AUSTRALASIAN HIV&AIDS CONFERENCE 2013 – MONDAY 7.00am
Registration
8.00am9.50am
HIV&AIDS Conference - Opening Plenary Room: Auditorium 2 Chairs: Edwina Wright and Steven Skov Welcome To Country Dorrie-Anne Raymond, The Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation (LNAC), NT, Australia Introduction by Convenor Mr James Ward, Head, Preventive Health, Deputy Director, Baker IDI Central Australia Opening Address by Government Official Ms Lia Finnochiaro MLA, Minister for Drysdale Immune Control of the HIV reservoirs Professor Brigitte Autran, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière, Paris, France HIV in Asia: Some priorities for the third decade Dr Michael Tan, Dean, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines, Philippines Australia’s first peoples- Where are we in the epidemic? Success, emerging issues and the same persistent issues Mr James Ward, Head, Preventive Health, Deputy Director, Baker IDI Central Australia, NT, Australia Morning Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing Room: Exhibition and Poster Area-Exhibition Hall Surveillance Reports Launch Room: Waterfront 2 & 3 Advocacy Corner Program - Video Screenings Room: Exhibition Hall Antiretroviral Guidelines 10.45am- Theme C Proffered Paper 10.45am- Satellite Session - AusAID: 10.45amSession 12.15pm Session: Testing and 12.15pm Strengthening health and 12.15pm Prevention community systems for a scaled up response to HIV among key affected populations in Asia and the Pacific Room: Auditorium 2 Room: Auditorium 1 Room: Waterfront 2 & 3 Chairs: Geoff Honnor and Chairs: Steven Skov and Chairs: Rob Lake and David Mark Bloch Martin Holt Fowler When to start ART 10.45am- Interest in and informal use 10.45am- Panel Discussion 10.45amJulian Elliot 11.00am of home HIV tests among 12.15pm Janelle Fawkes, CEO, Scarlet 10.48am Australian gay men Alliance G Prestage Annie Madden, Executive Director, Australian Injecting and Illicit Drug Users League Levinia Crooks, CEO, Australasian Society for HIV Medicine Omar Syarif, Asia Pacific Network of People Living with HIV
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Theme A: Opportunistic 10.45am- Theme D Proffered infections important in Africa, 12.15pm Paper Session: Pathways; Asia and Australia. Session people living with HIV in Honour of Christopher Birch
Room: Waterfront 1 Chairs: Suzanne Crowe and Anthony Jaworowski Chris Birch inducted into the Roll of Honour Suzanne Crowe
Room: Meeting Room 3 Chairs: Heather Worth and John Rule 10.45am- Breaking out: HIV 11.00am treatment and care when PLWHIV transition from custodial settings into the community G Hampton and M Merry
11.05am11.25am
What to start Professor Jean-Michel Molina, Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité - Paris, INSERM U941, France
11.00am11.15am
Men who take more risks avoid HIV testing due to structural barriers P Keen
10.48am11.18am
11.25am11.45am
Guidance for use of ART in Australia Dr Julian Elliot, Head of Clinical Research, Infectious Diseases Unit, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
11.15am11.30am
Couples HIV Counselling and Testing (CHCT): Views from High Risk Populations in Bali, Indonesia K Sari
11.18am11.45am
11.30am11.45am
Gay men’s sexual identities and personal networks G Prestage
11.45am12.00pm
Are men returning? A cohort analysis of HIV testing among MSM in Victoria, 2007 to 2011 M Stoove
12.00pm12.15pm
Combination prevention with confidence?: A review of where community HIV health promotion evaluation is most, moderately and least developed G Brown
11.45am12.15pm
Case discussion Facilitator: Dr James McMahon, Infectious Diseases Physician, Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Panel: Jean-Michel Molina, Philip Read and Mark Bloch
12.15pm1.30pm 12.15pm1.30pm
Immunopathogenesis of the HIV-TB associated immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome Professor Robert J Wilkinson, University of Cape Town, Imperial College London, and National Institute for Medical Research, London The effects of ART on immunological markers of HCV disease in an Indonesian cohort Professor Patricia Price, School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, WA, Australia
11.00am11.15am
Unique impacts of HIV disclosure in health care and within interpersonal relationships L Brener
11.15am11.30am
Ageing with HIV and the lived realities: Results from a qualitative study K McDonald
11.30am11.45am
11.45am12.00pm
Prevalence and types of Human Papillomavirus in Human Immunodeficiency Virus infected females in Eastern India A Chourasia
11.45am12.00pm
Bridging two worlds: Clinician perspectives on the challenges of transitioning young people with HIV into adult care C Newman Factors associated with clinician-patient discussions regarding sexual activity and contraception in reproductive-aged women with HIV Z Stewart
12.00pm12.15pm
Detection, quantitation and molecular epidemiology of HTLV-1 in the Northern Territory D Chibo
12.00pm- Q&A 12.15pm
Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Viewing Room: Exhibition and Poster Area-Exhibition Hall Advocacy Corner Program - Community presentations; Q&A - Including HIV Australia magazine launch: HIV and STIs among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities Room: Exhibition Hall
1.30pm3.00pm
Theme B Proffered Paper Session: ART in Australasia, Asia Pacific and Africa
1.30pm3.00pm
Room: Auditorium 2 Chairs: Edwina Wright and Catrina Ooi 1.30pm1.45pm
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Renal Safety Profile of Cobicistat-boosted Elvitegravir compared to Atripla or Atazanavir plus Emtricitabine/tenofovir DF in HIV-1 infected Patients M Bloch
HIV lipodystrophy in participants randomised to lopinavir/ritonavir (LPV/r) + 2-3 nucleoside/nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (N(t)RTIs) or LPV/r + raltegravir (RAL) as second-line antiretroviral therapy: a sub-study of the SECONDLINE trial C Moore Assessment of Predictors of Viraemia Copy-Years in People with HIV/AIDS following Initiation of Combination Antiretroviral Therapy S Wright
Theme C Proffered Paper Session: Treatment as Prevention
1.30pm3.00pm
Theme D Symposium: 1.30pmRound table on post MDG’s 3.00pm - What will happen to HIV? Session in honour of Dennis Altman Room: Waterfront 2 & 3 Chair: Angela Kelly and David MacLaren
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Session
1.30pm1.40pm
Overview of the issues on HIV Post-MDG Associate Professor Heather Worth, International HIV Research Group, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW, NSW, Australia
1.30pm1.45pm
Mob in the margins: HIV and injecting drug use in Victorian Aboriginal communities K Byron/ P Waples-Crowe
1.30pm1.50pm
The Poz Action Project Jo Watson, Executive Director, The National Association of People With HIV Australia (NAPWHA), Sydney, NSW, Australia
1.40pm1.50pm
Defeating AIDS - Advancing Global Health Brianna Harrison; Human Rights and Law Advisor, UNAIDS Asia Pacific Regional Service Team Is a post-2015 development agenda still relevant? Annmaree O’Keeffe AM, Fellow, Lowy Institute for International Policy and Local co-chair, Leadership and Accountability n Program Committee, AIDS 2015
1.45pm2.05pm
Uptake of HIV testing in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services Associate Professor Rebecca Guy, The Kirby Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1.50pm2.10pm
The PLHIV population picture in Australia Associate Professor David Wilson, Head of Surveillance and Evaluation, The Kirby Institute, NSW, Australia
NTAHC Testing Campaign - Evaluation Mr Craig Cooper, Northern Territory AIDS and Hepatitis Council, NT, Australia
2.10pm2.30pm
Australian Temporary Resident Access Study (ATRAS) – Year 1 follow up Kathy Petoumenos, The Kirby Institute, NSW, Australia
Room: Auditorium 1 Chairs: John de Wit and Mark Stoove 1.30pm1.45pm
Few gay men know about evidence for treatment as prevention B Bavinton
1.45pm2.00pm
‘Health seems to come second’: Views on treatment as prevention among people with HIV not currently taking treatment C Newman
1.50pm2.00pm
2.00pm2.15pm
Behavioural trends among Australian gay men pose increasing challenges for HIV prevention: Findings from the Gay Community Periodic Surveys, 2003-12 M Holt
2.00pm2.10pm
Can international policy 2.05pminstruments inform domestic 2.20pm HIV policy? Political will into action: Implementing the UN Political Declaration on HIV in Australia Mr Rob Lake, Executive Director, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO), NSW, Australia
1.30pm3.00pm
Room: Waterfront 1 Chairs: Rob Monaghan and Meggan Grose
Satellite Session: Sponsored by NAPWHA: Poz Action - supporting the Australian HIV response Room: Meeting Room 3 Chairs: Robert Mitchell and Bill Whittaker
2.15pm2.30pm
Trends in first line antiretroviral therapy in Asia D Boettiger
2.15pm2.30pm
Undetectable viral load is 2.10pmassociated with increased 3.00pm unprotected anal intercourse in gay serodiscordant couples B Bavinton
2.30pm2.45pm
Clinical factors associated with suboptimal adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Asia A Jiamsakul Analysis of transmitted drug resistance between 2010 to 2012 J D’Costa
2.30pm2.45pm
Treatment as prevention in an Australian Setting I Stratov
