Session E: Geek out on POC
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| Tuesday, March 14, 2023 |
| 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Phillip Room |
Overview
Join early- and mid-career colleagues working across disciplines/communities involved in infectious diseases POC testing. Like speed-dating, this event will briefly introduce attendees to a range of speakers to discuss various POC-related topics in a small group format. Bite-sized information in an informal setting with lots of opportunity to ask questions and connect with others working in the POC space.
Speaker
Ms Bianca Borgnolo
Project Officer
The Kirby Institute
Geek!
2:30 PM - 4:00 PMBiography
Bianca is works in the Positive Results Hotline within the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Respiratory Infection Point of Care Testing Program at the Kirby Institute. She has a background in Public Health and is passionate about health equity.
Mr Corey Markus
ECR
Flinders University
Geek!
2:30 PM - 4:00 PMBiography
Corey Markus is a senior medical scientist, beginning his career in paediatric biochemistry and has recently moved into point-of-care testing for viral hepatitis at the Flinders University International Centre for Point-of-Care Testing. His other areas of interest include, laboratory harmonization and performance verification with membership on international committees.
Ms Deane Byers
Senior Scientist MID
The Royal College Of Pathologists Of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs
Geek!
2:30 PM - 4:00 PMBiography
Deane has a background in molecular infectious diseases and serology with experience working in both private and public pathology laboratories. As a member of the RCPAQAP team for over 15 years, her role has been to develop and manage external quality assurance programs for the molecular detection of infectious diseases.
Dr Janet Gare
Team Leader Surveillance and Disease Outbreak Unit
Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research
Geek!
2:30 PM - 4:00 PMBiography
Dr Janet Gare is Head of the Sexual and Reproductive Health Unit and Laboratory Coordinator of Disease Outbreak Surveillance at Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research. She is co-lead investigator on the DFAT-funded ACTUP-PNG HIV program and other research projects, and a long-term collaborator of Kirby Institute UNSW.
Mrs Mim O'Flynn
Outreach Fibroscan Nurse
Hepatitis Queensland
Geek!
2:30 PM - 4:00 PMBiography
Mim O’Flynn is a registered nurse with a long history of working with patients living with HIV and Hepatitis. She is currently focusing her time on HCV PoCT fingerstick screening and linking marginalised and incarcerated patients to Hepatitis C care with Kombi Clinic.
Mr Mitchell Starr
Senior Hospital Scientist
St Vincent's Centre For Applied Medical Research, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
Geek!
2:30 PM - 4:00 PMBiography
Mitchell Starr works as the HIV PoCT coordinator to deliver the testing training and framework package for NSW Health and leads a research team at the NSW State Reference Laboratory for HIV into innovative testing technologies to engage vulnerable and marginalised populations into testing care pathways.
Chairperson
Janet Gare
Team Leader Surveillance and Disease Outbreak Unit
Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research
Lise Lafferty
Senior Research Fellow
Kirby Institute
Alison Marshall
Postdoctoral Fellow
The Kirby Institute
Jackie Thomas
Aboriginal Research Officer
The Kirby Institute
Caroline Watts
Research Fellow
Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
