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Session I: Scale-up and public health impact

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Wednesday, March 15, 2023
11:00 AM - 12:40 PM
Grand Ballroom 2

Speaker

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Prof Jason Grebely
Professor
UNSW/Kirby Institute

A national program to scale-up decentralized HCV point-of-care testing and treatment in Australia

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM

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Biography

Jason Grebely is a Professor at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney.
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Dr Sophy Shih
Senior Research Fellow
The Kirby Institute

Optimizing point-of-care testing strategies for diagnosis and treatment of hepatitis C virus infection in Australia: A model-based cost-effectiveness analysis

11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

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Biography

Dr Shih is a senior health economist with demonstrated expertise and experience in designing and implementing trial-based economic assessments, performing economic evaluations and building economic models. She has training backgrounds in Health Economics, Public Health, and Biomedical Science and is a Senior Research Fellow at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney.
Miss Huei Jiuan Wu
Phd Candidate
The Kirby Institute

Potential impact of HCV point-of-care testing on the HCV epidemic among MSM in Taiwan: a modelling study

11:30 AM - 11:45 AM

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Biography

Huei-Jiaun Wu is a Scientia PhD candidate at Kirby Institute. Her PhD research focus on evaluating impact and cost impact of HCV point-of-care testing among key population in Asia-Pacific region. Her research interests include HIV/AIDS, HCV and other sexually transmitted diseases control, mathematical modeling and cost-effectiveness analysis and the mHealth.
Ms Bongkot Soonthornsata
Senior Technical Associate
Clinton Health Access Initiative, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Scaling up the use of SARS-CoV-2 Antigen RDT in communities in Lao PDR

11:45 AM - 11:50 AM

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Biography

Bongkot Soonthornsata is a Senior Technical Associate for Laboratory Systems Strengthening Program at CHAI in Lao PDR. She was trained in Health Sciences specifically in control and prevention of emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases with more than ten years’ experience as a technical coordinator and as a research fellow.
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Mr Duc Quang Nguyen
PhD student
Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney

Evaluating the potential impact of scaling-up point-of-care HIV viral load testing in Papua New Guinea: a mathematical modelling study

11:50 AM - 12:05 PM

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Quang is a Scientia PhD candidate at the Kirby Institute. His research is to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of point-of-care testing for infectious diseases (e.g., HIV) in Asia-Pacific using mathematical modelling. Quang's research interests include mathematical modelling, data analytics and health economic evaluations using modelling.
Ms Marian Bloomfeld
Cnc Sexual Health/ Hepatitis
Justice Health NSW

A swift response: utilising point-of-care HCV RNA testing in a multiagency effort to address a potential public health risk in a NSW prison

12:05 PM - 12:20 PM

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Biography

Marian Bloomfield has extensive experience providing clinical health services in custodial centres. Marian is currently the CNC3, Sexual Health /Hepatitis in the Population Health team at Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network NSW and oversees a number of key public health projects and programs right across the NSW custodial system.
Miss Kelly Andrewartha
Scientific Manager/Program Lead
Flinders University International Centre For Point-of-Care Testing

Assessment of the training and quality systems developed for the TTANGO3 (Test, Treat And GO) sexually transmitted infection (STI) point-of-care testing network

12:20 PM - 12:25 PM

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Biography

Kelly Andrewartha is a Senior Scientific Officer at the Flinders University International Centre for Point-of-Care Testing. She is a Program Lead on the TTANGO STI and Respiratory Infection Point-of-Care Testing Programs.
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Ms Liza M Cabuang
Senior Scientist, R&D
NRL, Australia - a division of St. Vincent's Institute of Medical Research

Designing quality assurance samples suitable for point of care testing

12:25 PM - 12:30 PM

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Biography

Liza is a Medical Scientist with experience in both Medical Research and Diagnostic pathology environments. She started as a generalist microbiologist and then specialised in Hepatitis viruses. Her experiences have allowed her to look at healthcare at a holistic level: from assay design to clinical outcome.
Ms. Maria Rosezoil Rioja
Technical Advisor -diagnostics
Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI)

Human papillomavirus testing using centralized and near-Point of Care testing platforms to screen women for cervical cancer: impact of testing models on patient results return in five sub-Saharan African countries

12:30 PM - 12:35 PM

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Biography

Maria Rosezoil Rioja is a Technical Advisor on the Global Diagnostics Team at Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI). She provides strategic guidance and implementation support to 5 countries in South East Asia and Pacific on laboratory systems strengthening and on implementation of Antigen RDTCOVID-19 Diagnostics. She also supported work across CHAI labs program in 10 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. She was involved in the TB/HIV integration operational research and POC testing implementation.
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Ms Luh Putu Lila Wulandari
Lecturer
The Kirby Institute

Barriers to implementing HIV, syphilis, and hepatitis B rapid testing in the antenatal care settings in Indonesia.

12:35 PM - 12:40 PM

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Biography

Dr Wulandari is a research fellow at the Kirby Institute. She has been leading several research on point-of-care testing in Indonesia, including those looking into acceptability and challenges in implementing HIV self-testing in the community settings; HIV, hepatitis, and syphilis rapid testing at antenatal care settings; and COVID-19 Ag RDT.

Chairperson

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Megan Campbell
Medical Advisor
National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation

Andrew Vallely
Head, Global Reproductive Health
Kirby

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