Poster Tour 01: HBV equity, education and community outreach
Tracks
Track 1
| Wednesday, August 12, 2026 |
| 3:10 PM - 3:40 PM |
Speaker
Mr Collins Adu
Phd Candidate
Centre For Social Research In Health, Unsw Sydney
Hepatitis B testing, racial discrimination in healthcare, and medical mistrust among sub-Saharan African migrants in Australia: A cross-sectional study.
3:15 PM - 3:18 PMBiography
Collins Adu is a PhD candidate at the Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney. His work focuses on BBVs, STIs, and stigma among culturally diverse communities.
Karen Blaney
Public Health Registrar
Burnet Institute
Ms Smruti Raj
Project Officer - Hepatitis Testing and Education
Hepatitis ACT
Do what works! Implementing an incentivised model of care to increase the uptake of hepatitis B testing and understanding the health knowledge and attitudes toward hepatitis B in CALD communities.
3:25 PM - 3:28 PMBiography
Smruti Raj works as a Project Officer at Hepatitis ACT. With a background in public health, Smruti is dedicated to promoting hepatitis education and awareness in various community settings across the Australian Capital Territory.
Miss Sarah Tran
Project Officer
ASHM Health
Every Voice Counts: Expanding Hepatitis B Education for Midwives to Reach National Hepatitis B Strategy Targets
3:30 PM - 3:33 PMBiography
Sarah Tran is a project officer at ASHM focusing on hepatitis B related education and resources. Sarah leads the hepatitis B s100 prescriber program and works on national projects implementing enhancements to hepatitis B clinical care.
Mrs Marrianne Black
Community Management And Treatment Coordinator - Viral Hepatitis
Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland
A Nurse + a Fibroscan + a Banh Mi = A recipe for engaging GPs.
3:35 PM - 3:38 PMBiography
Marrianne is an RN working in the Love Health Program at the Ethnic Communities Council of Queensland for over 8 years. She works closely with bi-lingual community health workers supporting CALD communities, providing Fibroscan to, and assisting patients and GPs for management and treatment of viral hepatitis.
