Poster Tour - Community & Social Research Theme
| Monday, August 13, 2018 |
| 1:35 PM - 2:05 PM |
| Exhibition Hall (Hall L, Ground Level) |
Speaker
Ms Jude Bevan
Senior Policy & Planning Officer
Communicable Disease Control Directorate, Public And Aboriginal Health Directorate, Department Of Health Western Austral
#2. Look After Your Blood – Developing A Blood-Borne Virus Social Marketing Campaign For Young Aboriginal People
1:35 PM - 1:40 PMBiography
Jude Bevan has worked in public health in the area of blood-borne viruses and injecting drug use for over 20 years. Jude is currently Senior Policy and Planning Officer with the Sexual Health and Blood-Borne Virus Program, Western Australian Department of Health.
Ms Elizabeth Birbilis
Senior Policy Officer
Department Of Health And Human Services
#3. Reorientation Of Hepatitis C Services In Victoria
1:40 PM - 1:45 PMBiography
Elizabeth Birbilis is a Senior Policy Officer, with a lead on viral hepatitis, within the Sexual Health and Viral Hepatitis team in the Victorian Department of Health and Human Services. She has held this position since May 2017, and has worked for the department for 23 years.
Ms Tracey Brown
Service Director, Population Health
Justice Health And Forensic Mental Health Network
#5. Community Conversations With People Who Inject Drugs In Southern Sydney
1:45 PM - 1:50 PMBiography
Tracey has worked as a manager of various Harm Minimisation services across South Eastern Sydney Local Health District for over twenty years and is currently employed as the Coordinator Viral Hepatitis and Harm Reduction Program for the HIV and Related Programs Unit.
Dr Susan Chong
Research Fellow
Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health & Society, La Trobe University
#6. Peer Insights: Understanding Motivators And Barriers To The Uptake Of Hepatitis C Treatments Among People Who Inject Drugs
1:50 PM - 1:55 PMBiography
Dr Susan Chong is a Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University. Susan has worked in community-based health promotion and research for 20 years, focusing on the role and effectiveness of community in policy advocacy and programming in HIV and hepatitis C.
Mr William Mude
Student
La Trobe University
#14. Barriers And Help-Seeking Practices: Perspectives Of South Sudanese People With Chronic Hepatitis B In Australia
1:55 PM - 2:00 PMBiography
William Mude is a PhD candidate at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University. William’s thesis specifically explores the burden of chronic hepatitis B among the Sudanese community in Australia.
Ms Samantha White
Project Officer
Hepatitis Queensland
