney, Australia. She has worked on the EPIC-NSW and PrEPIT-WA PrEP trials, and is particularly interested in adherence to PrEP.
A/Prof Vincent Cornelisse
Staff Specialist
NSW Health
MODE OF TRANSMISSION OF INCIDENT HEPATITIS C IN GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN IN PREPX, AN HIV PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PrEP) STUDY
11:50 AM - 11:55 AMBiography
Vincent is a Staff Specialist in Sexual Health Medicine at Kirketon Road Centre in Kings Cross, Sydney. Vincent's research interests include sexual health, HIV and viral hepatitis, including the epidemiology and prevention of sexually transmissible infections (STIs), and the relationship between HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and STIs/hepatitis.
Dr Stefanie Vaccher
Statistician/Epidemiologist
Kirby Institute
USE OF HIV PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP) ASSOCIATED WITH LOWER HIV RELATED ANXIETY AMONG AUSTRALIAN GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WHO ARE AT HIGH RISK OF HIV INFECTION.
11:55 AM - 12:00 PMBiography
Stefanie is a statistician and epidemiologist at the Kirby Institute in Sydney, Australia. She has worked on the EPIC-NSW and PrEPIT-WA PrEP trials, and is particularly interested in adherence to PrEP.
Co-chair
Benjamin Bavinton
Senior Research Fellow
Kirby Institute
Simon Ruth
CEO
Thorne Harbour Health
