PROGRAM
The committee are pleased to announce the program overview is now available. This will continue to be updated as more details are confirmed, please note this is subject to change without notice. Please be aware the program is set AEST.
HIV s100 Prescribers who attend the conference are eligible for 6 HIV CPD points. Points will automatically be updated to prescriber’s records by the beginning of October 2022.

HIV Conference Day
8:00 – 9:00
Registration
8:30 – 10:30
HIV Opening Plenary
Welcome to Country
Zeke Davis
Government Welcome
Michael Kidd, Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Principal Medical Advisor, Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
ASHM Welcome
Nicholas Medland, ASHM President
AFAO Welcome
Darryl O’Donnell, AFAO CEO
NAPWHA Welcome
Scott Harlum, NAPWHA President
‘‘Please be aware this information may change”: A response to the limits of evidence for what cannot be known in advance
Keynote Speaker: Marsha Rosengarten, Professor of Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Community, academic, and public health partnerships: the key to Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S.
Keynote Speaker: Aadia Rana, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Alabama-Birmingham and an Associate Scientist with the UAB Center for AIDS Research, USA
Undetectabilities
Keynote Speaker: Kane Race, Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies, Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, University of Sydney, Australia
10:30 – 11:00
Morning Tea
11:00 – 12:30
Concurrent Sessions
HIV Proffered Papers: Epidemiology, Prevention and Health Promotion
#171 Changing characteristics of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) initiators in Australia: analysis of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) data
Doug Fraser, NSW
#240 Factors predicting intention for on-demand HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) dosing among gay and bisexual men in Australia
Mohamed Hamoud, NSW
#145 A new normal? The continuing impact of COVID-19 on Australian gay and bisexual men’s behaviour: Results from the Gay Community Periodic Surveys 2017-2022
Timothy Broady, NSW
#62 Familiarity with, perceived accuracy of, and willingness to rely on U=U among Australian gay and bisexual men: results from the PrEPARE Project 2021
Martin Holt, NSW
#170 Attitudes towards ‘treatment as prevention’ among PrEP-experienced gay and bisexual men in Australia
Alexander Dowell-Day, NSW
HIV Proffered Papers: Clinical Management & Therapeutics
#176 Pre-exposure prophylaxis and renal impairment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
Douglas Drak, NSW
#253 Reproductive health among women living with HIV attending Melbourne Sexual Health Centre for HIV care from February 2019 to February 2020
Joanne Peel, VIC
#107 Trends and associated factors in HIV testing among heterosexual men and women in Melbourne, Australia, 2012-2020
Warittha Tieosapjaroen, VIC
#256 Accelerating the uptake of innovative approaches for the detection and monitoring of HIV in Papua New Guinea (ACTUP-PNG) – the case HIV exposed infants and children living with HIV
Janet Gare, Papua New Guinea
#102 Characteristics of women living with HIV in the RESPOND cohort
Jolie Hutchinson, NSW
HIV Proffered Papers: Social, Political & Social Aspects
#104 PrEP and Condoms and STIs, Oh My! Moral Work in Clinician Accounts of Prescribing PrEP
Anthony Smith, NSW
#310 Women Living with HIV in Australia are Disproportionately Represented in HIV-Related Legal Matters
Jane Costello, NSW
#101 Young + Positive: Achieving better engagement with care and support for young people with HIV in Australia
Lisa Wojciechowski, VIC
#137 The Health-Harming Legal Needs of those Living with HIV who have Migrated to Australia
David Carter, NSW
#86 The ‘journey’ to (un)detectability among recently diagnosed people living with HIV
Nathanael Wells, VIC
#217 Issues Affecting Communities of the Participants of a Large HIV Prevention Survey in Aotearoa New Zealand. A Mixed-Methods Analysis
Jacek Kolodziej, NZ
#235 Reflection and reflexivity: Investigating COVID-19 risk and sexual experience among gay and bisexual men in Australia
Daniel Storer, NSW
12:30 – 2:00
Lunch & Exhibition
12:45 – 1:45
Beyond Undetectable: Achieving Long Term Treatment Success Through Patient Led Care – Gilead Platinum Satellite Session
2:00 – 3:30
Abstract Spotlight Session with Keynote Presentation
Understanding HIV latent reservoir – a single-cell multi-omics approach
Keynote Speaker: Ya-Chi Ho, Associate Professor, Microbial Pathogenesis and Medicine at Yale University, USA
Epidemiology, Prevention & Health Promotion: #271 Accelerating the uptake of innovations to detect and monitor HIV in Papua New Guinea (ACTUP-PNG) – Point-of-Care HIV viral load testing and HIV drug resistance testing of adults ≥15 years
Melissa Schulz, QLD and Simon Pekon, Papua New Guinea
Clinical Management & Therapeutics: #112 PozQol: Use of a validated Patient Reported Outcome Measure (PROM) to assess quality of life for people living with HIV at Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre
Emma Mason, NSW
Social, Political and Cultural Aspects: #118 It’s Time to Think Positive About HIV – lessons learnt by innovating public health messaging to address HIV stigma
Karl Johnson, NSW
Discovery Research and Translational Science: #309 RNA therapeutics induce delayed virus rebound and reduce virus in reservoir tissue sites in a humanised mouse model of HIV infection
Scott Ledger, NSW
3:30 – 4:00
Afternoon Tea
4:00 – 5:30
Concurrent Sessions
HIV Invited Speaker Session: Social, Political & Cultural Aspects: ‘Reassembling’ the Social Domain in the HIV Epidemic – Panel
What constitutes the social domain and who decides
Marsha Rosengarten, UK
HIV ‘triumphalism’ and the social and political challenges to ending the HIV epidemic
Lisa McDaid, QLD
The social and political life of the ‘clinic’
Edwina Wright, VIC
Collaboration and the performativity of research
Dean Murphy, NSW
Remaking HIV surveillance in the era of treatment and prevention
Stephen Molldrem, USA
HIV Invited Speaker Session: Clinical Management & Therapeutics – Anal Cancer Screening and Treatment: Recent Learnings and How This Impacts Australian Practice
ANCHOR study results
Keynote speaker: Joel Palefsky, Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
HSIL screening in Aus, SPANC study
Andrew Grulich, NSW
Community expectations, what do PWHIV want?
Jane Costello, NSW
Local context – implication of Anchor results
Jason Ong, VIC
Panel: Andrew Grulich, Joel Palefsky, Jason Ong, Jane Costello and Richard Hillman
HIV&AIDS Invited Speaker Session: Epidemiology, Prevention & Health Promotion – HIV Self-Testing – Opportunities and Implementation Challenges
Overview of HIV self-testing: the devices, the regulations and the consumers
Jason Ong, VIC
#65 Can smart vending machines expand access to HIV testing for suboptimal testers? RAPIDVend: an implementation and evaluation study
Luke Coffey, QLD
Around the country: an update on the state of play for HIV self-testing program in Australia
Melissa Warner, QLD and Aaron Cogle, NSW
Optimising HIV self-testing as a key part of Australia’s HIV strategy: implementation challenges and opportunities.