3.00pm3.30pm
Consistent and inconsistent use of non-condom-based risk reduction strategies among men in the Gay Community Periodic Surveys M Holt Afternoon Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing Room: Exhibition and Poster Area-Exhibition Hall
3.00pm3.30pm
Advocacy Corner Program - Open mic sessions Room: Exhibition Hall
3.30pm5.00pm
Theme D Symposium Session: MSM in Asia
2.45pm3.00pm
Why Communities Still Matter: HIV/AIDS and men who have sex with men in Asia Dr Michael Tan, Dean, College of Social Sciences and Philosophy, University of the Philippines, Philippines
HIV risk, knowledge and 2.30pmhealth service access among 2.50pm Indigenous and non Indigenous people who inject drugs in Queensland Mr James Ward, Deputy Director, Baker IDI, NT, Australia Q&A 2.50pm3.00pm
HIV Futures 7 Report Jeffrey Grierson, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, LaTrobe University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Theme C Symposium 3.30pmSession: Preparing for PrEP. 5.00pm Session in honour of Anthony Smith
Theme B/C Symposium: 3.30pmModels of Testing in Australia 5.00pm
Theme A: Activation of the innate and adaptive immune systems
Room: Waterfront 2 & 3 Chairs: Dean Murphy and Colin Batrouney PrEP implementation: The how and why Associate Professor Edwina Wright, The Alfred Hospital and the Burnet Institute, VIC, Australia
Room: Waterfront 1 Chairs: Chris Bourne and Heath Paynter Regulate or facilitate! 3.30pmEstablishing a community4.00pm based HIV point-of-care testing service and the balancing competing interests Dr Mark Stoove, HIV Research Program, Centre for Population Health, Burnet Institute, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Peer-led community sexual health services in Perth Dr Lewis Marshall Fremantle Hospital and WA AIDS Council, WA, Australia
Room: Meeting Room 3 Chairs: Brigitte Autran and Patricia Price The impact of immune activation on natural killer cells in the setting of HIV infection Associate Professor Anthony Jaworowski, Burnet Institute, VIC, Australia
2.20pm2.40pm
2.40pm3.00pm
Q&A
2.45pm3.00pm
3.30pm5.00pm
Room: Auditorium 2 Chair: Brianna Harrison 3.30pm4.00pm
Panel Discussion Heather Worth, Brianna Harrison, Annmaree O’Keefe, Rob Lake, Angela Kelly and David MacLaren
Satellite Session: Sponsored by ASHM NSWe-Shared care: Improving outcomes of HIV care in the electronic era Room: Auditorium 1 Chairs: Niamh Lynn
3.30pm5.00pm
3.30pm3.35pm
Introduction 3.30pmNiamh Lynn, Senior Project 3.45pm Officer - HIV/STI - ASHM NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
3.35pm3.50pm
HIV cycle of care – interactive session Levinia Crooks, CEO, Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, Sydney, NSW, Australia Preliminary results of a HIV shared care audit Dr David Baker, East Sydney Doctors, Sydney, NSW, Australia
3.50pm4.00pm
3.45pm4.00pm
Willingness to use HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among Australian gay and bisexual men: Findings from the PrEPARE project 2011 2013 Dr Martin Holt, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Research in Health, The University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia
3.30pm3.42pm
3.42pm3.54pm
3.54pm4.06pm
a[TEST] – Reflections on the first four months of a community-based Rapid HIV and STI Screening Service Geoff Honnor, Director, HIV/ Sexual Health, ACON, NSW, Australia
4.00pm4.15pm
Men who have sex with men in southern Vietnam report high levels of sexual risk behaviours and substance use but underutilise HIV testing services Q Pham
4.15pm4.30pm
Concurrent partnership and 4.15pmdensity of the sexual 4.25pm network among men having sex with men (MSM) in Kuta, Bali, Indonesia L Wulandari
HIV Shared care in a Melbourne clinic Dr Richard Moore, Northside Clinic, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
4.10pm4.25pm
4.25pm4.40pm
HIV Shared care – a specialist perspective Associate Professor Andrew Carr, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, NSW, Australia
4.25pm4.30pm
4.30pm4.45pm
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4.00pm4.15pm
Practical use of the PCEHR 4.00pmin HIV shared care 4.10pm Dr Trina Gregory, CPC Medical Practice, NSW, Australia
HIV infection and access to 4.40pmPanel and audience HIV prevention services 5.00pm discussion – Future among men who have sex directions with men in some sentinel Dr William Donohue, Lance provinces in Vietnam in Feeney, Dr David Baker, Dr 2010 and 2012 Trina Gregory, Dr Richard T Duong Moore, Associate Professor Andrew Carr, and Niamh Lynn The epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections and viral hepatitis among men who have sex with men in mainland China: A metaanalysis and data synthesis E Chow Welcome Reception and Poster Viewing Evening Room: Exhibition and Poster Area-Exhibition Hall
4.30pm5.00pm
Current knowledge and informal use of PrEP in Australia: available evidence from behavioural surveillance and research Dr Iryna Zablotska, Senior Lecturer, The Kirby Institute, The University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia Beyond the biomedical: How, when and where might PREP be available in Australia Mr Rob Lake, Executive Director, Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations (AFAO), NSW, Australia The case for PrEP: Why PrEP could be an important component of gay men’s HIV prevention strategies Associate Professor Garrett Prestage, Sydney, NSW, Australia; The Kirby Institute and The Australian Research Centre in Sex Health and Society
4.06pm4.18pm
Feasibility, Acceptability and Point Prevalence of HIV Testing in Adults Admitted Under the Division of Medicine at Royal Darwin Hospital L Lallenec
4.00pm4.15pm
An optimised eight-colour flow cytometry protocol for the analysis of monocyte heterogeneity and monocyte activation markers during HIV infection A Castley
4.18pm4.30pm
Sensitivity evaluation of six rapid tests for detection of human immunodeficiency virus infection P Cunningham
4.15pm4.30pm
HIV infection is associated with the aberrant expression of B cell receptors for cytokines that regulate B cell activation and differentiation M French
Panel Discussion Dean Murphy, Colin Batrouney, Edwina Wright, Martin Holt, Iryna Zablotska, Rob Lake and Garrett Prestage
4.30pm4.42pm
What is the preferred method 4.30pmof HIV testing among 4.45pm Australian HIV negative gay men? I Zablotska
Clonal analysis of HIV-1 envelope sequences from follicular helper T cells isolated from human spleen cells Y Xu
4.42pm5.00pm
Panel Discussion Mark Stoove, Lewis Marshall, Geoff Honnor, Nathan Ryder, Darren Russell, Philip Cunningham, Iryna Zablotska and Levinia Crooks
Natural control of HIV infection is associated with isotype diversification of IgG antibodies to HIV p24 M French
4.45pm5.00pm
AUSTRALASIAN HIV&AIDS CONFERENCE 2013 – TUESDAY 6.30am 7.00am8.15am 7.00am 7.15am8.15am
Registration Satellite Session sponsored by Gilead: The Great Debate - STRs Do Not put Patients first Room: Waterfront 2 & 3 Moderator: Dr Norman Swan Breakfast served The Great Debate - STRs Do Not put Patients First Moderator: Dr Norman Swan Affirmative: Professor Andrew Carr, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia Adjunct Associate Professor Darren Russell, James Cook University, QLD, Australia Mr Adrian Ogier, National Association of People Living with HIV (NAPWHA), NSW, Australia Opposition: Dr Dick Quan, Holdsworth House Medical Practice, NSW, Australia Associate Professor Edwina Wright, The Alfred Hospital and the Burnet Institute, VIC, Australia Mr Brent Allan, Living Positive Victoria, VIC, Australia
8.30am10.00am
HIV&AIDS Conference - Plenary 2 Room: Auditorium 2 Chairs: Vicki Krause and Levinia Crooks
8.30am8.31am 8.31am8.35am 8.35am9.05am
Introduction to the JRS Award Recipients and Future Leaders Award Ms Levinia Crooks, CEO, Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, NSW Launch of the booklet and DVD: Being Positive—Healthy Living for Australians with HIV Jane Costello, President of Positive Life NSW Future treatment options for HIV-infection Professor Jean-Michel Molina, Professor of Infectious Diseases, University of Paris Diderot, Sorbonne Paris Cité - Paris, INSERM U941, France
9.05am9.30am
What is required to achieve an AIDS-free generation in Asia and the Pacific? Associate Professor David Wilson, Head of Surveillance and Evaluation, The Kirby Institute, NSW, Australia
9.30am10.00am
Understanding and intervening in HIV-associated tuberculosis Professor Robert J Wilkinson, University of Cape Town, Imperial College London, and National Institute for Medical Research, London, United Kingdom
10.00am10.30am 10.10am10.20am 10.00am10.30am
Morning Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing Room: Exhibition and Poster Area-Exhibition Hall Launch of the Ngarra Showcase Exhibition Hall Foyer Advocacy Corner - Video screenings Room: Exhibition Hall
10.30am12.00pm
Theme B Proffered Paper Session: Co-infection and co-morbidities
10.30am12.00pm
Theme C Proffered Paper Session: Testing; Right here right now
10.30am- Theme B Proffered 12.00pm Paper Session: Barriers and responses to integration into best practice care
10.30am- Theme A: Workshop: 12.00pm Successful collaborations in the developing world – How to do it?
