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Session 6B: Ensuring elimination for the next generation – supporting triple elimination of hepatitis B, syphilis and HIV

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Saturday, August 3, 2024
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Auditorium 2

Speaker

Dr Nicole Allard
Researcher
WHO Collaborating Centre For Viral Hepatitis

Triple elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B and the path to achieve goals by 2030

1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Biography

Dr Nicole Allard is a researcher and epidemiologist at the Doherty Institute and a general practitioner at cohealth, with a special interest in hepatitis B. She is Co-Chair of Cancer Council Australia's Liver Cancer Road Map and HCC surveillance guidelines Expert Reference Committees.
Ms Leila Bell
Student
Burnet

Progressing towards triple elimination in the Pacific - a systematic review

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Biography

Leila is a PhD candidate at the Burnet Institute through Monash University in Melbourne. Her research is in the area of triple elimination, with a particular focus on hepatitis B. Before starting her PhD, Leila worked with the WHO health emergency team at the WHO office for the Western Pacific.
Dr Celia Santos
Physician
Hospital Nacional Guido Valadares

Ensuring elimination for the next generation – supporting triple elimination of hepatitis B, syphilis and HIV

2:00 PM - 2:10 PM

Biography

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Dr Michelle O’Connor
Director, ASHM Global
ASHM Health

Supporting Triple Elimination in Timor-Leste and Papua New Guinea

2:10 PM - 2:20 PM

Biography

Dr Michelle O’Connor is the Director of ASHM’s Global Division. Michelle holds a PhD in adolescent sexual and reproductive well-being from the University of New South Wales, A Masters Degree in International Public Health from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor with Honours in Psychology from Warwick University (UK). Michelle has close to 20 years of experience working in international development and health for a variety of organisations including not-for-profits, government, the United Nations and academic institutions. Her strengths and experience lie in executive management and strategy, program management, research and strategic information and technical expertise in sexual and reproductive health and BBVs. Michelle has lived and worked in the UK, Solomon Islands and Fiji.
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Questions & Discussion

2:20 PM - 2:30 PM

Biography


Chairperson

Catherine Marshall
Infectious Diseases Physician
Royal Darwin Hospital

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Michelle O’Connor
Director, ASHM Global
ASHM Health

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