Mark Stoove, VIC
Panel: Judith Dean, Nikki Sullivan, Rebecca Guy, Valerie Delpech, Phillip Keen, Mark Stoove, Melissa Warner and Luke Coffey
5:35 – 6:30
The National Response to Monkeypox (MPX) in Australia
Global Epidemiology
Teodora Elvira Wi, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
Update on the federal government’s response including Vx procurement and delivery
Michael Kidd, Deputy Chief Medical Officer and Principal Medical Advisor, Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care
Clinical MPX – Presentation, diagnosis, treatment
James McMahon, ASHM Board Director
MPX Taskforce – Clinical workforce
Nicholas Medland, ASHM President
MPX Taskforce – Community
Heath Paynter, Deputy CEO, AFAO
Panel discussion: Teodora Elvira Wi, Michael Kidd, James McMahon, Nicholas Medland, Heath Paynter, Aaron Cogle and Jules Kim
Joint Conference Day
7:30 – 8:30
Registration
Concurrent Sessions
8:30 – 10:15
Sexual Health Opening Plenary
Welcome to Country
Zeke Davis
Government Welcome
Yvette D’Ath, Queensland Health Minister
ASHRA Welcome
Angela Dawson, ASRHA Co-chair
Opportunities & Challenges in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific – Past, Current and Future, ASRHA Oration Distinguished Services Award
Catherine O’Connor, Senior Visiting Fellow, The Kirby Institute, UNSW, NSW, Australia
Strategic shifts in STI prevention and control: Global Health Sector Strategy on STIs 2022-2030 – Gollow Lecture
Teodora Elvira Wi, WHO, Geneva, Switzerland
Sexually Transmitted Infections in Pregnancy
Lisa Vallely, Senior Research Fellow, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, Australia
8:30 – 10:00
Fast-Track Cities (FTC) Satellite Session
Welcome
José M. Zuniga, USA
Presentation of the FTC Initiative in the Region and Key Messages from the Fast-Track Cities 2021 Conference
Jessica Tiah Mullen, ACT
Monitoring Progress Made by Fast-Track Cities in Australia and Sharing Experiences on the Fast-Track Cities Initiative
Moderator: Edwina Wright, VIC
Panel: Felicity Sicari, Melissa Coci and Holley Skene
Prospective Fast-Track Cities in Australia
Moderator: Jessica Tiah Mullen, VIC
Panel: Susan Greenbank and Cherie Power
2023 Workshop
When? Where? Who? What? How? (Group discussion)
Fast-Track Cities in Asia
Nittaya Phanupak, Thailand and Lely Wahyuniar, Indonesia
Closing and Next Steps
10:15 – 11:00
Morning Tea
10:15 – 11:00
Early Career Morning Tea: Clinical Management & Therapeutics – Sponsored by ASHM membership
This year there is a meet the experts events for each theme. Catering will be supplied at the events. Note this event is for early career delegates only. The aim of the event is to provide early career delegates the opportunity to network with keynote speakers and experts in an informal setting. Please see below the experts who will be in attendance at this session:
Aadia Rana, Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Alabama-Birmingham and an Associate Scientist with the UAB Center for AIDS Research, USA
Joel Palefsky, Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases at the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Frances Turner, Nurse Unit Manager, NSW Sexual Health Info Link
Early Career Morning Tea: Social, Political & Cultural Aspects – Sponsored by ASHM membership
This year there is a meet the experts events for each theme. Catering will be supplied at the events. Note this event is for early career delegates only. The aim of the event is to provide early career delegates the opportunity to network with keynote speakers and experts in an informal setting. Please see below the experts who will be in attendance at this session:
Marsha Rosengarten, Professor of Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK
Kane Race, Professor of Gender and Cultural Studies, Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, University of Sydney, Australia
Stephen Molldrem, Assistant Professor, The University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston
11:00 – 12:30
Concurrent Sessions
HIV&AIDS Proffered Paper Session: Epidemiology, Prevention & Health Promotion
Dean Cassano, VIC
#214 Late presentation of HIV among adults in Aotearoa New Zealand
Jerram Bateman, NZ
#209 When Covid-19 Threatens HIV Research: Innovations From Spots And How We Pivoted Our National In-Person Study Online
Peter Saxton, NZ
Nigel Carrington, NSW
#45 Missed opportunities for HIV testing among those tested for sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Jason Ong, VIC
HIV&AIDS Invited Speakers & Proffered Papers: Discovery & Translational Science – Immunology/Pathology
Host glycocalyx captures HIV proximal to the cell surface via oligomannose-GlcNAc glycan-glycan interactions to support viral entry
Invited Speaker: Johnson Mak, QLD
#277 A systems approach to predict the influence of antibody host genetics upon IgG-FcγR complex formation post HIV vaccination
Amy Chung, VIC
#223 Plasma IgA inhibits HIV-specific IgG Fc functions of viremic controllers and HIV progressors
Samantha Davis, VIC
#274 Hepatitis B RNA and Core Related Antigen in HIV-HBV Coinfection
Kasha Singh, VIC
SH Proffered Papers: Clinical Management & Therapeutics
#208 Impact of near-to-patient STI testing on clinical practice: The Neptune Study
Lenka Vodstrcil, VIC
#83 Barriers to optimal screening and management of syphilis in pregnancy in Southeast Queensland
Judith Dean, QLD
#201 Infectious causes of cervicitis in women attending Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, 2011-2021
Lenka Vodstrcil, VIC
#254 The Role of Syphilis Serology on Day of Treatment
Katrina Pandey, VIC
SH Proffered Papers: Social, Political & Cultural Aspects
#97 Australian parents support school-based relationships and sexuality education: findings from the first national
Jacqueline Hendriks, WA
#161 Sexual consent, pleasure and communication among young people: findings from the 2021 Secondary Schools and Sexual Health Survey
Jennifer Power, VIC
#72 Understanding how young cisgender heterosexual men in Australia navigate conversations about sexual health and contraceptive use in casual sex
Andrea Waling, VIC
#305 Sexual rights: an analysis of Australian sexual health policies
Swaminathan Balasubramanian, NSW
#249 Let’s Talk: Young women and non-binary peoples’ experience of sex education in Australia
Linnea Burdon-Smith
#282 Australia’s next generation of abortion seekers: Shamed if they do and shamed if they don’t
Kari Vallury, SA
#247 “Is this too risqué?”: organisational experiences of content moderation of sexual health promotion on Facebook and Instagram
Joanna Williams, VIC
HIV Invited Speaker Session: Epidemiology, Prevention & Health Promotion – Implementing Long-Acting Injectable PrEP in Australia
Long-acting cabotegravir for PrEP: efficacy and preferences among gay and bisexual men
Benjamin Bavinton, NSW
Challenges in gaining regulatory approval of new PrEP modalities
Edwina Wright, VIC
Incorporating injectable PrEP into clinical practice
Darren Russell, QLD
Leaving no one behind: community and advocacy perspective of injectable PrEP implementation
Michael Whelan, VIC
Panel: Mark Stoove, Catriona Ooi, Benjamin Bavinton, Edwina Wright, Darren Russell, Michael Whelan, Steven Philpot and Valerie Delpech
12:30 – 1:30
Lunch & Exhibition
12:40 – 1:10
Poster Tours
Poster Tour – HIV Social, Political & Cultural Aspects
#147 Changes in HIV and STI stigma expressed by Australian health care workers: Results from the Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project 2021-2022
Timothy Broady, NSW
#302 Developing the Health Literacy Framework: The Central Role of Community Advocates
Daniel Reeders, NSW
#297 PLHIV Community Engagement Linking GIPA principles with quality of life
Brent Allan, QLD
#56 Lessons from the Archive: Queer Indonesia Archive and collecting, preserving and exhibiting queer HIV histories within Indonesia
Beau Newham, VIC
Poster Tour – Epidemiology, Prevention & Health Promotion
#79 Searching for success: diversifying digital media strategies increased sexual health campaign reach
Chris Williams, VIC
#22 Applying behavioural insights to HIV prevention and management: a scoping review
Alexsandra Andrawis, VIC
#146 Cost-effectiveness of screening and treating anal pre-cancerous lesions among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men living with HIV
David Boettiger, NSW
#278 When PrEP breaks down: Experiences of HIV diagnosis among current and previous PrEP users
Dean Murphy, NSW
Poster Tour – HIV Clinical Management & Therapeutics
#8 Preferences for weight gain compared with other antiretroviral therapy side effects among people living with HIV: a discrete choice experiment
Warittha Tieosapjaroen, VIC
#114 Staff perspectives on using PozQol in clinical care at Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre
Emma Mason, NSW
#276 Reducing time to new HIV diagnosis – time for change in the HIV diagnostic algorithm?
Michael Moso, VIC
#193 Is the incidence of age-related non-AIDS conditions higher among people living with HIV compared to age-matched people living without HIV?
