Concurrent Session 3A: Abstract Session - Stigma
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| Friday, August 2, 2024 |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Auditorium 2 |
Speaker
VH2024 Conference
Welcome & Introduction
2:30 PM - 2:35 PMBiography
Ms Emily Lenton
Research Officer
La Trobe
Medical records and stigma production: Insights from a national research project to reduce stigma in healthcare
2:35 PM - 2:50 PMBiography
Emily is a Research Officer at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, working on the design and implementation of qualitative projects that seek to improve the lives of people affected by blood-borne viruses
Associate Professor Jane Davies
Principal Research Fellow
Menzies School Of Health Research
“They feel shame sometime, but that is why we need to talk to them…we need to tell them how important it is not to feel shame”: Addressing stigma and shame to improve hepatitis B care in Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities in the Top End of the Northern Territory.
2:50 PM - 3:05 PMBiography
.A/Prof Jane Davies is a Principal Research Fellow at the Menzies School of Health Research and Co-Director of Infectious Diseases at Royal Darwin Hospital. Her research focuses on Hepatitis B spanning molecular and clinical epidemiology as well as implementation of holistic and sustainable clinical care.
Professor Carla Treloar
Scientia Professor, Centre for Social Research in Health and the Social Policy Research Centre
UNSW Sydney
Stigma and power in health care for people affected by blood-borne viruses: Normative expectations and buried processes
3:05 PM - 3:20 PMBiography
Carla Treloar is Scientia Professor at the Centre for Social Research in Health and the Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW, Sydney.
Ms Amanda Cochrane
Cns1 Dbs/poct
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Custodial patients’ perspectives of a hepatitis C Virus High Intensity Testing Campaign
3:20 PM - 3:25 PMBiography
My name is Amanda Cochrane and I have worked for Justice Health NSW for over 20 years. I am currently the CNS for Point of Care Testing across all adult correctional centers in NSW.
Dr Christine Roder
Researcher
Barwon South West Public Health Unit
Missed Opportunities: A Retrospective Study of Hepatitis C Testing in Hospital Inpatients
3:25 PM - 3:30 PMBiography
Dr Christine Roder is an infectious disease and public health researcher at Barwon Health. Christine’s research focus is on hepatitis B and C elimination, models of care, and epidemiology and socioeconomic influences of diseases.
Christine recently received a Gilead Research Fellowship for work improving access to care for hepatitis B.
Chairperson
Geetanjali Lamba
Public Health Physician
Nt Health
Jack Wallace
Senior Research Officer
Burnet Institute
