Session 4B: Panel: Update on vaccination for adolescents and cervical screening for young adults
Tracks
.
| Tuesday, November 12, 2024 |
| 2:30 PM - 4:00 PM |
Details
Vaccination coverage for adolescents has decreased modestly over recent years, reflecting the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. There are gaps in vaccination coverage for adolescents compared with younger children and this age group require specific targeted and tailored strategies to achieve higher vaccine uptake. This panel will provide the latest information and clinical tips for GPs, nurses, and healthcare professionals about vaccination for adolescents and cervical screening for young adults. The panel will address culturally safe care for priority populations including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people, LGBTQ+ young people and young people with disability.
Speaker
A/Prof Frank Beard
Associate Director
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, Children's Hospital at Westmead
Panelist
Biography
A/Prof Frank Beard is a public health physician and Associate Director at the National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance, where he heads up the vaccine preventable disease surveillance, vaccine coverage, program evaluation and social science teams, and Conjoint Associate Professor at The University of Sydney School of Public Health.
Ms Brittany Wilson
Aboriginal Population Health Trainee
National Centre for Immunisation and Surveillance
Panelist
Biography
Brittany is an Aboriginal Population Health Trainee at the Sydney Children's Hospital Network which involves studying a Master of Public Health and completing a series of placements in public health. Brittany is passionate about amplifying the voices of young people in healthcare systems and she is currently working on a range of health-related projects, including working with other young people to co-design health resources.
Dr Cristyn Davies
Research Fellow
University Of Sydney
Panelist
Biography
Dr Cristyn Davies is a Research Fellow in the Specialty of Child and Adolescent Health in the Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney Children’s Hospital Westmead Clinical School, NSW, Australia. She is a researcher at the Wellbeing, Health, and Youth National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Centre of Research Excellence in Adolescent Health, and a member of the Sydney Infectious Diseases Institute at the University of Sydney. She is also an adjunct in the School of Social Sciences at Western Sydney University, NSW, Australia.
Associate Professor Melissa Kang
Co-head, General Practice Clinical School
University of Sydney
Panelist
Biography
Dr Melissa Kang is co-head of the General Practice Clinical School, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney.
Chair
Cristyn Davies
Research Fellow
University Of Sydney
Natalie McGowan