Htein Linn Aung, NSW
12:40 – 1:20
Kirby and CSRH Surveillance Report Launch
12:40 – 1:20
Early Career Lunch: Discovery & Translational Science – Sponsored by ASHM membership
This year there is a meet the experts events for each theme. Catering will be supplied at the events. Note this event is for early career delegates only. The aim of the event is to provide early career delegates the opportunity to network with keynote speakers and experts in an informal setting. Please see below the experts who will be in attendance at this session:
Damian Purcell, Professor of Virology, Doherty Institute, University Of Melbourne
Tanya Applegate, Senior Lecturer, Kirby Institute
Charles Gilks, IAS HIV Science 2023 Local Co-Chair
1:30 – 3:00
Concurrent Sessions
Congenital Syphilis Session
#115 Preventing congenital syphilis: lessons learned from public health reviews of case
Donna Mak, WA
#204 Preventing congenital syphilis through patient-centered care
Mihaela Ivan, VIC
#154 Electronic optimisation of annual health assessments increases testing for sexually transmissible infections (STIs) at an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service (ACCHS) in New South Wales (NSW)
Heather McCormack, NSW
#198 syphilis testing among women after switching from an opt-in to opt-out testing strategy in an urban Australian sexual health clinic
Palak Gupta, VIC
Panel: Di Rowling, Marcus Chen, Elena McLeish and James Ward
Joint Invited Speaker Session – Approaches to Sexual Health in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services: The Kimberley Perspective
Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service: translating the success of our COVID-19 response into the response to syphilis
Lorraine Anderson, WA
The Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation (ACCHO) Model of Care and how it is implemented into sexual health
Renee McKenzie, WA
Innovative and community led approaches to sexual health promotion in Aboriginal communities in the Kimberley
Sarah Sihlen, Tori Jamieson and Jeff Turner, WA
Incentive based syphilis screening in the post-COVID-19 era
Timothy Cooke, WA
Cross Track Session – HIV Cure: All in the Mix – Bench, Bedside, Community
Global initiatives and perspectives of HIV Cure
Sharon Lewin, VIC
Basic Science Representative who would give an overview of current HIV cure strategies and the most promising advances
Chantelle Ahlenstiel, NSW
Clinical Perspective overview of current trials, repurposing treatment for other diseases for HIV cure, Clinical enrolment
Jillian Lau, VIC
Community perspective
Brent Clifton, NSW
Q&A clinical trial volunteer
Peter Orlik, Poland
SH Invited Speaker Session: Clinical Management & Therapeutics – Transgender Care Session
WPATH Standards of Care
Asa Radix, USA
AusPATH Informed Consent Guidelines for Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy – An Introduction
Fiona Bisshop, QLD
Transition of young trans people: from paediatric to adult systems
Stuart Aitken, QLD and Olivia Donaghy, QLD
Panel Discussion: Asa Radix, Fiona Bisshop, Stuart Aitkin, Olivia Donaghy, Ian Anderson, Catriona Ooi and Joel Murray
Towards the Elimination of HIV Transmission in NSW – Adapting the Response to Address Disparities Among Sub-Populations Most at Risk of HIV- Affiliate Organisation Session by NSW Health
HIV notifications in NSW
Steven Nigro, NSW
Uptake of HIV prevention among GBMSM in NSW
Phillip Keen, NSW
HIV policy responses in NSW
Cherie Power, NSW
Panel: Anna McNulty, Barbara Luisi, Timothy Broady, Tim Wark and Jane Costello
3:00 – 3:30
Afternoon Tea
3:30 – 5:00
Concurrent Sessions
HIV&AIDS Invited Speaker Session: Clinical Management & Therapeutics – ARV Guidelines – Managing People with HIV 2022
Implementation of injectable therapy and hard to reach populations or people with poor access to treatment
Aadia Rana, USA
Implication of the ANCHOR study for the guidelines in the US and globally
Joel Palefsky, USA
Case Presentation & Panel: James McMahon, Aadia Rana, Joel Palefsky, Fiona Bisshop and Jillian Lau
HIV&AIDS – Discovery & Translational Science Session – Invited Speakers & Proffered Papers: HIV Viremia and Latency
HIV-1 proviral landscape reveals that Nef contributes to HIV-1 persistence in effector memory CD4+ T cells
Gabriel Duette, NSW
#272 Brain Injury Correlates with CSF Cell-Associated HIV-1 RNA Transcripts Which are Linked to CD4+ T Cells, Not Monocytes
John Zaunders, NSW
#259 Perspectives and Experiences of Participants in Aus, Victralian HIV Cure Studies Involving Analytical Treatment Interruption
Gordon Campbell, VIC
Developing triplex forming oligonucleotides as a ‘block and lock’ strategy for an HIV cure
Haoming Lu, VIC
#110 Evaluation of the point-of-care m-PIMATM HIV-1/2 viral load assay to support public health responses for infants and children living with HIV in Papua New Guinea
Michael Palmer, NSW
Cross Track Session: HIV Mobility and Migration
Overarching presentation on the data needs for this area of work
Gemma Crawford, WA and Roanna Lobo, WA
Results from MiBSS
Daniel Vujcich, WA
Issues relating to HIV, mobility and migration in national HIV surveillance
Skye McGregor, NSW
PLHIV experiences of migration and the legal needs of PLHIV
David Carter, NSW
PLHIV perspective
Jimmy Chen, NSW
Service organisation perspective
Zhihong Gu, QLD
SH Invited Speaker Session: Social, Political & Cultural Aspects – The Role of Parents in Sexual Health and HIV Education
Key findings from the Gender and Sexuality Diversity in Schools: Parental Perspectives study
Tania Ferfolja, NSW and Jackie Ullman, NSW
Supporting parents in SRH and HIV education
Jenny Walsh, VIC
How to identify healthy online porn for young people – what do parents need to know?
Alan McKee, NSW
Sharing values – The role of parents in a comprehensive relationships and sexual health curriculum
Christopher Thorpe, SA
Less is More: Sex Work Laws, Stigma and Public Health – Affiliate Organisation Session by Respect, ASHM and Scarlet Alliance
Mandated mistakes: stigma driven sexual health licencing creates barriers for sex workers in Qld
Candi Forrest, QLD
National stigma & discrimination research, national overview of shifting tide of sex work law
Jules Kim, NSW
Victoria’s recent sex work decriminalisation law reform and the repeal of mandatory testing, mandatory condom use and criminalisation of sex workers with HIV/STIs
Dylan O’Hara, VIC
Less laws, policy catching up with public health evidence
Darren Russell, QLD
After licensing: What decriminilisation can deliver for public health in QLD
Lulu Holiday, QLD
5:00 – 6:30
Joint Conference Welcome Reception
6:30 – 9:00
Positive Action and Progress for Women Living with HIV with speaker Dr Nneka Nwokolo – ViiV Platinum Satellite Session
No attendance without RSVP – Full
Joint Conference Day
7:30 – 8:45
Concurrent Sessions
HIV&AIDS Case Presentation Session
Breakfast & Networking
#174 Recognition, Diagnosis and Therapeutic Approach to KSHV Inflammatory Cytokine Syndrome (KICS) and KSHV associated sequelae
Aadith Ashok, VIC
#262 A new diagnosis of advanced HIV in an African female draws attention to missed opportunities for HIV screening
Joanne Peel, VIC
#227 Case study of a single tablet antiretroviral regimen in an HIV virologically suppressed adult with severe renal impairment
Lisa Wang, QLD
Seqirus Satellite Session – Elevating Awareness of HPV as a Disease That Affects Men with Particular Focus on Vaccination Recommendations for MSMs
Welcome and Introduction
Basil Donovan, NSW
HPV Infection and related disease in males
Eric Chow, VIC
HPV-related anal cancer in males
Andrew Grulich, NSW
HPV Vaccination program status in Australia
Cristyn Davies, NSW
HPV vaccination in males
Eric Chow, VIC
9:00 – 11:00
Joint Conference Plenary
Committee Welcome
Announcement of Levinia Crooks Emerging Leader Award (2021 Winner)
Kezia Blackledge, Eastern-Arrernte Woman, Senior Aboriginal Adolescent Sexual Health & Harm Reduction Officer, Population Health, Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network, NSW
Levinia Crooks Emerging Leader Award Acceptance
What’s Up With Intersectionality: Reflections, Advocacy, And The Future
Keynote Speaker: Todd Fernando, Wiradjuri man, Victoria’s Commissioner for LGBTIQ+ Communities, VIC
Aiming for elimination, Living with endemicity
Keynote Speaker: Valerie Delpech, Head of Communicable Diseases, NSW Health
Killing 2 cocci with 1 vaccine
Keynote Speaker: Helen Marshall, Professor in Vaccinology, The University of Adelaide, SA
11:00 – 11:30
Morning Tea
11:30 – 1:00
Concurrent Sessions
HIV&AIDS Proffered Paper Session: Social, Political & Cultural Aspects
