Jane Hocking heads up the Sexual Health Unit at the University of Melbourne. She is an epidemiologist with a strong interest in the epidemiology and control of STIs, with particular focus on chlamydia.

Marty has specialised in sexual health for over 20 years – in clinical, health promotion and social marketing roles. His social work professional background informs his approach – being strengths-based, sex-positive and empowering. He currently works for the NSW STI Programs Unit on a number of state-wide social marketing programs.

Elizabeth Tyndall is a Communications Consultant, WA Department of Health. Elizabeth manages planning, development, implementation and evaluation of communications and engagement strategies for WA Health divisions and key projects. Elizabeth provides proactive strategic communications advice to maximise the impact of programs and strategies, and oversees tactical elements of communication delivery.

Ye Zhang is the 2nd year Ph.D. student of SERP programme at Kirby Institute. Her Ph.D. project will use the mixed method to understand the acceptability of scaling up novel diagnostics tests for HIV and STIs.

David’s short career has spanned multiple roles within the HIV sector, including six years as a peer worker providing community-based rapid HIV testing. David has worked on surveillance and rapid HIV testing evaluation projects with the Burnet Institute and is currently a final-year University of Melbourne Doctor of Medicine student.

Caroline is a Research Fellow with a background in health economics and epidemiology. Caroline is working at the Kirby Institute, UNSW conducting cost-effectiveness analysis of a range of projects including using larvicides for malaria control in Kenya and point-of-care testing for sexually transmitted infections in remote communities in Australia.

Luke Coffey is Team Leader of RAPID, a peer run, Sexual Health clinic offering HIV, Syphilis, Chlamydia, and Gonorrhoea point of care testing. RAPID aims to facilitate testing uptake within at-risk populations disengaged from existing sexual health services. He holds a BSc(Microbiology) and is completing a Master of Molecular Biology.

Jen is the Blood Borne Virus Sector Development Program Coordinator at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University. She specialises in the development and implementation of knowledge translation and exchange strategies within the HIV and hepatitis sectors.