Poster Tour 04: Rethinking Health Systems to Drive Equity and Access
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| Friday, August 8, 2025 |
| 11:05 AM - 11:35 AM |
| Posterboards 32-36 |
Speaker
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Welcome & Introduction
11:05 AM - 11:10 AMBiography
Dr Naomi Whyler
Phd Candidate
Monash University
The fourth trimester and beyond: strategies to improve postpartum linkage of care after antenatal diagnosis
11:10 AM - 11:15 AMBiography
Dr Naomi Whyler is a PhD candidate examining postpartum models of care. Her clinical work focuses on perinatal infections including hepatitis B management.
Dr Evan Cunningham
Senior Lecturer Fellow
Unsw/ Kirby Institute
Interventions to improve testing, linkage to care, and treatment uptake for hepatitis C infection in prison: a systematic review
11:15 AM - 11:20 AMBiography
Evan B. Cunningham is a researcher at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney. His research focuses on viral hepatitis, particularly in the context of injecting drug use and marginalised populations.
Mr Alain Palines
Health Promotion Officer
Liverwell (incorporating Hepatitis Victoria)
Beyond Tokenism – Learning from the creation of the LiverWELL Lived Experience Advisory Committee.
11:20 AM - 11:25 AMBiography
Alain is a health promotion officer at LiverWELL. who leads LiverWELL's Awareness Raising and Prevention portfolio and drives LiverWELLs approaches to youth and CALD community engagement. His interests include equitable access and health promotion for vulnerable and disadvantaged communities. Alain is also on the board of NEWGENs.
Ms Judith Bevan
Principal Policy Officer, Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program
WA Department of Health
Mrs Dahlia Akil
Project Officer
ASHM
Beyond the C: Strengthening Primary Care Pathways for Hepatitis C Elimination
11:30 AM - 11:35 AMBiography
Dahlia is a Project Officer at ASHM who facilitates workforce training in hepatitis C and coordination of ASHM's Beyond the C and HIV PrEP Pilot projects. With strong values of social justice, advocacy and community empowerment, Dahlia is committed to improving health outcomes through education and equitable access to care.
Ms Grace Jin
Project Officer
ASHM Health
Beyond the C: Strengthening Primary Care Pathways for Hepatitis C Elimination
11:30 AM - 11:35 AMBiography
Grace holds a Master of International Public health from the University of Sydney. Currently, Grace is a Senior Project Officer at ASHM and Project Lead for Beyond the C, working primarily in the hepatitis C program to deliver educational and advocate for accessible and equitable healthcare. Grace is passionate about knowledge-sharing as a way of raising awareness and to ensure person-centered and culturally-responsive care for all people living with hepatitis C.
Chairperson
Adi Mondel
Program Manager - Hepatitis B & Strategic Projects
ASHM