#182 Sexual Satisfaction Among People Living With HIV In Australia: Enduring Impacts Of HIV-Related Stigma
Adam Bourne, NSW
#206 Experiences of, and resistance to, disclosing positive HIV status to potential sex partners
Dean Murphy, NSW
#163 Measuring and reflecting a complex understanding of stigma in research over time: examining the role of HIV Futures surveys since 1997
Jennifer Power, VIC
#291 U=U media guidelines: engaging with journalists on the public health benefits and HIV stigma reduction aspects of the U=U message
Madelaine Cherrington, NSW
#130 Navigating Quality of Life: effects of a peer navigation program for PLHIV in Victoria
Timothy Krulic, VIC
HIV&AIDS Proffered Paper Session: Clinical Management & Therapeutics
#82 Prevalence of transmitted drug resistance in ART-naïve individuals with recent HIV infection in Victoria between 2010 and 2021
Jodie D’Costa, VIC
#7 Weight change when discontinuing integrase strand transfer inhibitors in people living with HIV
Warittha Tieosapjaroen, VIC
#17 Screening for Anal Cancer – Getting Better All the Time
Shannon Woodward, ACT
#250 HIV-1 subtypes and baseline transmitted drug resistance in people living with newly diagnosed HIV at a metropolitan Sexual Health clinic
Tobias Vickers, NSW
Joint Proffered Paper Session: Asia Pacific – Future-Proofing HIV Services: The Role of Community and Clinic Run Health Services, and the Sustainability of the Health Workforce Post the COVID-19 Crisis
#319 Successful maintenance of PLHIV retention in care rates during the COVID-19 pandemic in Timor-Leste
Bonifacio da Silva de Jesus
The BESHIE Bag: An Innovative Community Education Tool
Cris Anthony Gonzales
Padayon: A phenomenological study of women living with HIV in the Philippines
Pilipinas Ma. Jareno, Philippines
Planning for the Future-Online HIV/STI-Clinical Training for Eleven Pacific Island Countries Provided by the UNDP Multi- Country Western Pacific Integrated HIV/TB Programme
Catherine O’Connor, NSW
#120 Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men in five Asian countries report low awareness and use of Undetectable=Untransmittable (U=U): Results of the Asia Pacific MSM Internet Survey
Benjamin Bavinton, NSW
SH Proffered Papers Session: Epidemiology, Prevention & Health Promotion
#219 Illicit drug use and sexual risk behaviours: Results of GOANNA1 and GOANNA2 Surveys
Edwin Dyson, QLD
#84 Findings from the First National Migrant Blood-Borne Virus and Sexual Health Survey 2020-2021
Daniel Vujcich, WA
#215 Intimate partner violence and reproductive coercion prevalence in Perth, Western Australia: a cross-sectional study in an urban sexual and reproductive health clinic
Catherine Brooker, WA
#135 Young people’s experiences of school-based relationship and sexuality education: findings from the 2021 Secondary Schools and Sexual Health Survey
Syliva Kauer, VIC
#63 Acceptability of different STI prevention strategies in a national sample of Australian gay and bisexual men: results from the PrEPARE Project 2021
Martin Holt, NSW
1:00 – 2:00
Lunch & Exhibition
1:00 – 2:00
Concurrent Sessions
Quality over Quantity? Going Beyond Viral Suppression in HIV Care – NAPWHA and ViiV Healthcare Satellite Session
Early Career Lunch: Epidemiology, Prevention & Health Promotion – Sponsored by ASHM membership
This year there is a meet the experts events for each theme. Catering will be supplied at the events. Note this event is for early career delegates only. The aim of the event is to provide early career delegates the opportunity to network with keynote speakers and experts in an informal setting. Please see below the experts who will be in attendance at this session:
Rebecca Guy, Professor Theme Director, Implementation Research Program Head, Surveillance, Kirby Institute
Christopher Howard, Executive Program Manager, QPP
ASHHNA AGM and Nurses Networking
2:00 – 3:30
Concurrent Sessions
HIV&AIDS Invited Speaker Session: Social, Political & Cultural Aspects – HIV Cascades of Care
Adding ‘time’ to cascades of care
Mark Stoove, VIC
Quality of Life (QoL) as the final step on the cascade
Graham Brown, NSW
Cascades as tools of public health surveillance
Stephen Molldrem, United States
Performativity of cascades
Anthony K J Smith, NSW
Policy
Kirsten Machon, VIC
Retained in care – ‘living’ on the cascade
Chris Howard, QLD
ASHM International Session – The STI Landscape: Putting STIs on the Agenda in Asia Pacific Region
#27 Evaluating the impact and cost-effectiveness of chlamydia management strategies in Hong Kong: a modelling study
Jason Ong, VIC
Status of STI services, challenges and next steps in Mongolia
Anuzaya Purevdagva, Mongolia
Prevalence of Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea in Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Clinics: Results from the Fiji Antenatal STI Testing (FAST) Survey
Dashika Balak, Fiji
Implementing integrated sexual health services with MSM and TGW in the Philippines
Patrick Eustaquio, Philippines
Overview of STI response in Solomon Islands
Jackson Rakei, Solomon Islands
AMR and STIs in PNG
Simon Pekon, Papua New Guinea
HTLV-1 Session by ASHM Board and HTLV-1 National Advisory
International Advocacy and Strategic Directions (WHO/WHA, IRVA Global Call to Action)
Fabiola Martin, QLD
Vaccination and drug pipelines – research update
Damian Purcell, VIC
Addressing the needs of communities affected by HTLV – treatment, care and support – barriers, challenges and opportunities
Lloyd Einsiedel, NT
Joint Nurses Session – Expanding Nursing Scope of Practice: Meeting the Changing Needs of Communities
How has S100 prescribing changed NP practice and how has it addressed the changing needs of PLWHIV?
Shannon Woodward, ACT
Role of nurses and midwives in abortion care, inclusive of gender violence.
Lydia Mainey, QLD
Nurse led transgender health in regional and remote settings.
Kim Grant, NSW
Access to LARC and increasing asymptomatic testing closer to home
Suzanne Werder, New Zealand
3:30 – 4:00
Afternoon Tea
4:00 – 5:30
Concurrent Sessions
HIV&AIDS Closing Plenary – IAS 12th HIV Science Conference – Developing a roadmap to Brisbane 2023
Introduction, Welcome and Overview of IAS 2023 Conference
Sharon Lewin, IAS President and Conference International Co-Chair
Journey to IAS Science 2023; legacies; role of the sector, government engagement
Charles Gilks, IAS HIV Science 2023 Local Co-Chair
Crucial role of the sector, researchers, supporting the region
Andrew Grulich, IAS Governing Council Asia Pacific Representative
Support from the Joint UNAIDS Programme
Renata Ram, UNAIDS (Pacific)
Clinical research and implementation science
James McMahon, ASHM Board Director
How communities can engage meaningfully with this conference and the critical role of lived experience in research
Mark Counter, QPP President
From basic, clinical and community research to effective practice
Fiona Bisshop, GP Holdsworth House Brisbane & AusPATH
Visibility and inclusion of Sex Worker and other communities across our region
Jules Kim, Scarlet Alliance Sex Worker Network of Australia/APNSW
Panel and Audience Q&A Discussion
Facilitated by Charles Gilks and Scott McGill
Awards & Closing Remarks
LARC Symposium – SHINE SA – Affiliate Organisation Session, supported by Organon
Progesterone only contraception and bleeding patterns
Lona Brown, VIC
IUD troubleshooting
Amy Moten, SA
Contraception for the trans and gender diverse community
Syahir Soffi, NT
Contraception update
Jessica Floreani, SA
SH Invited Speaker Session: Epidemiology, Prevention & Health Promotion – STI Control Among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
STI control strategies – opportunities for synergy
James Ward, QLD
Eliminating cervical cancer for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people – opportunities for success
Lisa Whop, ACT
Opportunities in the 715: Integrating STI testing into annual routine health assessments for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people
Heather McCormack, NSW
Enhance Walkabout: a pilot project to improve sexual health engagement among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Jackie Thomas, NSW
SH Invited Speaker Session: Discovery & Translational Science – Novel Approaches to Rapid Diagnostics and Characterisation of STIs
WGS the public health angle
Amy Jennison, QLD
Unexpected antimicrobial agents for NG AMR
Anthony Verderosa, QLD
Translation of novel STI rapid diagnostics
Andrew Vallely, NSW
6:30 – 10:00
SH Conference Dinner, taking place at Lily’s on the Lagoon. Ticket must be purchased by the registration system. Limited positions available.