Room: Auditorium 2 Chairs: Craig Rodgers and Gail Matthews
Room: Auditorium 1 Chairs: Colin Batrouney and George Ayala
Room: Waterfront 2 & 3 Chairs: David Baker and Jenny Hoy
10.30am10.45am
Cervical screening and HIV: 10.30amA review of women 10.45am attending three sexual health clinics in Sydney D Tilley
Delayed HIV diagnoses 10.30am- Younger age, recent HIV 10.30amamong gay and bisexual men 10.45am diagnosis, and no annual 10.50am in Australia STI testing is associated P Keen with current ART non-use among HIV-positive gay men in Australia J De Wit
10.45am11.00am
Prevalence and risk factors for high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) in a community based cohort of homosexual men D Machalek
10.45am11.00am
Field performance of the Alere Determine HIV Combo assay in recent HIV infection and overall in the Sydney Rapid HIV Test Study D Conway
10.45am- Efficacy and acceptability of 10.50am11.00am a combination intervention 11.00am for smoking cessation in HIV positive individuals: A pilot study L Healey
11.00am11.15am
Detectable HBV DNA in plasma but no HBV drug resistance in HIV/HBV co-infected patients on tenofovir-containing antiretroviral therapy J Sasadeusz
11.00am11.15am
Effect of testing experience and profession on staff acceptability of rapid HIV testing in public sexual health clinics in Sydney D Conway
11.00am11.15am
11.15am11.30am
Prevalence and predictors of multimorbidity among people living with HIV in regional New South Wales, Australia N Edmiston
11.15am11.30am
Queensland’s first 11.15amcommunity based HIV testing 11.30am E Ryder
Room: Waterfront 1 Chairs: Rebekah Puls and Patricia Price
Barriers to integrating HIV 11.00amand AIDS services into 11.10am community health centres in Bali Province, Indonesia I Sutarsa
Influence of ART copayment on pharmacy pick-up site and pharmacy assessments of ART adherence J McMahon
10.30am- Theme D Proffered Paper 12.00pm Session: HIV in the Pacific
11.10am11.20am
Room: Meeting Room 3 Chair: David MacLaren
Make new friends and avoid FEDEX science Professor Patricia Price, School of Pathology and Medicine, University of Western Australia, WA, Australia and Dr Evy Yunihastuti, Medical Director, HIV integrated clinic Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, University of Indonesia Larger scale collaborationsMaking lots of friends and keeping them Rebekah Puls, University of NSW, NSW, Australia
10.30am- Is there HIV on the inside? 10.45am An assessment of HIV risk and prevention in prison’s and police holding cells in Papua New Guinea A Kelly
Successful shipping Without losing samples and your mind Anna Donaldson, University of NSW, NSW, Australia
11.15am11.30am
10.45am- ‘Mi aigris long koins bilong 11.00am em’ (‘I was attracted to him because of his money’): Polygamy, sexual agency and women in contemporary Papua New Guinea A Mek Working in a global 11.00am- The Contribution of repository – Facilitating 11.15am Partner Testing to PPTCT collection, storage and Efforts and Getting to Zero retrieval of valuable New Pediatric HIV specimens Infections in Papua New Kate Merlin, St Vincent’s Centre Guinea for Applied Medical Research, TD Frank Sydney, NSW, Australia ‘I left my lifeline’: Understanding use and refusal of alternative therapies among people living with HIV in the Pacific Islands H Gorman
11.30am11.45am
Detection of systemic 11.30amhuman papillomavirus type 11.45am 16-specific T-cell responses in HIV-uninfected and infected men who have sex with men W Tong
Consumer preferences for a community-based rapid HIV point-of care testing service for men who have sex with men in Melbourne M Stoove
11.30am11.45am
Expanded dispensing of antiretroviral medications can remove perceived barriers to accessing treatment and is well received by people living with HIV M Graham
11.45am12.00pm
Preliminary findings from the Anal Cancer Examination (ACE) study - acceptability of an annual anal examination amongst patients and doctors J Ong
Providing HIV results via SMS one day after testing: more popular than rapid point-of-care tests S Davies
11.45am12.00pm
Hepatitis C testing and 11.35aminfection in HIV-positive men 11.50am who have sex with men in Melbourne, Victoria M Hellard
12.00pm1.30pm 12.00pm1.30pm 2.00pm5.00pm 1.30pm3.00pm
11.45am12.00pm
Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Viewing Room: Exhibition and Poster Area-Exhibition Hall Advocacy Corner - Community presentations; Q&A Room: Exhibition Hall Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Satellite Meeting Room: Meeting Room 4 Theme B Symposium 1.30pmTheme C Proffered Session: Contemporary 3.00pm Paper Session: HIV Issues in HIV management Epidemiology and Behavioural Trends Room: Auditorium 2 Chairs: Jean-Michel Molina and Suzanne Crowe
1.30pm1.45pm
HIV care: How well are we managing people with HIV Dr Mark Bloch, Director, Holdsworth House Medical Practice, Sydney, NSW, Australia
1.30pm3.00pm
Room: Auditorium 1 Chairs: Craig Cooper and David Wilson 1.30pm1.45pm
HIV diagnosed in Victoria among new migrants C El-Hayek
1.30pm1.45pm
Satellite Session: HIV Immigration and Legal Satellite
11.20am11.35am
Experience in using CLIA and ISO to establish a laboratory network for US NIAID Pediatric Clinical Trials between Thailand and Cambodia Sasiwimol Ubolyamn, The HIV-NAT AIDS Research Centre/ Chulalongkorn University Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand Strengthening laboratory quality management systems using NRL STEPS Sue Best, National Reference Laboratory, VIC, Australia
11.50am12.00pm
Q&A
1.30pm3.00pm
Theme A Symposium: A vaccine for HIV: Therapeutic or preventivePushing the envelope!
