Concurrent Session 3B: Abstract Session - Closing the Gap: Perinatal Care as a Pillar of Viral Hepatitis Elimination
Tracks
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| Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
| 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM |
| Ballroom 2 |
Speaker
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Welcome & Introduction
2:30 PM - 2:35 PMBiography
Ms Aleesha Kalulu
Burnet Institute Associate
Burnet Institute
Antenatal HIV, syphilis and hepatitis B screening and positivity in selected sites in Vanuatu, 2024
2:35 PM - 2:50 PMBiography
Aleesha Kalulu works as a Research Associate at the Burnet Institute's Vanuatu project office. She has a background in vaccine-preventable disease surveillance and outbreak response and is passionate about advancing public health in Vanuatu and the region
Dr Manogna Metlapalli
Registrar
Monash Health
Are we leaving pregnant women behind? Hepatitis C management cascade of care during pregnancy at a metropolitan obstetric centre in Melbourne
2:50 PM - 3:05 PMBiography
Dr Manogna Metlapalli is a second-year infectious diseases trainee based in Melbourne, Australia. She has a keen interest in global health and the management of infections in vulnerable populations. Academically her interests are within translational research directly impacting patient care and influencing public health structures and policy.
Miss Grace Burton-mckeich
Research Assistant
Unsw / Kirby Institute
Australian healthcare provider perspectives on managing hepatitis c treatment during pregnancy: current practices and pathways forward
3:05 PM - 3:20 PMBiography
Grace Burton-McKeich is a research assistant at the Kirby Institute. She has an honours degree in Health Sciences from the University of Auckland. In her career she is driven to reduce negative outcomes caused by infectious diseases among vulnerable populations.
Ms Venise Hon
Public Health Officer
South East Public Health Unit
Audit of the management of pregnant women with chronic hepatitis B and their babies by the Southeast Public Health Unit (SEPHU), Victoria.
3:20 PM - 3:25 PMBiography
Venise is a Public Health Officer at South East Public Health Unit and a PhD candidate in Epidemiology and Health Economics. Venise is passionate about Hepatitis B contact tracing and management. She aims to review the care provision pathways through data linkage utilising quantitative and qualitative research methods.
MS Grace Hogan
Communications And Partnerships Manager
Hepatitis Australia
Chairperson
Sushena Krishnaswamy
Infectious Diseases Physician
Monash Health
Caroline Van Gemert
Working Group Head
Burnet Institute