Sexual Health Conference Day
8:30 – 9:00
Registration
9:00 – 10:30
Concurrent Sessions
SH Proffered Paper: Clinical Management & Therapeutics
#96 Intimate Partner Violence screening among Men Who Have Sex with Men in an Australian sexual health clinic
Georgina Boots, NSW
#178 Engaging trans and gender diverse people in HIV and sexual health care through the provision of gender-affirming hormones: experience of the t150 service
Melissa Kelly, NSW
#202 Provision of medical termination services at a primary care level: A clinical audit at Family Planning NSW Clinics from May to July 2021
Yen Li Lim, NSW
#39 Urgent results management by a dedicated nurse rather than the ordering clinician saves money and improves client care: A cost-effectiveness and time efficiency analysis
Elizabeth Scally, NSW
SH Proffered Papers and Invited Speaker Session: Discovery & Translational Science
Monkeypox epidemiology, clinical/sexual health perspective and current genomics studies
Deborah Williamson, VIC
#42 Two Treponema pallidum strains account for the majority of syphilis infections in Queensland
Emma Sweeney, QLD
#100 Development of a Novel Human Oral Tissue Model of Gonorrhoea
Antonio Celentano, VIC
#148 Novel causes of urethritis in men
Erica Plummer, VIC
#195 Artificial intelligence-based image recognition tool for early detection of sexually transmitted infections
Nyi Nyi Soe, VIC
#248 Characterisation oF 4CMenB Vaccine-Induced Antibodies to Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
Evgeny Semchenko, QLD
SH Proffered Papers: Social Political & Cultural Aspects
#222 Agency and the positive role of community and culture in fostering sexual wellbeing for Aboriginal young women
Kacey Martin, NSW
#158 How Aboriginal young people in an urban setting access sexual health information, and the role technology can play
Kristy Gardner, TAS
#188 Our strengths, our stories: Doing strengths-based sexual health research with Aboriginal young people in western Sydney
Joanne Bryant, NSW
#168 Older women in the oldest profession: A qualitative retrospective life course analysis
Rachael Brennan, QLD
#108 Online Trauma Informed Sexual Health Training for Foster Carers
Naomi Viret, NSW
SH Proffered Papers Session: Epidemiology, Prevention & Health Promotion
#47 Time to healthcare seeking following the onset of symptoms among men and women attending a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia
Rebecca Farquharson, VIC
#143 Factors associated with willingness to use daily antibiotics as STI prophylaxis among HIV-PrEP-experienced gay and bisexual men in Australia
Ben Bavinton, NSW
#15 Improving Access to Sexual Health Services in General Practice Using a Hub-and-Spoke Model: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation
Jason Ong, VIC
#26 Cost-effectiveness of testing for Mycoplasma genitalium among men who have sex with men in Australia
Jason Ong, VIC
# 236 Investigating the bridging of heterosexual and homosexual behaviour networks on N. gonorrhoeae transmission through mathematical modelling
Richard Gray, NSW
10:30 – 11:00
Morning Tea
11:00 – 12:30
Sexual Health Spotlight Session
Laugh the shame away: Take Blaktion and strengths-based approaches to Aboriginal sexual health
Keynote Speaker: Heather McCormack, Senior Program Manager, NSW STI Programs Unit, Centre for Population Health, NSW Ministry of Health, Australia
Social, Political and Cultural aspects: #286 How a 25-year-old periodic survey for lesbian, bisexual and queer women responded and adapted to gender diversity: a reflexive analysis
Julie Mooney-Somers, NSW
Clinical management & therapeutics: #41 Simplifying molecular approaches to detect Mycoplasma genitalium parC resistance mutations, to facilitate individualized fluoroquinolone treatment
Emma Sweeney, QLD
Social, Political and Cultural Aspects: #111 Youth cybersafety, relationships and sexuality: piloting a whole school approach to educate young adolescents
Anne Atcheson, VIC
12:30 – 1:30
Lunch & Poster Tours
12:45 – 1:15
Poster Tour – Epidemiology, Prevention & Health Promotion
#155 Developing Accessible Sexual Health Resources
Sandra Norman, WA
#21 Adherence to weekly anal self-examination among men who have sex with men for detection of anal syphilis
Ei Thu Aung, VIC
#295 Informing the design of a digital intervention to support STI care in general practice: The views of clinicians
Jane Goller, VIC
Poster Tour – SH Social, Political & Cultural Aspects
#186 Our Strengths, Our Stories: Perspectives of Positive Sexual Relationships from Aboriginal Young People in Western Sydney
Joanne Bryant, NSW
#230 Our relationships, our values, our culture – Aboriginal young men’s perspectives about sex, relationships, and gender stereotypes in Australia
Mitchell Beadman, NSW
#308 The young person health check
Katrina Connolly, QLD
#159 Experiences of Sexual Health Testing: Findings from Qualitative Interviews with Western Australian Young People
Jacqui Hendriks, WA
#75 Engaging with CALD Communities Through Peer Education
Aditi Sharma, VIC
Poster Tour – SH Clinical Management & Therapeutics
#179 MyCheck telehealth pilot: A new service modality supporting asymptomatic clients to navigate on-demand BBV/STI testing directly with commercial pathology providers.
Nigel Carrington, NSW
#205 A descriptive study of estradiol levels in transfeminine individuals who received estradiol implants as standard care in Hunter New England (HNE) Health Services
Joanna Mesure, NSW
#288 Aboriginal health in Aboriginal hands: How an Aboriginal community controlled organisation is working to eliminate Hepatitis C
Daniel Hunt, WA
1:30 – 3:00
Concurrent Sessions
SH Symposium: Clinical Management & Therapeutics – Antimicrobial Stewardship in Sexual Health
Antibiotic stewardship in sexual health, both for tertiary hospital and community-based settings
Trent Yarwood, QLD
Patient-delivery partner-therapy and antimicrobial resistance: Challenges and Opportunities
Jeffrey Klausner, LA, USA
Impact of antimicrobial resistance on other non-sexually-transmitted pathogens
Anton Peleg, VIC
Innovative strategies to address AMR
Catriona Bradshaw, VIC
Mass drug administration for control of STIs
John Kaldor, NSW
SH Invited Speaker Session: Social Political & Cultural Aspects – ‘Can I Ask That?’: Building Intergenerational Literacies for Sexual Health
Facilitators: Basil Donovan and Kath Albury
Panel:
Elizabeth Duck-Chong, ACON
Tilly Mahoney, Womens Health in the North, VIC
Eloise Monteiro, Sydney Bi+ Network/NAPHWA, NSW
James Fowler, PhD Candidate, University of Queensland, QLD
Isabel Mudford, PhD Candidate, ANU, ACT
Jessica Wilms, Aboriginal SH Worker, Nepean Blue Mountains LHD, NSW
SH Invited Speaker Session: Epidemiology, Prevention & Health Promotion – Modern Sexual Health Clinics
New IT screening programs
Christopher Fairley, VIC
Modern service delivery – Valued Care for sustainability based on community need, outcomes workforce and collaborative pathways to deliver value care for sustainability: A Queensland model
Julian Langton-Lockton, QLD
An evaluation of MyCheck: a digital STI/BBV e-testing platform
Prital Patel, NSW and Lise Lafferty, NSW
Systematic review of online STI testing
Ethan “Trey” Cardwell, VIC
Innovative approaches to increase HIV/STI screening in general practices (Victorian Hub and Spoke Model)
Marcus Chen, VIC and Jason Wu, VIC
WA experience of online testing including uptake, lessons learnt, barriers/facilitators and where to next
Lewis Marshall, WA
SH Invited Speaker Session – Innovative Approaches to Sexual Health Promotion in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities
Queensland Sexual Health Network – outcomes from Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Community Controlled Health Organisations
Saskia Smith, QLD and Katrina Connolly, QLD
The young person health check
Katrina Connolly, QLD
21st Century Sex Education Program
Jo-Anne Tucker, QLD
Gendered Health Care – sexual health services at the Central Australian Aboriginal Congress, Alice Springs
Bradley Braun, NT and Roisin Steward, NT
3:00 – 3:30
Afternoon Tea
3:30 – 5:00
SH Conference Closing Session
STI Guidelines update
Nicholas Medland, ASHM President
Another Pox? In this economy? Mobilising a coherent response to monkeypox in Australia
Facilitators: Jennifer Power and Anthony K J Smith
Panel Discussion: Cherie Bennett, Robert Muscolino, Martin Holt, Stephen Molldrem and Brent Mackie
Q&A
Awards
Closing & Future Announcements
Posters are listed by theme and alphabetical order of author by surname.