11.30am11.45am
Breaking Culture: HIV Prevention and Subjectivities of Change in Papua New Guinea P Shih
11.45am12.00pm
Human papillomavirus, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections among women attending antenatal, well woman and sexual health clinics in Papua New Guinea A Vallely
1.30pm3.00pm
Theme D Proffered Paper Session: HIV in Australia
Room: Waterfront 2 & 3 Chairs: Anna Roberts and Brent Allan
Room: Waterfront 1 Chairs: Ivan Stratov and Sharon Lewin
Room: Meeting Room 3 Chair: Angela Kelly
Regional HIV Policy: What 1.30pmdo we know about regional 1.50pm policies around HIV and immigration Associate Professor Heather Worth, Head of the International HIV Research Group, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW, Australia
Can Therapeutic Vaccines be 1.30pmof help for an HIV Cure? 1.45pm Professor Brigitte Autran, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Hôpital Pitié - Salpétrière, Paris, France
HIV notifications in migrant populations in NSW, 2003-2012 M Lam
1.45pm2.00pm
How safe is contemporary ART? Dr David Nolan, Consultant Physician, Royal Perth Hospital, WA, Australia
The changing face of HIV-1 diversity in Western Australia- A 12 year analysis A Castley
1.45pm2.00pm
Australian Immigration 1.50pmProcess: How does an 2.10pm individual navigate the system Indraveer Chatterjee, Principal solicitor for Australia’s only HIV specialist legal centre, the HIV/ AIDS Legal Centre (HALC), NSW, Australia
2.00pm2.15pm
Immune activation and 2.00pmSerious Non AIDS Events in 2.15pm HIV infection Dr Denise Hsu, Lecturer, Kirby Institute, UNSW, NSW, Australia
Comparison of recruitment strategies for behaviour studies among gay men I Zablotska
2.00pm2.15pm
2.15pm2.30pm
The current HIVmanagement policy environment Associate Professor Darren Russell, Director of Sexual Health, Cairns Sexual Health Service, Cairns, QLD, Australia
2.15pm2.30pm
Trends in CD4+ cell count at HIV diagnosis in Australia, 2001 - 2012 A McDonald
2.15pm2.30pm
The Health Requirement and Significant Cost Threshold: Details of the Requirements and How the Policy Limits are Set Richard Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the Visa Framework and Family Policy Branch, Migration and Visa Policy Division, Australian Department of Immigration and Citizenship, Australia Public Health Implications of 2.10pmHIV Migration Policies and 2.30pm UNAIDS Assessments of International Policies Brianna Harrison, Human Rights and Law Advisor, UNAIDS Asia Pacific Regional Service Team
2.30pm2.45pm
Mind the Gaps - PLHIV 2.30pmissues in Australia today 2.45pm Simon O’Connor, Executive Officer, Queensland Positive People (QPP), QLD, Australia
Reinvigorating evidence for action and capacity in community HIV programs (REACH Project) K Johnston
2.30pm3.00pm
2.45pm3.00pm
Panel Discussion
Discussion
3.00pm3.30pm 3.00pm3.30pm
Afternoon Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing Room: Exhibition and Poster Area-Exhibition Hall Advocacy Corner Program - Open mic sessions Room: Exhibition Hall
1.45pm2.00pm
2.45pm3.00pm
Panel discussion: 2.30pmThe panel with address 2.45pm questions from the audience and discuss whether and how the Australian policy should change Anna Roberts, Indraveer Chatterjee, Heather Worth, and Dr Anne Watson, Medical officer, Department of Immigration and Citizenship 2.45pm3.00pm
Advances in prophylactic vaccines... contributions from the region Professor Anthony Kelleher, Program Head, Kirby Institute, Uni NSW, NSW, Australia
1.45pm2.00pm
Young gay men, sex, relationships and HIV risk D Duncan
2.00pm2.15pm
HIV testing patterns and barriers to testing among people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds in NSW Australia: Results from a NSW communitybased survey S McGregor
Discussion
2.15pm2.30pm
Breadth and Magnitude of envelope-specific ADCC responses in people who naturally control HIV Dr Ivan Stratov, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
2.30pm2.45pm
To escape, or not to escape: Pig-tailed macaque MHC I haplotypes that drive CTL escape in SIV infection S Gooneratne
2.45pm3.00pm
HIV knowledge and sexual behaviour among people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds in NSW Australia: Results from a NSW Communitybased survey 2012 ES Mlambo A dramatic increase in the use of mobile apps to meet partners among gay men in Melbourne and Sydney is not associated with increased risk-taking: Findings from the Gay Community Periodic Surveys, 2010-13 P Hull Determinants of suicide and accidental/violent death in the Australian HIV Observational Database K Petoumenos
3.30pm5.00pm
3.30pm3.49pm
3.49pm4.08pm
Theme B Symposium Session: Coinfections, epidemiology and transmission
3.30pm5.00pm
Room: Auditorium 2 Chairs: Julian Elliott and Tony Kelleher HCV transmission risks: 3.30pmChanging times, changing 3.50pm needs? Dr Gail Matthews, Clinical academic and Senior Research Fellow, The Kirby Institute, NSW, and St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Hepatitis B - the Northern 3.50pmTerritory story 4.10pm Dr Jane Davies, Menzies School of Health Research; Senior clinical fellow in Infectious Diseases, Royal Darwin Hospital, NT, Australia
Theme C Symposium Session: Heterosexual transmission of HIV in Australia: An examination of trends, risks, impacts and responses Room: Auditorium 1 Chairs: John de Wit and Pene Manolas Trends in heterosexually acquired HIV infection in Australia, 2001-2012 Dr Ann McDonald, The Kirby Institute for Infection and Immunity in Society, The University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia
3.30pm5.00pm
Engaging with male expatriates, travellers and HIV Dr Graham Brown, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, LaTrobe University, VIC, Australia; WA Centre for Health Promotion Research, Curtin University, WA, Australia
3.55pm4.10pm
3.30pm3.55pm
Theme A and Theme B: Age-related pathologies in HIV patients
Room: Waterfront 2 & 3 Chairs: Bruce Brew and David Nolan HIV infection, inflammation and ageing: How are they linked? Professor Suzanne Crowe, Associate Director, Burnet Institute (Clinical Research), Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases, The Alfred; Professor of Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia Increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) with age in men: A comparison of the D:A:D CVD risk equation and general population CVD risk equations K Petoumenos
3.30pm5.00pm
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Theme D Proffered 3.30pmPaper Session: Quick fire: 5.00pm Short presentations from Australia and the Asia Pacific Region Room: Waterfront 1 Chairs: Angela Kelly and Jo Watson Justice for whom? Resolving 3.30pmsexual violence in Bena, 4.15pm Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea H Aeno
3.39pm3.48pm
Representations of homosexuality in The Northern province and on the islands of New Caledonia FL Mbodj
3.48pm3.57pm
The reality of treatment adherence for NSW’s most marginalised people living with HIV (PLWH): An analysis of factors affecting adherence and the impact of the Bobby Goldsmith Foundation’s (BGF) financial assistance on adherence E Ninnes ‘Time to Test’ campaign to promote HIV testing among gay men D Murphy
3.57pm4.06pm
Satellite Session: A DHIVA Initiative - Practical Management of Menopause, Contraception and Pregnancy in Women with HIV Room: Meeting Room 3 Chair: Moira Wilson Managing Contraception and Menopause in HIV Positive Women Professor Martha Hickey, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The Royal Women’s Hospital and the University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
4.08pm4.27pm
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The consequences of HIV / 4.10pmTB confection in the Asia 4.30pm Pacific Region: epidemiology, modelling and public health strategies Dr Emma McBryde, Head of Epidemiology, Victorian Infectious Diseases Service; Principal Research Fellow, University of Melbourne, Epidemiologist, Burnet Institute, VIC, Australia
The impact of living with HIV: differences in experiences of stigma for heterosexual and homosexual PLHIV in Australia Dr Loren Brener, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW, NSW, Australia
HIV transmission: An 4.30pmupdate for clinicians in the 4.50pm combination prevention era Professor Andrew Grulich, Professor and Head of HIV Epidemiology and Prevention Program, the Kirby Institute, UNSW, NSW, Australia
Community HIV prevention responses to emerging priorities Mr Craig Cooper, Northern Territory AIDS and Hepatitis Council, NT, Australia
4.30pm4.45pm
Q&A
Q&A
4.45pm5.00pm
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Neurological aspects of Ageing and HIV Professor Bruce Brew, Head of Department of Neurology, St Vincent’s Hospital, NSW Australia Investigation of immune markers that may explain association of CMV antibody titres and cardiovascular risk in HIV+ individuals stable on HAART S Brunt
4.06pm4.15pm
Growing Pains: A first look at drug use in a post-conflict country A Belo Ximenes
4.15pm4.24pm
Prevalence of HIVassociated neurocognitive disorders using a new cogstate-based screening against standardised neuropsychological assessment in an Australian HIV-infected and HIVnegative community cohort M Bloch Prevalence of CSF Alzheimer’s disease-like profiles in middle-aged HIV+ individuals L Cysique
4.33pm4.42pm
My Journey: Exploring the 4.15pmexperiences of women living 5.00pm with HIV in Australia S Cristian When you cannot dance, but you can recite: Promoting the sexual health of young people with refugee backgrounds A Coelho ENUF: Crowd sourcing voices to resist HIV stigma and promote resilience B Allan
4.24pm4.33pm
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5.15pm7.15pm
ViiV Healthcare Satellite Session - HIV Life Plan Cardiovascular Health Symposium Room: Waterfront 1 Chair: Edwina Wright
5.15pm6.00pm
Welcome drinks and canapes in foyer
6.00pm7.00pm
Presentation Dr David Nolan, Royal Perth Hospital, Co-author of the HIV Life Plan, Cardiovascular Health chapter
7.00pm7.15pm
Q&A
Listening to community voice: Perceptions of models of service delivery for male circumcision as an HIV prevention option in Papua New Guinea A Tynan Understanding the constraints and facilitators in the Fijian health system to the prevention of mother-tochild transmission of HIV (PMTCT) services in Suva A Razzaq
Case Presentations Case Study 1: Make no bones about it… Dr Catriona Ooi, Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre, NSW, Australia
Case Study 2: Women living with HIV Diagnostic dilemmas Dr Moira Wilson, Fremantle Hospital, WA, Australia
AUSTRALASIAN HIV&AIDS AND SEXUAL HEALTH CONFERENCES 2013 – WEDNESDAY 6.30am 7.00am8.15am
Registration Case Presentation Breakfast: HIV&AIDS Conference
7.00am8.15am
Affiliate Event: Australasian Sexual Health and HIV Nurses Association (ASHHNA) AGM and Breakfast
7.00am8.15am
Room: Waterfront 1 Chair: Donna Tilley Guest Speaker: Peter Knibbs Nursing Unit Manager Clinic 34 Darwin Peter has worked in HIV at Clinic 34 Darwin for 21 years. During that time he has seen many changes in relation to HIV in the Top End. Peter will be discussing his role and the challenges that come with this position.
