Abstracts 14: Building resilience for SRH in future threats - STIs and risks: Optimising our response
Tracks
Track 2
| Wednesday, September 20, 2023 |
| 8:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
| Freshwater & Queenscliff |
Speaker
Dr Caroline Lade
Advanced Trainee
Illawarra Shoalhaven Sexual Health Service
PrEP for Women – Another Purview Paradox?
8:30 AM - 8:42 AMBiography
Dr Caroline Lade is a final year Sexual Health Advanced Trainee, based in the Illawarra and South Eastern Sydney Districts. Caroline is passionate about women's sexual health issues, reproductive rights and gender equality in health care. Her training research project focussed on provider views of PrEP for women.
Ms Phyu Mon Latt
PhD Candidate
Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Mr Daniel Storer
Research Officer
Kirby Institute, UNSW
“It was just the most horrible experience of my life” Understanding social and care experiences during and after mpox illness: Qualitative accounts of people diagnosed and close contacts in Australia
8:54 AM - 9:06 AMBiography
Daniel is a PhD student at the School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney. His PhD research utilises in-depth interviews to explore the impacts to sexual cultures of Australian gay and bisexual men throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Daniel is also working on a qualitative project investigating the experience of Australian GBM diagnosed with mpox.
Mx Simran Saini
Policy Advisor
Burnett Foundation Aotearoa
Legislative barriers and constrained health promotion: the Aotearoa New Zealand mpox response
9:06 AM - 9:18 AMBiography
Simran is the Policy Advisor for Burnett Foundation Aotearoa. Her role involves the development of policy advice, submission writing, liaising with stakeholders, including government agencies, and supporting advocacy goals. She holds a Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Health Sciences conjoint degree in Anthropology and Population Health from the University of Auckland.
Ms Lisa Bastian
Manager
WA Health
The public health response to an increase in HIV notifications amongst Aboriginal populations in WA.
9:18 AM - 9:30 AMBiography
Stephen Boccaletti is the Syphilis Senior Program Officer at the WA Department of Health. Previously, Stephen has worked in sexual health education and diversity and inclusion roles.
Dr Ben Hui
Lecturer
The Kirby Institute
Mathematical modelling of the potential impact of a vaccine on gonorrhoea prevalence in a population with bridging between sexual networks
9:30 AM - 9:35 AMBiography
Ben Hui is a mathematical modeller at Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney. His works include the development of models that describe the impact of interventions on the spread of infections. His most recent work investigates the potential effect of introducing gonorrhoea vaccine on prevalence among men who have sex with men.
Ms Annie Tangey
PhD Student
Kirby Institute, UNSW
Acceptability among healthcare workers on the uptake of molecular point-of-care testing for Trichomonas vaginalis
9:35 AM - 9:40 AMBiography
Annie is a PhD candidate at the Kirby Institute, UNSW, and an investigator on the TTANGO trial and TTANGO2 scale-up program. A registered nurse and midwife with extensive experience in remote area service delivery, Annie’s research interest includes STI prevention and control in remote First Nations communities.
Miss Aleya Sarah Amir Hamzah
Research Assistant
Burnet Institute
Inflammatory profiles of vaginal Gardnerella vaginalis isolates from South African women with and without bacterial vaginosis
9:40 AM - 9:45 AMBiography
Sarah is a research assistant in the HIV, Inflammation and Microbiome group over at the Burnet Institute, where she had also completed her honours degree. Her main research focuses on the female genital microbiome and its association to HIV acquisition and adverse health outcomes in South African women.
Chairperson
Arun Menon
Director
Townsville Sexual Health Service
Francesca Storey
Deputy Director
National Centre for Women's Health Research Aotearoa, Victoria University Of Wellington