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#193 Is the Incidence of Age-Related Non-AIDS Conditions Higher Among People Living With HIV Compared to Age-Matched People Living Without HIV? DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Htein Linn Aung, Nsw
#257 “Give It A Shot”: Best Practices From HCPS for Administering Long-Acting CAB+RPV DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Daniel Cowley, VIC
#266 Long-Acting Cabotegravir+Rilpivirine (CAB+RPV) In Older Adults: Pooled Phase 3 Week 96 Results DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Daniel Cowley, VIC
#78 The Patient Experience of Communication and Co-Ordination of Care for HIV in Regional NSW: A Qualitative Study DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Natalie Edmiston, NSW
#89 The Determinants of Access to General Practice in a Shared Care Model for People Living with HIV in Northern NSW: A Qualitative Study DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Natalie Edmiston, NSW
#129 Value of Care and Possible Risks for Overmedicalization Among People With HIV: A Qualitative Study DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Natalie Edmiston, NSW
#200 The Understanding of People Living with HIV in Northern NSW about ‘Shared Care’: A Qualitative Study DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Natalie Edmiston, NSW
#140 B/F/TAF Five-Year Outcomes in Treatment-Naïve Adults DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Damien Fagan, VIC
#113 Long Acting Lenacapavir in People with Multi-Drug Resistant HIV-1: Week 52 Results DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Lindsey Griffiths, VIC
#116 Absence of Cross-Resistance to Lenacapavir in HIV Entry Inhibitor-Resistant Isolates DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Lindsey Griffiths, VIC
#117 Efficacy and Safety of Dolutegravir/Lamivudine in Virologically Suppressed Female vs Male Participants From Tango and Salsa: Pooled 48-Week Data DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Leah-Anne Latorre, VIC
#164 Improvements in Patient-Reported Outcomes in Older Adults Aged ≥50 Years With HIV-1 After Switching to a 2-Drug Regimen of Fixed-Dose Combination DTG/3TC: 48-Week Results From the Salsa Study DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Leah-Anne Latorre, VIC
#165 Changes in Inflammatory Biomarkers and Baseline Variables After Switching to Dolutegravir/Lamivudine (DTG/3TC) in 2 Randomized Clinical Trials of Virologically Suppressed Adults: 48-Week Pooled Analysis DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Leah-Anne Latorre, VIC
#244 The Effect of an HIV Pharmacist on Cardiovascular Risk Assessment in a Regional HIV Clinic: A Cohort Study DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Kate Mackie, VIC
#114 Staff Perspectives on Using PozQol in Clinical Care at Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Emma Mason, NSW
#276 Reducing Time to New HIV Diagnosis – Time for Change in the HIV Diagnostic Algorithm? DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Michael Moso, VIC
#251 Uptake of COVID Vaccination in a Diverse Cohort of PLWHIV in Melbourne: How Can We Do Better? DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Jess Obryan, VIC
#224 Incorporating Quality of Life into Care for People Living with HIV (PLHIV): Developing a Consensus Tool of Health and Social Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) for Clinical and Community Services DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Aleksandra Olekalns, NSW
#123 Lenacapavir as Part of a Combination Regimen in Treatment Naïve PWH: Week 54 Results DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Wayne Paul, VIC
#125 Approaches to Optimize Recruitment of Historically Underrepresented Black and Hispanic/LatinX MSM, Transgender, and Gender Non-Binary Individuals into the Lenacapavir for PrEP (PURPOSE 2) Trial DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Wayne Paul, VIC
#18 Utilisation of an Electronic Medical Record (eMR) Comorbidity Tool in a Sexual Health Service in Sydney – Implications for Service Delivery DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Miranda Schembri, NSW
#287 Efficacy and Safety of Switching to Dolutegravir/Lamivudine (DTG/3TC) in Treatment-Experienced, Virologically Suppressed Plhiv Aged ≥50 Years: Pooled Results From The Tango and Salsa Studies DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Don Smith, NSW
#8 Preferences for Weight Gain Compared with Other Antiretroviral Therapy Side Effects Among People Living with HIV: A Discrete Choice Experiment DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Warittha Tieosapjaroen, NSW
#44 Knowledge Translation of Research Findings: Community Interpretation of the Results of the Positive Perspectives 2 Survey of Unmet Treatment Needs Among People Living With HIV in Australia DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Brent Allan, VIC
#22 Applying Behavioural Insights to HIV Prevention and Management: A Scoping Review DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Alexsandra Andrawis, VIC
#181 SWASH Data, Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer (LBQ) Women and HIV Risk DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Anna Barker, New South Wales
#122 Monthly Oral Pills are the Most Preferred Form of HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Among Australian Gay and Bisexual Men: Results From the PrEPARE Project 2021 DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Benjamin Bavinton, NSW
#146 Cost-Effectiveness of Screening and Treating Anal Pre-Cancerous Lesions Among Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men Living With HIV DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT David Boettiger, NSW
#239 Ageing Well With HIV: Exploring Factors Limiting Quality of Life for People Living with HIV aged 50 years and Over in Australia DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Dean Cassano, VIC
#269 From Treatments Support to Quality of Life: Reimagining The Role of NAPWHA’s Treatments Network DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Brent Clifton, NSW
#289 Inequities in PrEP Use in MSM According to Medicare Status DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Aaron Coleman, NSW
#12 Patterns and Opportunities: Cardiovascular Risk Factor Measurement Among Older Adults Attending an Outer-Metropolitan Australian Sexual Health Centre for HIV Care DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Nicholas Comninos, NSW
#187 Sustained Retention in Care Among People Living With HIV Attending Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre: The Impact of an Enhanced Follow-up Initiative During the COVID-19 Pandemic DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Nicholas Comninos, NSW
#210 Embedding Quality of Life Into HIV Nursing Assessment DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Elizabeth Crock, VIC
#53 Gay and Bisexual Men Exposed to PrEP Social Marketing Campaigns had Higher Awareness and Knowledge of PrEP Dosing Regimens DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Doug Fraser, NSW
#43 A Retrospective Cohort Study of Women and Men Attending an HIV Clinic in a Public Hospital DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Rochelle Hamilton, VIC
#229 Proving The Power of Peers: Creating a Practical Toolkit to Enable Peer/Community-led Organisations Evaluate Their Work and Better Understand, Demonstrate, and Improve Their Impact DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Petrina Hilton, VIC
#60 Analysing Progress in the National HIV PrEP Cascade by Australian Gay and Bisexual Men: Results From the PrEPARE Project 2017-21 DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Martin Holt, NSW
#196 Gini Coefficients for Measuring the Distribution of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Different Risk Groups in Australia DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Phyu Mon Latt, VIC
#212 HIV and AIDS in Women in Aotearoa New Zealand: 25 Years of Surveillance Data DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Sue McAllister, Otago
#278 When PrEP Breaks Down: Experiences of HIV Diagnosis Among Current and Previous PrEP Users DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Dean Murphy, NSW
#49 Antiretroviral Therapy Use, Viral Detectability and Fear of Onward Transmission Among People Living with HIV in Australia: Changes Between 1997 and 2018 DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Thomas Norman, VIC
#9 Economic Evaluation of Improving HIV Self-Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in China Using a Crowdsourced Intervention: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Jason Ong, Vic
#13 Supernatural Beliefs, Religious Affiliations, and HIV Testing Among Recently Arrived Asian-Born Men Who Have Sex With Men in Australia DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Jason Ong, Vic
#189 “How PrEPared Are You?” An Exploration into the Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward PrEP Among Overseas-Born, Newly Arrived Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Australia DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Jason Ong, Vic
#306 HIV Prevalence Among International Migrant Populations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Jason Ong, Vic