Room: Waterfront 2 and 3 Chairs: Winnie Tong and Shailendra Sawleshwarkar 7.15am7.30am 7.30am7.45am 7.45am8.00am 8.00am8.15am 8.30am10.00am
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Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a patient with HIV and disseminated Varicella Zoster Virus S Sasson Protracted cryptococcal disease: immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) or not? S McGuinness HIV and Hodgkin’s Lymphoma - A Medical Dilemma C Khaw Complex Case Report that illustrates the paucity of data for long term management of Visceral Leishmania-HIV co-infection M Kelly Sexual Health Conference: Opening Plenary Room: Auditorium 1 & 2 Chairs: Margaret Redelman and Kim Gates Welcome To Country Dorrie-Anne Raymond, The Larrakia Nation Aboriginal Corporation (LNAC), NT, Australia
8.30am10.00am
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HIV&AIDS Conference: Basic Science Symposium: HIV reservoirs and the potential of gene therapy Room: Meeting Room 3 Chairs: John Zaunders and Sharon Lewin Characterization of HIV latency in a chemokine model of preactivation latency Dr Paul U Cameron, Department of Infectious Diseases, Monash University, VIC, Australia
8.35am8.45am
Introduction by Convenor Dr Margaret Redelman, (Convenor), Medical Sex Therapist, Secretary: Society Australian Sexologists Ltd, NSW, Australia
8.50am9.10am
Longitudinal analysis of infection frequencies and genetic makeup of intracellular HIV-1 from tissue compartments during long-term suppressive therapy Associate Professor Sarah Palmer, Westmead Millennium Institute/University of Sydney, Westmead, NSW, Australia
8.45am8.50am
Opening address Dr Nathan Ryder, Sexual Health Physician, Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Unit, NT, Australia ASHA’s - First Conference Welcome Associate Professor Richard Hillman, (AChSHM President/ASHA Chair), Academic Lead, Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
9.10am9.30am
Promoter targeting small RNA suppresses HIV-1 infection in-vivo through transcriptional gene silencing K Suzuki Enforcement of HIV-1 Postintegration Latency by a Tat Mutant D Harrich
ASHA Oration Associate Professor Darren Russell, Director of Sexual Health, Cairns Sexual Health Service, Cairns, QLD, Australia Changing Face of Indigenous Sexual and Public Health Jacki Mein, Apunipima Cape York Health Council, Senior Medical Officer, QLD, Australia Morning Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing Room: Exhibition and Poster Area-Exhibition Hall Advocacy Corner - Video screenings Room: Exhibition Hall
9.50am10.00am
8.50am9.00am 9.00am9.30am 9.30am10.00am 10.00am10.30am 10.00am10.30am
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Q&A
10.30am12.00pm
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Joint Conference Symposium: Models of Clinical Care in Sexual Health and HIV Room: Auditorium 1 & 2 Chairs: Shannon Woodward and Kirsten Thompson Creating and maintaining STI control in a remote region of Aboriginal communities: lessons from an eighteen year long program on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands Dr Rae-Lin Huang, STI Control and HIV Prevention Co-ordinator, Nganampa Health Council, NT, Australia I nurse in the clap clinic - The future of sexual reproductive health and nursing Dr. David Lee, DrPH, MPH, FCNA, FCN (NSW); Nurse Practitioner, (Sexual Reproductive Health); Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia The West Australian HIV Rural Remote and Pregnancy Service Allison Cain, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Rural and Remote Service, Royal Perth Hospital, WA, Australia
10.30am- Joint Conference Symposium: HIV and 12.00pm Sexual Health – Joining up the strands
10.30am12.00pm
Room: Waterfront 2 & 3 Chairs: Peter Aggleton and Jackie Mein
Joint Conference Symposium: Biomedical: Cutting edge diagnostics
10.30am12.00pm
HIV&AIDS Conference: ACH2 Sponsored Basic Science SessionTranslational Immunovirology
Room: Waterfront 1 Chair: Basil Donovan
Room: Meeting Room 3 Chairs: David Harrich and Paul Cameron
10.30am- Young clean and safe 10.50am Associate Professor Kate Senior PhD, Senior Research Fellow, ARC Future Fellow, Youth Health and Wellbeing, Centre for Child Development and Education, Menzies School of Health Research, NT, Australia
10.30am10.50am
Point of care testing as a public health 10.30amstrategy for the control of sexually 10.45am transmitted infections Professor John Kaldor, Public Health Interventions Research Group, Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia
Short-hairpin RNA gene therapy to CCR5 and membrane anchored C peptide and their effect on HIV susceptible cultures S Ledger
10.50am- HIV and Sexual Health Peer Education 11.10am in Gender Diverse youth Renon Schafer, Volunteer Youth Peer Educator, NTAHC and Founder of SMILE (a group for Same Sex Attracted and Gender Diverse Youth), NT, Australia
10.50am11.10am
Rapid HIV Testing in Australia 10.45amDamian Conway, Lecturer, Sexual Health 11.00am Program, Kirby Institute, NSW, Australia
Targeting Tat expression during HIV-1 viral latency Associate Professor Damian Purcell, Reader in Virology, The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
ACON Rapid HIV testing data - it’s called a-test Timmy Lockwood, CNS Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia
11.00am11.15am
MicroCube, a crystalline platform for HIV antigen presentation Dr. Fasseli Coulibaly, ARC Future Fellow, Structural Virology Laboratory, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, VIC, Australia
11.20am11.40am
Update on anal cancer screening in HIV+ populations Dr Jason Ong, MBBS, MMed, FRACGP, PhD candidate, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
11.15am11.30am
Blocking two phase transfer of HIV-1 in primary langerhans cells Dr Najla Nasr, Centre for Virus Research, Westmead Millennium Institute for Medical Reserach, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
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Considering the whole: The overlapping 11.10amepidemiology of STIs, sex work, drug 11.20am use and reproductive health Dr Phillip Read, Medical Unit Manager/ Staff Specialist, Kirketon Road Centre, Sydney, NSW, Australia
11.30am11.50am
Partnerships in Care – Aboriginal Community Controlled Services and HIV Specialist Services working in collaboration for the best outcomes for the individual Kim Dick, Senior Aboriginal Health Worker - Victorian Aboriginal Health Service and Sandra Gregson, STI/BBV Nurse - Victorian Aboriginal Health Service, VIC, Australia
11.30am11.50am
“HIV Treatment as Prevention and Sexual Health” Associate Professor Darren Russell Director of Sexual Health, Cairns Sexual Health Service, Cairns, QLD, Australia
11.40am11.50am
Practicalities of screening for anal cancer Christopher K Fairley, Professor of Sexual Health, University of Melbourne, Director, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, VIC, Australia
11.30am11.45am
Development of a novel, quantitative, real-time HIV neutralisation assay Dr Lachlan Gray, Centre for Biomedical Research, Burnet Institute, VIC, Australia
11.50am12.00pm
Q&A
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Lunch, Exhibition and Poster Viewing Room: Exhibition and Poster Area-Exhibition Hall Advocacy Corner - Community presentations; Q&A Room: Exhibition Hall ASHM AGM Room: Waterfront 1 The STRIVE trial of clinical quality improvement for sexual health in remote communities: Update and new findings
12.30pm12.45pm 12.45pm1.00pm
Room: Waterfront 2 & 3 Chair: James Ward Increases in STI testing following the introduction of a sexual health quality improvement program: Findings from the STRIVE trial Linda Garton, The Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia Improving systems to support best practice in sexual health service delivery: Findings from the STRIVE trial Debbie Taylor-Thomson, Menzies School of Health Research, NT, Australia
1.00pm1.15pm
STRIVE: Barriers and facilitators to health worker instigated STI testing in remote Aboriginal communities Belinda Hengel, Apunipima Cape York Health Council, QLD, Australia
1.30pm3.00pm
Joint Conference Symposium: Impact of Employment on Sexual Health and HIV Risk
1.30pm3.00pm
Room: Auditorium 1 & 2 Chair: Judith Dean
Joint Conference Symposium: NT NSP Review – BBV Prevention Partnership
1.30pm3.00pm
Room: Waterfront 2 & 3 Chairs: Craig Cooper and Annie Madden
1.30pm1.50pm
Sexual Health and Australian Defence Force Stephen Lambert, Project Manager, The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
1.30pm1.50pm
Anex Review of the Needle and Syringe 1.30pmProgram in the Northern Territory 2.00pm John Ryan, Chief Executive Officer, Anex, VIC, Australia
1.50pm2.10pm
Sexual Health of the Workforce in Extractive & Agricultural Industries in PNG Mr Kelwyn Browne, PNG National Department of Health (Rural Primary Health Services Delivery Project), Papua New Guinea Who’s going to look after HIV? Accounts of generational change in the GP workforce providing HIV care Dr Christy Newman, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Arts and Social Sciences, NSW, Australia
