Concurrent Session 2C: Spotlight Session Community Engagement and Lived Experience
Tracks
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| Thursday, August 7, 2025 |
| 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM |
| Ballroom 1 |
Speaker
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Welcome & Introduction
11:30 AM - 11:35 AMBiography
Ms Mina Kim
Project Officer, Hepatitis B & Multicultural Liver Health
Hepatitis NSW
Write to be heard: connecting hepatitis B patients through an in-language lived experience writing competition
11:35 AM - 12:45 PMBiography
Mina has been working at Hepatitis NSW for 9 years. Her work was initially focused on the Ethnic groups, but now she is dedicated to various tasks in the Hepatitis B field and community engagement with multicultural communities.
Mr Liam Grant
Coordinator, Peer Programs
Hepatitis NSW
Learning from 20,000 engagements: the evolution of Hepatitis NSW’s lived experience peer programs
11:35 AM - 12:45 PMBiography
Having worked and studied in community development and advocacy spaces for over 15 years, Liam transitioned from utilising various lived experience in community peer work to coordinating Hepatitis NSW's Peer partnership program. Liam's becoming program coordinator means all Peer Partnership program staff have lived experience of Hepatitis C, treatment and cure.
Miss Meantepy Hoeung
Health Promotion Officer
Liverwell
Navigating Migration and Hepatitis B: FAQ Visa and Migration Resource
11:35 AM - 12:45 PMBiography
Tepy is a Health Promotion Officer for HepLink at LiverWELL. She has extensive experience in serving culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities affected by viral hepatitis and has a strong dedication to health equity and disease prevention. Tepy is actively engaged in awareness campaigns, education initiatives, and community outreach programs.
Ms Alexandra Wade
CNC
Mid North Coast Liver Clinic
De-Livering integrated care – evolution of a program into the AOD space
11:35 AM - 12:45 PMBiography
Alexandra Wade is a Hepatology CNC on the Mid North Coast in NSW, Australia. Her role is integrated with Drug and Alcohol services in her district. Alex is passionate about Work and Development Orders and the provision of discrimination free care to people living with viral hepatitis.
A/Prof Thomas Tu
Group Leader
University Of Sydney And Westmead Institute For Medical Research
Best practices for engaging with communities affected by hepatitis B
11:35 AM - 12:45 PMBiography
A/Prof Thomas Tu is a molecular biologist at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research. He also lives with chronic Hepatitis B. He established the online support forum HepBCommunity.org and Hepatitis B Voices Australia, Australia’s first advocacy group led by the HBV-affected community.
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Wrap Up
12:45 PM - 1:00 PMBiography
Chairperson
David Carter
Scientia Associate Professor
Unsw Sydney
Nafisa Yussf
Board Chair, Co-founder
Hepatitis B Voices Australia