#133 Gay and Bisexual Men’s Engagement with Sexual Health Services After Initiating Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: Access to, and Continuity of, Care DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Steve Philpot, NSW
#136 How has Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Uptake Changed Gay and Bisexual Men’s Negotiations of Condom Use and HIV Risk with Casual Sexual Partners? DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Steve Philpot, NSW
#296 Beyond The Fourth Ninety: The Australian Community Accord on Quality of Life for People With HIV DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Daniel Reeders, NSW
#285 “Positive Walkers” – Celebrating 4 Years and an Estimated 670 km; Understanding its Success DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Don Smith, NSW
#243 CONNECT: Engaging CALD Communities in Rapid Testing DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Nikki Sullivan, SA
#88 Investigating Factors Associated with Awareness and use of PrEP and PEP Among Queensland Tertiary Students DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Sarah Warzywoda, QLD
#90 The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on People with HIV in Victoria, Australia Over Two Time Periods DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Mihiri Weerasuria, VIC
#79 Searching for Success: Diversifying Digital Media Strategies Increased Sexual Health Campaign Reach DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Chris Williams, VIC
#297 PLHIV Community Engagement Linking GIPA Principles With Quality of Life DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Brent Allan, VIC
#126 GIPA Audit: Assessing the National Association of People Living with HIV Australia’s Engagement with People Living with HIV DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Joshua Badge, Vic
#147 Changes in HIV and STI Stigma Expressed by Australian Health Care Workers: Results from the Stigma Indicators Monitoring Project 2021-2022 DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Timothy Broady, NSW
#293 Living With HIV and Injecting Drugs: A Health Litertacy Community Consultation DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Brent Clifton, NSW
#301 Mobilising Community Among Heterosexual Men Living With HIV in Australia DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Brent Clifton, NSW
#46 Visual Access to Create Greater Comprehension: Incorporating the Visual Arts Into a Representational Analysis of HIV Community Dialogue on Living With HIV and a Quality of Life DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Daniel Cordner, VIC
#313 Seeing The Whole Person: Peer Navigation Structures Redefine Peer Based Support Programs DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Andrew Heslop, NSW
#311 Reaching Beyond 95+ and Connecting the Dots: A Co-designed Housing Support Model Strengthens Health Outcomes and Improves Quality of Life for People Living with HIV DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Melanie Joyce, NSW
#77 Blood Donation Eligibility Amongst Men who have Sex with Men in Australia DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Yasmin Mowat, NSW
#56 Lessons From The Archive: Queer Indonesia Archive and Collecting, Preserving and Exhibiting Queer HIV Histories Within Indonesia DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Beau Newham, N/A
#183 ACON’s Multicultural Engagement Plan 2021-2024: Addressing of a Divergent Epidemic Through Organisational Change DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Loc Nguyen, NSW
#192 Starting Out: Sexual Health Peer Education for the Next Generation DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Loc Nguyen, NSW
#312 Hidden in Plain Sight? Creating a Culturally-Appropriate Peer Navigation Model to Facilitate Engagement with People Living with HIV from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Priscilla Njeri, NSW
#151 An Easy Read Approach to HIV Resource Accessibility DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Sandra Norman, WA
#197 A Marginalised Population: Using Intersectionality to Explore the Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy Among Persons with Disabilities Living with HIV DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Aaron Akpu Philip, QLD
#162 HIV Futures Surveys Since 1997: An Adaptable Survey Instrument Continues to Examine the Problem of Stigma DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Jennifer Power, VIC
#302 Developing The Health Literacy Framework: The Central Role of Community Advocates DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Daniel Reeders, NSW
#119 Needle and Syringe Programs in NSW: Opportunities for Innovation DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Lucy Watson, NSW
#74 PrEP From The Bottom Up: The Role of Grassroots Advocates in the Implementation of PrEP in Australia DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Nathanael Wells, VIC
#85 Experiences of Adjusting to HIV Diagnoses Among Overseas-Born Gay and Bisexual Men DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Nathanael Wells, VIC
#303 A Systems Approach to Understanding The Needs of a Neglected Sub-Population: Asian-Born Men Living With HIV in Australia DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Justin Xiao, NSW
#281 Does Pristinamycin or Sitafloxacin Do The Trick?: Treatment Outcomes in People with Macrolide-Resistant Mycoplasma Genitalium Who Have Failed First-Line Therapy DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Ian Anderson, NSW
#264 Client Survey in a Regional Sexual and Reproductive Health Clinic DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Nicholas Caldwell, Victoria
#179 MyCheck Telehealth Pilot: A New Service Modality Supporting Asymptomatic Clients to Navigate On-Demand BBV/STI Testing Directly with Commercial Pathology Providers DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Nigel Carrington, NSW
#80 Sustaining Access to Diagnostic Colposcopy During the Pandemic: Colposcopy Quality-Assurance in a Non-Hospital Setting DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Nicholas Comninos, NSW
#20 Chlamydia Home Testing in the Real World: A Cross Sectional Analysis DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Rosalind Foster, NSW
#150 Does a Direct Referral Pathway Improve Attendance at Medical Follow-Up After Sexual Assault and can we Predict who will Attend? DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Loretta Healey, NSW
#288 Aboriginal Health in Aboriginal Hands: How an Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation is Working to Eliminate Hepatitis C DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Daniel Hunt, WA
#142 Sampling Time for Self-Taking an Oropharyngeal Swab for Gonorrhoea and Chlamydia Testing DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Kate Maddaford, VIC
#205 A Descriptive Study of Estradiol Levels in Transfeminine Individuals who Received Estradiol Implants as Standard Care in Hunter New England (HNE) Health Services DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Joanna Mesure, NSW
#220 Presumptive Treatment of Chlamydia Contacts: An Audit of Treatment of Clamydia Contacts at Family Planning NSW Clinics DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Sally Sweeney, NSW
#48 Testing for Mycoplasma Genitalium in Pelvic Inflammatory Disease: A Clinical Audit DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Caroline Thng, QLD
#175 Impacts of Recent Combined Oral Contraceptive Shortages on Users in Aotearoa New Zealand DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Caryn Thomas, Otago
#32 Clinical and Laboratory Aspects of Condylomata Lata Lesions of Syphilis DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Janet Towns, VIC
#35 Reviewing the Redesign of a Sexual Health Counselling Unit Redesign, 1 Year Later DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Rajesh Varma, NSW
#52 Sexual Debut and Association With Oral Human Papillomavirus Infection, Persistence and Oropharyngeal Cancer – An Analysis of Two Australian Cohorts DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Annika Antonsson, QLD
#255 ALLIANCE (Quality Family Planning Services and Referrals in Community Pharmacy: Expanding Pharmacists’ Scope of Practice): A Protocol For a Stepped-Wedge Trial DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Anisa Assifi, VIC
#14 Incidence and Risk Factors for Early Syphilis Among Men Who Have Sex With Men Attending a Sexual Health Clinic in Australia: A Retrospective Cohort Study DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Ei Thu Aung, VIC
#21 Adherence to Weekly Anal Self-Examination Among Men Who Have Sex With Men for Detection of Anal Syphilis DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Ei Thu Aung, VIC
#91 Trends in Neurosyphilis Hospitalisation in Australia, 2007-2020 DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Ei Thu Aung, VIC
#228 The Re-Emergence of Syphilis Among Women of Reproductive Age in Victoria, Australia: A Public Health Priority DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Sarah Borg, VIC
#24 Choose Your Own MD Adventure! Four-Year Sexual Health Care Education for Medical Students at The University of Melbourne DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Siobhan Bourke, VIC