1.50pm2.10pm
The development of the NT NSP Working Group – NSP Service Development and Stakeholder Engagement. How to drive change Katherine Moriarty, Senior Policy Officer, NT Health (CDC), NT, Australia
2.10pm2.30pm
NT OPP Review – Service development 2.20pmand peer engagement, ensuring BBV 2.40pm prevention for opiate dependent people in the Territory Ms Joanna Murray, Senior Adviser, Alcohol and Other Drugs Services, Department of Health, NT, Australia
2.10pm2.30pm
2.00pm2.20pm
Joint Conference Symposium: Hot topics in Women’s Sexual Health
Room: Waterfront 1 Chairs: Caroline Harvey and Katherine Brown Women, Violence and Sexual Health in PNG Angela Kelly, Principal Research Fellow, Sexual and Reproductive Health, PNG Institute of Medical Research, Senior Research Fellow, School of Public Health & Community Medicine, UNSW, NSW, Australia Contraception and HIV Dr Ellie Freedman, Medical Director Northern Sydney Sexual Assault Service, Royal North Shore Hospital, and Consultant to FPNSW, NSW, Australia
1.30pm3.00pm
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1.35pm1.55pm
Hep B and Pregnancy 1.55pmDr Catriona Ooi, Western Sydney Sexual 2.15pm Health Clinic, Sydney, NSW, Australia
HIV&AIDS Conference Basic Science: Concentrated HTLV-1 infections in remote Australia
Room: Meeting Room 3 Chairs: Damian Purcell and Kevin Freeman Introduction to the virology of HTLV-1, and the similarities and differences with HIV Associate Professor Damian Purcell, Reader in Virology, The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The epidemiology and clinical manifestations of the Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type 1 in central Australia Dr Lloyd Einsiedel, Flinders University, NT, Australia Is there an occupational risk of HTLV-1 infection? Dr Saliya Hewagama, Infectious Diseases Physician, Alice Springs Hospital, NT, Australia
2.30pm2.50pm
Mining and Sexual Health in Western Australia Andrew Burry, Chief Executive Officer WA AIDS Council, WA, Australia
2.30pm2.45pm
NT Police and NT Health – NSP 2.40pmMemorandum of Understanding. 3.00pm Implications for NT Police as an NSP service partner Senior Sergeant John Ginnane, NT Police, NT, Australia
2.50pm3.00pm
Q&A
2.45pm3.00pm
NTAHC engagement with NSP peers, improving the service standards and model Damon Brogan, Harm Minimisation Manager, Northern Territory AIDS and Hepatitis Council (NTAHC), NT, Australia
3.00pm3.30pm 3.00pm3.30pm 3.30pm5.00pm
Update on cervical cancer prevention Dr Julia Brotherton, Medical Director, National HPV Vaccination Program Register, VIC, Australia
2.15pm2.30pm
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Laboratory Diagnosis of Human T-lymphotropic virus I/II (HTLV-I/II) Kevin Freeman, Network Supervisor, Serology/Molecular Biology Department, Northern Territory Government Pathology Services, Royal Darwin Hospital, NT, Australia Development and validation of a Human T-cell Lymphotropic virus type-1 proviral load assay K Wilson Q&A
4.00pm4.20pm
Afternoon Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing Room: Exhibition and Poster Area-Exhibition Hall Advocacy Corner - Open mic sessions Room: Exhibition Hall Joint Conference Session and HIV&AIDS Conference Closing Room: Auditorium 1 & 2 Chairs: Levinia Crooks and James Ward Distilling the soul of our work and its consequences for gay men and other men who have sex with men worldwide: A case for honoring community and recovering the principles of primary prevention Dr George Ayala, Executive Director, The Global Forum on MSM & HIV (MSMGF), California, USA Global Progress and Regional Action in the fight against HIV/AIDS (Video presentation) Ambassador Mark Dybul, Executive Director, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, USA (Video Presentation)
4.20pm4.40pm
Integrating an MSM service into the HIV clinic: Challenges and opportunities in facing the changing epidemic in Indonesia Dr Evy Yunihastuti, Medical Director, HIV integrated clinic Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital, University of Indonesia
4.40pm4.50pm 4.50pm4.55pm 4.55pm5.00pm 6.30pm11.00pm
Update on the Melbourne Declaration Associate Professor Edwina Wright, The Alfred Hospital and the Burnet Institute, VIC, Australia on behalf of the Declaration Group Conference wrap up and closing remarks Ms Levinia Crooks, CEO, Australasian Society for HIV Medicine, NSW, Australia and Mr James Ward, Preventive Health, Deputy Director, Baker IDI Central Australia, NT, Australia Presentation of the 2014 IAS Conference Bertrand Audoin, Executive Director, International AIDS Society, Switzerland 2013 Australasian Sexual Health Conference Dinner, Sky City Events Marquee Buses will depart the Convention Centre and hotels at 6.15pm
3.30pm4.00pm
AUSTRALASIAN SEXUAL HEALTH CONFERENCE – THURSDAY 6.30am 7.00am8.30am
Registration Penelope Lowe Trainee Breakfast
7.20am7.40am
Room: Waterfront 3 Chair: Carole Khaw Panel: Dr Natalie Edmiston, Dr Brian Hughes and Dr Phillip Read Whodunit: Framed, guilty or an accessory after the fact? Dr Vinita Rane, Sexual Health Registrar, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
7.40am8.00am
Young, gay, itchy and isolated: treatment failure of secondary syphilis in a young man with newly diagnosed HIV Dr Alison Rutherford, CMO, SWSAHS Sexual Health, Liverpool, NSW, Australia
8.00am8.20am
Mycoplasma genitalium: trouble before we begin? Dr Sally Murray, Sexual Health Registrar, Freemantle Hospital, Freemantle, WA, Australia
8.20am8.30am 9.00am10.30am
Q&A Plenary
9.00am9.10am
Room: Auditorium 2 Chairs: Lewis Marshall and Donna Tilley Preliminary launch of the Australasian STI Management Guidelines Dr Chris Bourne, Senior Staff Specialist, Sydney Sexual Health Centre/NSW STI Programs Unit, Sydney Hospital, NSW, Australia
9.10am9.40am
Gollow Lecture:The Evolution of Sexual Health in Australia Professor Basil Donovan, Professor and Head of the Sexual Health Program, The Kirby Institute, The University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia
9.40am10.10am
Can chlamydia testing become standard practice in general practice? Associate Professor Jane Hocking, PhD, Centre for Women’s Health, Gender and Society, Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
10.10am10.30am
HIV and MSM in Asia Professor Roy Chan, Director NSC, Chairman Dermatology Residency Advisory Committee, Head STI Control Programme, Senior Consultant, Director of Medical Services, Ministry of Health, Singapore
10.30am11.00am
Morning tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing Room: Exhibition and Poster Area-Exhibition Hall
11.00am12.30pm
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Reproductive Health: Proffered Paper Session Room: Auditorium 2 Chair: Maria Garefalakis Declining hospitalisation rate of pelvic inflammatory disease, ectopic pregnancy and epididymitis in New South Wales JL Goller
11.00am12.30pm
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Prescription rates for long-acting reversible contraception in Australia, 2008 - 2011 AL Bingham
Comparison of bleeding patterns between continous twelve month use of contraceptive vaginal ring and a low dose pill in menstrually signalled regimen M Stewart Contraceptive use in Australia LTT Trinh
11.20am11.30am
Public Health: Proffered Paper Session Room: Waterfront 1 Chair: Jane Hocking Can a new dual detection point of care test for Syphilis be used to reduce over diagnosis of active infection in high prevalence populations? LM Causer Nurse initiated STI screening in a rural emergency department in Western Australia H Lyttle
Sexually transmissible infections (STI) among male sex workers in Sydney, NSW PJ Read
11.00am12.30pm
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Chlamydia prevalence in adolescent 11.45amAustralians 12.00pm C El Hayek
11.40am11.50am
Unpacking Chlamydia in Victoria: Retrospective analysis of surveillance data to estimate reinfection C El-Hayek
Biomedical: Proffered Paper Session Room: Waterfront 2 Chair: David Templeton Elimination of mother to child transmission of Syphilis in Papua New Guinea - An oppourtunity to address the high prevalence of other sexually transmitted infections J Wapling Sexually acquired reactive arthritis at Sydney Sexual Health Centre 1992 2012 E Mason
11.00am12.30pm
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Quick Fire: Presentation Session Room: Waterfront 3 Chair: Roy Chan Introduction of Chapter Trainee Presentations
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Improving access to intrauterine device insertion in a single clinic visit - A pilot study J Mesure
11.11am11.21am
Preliminary findings from the Anal Cancer Examination (ACE) study Acceptability of an annual anal examination amongst patients and doctors J Ong Sexual preference as a predictor of pathogen detection in 4326 cases of acute NGU V Rane The Ask Share Know Project: a research translation study of three consumer questions to enhance treatment decision making A Barratt
Azithromycin versus doxycycline for the treatment of genital chlamydia infection on a meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials F Kong
