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Concurrent Session 2C: Spotlight Session - Integrated care in practice

Tracks
Track 3
Thursday, August 13, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
King Sound + Admiralty Gulf

Speaker

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VH2026

Welcome & Introductions

12:00 PM - 12:05 PM

Biography

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Ms Tara Lines
Peer Navigator
Disc Trust

A One Stop Integrated Model: Full Blood Borne Virus Screening in A Nurse and Peer Led Community Harm Reduction Clinic

12:05 PM - 1:00 PM

Abstract (.pdf)

Biography

Tara Lines is a Peer Navigator at Rodger Wright Community Clinic, drawing on more than 30 years of lived experience with addiction and mental health. A trained Harm Reduction Advisor, she builds trust, reduces stigma and supports people to access hepatitis C and other blood-borne virus screening, treatment and care.
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Ms Mielle Abbott
Hepatitis CNC
Melbourne Health

A collaborative, nurse-led Electronic Medical Record project: improving data capture, uptake and outcomes for an integrated hepatitis C outreach service. Finding friends who can fit a square peg in a round hole and kill two birds with one stone.

12:05 PM - 1:00 PM

Abstract (.pdf)

Biography

Mielle works as a viral hepatitis CNC with the Royal Melbourne Hospital's nurse-led integrated hepatitis C mobile outreach team. Working in partnership with peer workers, she is passionate about improving equitable access to stigma-free care and patient outcomes by using data and systems to support, report and evaluate clinical care.
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Adam Gregson
Nurse Practitioner in Hepatology
Royal Perth Hospital

Cross-Sector Collaboration: Outcomes and Experiences of Implementing a Specialist Hepatology Multidisciplinary Meeting for Aboriginal People Living with Viral Hepatitis in Western Australia.

12:05 PM - 1:00 PM

Abstract (.pdf)

Biography

Adam is a Hepatology Nurse Practitioner working at Royal Perth Hospital and within the community. With a focus on building capacity within primary care, he is passionate about reimagining approaches to viral hepatitis management and models of care, particularly for marginalised communities facing ongoing stigma and health inequity.
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Dr Pamela Heather Lyttle
Prison Medical Officer
WA Department of Justice

An analysis of prisoners treated for Hepatitis C and outcomes of treatment, in Perth South Metro Prisons 2024 - 2025

12:05 PM - 1:00 PM

Abstract (.pdf)

Biography

Dr Heather Lyttle has worked in Sexual Health and Public Health. The last 20 years of her career were in West Australian Country Health working in regional public health After retirement in 2022 she began part time work in Hepatitis C management for the Department of Justice.
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VH2026

Wrap Up

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

Biography


Chairperson

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Adi Mondel
Program Manager - Hepatitis B & Strategic Projects
ASHM

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Jacqui Richmond
Nurse Researcher
Burnet Institute

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