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Symposium 17 - CALD and other marginalised communities

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Wednesday, September 18, 2019
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Riverside Theatre

Speaker

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Dr Chris Lemoh
Physician
Monash Health

Who cares (wins)

2:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Abstract

Biography

Chris Lemoh is an infectious diseases and general physician at Monash Health. He holds a PhD from The University of Melbourne. Chris is a former member of the Board of the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations and current President of the Victorian African Health Action Network.
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A/Prof Jennifer Power
Principal Research Fellow
Australian Research Centre In Sex, Health And Society, La Trobe University

CHALLENGES FOR RESEARCH ABOUT THE HIV CARE AND SUPPORT NEEDS OF PLHIV FROM MIGRANT POPULATIONS IN AUSTRALIA

2:15 PM - 2:30 PM

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Biography

Jennifer Power is a Senior Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University
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Mx Loc Nguyen
Community Health Promotion Officer - Young Gay Men
ACON Health

BELONGING AND BECOMING – SEXUAL HEALTH PEER EDUCATION FOR ASIAN GAY MEN

2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

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Audio Recording

Biography

Loc Nguyen is a Community Health Promotion Officer for the Young Gay Men's Project at ACON Health. In collaboration with community members, they recently co-designed a peer-led workshop for Asian same-sex attracted men with a focus on community-building and sexual health.
Mr Satrio Nindyo Istiko
Peer Navigation Team Leader
Queensland Positive People

Empowering multicultural PLHIV through adaptable and flexible community-led HIV service

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

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Audio Recording

Biography

Tiko is currently working as the Peer Navigation Team Leader at Queensland Positive People (QPP). He has a medical degree from Indonesia and a Master of Health Management from Queensland University of Technology (QUT). Passionate about the health of multicultural communities, he is also a member of Community Practice HIV and Mobility (CoPAHM) in Queensland. Outside of HIV sector, he is also leading a community engagement project in the field of genomics medicine titled Genomics Literacy in Multicultural Queensland (GLiM – QLD) with Queensland Genomics and QIMR Berghofer. Starting in 2019, he is a member part Consumer Advisory Group for Health Consumers Queensland (HCQ).
Prof Kathy Petoumenos
Professor
Kirby Institute

RECENTS ESTIMATES OF THE NUMBER OF MEDICARE INELIGIBLE PLHIV IN AUSTRALIA

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM

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Audio Recording

Biography

Works in the Biostatistics and Databases program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney. She is study leader for the Australian HIV Observational Database (AHOD), and lead senior statistical consultant for several large national and international HIV and Hepatitis C clinical studies led by the Kirby Institute
Discussion

Discussion

3:15 PM - 3:30 PM

Biography


Co-chair

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Zhihong Gu
Program Manager
Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland

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Roanna Lobo
Senior Lecturer
Curtin University

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