11.21am11.31am
High Resolution Anoscopy - Practice makes perfect M Gunathilake
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Suffering in Silence: How can we help women to better manage the sexual difficulties associated with antidepressant medication? C O’Mullan
11.40am11.50pm
The conscience clause in relation to termination of pregancy service R A Hamilton
11.50am12.00pm
HIV and Syphilis co-infections are re-infections: Trends from Victoria N Higgins
12.00pm12.15pm
Is the stage of the menstrual cycle related to chlamydia detection? D Forcey
11.45am11.51am
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Self reported lack of nocturnal tumescence in a sample of Australian men who have sex with men with erectile dysfunction: Possible implications for eitiology B Crozier Predictors of phosphodiesterase type-5 inhibitor (PDE-5I) use in an Australian cohort of men who have sex with men (MSM) Erectile dysfunction (ED) rates assessed in an Australian cohort of men who have sex with men (MSM) B Crozier
A three year comparative study of continuation rates, bleeding patterns and satisfaction in Australian women using a progestogen only implant or hormonal intrauterine system M Stewart
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The legal status of PDPT strongly impedes uptake among family planning clinicians in Australia J Micallef
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Home-based sample collection increases Chlamydia retesting and detects additional repeat postive tests: A randomised controlled trial in three risk groups KS Smith Prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STI) and patient characteristics of older men over 60 years of age attending a public STD clinic in South Australia C Khaw Q&A
12.15pm12.30pm
The “Let them know website”; A popular partner notification method amoung family planning clinicians across Australia C Harvey
12.00pm12.07pm
Human papillomavirus among teenage men who have sex with men H Zou
12.07pm12.13pm
Impact of re-infections on notifications of STIs in NSW M Lam
12.13pm12.19pm
“Funny shit about sex”:Using vulgar comedy on YouTube to reach young men with information about health sexual development A McKee
12.19pm12.25pm
Mind the Gap, A Partnership Approach: Aboriginal and mainstream organisations partnering in sexual health and diversity in rural Victoria P Waples-Crowe and A Bamblett Q&A
12.25pm12.30pm 12.30pm2.00pm
Lunch Room: Exhibition and Poster Area-Exhibition Hall
2.00pm3.30pm
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Health Promotion: Proffered Paper Session Room: Auditorium 2 Chair: Jane Tomnay Active recalling increases follow up attendance rates for men having sex with men (MSM) prescribed non occupational post exposure prophylaxis (NPEP) - 2 1/2 year prospective review S Doughty Sex education experience of sexuality diverse and gender variant young people in Australia: Implications for educators and health professionals K H Robinson What do we know works? Findings from a systematic rapid review of effective programs to reduce STI in young people G Brown Innovative, intergrated, sector driven approaches to capacity building for youth sexual health promotion in Western Australia M Robinson
2.00pm3.30pm
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Psycho-social: Proffered Paper Session Room: Waterfront 1 Chair: Margaret Redelman Sexual identity risk and bisexual behaviour among men in Vientiane, Laos 2010 AL Bowring
2.00pm3.30pm
“You’re a women, a convenience, a cat, a poof, a thing an it”: Transgender women negotiating sexual coercion in NSW male prisons P Simpson Patterns of adolescent sexual iniation: A cross-national comparison L Prendergast
2.10pm2.20pm
Improving Hepatitis B management in an urban ACCHO K Dick and S Gregson
2.20pm2.30pm
Chlamydia and the urban Aboriginal medical service C Canuto
2.15pm2.30pm
Perception and practices of young urban Bangladeshi male and female on sexual and reproductive rights S Chowdhury
2.30pm2.40pm
Conducting clinical audits to improve sexual health service delivery in primary health care services: Successes, challenges and lessons learnt J Knox A sexual health intervention increases Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea testing in regional Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services in New South Wales S Graham and J Sheather An Indigenous cultural appropriateness audit piloted in a sexual health clinic in NSW: Making Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples a priority B Hughes Antenatal STI and BBV testing at Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney D Dalaney-Thiele
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Online banner advertising: Not the 2.40pmpreferred medium for promoting a 2.50pm publicly funded sexual health clinic targeting men who have sex with men A Haque
Sexual identity and sexual victimisation of men and women in Australian prisons P Simpson
2.40pm2.50pm
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“I couldnt talk to a girl about that...” How young male Victorian TAFE students would like general practitioners to talk to them about sexual health S Latreille How men like it: Suburban men who have sex with men’s sexual health behaviour and health promotion needs A Santella A Yes, No, Maybe list to promote health protective sexual communication J Dore
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Does new media affect adolescent sexual attitudes and behaviours? A systematic review L Watchirs Smith
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Definitions of early first sexual intercourse W Heywood
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Sext me your (.)(.) - Prevalence and correlates of sexting in a sample of Australian young people M Lim
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander: Proffered Paper Session Room: Waterfront 2 Chair: Mark Saunders Impact of a comprehensive STI program on STI rates on the Ngaanyatjarra lands A Tangey
2.00pm3.30pm
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TTANGO, The first randomised trial of 3.15pma molecular Chlamydia and 3.30pm Gonorrhoea point-of-care assay L Natoli
Large Trials Update: Proffered Paper Session Room: Waterfront 3 Chair: Sarah Martin An increase in national Chlamydia testing rates coinciding with a national STI campaign: Use of data collected in the ACCESS Laboratory Network C van Gemert
Increasing Chlamydia testing in general practice is achievable: An update from the Australian Chlamydia Control Effectiveness Pilot (ACCEPt) A Wood ‘Yeah, why not?’ Evaluating the acceptability of Chlamydia testing in general practice to young people living in rural Australia: A mixed method approach A Vaisey “I think it is better for practice nurses to do that” findings from the Australian Chlamydia Control Pilot (ACCEPt) R Lorch
High-risk anal human papillomavirus (HPV) types in Australian homosexual men and predictors, prevalence and patterns of infection M Poynten High prevalence, incidence and clearance of anal high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) in homosexual men: Early evidence from the Study of the Prevention of Anal Cancer (SPANC) F Jin
3.20pm3.30pm
Q&A
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A funded sexual and reproductive health worker position at an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service improves health service access and sexually transmissible testing in Aboriginal youth J Milsom and D Saulo
3.30pm4.00pm 4.00pm5.30pm
Afternoon Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing Room: Exhibition and Poster Area-Exhibition Hall Symposium: Snapchatting: Key issues for young people 4.00pmRoom: Auditorium 2 Chair: Dr Siobhan Bourke
4.00pm5.30pm
Biomedical Symposium: Emerging resistance issues Room: Waterfront 1 Chairs: Nathan Ryder and Phillip Read
4.00pm4.15pm
Exploring the acceptability of online STI testing for rural young people in Victoria Associate Professor Jane Tomnay, Director, Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health (CERSH), Rural Health Academic Centre, Melbourne Medical School, VIC, Australia
4.00pm4.20pm
Global Epidemiology of Gonococcal Resistance Associate Professor Monica Lahra, Clinical Microbiologist, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney and Director, The WHO Collaborating Centre for STD Sydney, NSW, Australia
4.15pm4.30pm
Addressing young women’s desire for genital beauty Dr Magdalena Simonis, President Victorian Medical Women’s Society, MBBS, RACGP Victoria, VIC, Australia
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Multi-pronged approach to HIV/STI and sexual health promotion for young indigenous and GLTBI Australians David Mejia-Canales, Victorian Lawyer, VIC, Australia Sexual health, young people and new technologies Dr Megan Lim, Preventive Health Research Fellow and co-Head of Sexual Health Research, Burnet Institute, VIC, Australia
4.40pm5.00pm
