Concurrent Session 2B: Hepatitis B care pathways, community voices and equitable access
Tracks
Track 2
| Thursday, August 13, 2026 |
| 11:45 AM - 1:15 PM |
Speaker
A/Prof Thomas Tu
Group Leader
University Of Sydney And Westmead Institute For Medical Research
Community experiences around Hepatitis B Virus laboratory tests: a needs assessment highlighting neglected psychosocial impacts
11:50 AM - 12:02 PMBiography
A/Prof Thomas Tu leads a research group at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research focusing on hepatitis B cure and associated liver cancer. He also lives with Hepatitis B, providing him with unique perspectives as a researcher, patient, and advocate. He has established both HepBCommunity.org and Hepatitis B Voices Australia.
Mr Kyle Leadbeatter
Program Manager
Hepatitis NSW
Culture, community, and (point of) care: hepatitis B point of care testing for multicultural communities through the LiverCare program
12:05 PM - 12:17 PMBiography
Kyle has more than a decade of experience building and developing programs that meet the needs of affected communities in both hepatitis B and C. Kyle is passionate about equitable public health and improving healthcare access for people affected by viral hepatitis.
Dr Behzad Hajarizadeh
Associate Professor
UNSW/ Kirby Institute
Jessamy Stirling
GP
Derbarl Yerrigan
Real Results: The Impact of Derbarl Yerrigan Health Service on the Identification, Monitoring and Treatment of Aboriginal People Living with Hepatitis B.
12:35 PM - 12:47 PMBiography
Jessamy is a Freo local. She graduated from UWA in 2006 and has worked at the Aboriginal Medical Service Derbarl Yerrigan for over 10 years.
Cameron Taylor is a Noongar from Perth. He has been an Aboriginal Health practitioner for 12 years, with 2 years in sexual health.
Dr Joanne Carson
Senior Machine Learning Engineer
University of New South Wales
National Consensus Statement on Hepatitis B Priorities: A Community-Led Initiative by Hepatitis B Voices Australia
12:50 PM - 12:53 PMBiography
A/Prof Thomas Tu leads the Hepatitis B research group at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research and is a world leader Hepatitis B virology. Drawing on lived experience of hepatitis B, he is committed to translational research that improves outcomes for affected communities.
Dr Elena Cama
Research Fellow
Centre For Social Research In Health, UNSW Sydney
Disclosure of hepatitis B and experiences of stigma among a sample of Chinese people living with hepatitis B in Australia
12:55 PM - 12:58 PMBiography
Dr Elena Cama is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Research in Health. Her research focuses on experiences, impacts, and responses to stigma, discrimination, and violence.
Kiri Lay
Project Officer
The Westmead Institute For Medical Research
Patient-reported impacts of hepatitis B: A novel content analysis study of online forum posts
1:00 PM - 1:03 PMBiography
A/Prof Thomas Tu leads a research group at the Westmead Institute for Medical Research focusing on hepatitis B cure and associated liver cancer. He also lives with Hepatitis B, providing him with unique perspectives as a researcher, patient, and advocate. He has established both HepBCommunity.org and Hepatitis B Voices Australia.
Ms Liz Walker
Epidemiologist
NSW Health
Dr Loren Brener
Professor
CSRH
Informing HBV prevention, testing and linkage to care in four migrant communities in Australia
1:10 PM - 1:15 PMBiography
Loren's research is a professor at the Centre for Social Research in Health and her research focuses on stigma and discrimination experienced by people living with blood-borne viruses such as HIV and viral hepatitis and the impact of this on health outcomes and quality of care.
