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Proffered Papers 2 - Prevention, Epidemiology and Health Promotion: What is needed to reduce STIs?

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Monday, September 16, 2019
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Riverside Theatre

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Dr Roanna Lobo
Senior Lecturer
Curtin University

“SHE SEEMED VERY CLEAN TO ME …”: RISK PERCEPTIONS, MISPERCEPTIONS AND SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS AMONG YOUNG HETEROSEXUAL PEOPLE WITH GONORRHOEA IN PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

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Biography

Dr Roanna Lobo has worked in the School of Public Health at Curtin University, WA, since 2003. She currently manages the SiREN project - Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Applied Research and Evaluation Network. Roanna has expertise in conducting qualitative research with vulnerable populations and facilitating evidence-based practice/policy.
Dr Tom Smardon
Intern
Melbourne School Of Population And Global Health, University Of Melbourne

SEXUAL PRACTICES AND HEALTHCARE USE OF MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN ONLY AND MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN AND WOMEN – A QUALITATIVE COMPARISON

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

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Dr Tom Smardon conducted this research as a Doctor of Medicine student at the University of Melbourne.
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Dr Tiffany Phillips
Research Fellow
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre

BACTERIAL LOAD OF CHLAMYDIA IN THE OROPHARYNX AND SALIVA AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN WITH UNTREATED OROPHARYNGEAL CHLAMYDIA

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

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Dr Phillips is a research fellow at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Monash University with a background in genetics. Her current research focusses on gonorrhoea prevention, with a particular interest in health promotion.
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Professor Eric Chow
Professor
Monash University

USE OF DOXYCYCLINE PROPHYLAXIS AGAINST STI AMONG GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN TAKING PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS

2:15 PM - 2:20 PM

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Eric is a senior epidemiologist at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre. He heads the Health Data Management and Biostatistics Unit at MSHC and is an Associate Professor at Monash University. His research interests focus on STI epidemiology and prevention, with a particular interest in gonorrhoea and human papillomavirus.
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A/Prof Vincent Cornelisse
Staff Specialist
NSW Health

ATTITUDES TOWARDS AND USE OF ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS FOR SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS IN AUSTRALIA; AN ONLINE SURVEY.

2:20 PM - 2:25 PM

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Vincent is a Staff Specialist in Sexual Health Medicine at Kirketon Road Centre in Kings Cross, Sydney. Vincent recently completed his PhD in sexual health epidemiology, focussing on the epidemiology and prevention of sexually transmissible infections (STIs), and the relationship between HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and STIs/hepatitis.
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Discussion

2:25 PM - 2:30 PM

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Professor Eric Chow
Professor
Monash University

LOW PREVALENCE OF HIGH-RISK ANAL HPV IN YOUNG GAY AND BISEXUAL MALES AFTER THE UNIVERSAL HPV VACCINATION PROGRAM IN AUSTRALIA

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

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Biography

Eric is a senior epidemiologist at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre. He heads the Health Data Management and Biostatistics Unit at MSHC and is an Associate Professor at Monash University. His research interests focus on STI epidemiology and prevention, with a particular interest in gonorrhoea and human papillomavirus.
Professor Sharyn Burns
Professor Health Promotion
Curtin University

INCREASING HPV VACCINATION COMPLETION IN WA SCHOOLS: A FORMATIVE STUDY

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

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Sharyn is a teaching/research academic at Curtin University. She has a specific interest in translational intervention based research. Her research focuses on children, adolescents, young adults and parents and has been conducted in a range of settings with specific focuses on mental health, sexual health and alcohol and other drugs.

Co-chair

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Jane Hocking
Head, Sexual Health Unit
University of Melbourne

Donna Mak
Head Population and Preventive Health, Fremantle Public Health Physician,
School of Medicine - University of Notre Dame/ WA Health

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