The Gonorrhoea Resistance Assessment via Nucleic acid Detection (GRAND) Project, Australia Associate Professor David Whiley, Queensland Children’s Medical Research Institute University of Queensland and Group Leader, Molecular Diagnostics and Characterisation Group Queensland Paediatric Infectious Diseases Laboratory Sir Albert Sakzewski Virus Research Centre Royal Children’s Hospital, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Mycoplasma genitalium: Where to now? Associate Professor Catriona Bradshaw, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, The Alfred Hospital and School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia Chlamydia resistance and treatment failure Associate Professor Jane Hocking, PhD, Centre for Women’s Health, Gender and Society, Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia
4.45pm5.00pm
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5.30pm6.30pm 5.35pm9.05pm
3.20pm3.30pm
Q&A
5.00pm5.20pm
Relationships, trust and contraceptive use among adolescents in regional and remote 5.20pmQ&A Australia: Implications for Sexuality Education 5.30pm Dr Janet Helmer, Senior Researcher, Youth Health and Wellbeing, Centre for Child Development and Education Menzies School of Health Research, NT, Australia Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine Annual Meeting Room: Waterfront 2 Mindil Beach Sunset Markets Buses will depart the Convention Centre at 5.35pm and 6.35pm. Buses will depart the Mindil Beach Sunset Markets at 8.30pm and 9.30pm
AUSTRALASIAN SEXUAL HEALTH CONFERENCE – FRIDAY 6.30am 7.00am8.20am
Registration opens MSD Satellite Session: Unintended pregnancy - driving the levels down in Australia. A compelling case for LARCs
7.00am7.20am
Room: Waterfront 3 Chair: Penny Steele Unintended Pregnancy - The hard facts in rural and remote Australia Dr Dan Dwyer, Gove District Hospital, Nhulunbuy, NT, Australia
7.20am7.40am 7.40am8.00am
The case for LARCs- an evidence based approach Dr Caroline Harvey on behalf of the Sexual Health and Family Planning Australia Medical Professional Reference Group, Australia Why Wait? Quick start initiation of contraception Dr Kathy McNamee, Medical Director, Family Planning Victoria, VIC, Australia
8.00am8.20am 8.30am10.00am
Discussion and Q&A
8.30am8.40am
8.40am9.00am
9.00am9.20am
Symposium: Sexual functioning / sexual relationships and sexual well being Room: Auditorium 2 Chairs: Mary Stewart and Tonia Mezzini Who are sexologists? What do they do? Society of Australian Sexologists Ltd Dr Margaret Redelman, Medical Sex Therapist, Secretary: Society Australian Sexologists Ltd, NSW, Australia Sexual Dysfunction and Intimate Partner Violence Mr Kelwyn Browne, PNG National Department of Health (Rural Primary Health Services Delivery Project), Papua New Guinea Masturbation, gender and healthy sexual development Associate Professor Christine Kaestle, Human Development, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA Visiting Scholar, Deakin University, VIC, Australia
9.20am9.40am
Case presentation incorporating the issues presented in the session and how a sex therapist may approach the situation Dr Margaret Redelman, Medical Sex Therapist, Secretary: Society Australian Sexologists Ltd, NSW, Australia
9.40am10.00am
Panel Discussion Mary Stewart, Tonia Mezzini, Margaret Redelman, Kelwyn Browne, Christine Kaestle
8.30am10.00am
Biomedical Symposium : New Data, what’s current and happening - new trials Room: Waterfront 1 Chairs: Richard Hillman and Katherine Brown The CAP-ASCCP LAST Project: Polishing the Gold Standard Professor Teresa M. Darragh, Professor of Clinical Pathology, UCSF Mt. Zion Medical Center, Department Pathology and Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA
8.30am10.00am
8.50am9.10am
Review of abortion from South Australia Dr Ea Mulligan, Practicing Clinician and Member of the Law faculty, Flinders University, SA, Australia
9.00am9.30am
Update on the SPANC study Professor Andrew Grulich, Professor and Program Head, The Kirby Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia
9.10am9.30am
What do we know and need to know about abortion in the Northern Territory? Jenny Anastasi, PhD Scholar, Charles Darwin University, Faculty of Menzies School of Health Research, NT, Australia
9.30am9.50am
Investigation of a vulvar cancer cluster in young Indigenous women Dr Rebekah McWhirter, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, TAS, Australia
9.30am10.00am
Panel Discussion Angela Taft, Cait Calcutt, Ea Mulligan and Jenny Anastasi
9.50am10.00am
Q&A
8.30am9.00am
8.30am8.50am
Symposium: Abortion in Australia - “Where are we now?” Room: Waterfront 2 Chair: Angela Taft Abortion in Australia - access and legal issues Ms Cait Calcutt, Team Leader - Strategic Relations, Children by Choice, QLD, Australia
10.00am10.30am
Morning Tea, Exhibition and Poster Viewing Exhibition and Poster Area
10.30am11.50am
Symposium: Educating about sex and relationships
10.30am11.50am
Symposium: Access to Health Care providers and peer education
10.30am11.50am
Symposium: Findings from the first national survey of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Room: Auditorium 2 Chairs: Peter Aggleton and Cristyn Davies Role of Parents 10.30amJenny Walsh, Coordinator of Sexuality Education Programs, 10.50am ARCSHS, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Room: Waterfront 1 Chairs: Craig Cooper and Bill Paterson Accessing Quality Health Care - Sistergirls in remote NT Communities Ms Crystal Tierney, Student Post Grad Dip Sexology, Curtin; Northern Territory AIDS and Hepatitis Council, NT, Australia
10.45am11.00am
Role of School Janice Atkin, Senior Project Officer Health and Physical Education, Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, NSW, Australia
Peer Support Model of Care and Sexual Health Education in Central Australia Brett Trindle, Aboriginal Sexual Health Worker, Northern Territory AIDS and Hepatitis Council, NT, Australia
11.00am11.15am
Rethinking the role of media in sex and relationships education Dr Kath Albury, Senior Lecturer, UNSW, NSW, Australia
11.15am11.30am
Building sexual ethics and sexual citizenship early in life Associate Professor Kerry Robinson, School of Education, University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia
11.30am11.50am
Panel Discussion 11.30am- SWOP Peer Education, (Sex Worker Outreach Program) 11.30am- Panel Discussion Peter Aggleton, Christyn Davies, Jenny Walsh, Janice Atkin, 11.50am Krystal Metcalf- SWOP Officer, Northern Territory AIDS and 11.50am Heather Worth, James Ward, Andrew Bamblett, Sidney Kath Albury, Kerry Robinson Hepatitis Council, NT, Australia Williams, Sarah Betts, and Dea Delaney-Theile Closing Plenary: Sexual Health Conference Closing-STI treatment in region Room: Auditorium 2 Chairs: Nathan Ryder and Steven Skov Cervical Screening in the 21st Century Professor Teresa M. Darragh, Professor of Clinical Pathology, UCSF Mt. Zion Medical Center, Department Pathology and Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, San Francisco, CA, USA Panel: Pulling the Punters In - What gets people to go and have a test (A Multidisciplinary approach) Moderator: Basil Donovan Presenters and Panellists: James Ward, Peter Aggleton, Simon Doyle-Adams and Chris Bourne
10.30am10.45am
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10.50am11.10am
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10.45am11.00am
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Remote Sexual Education/Condom distribution in remote communities Anne Davis, Sexual Health Coordinator Tiwi Islands, Department of Health, NT, Australia
11.15am11.30am
Room: Waterfront 2 Chairs: Heather Worth and James Ward Understanding “what’s going on with our mob”knowledge of STIs and BBVs as reported by young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the GOANNA survey Andrew Bamblett, Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Inc, Sexual Health/Blood Borne Virus Project Officer, VIC, Australia Understanding sexual risk behaviours of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: findings of the GOANNA survey Sidney Williams, Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council, Sexual Health Coordinator, QLD, Australia Where do we go? Health service utilisation of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: findings of the GOANNA survey Sarah Betts, Manager/Sexual Health Program, Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia, SA, Australia Drug and alcohol use of young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: findings of the GOANNA survey Dea Delaney-Thiele, Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney, NSW, Australia
1.15pm1.20pm
Prize Presentations Associate Professor Richard Hillman, (AChSHM President/ASHA Chair), Academic Lead, Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre, University of Sydney, NSW, Australia
1.20pm1.25pm
Closing Remarks Dr Margaret Redelman, (Convenor), Medical Sex Therapist, Secretary: Society Australian Sexologists Ltd, NSW, Australia
1.25pm1.30pm 1.30pm
Presentation of the 2014 Conference in Sydney 9-11 October 2014 Dr Margaret Redelman, (Convenor) on behalf of the Convenor, Dr Eva Jackson Conference Close