Session G: Innovating systems to ensure quality
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Tuesday, March 14, 2023 |
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM |
Phillip Room |
Speaker
Mr Amit Saha
Lecturer
The Kirby Institute
An innovative connectivity solution for national decentralised infectious diseases testing programs in regional and remote primary health services in Australia
4:30 PM - 4:45 PMBiography
Amit Saha is a Lecturer in the Kirby Institute , Faculty of Medicine, UNSW. He is a medical epidemiologist, particularly interested in infectious disease surveillance and clinical studies. He has professional experience in a wide range of fields in infectious diseases epidemiology and large field-based clinical studies on enteric vaccines.
Mr Corey Markus
ECR
Flinders University
Evaluation of a program providing operator training, quality assurance, and quality control for point-of-care testing for hepatitis C infection.
4:45 PM - 5:00 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
External Quality Assurance for Point of Care Testing – Using Smartphone technology to facilitate Real-time Result Submission and Assessment
5:00 PM - 5:15 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.
Ms Leonie Ruape
Program Manager Diagnostics
Clinton Health Access Initiative
Introduction of training of trainers’ approach to improve and accelerate access to SARS-CoV-2 testing: A Papua New Guinea Experience
5:15 PM - 5:20 PMBiography
Leonie Ruape is a laboratory scientist by profession and has a background in working with Surveillance and Emergency Response Unit. She currently works with Clinton Health Access Initiative as the Program Manager for the lab system strengthening program focusing on Covid-19 Diagnostics to accelerate testing in Papua New Guinea.
Mr Peter Santosa
Scientist - Molecular Infectious Diseases
The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia Quality Assurance Programs
Do Point of Care Tests for Influenza & RSV Work? Four Years of Data
5:20 PM - 5:25 PMBiography
Peter completed his Bachelors of Science (Advanced) with Honours Class 1 and The University Medal in Microbiology in 2018. After graduating he has been working at the RCPAQAP as a Scientist, first in the Biosecurity discipline and now in the Molecular Infectious Diseases discipline.
Ms Mary Daun
Technical Officer-parasitology
National Department of Health/public Health/disease Control Branch/malaria &vector Borne Diseases
Using a partnership-based approach to initiate invalid RDT surveillance at sentinel sites in Papua New Guinea
5:25 PM - 5:30 PMBiography
Mary Duan is the Technical Officer support to Laboratory Strengthening work. Ms Duan has a background in Medical Laboratory Sciences and has extensive experience working in Peripheral Laboratories and strong relationships with Provincial Laboratories.
Chairperson
Susan Matthews
Co-Director
Flinders University International Centre for Point of Care Testing
Shivani Pasricha
Senior Research Officer
Department of Infectious Diseases and Immune Defence, Walter And Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research