#59 Contextualising Congenital Syphilis Cases in National Surveillance Data DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Amy Bright, ACT
#157 COVID-19 Related Changes in Sexual Activity, Condomless Intercourse, and STI Testing Among Young Adults in Australia: A Comparison of Behaviours Reported in Two Debrief National Surveys DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Timothy Broady, NSW
#237 Experience of Introducing Screening for Intimate Partner Violence and Reproductive Coercion in a Community Sexual Health Clinic DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Catherine Brooker, WA
#94 How do Young People Distinguish the ‘Good Oil’ From Those Peddling ‘Snake Oil’ When it Comes to Online Sexual Health Information? DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Sarah Cabret, VIC
#225 Trends in Different Contraception Methods Among Women Attending the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre from 2011-2020 DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Brigitte Choo, VIC
#261 The Utility of the Adult Health Check (MBS item 715) for Sexual Health Screening Within an Urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Service DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Judith Dean, QLD
#144 Tele-Testing in the ACT: A Review of Asymptomatic Telehealth Testing During the ACT COVID-19 Lockdown DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Rose Evans, ACT
#93 Preliminary Evidence from a Survey of Adolescent Sexual Health Knowledge and Self-identified Priorities for Sex Education DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Emmalee Ford, NSW
#57 Introducing Aromanticism – Insight Into Romantic Diversity From a Large, International, Open-Ended Survey DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT James Fowler, QLD
#70 Highs, Lows, And Hormones: A Qualitative Metasynthesis of Transgender Persons’ Experiences Undergoing Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT James Fowler, QLD
#103 Best Practice in Transgender and Gender Diverse Research Quality Assessment: A Quality Tool for Evaluating Meaningful Community Engagement in Trans and Gender Diverse Research DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT James Fowler, QLD
#128 What is Important in Online Sexual Health Promotion for Young Queer People? – Considerations From a Qualitative Study With Queer, Young, Queenslanders DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT James Fowler, QLD
#295 Informing the Design of a Digital Intervention to Support STI Care in General Practice: The Views of Clinicians DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Jane Goller, VIC
#169 People who Attend SSHC as a Contact of an STI: What Partner Contact Method Prompts Them to Attend and How Soon do They Attend? DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Keith Hall, NSW
#98 Preparation of the Pre-Service Teacher to Deliver Relationships and Sexuality Education: Lessons From Curtin University, Australia DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Jacqui Hendriks, WA
#40 A Multiplex PCR Pipeline for Antimicrobial Resistance Typing in Neisseria Gonorrhoeae in Queensland DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Olivia Jessop, QLD
#81 Young People’s Sexual Engagement Using Digital Devices: Findings from the 2021 Secondary Schools and Sexual Health Survey DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Sylvia Kauer, VIC
#124 Achieving Sexual Health Promotion During a Pandemic DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Ragilen Kristnasawmy, WA
#270 Proportion and Size of Group Sex Events and Condom Use Among Heterosexual Men and Women in Melbourne, Australia DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Chen Lew, Victoria
#275 Sexual Activities and Changing Condoms During Group Sex Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Melbourne, Australia DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Chen Lew, Victoria
#152 Remote Aboriginal-led Primary Care Services Integrate Testing for Sexually Transmitted Infections into Comprehensive Annual Preventive Health Assessments in Regions with Highest Prevalence DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Heather McCormack, New South Wales
#153 Developing Accessible Cervical Screening Resources DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Sandra Norman, WA
#155 Developing Accessible Sexual Health Resources DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Sandra Norman, WA
#267 Sharing Lessons Learned by Developing a Health Promotion Video Resource on Abortion DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Sam Read, VIC
#23 A Kiss is Not Just a Kiss: Kissing as a Risk Factor for Oropharyngeal Gonorrhoea in Men Who Have Sex With Men DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Julien Tran, VIC
#232 Sexual Activity Combinations Per Sex Act with Casual Male Partners and Gonorrhoea Positivity Among Men Who Have Sex With Men DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Julien Tran, VIC
#51 Attitudes of MSM Toward Routine Quarterly STI Testing for Chlamydia and Gonorrhoea – A Qualitative Study DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Amelia Wardley, VIC
#127 Peer Led Interventions Addressing Sexualised Drug Use, Learning from Year One of M3THOD. DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Justin Xiao, NSW
#36 Development and External Validation of a Web-Based Risk Prediction Tool Using Machine Learning Algorithms for an Individual’s Risk of HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Xianglong Xu, Victoria
#38 Using Machine Learning Approaches to Predict Timely Clinic Attendance and the Uptake of HIV/STI Testing Post Clinic Reminder Messages DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Xianglong Xu, Victoria
#68 Prediction of Chlamydia Trachomatis Reinfection Within One Year Among Heterosexuals with Chlamydia Attending a Sexual Health Clinic Using Machine Learning Approaches DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Xianglong Xu, Victoria
#230 Our Relationships, Our Values, Our Culture – Aboriginal Young Men’s Perspectives About Sex, Relationships, and Gender Stereotypes in Australia DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Mitchell Beadman, NSW
#186 Our Strengths, Our Stories: Perspectives of Positive Sexual Relationships from Aboriginal Young People in Western Sydney DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Joanne Bryant, Nsw
#76 LARC Online: What Information About Intrauterine Devices and Contraceptive Implants are Available on the Internet? DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Cassandra Caddy, WA
#190 Women’s Work: How are Reproductive Responsibilities Shared Between Heterosexual Partners? DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Cassandra Caddy, WA
#307 21st Century Sex Education Program DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Katrina Connolly, QLD
#308 The Young Person Health Check DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Katrina Connolly, QLD
#92 ‘Respect Me + You, Is Your Syphilis Check Up Due?’ Campaign (2021): Empowering Our Own Health Choices Through Art, Collaboration and Education DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Emily Duivesteyn, Sa
#159 Experiences of Sexual Health Testing: Findings from Qualitative Interviews with Western Australian Young People DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Jacqui Hendriks, WA
#207 Same But Different: A Multi-Country Analysis of the I-SHARE Study’s Implementation Methods During COVID-19 Lockdown Measures DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Jacqui Hendriks, WA
#61 (Not) Talking Dirty: The Absence of Positive Language for Adult Practices of Sexting and Amateur Pornography DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Alexandra James, VIC
#87 “How Do You Ask Someone To Use A Condom?”: Talking About the Mechanics of Sex DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Alexandra James, VIC
#19 Skirmishes at the Frontlines: A Social Worlds/Arenas Analysis of Abortion Care in Australia DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Lydia Mainey, QLD
#160 Young People’s Experiences of Unwanted Sex: Findings from the 2021 Secondary Schools and Sexual Health Survey DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Jennifer Power, VIC
#75 Engaging with CALD Communities Through Peer Education DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Aditi Sharma, VIC
#106 Connecting International Students with Online Sexual and Reproductive Health Information DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Maddison Stratten, NSW
#109 Digital Sexual Health Promotion in a Pandemic DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Maddison Stratten, NSW
#211 Gaps in the Social Work Curriculum: Key Health Practitioners Are Not Being Prepared for Sexual Health Work DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT George Turner, NSW
#280 Behaviours, Perpetrators and Directions of Reproductive Coercion and Abuse: Do Theoretical Conceptualisations Align with Pregnant Peoples’ Experiences? DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Kari Vallury, SA
#191 Wartbanc Opens for Business: Establishment of an HPV Biobank at Royal Perth Hospital DIGITAL POSTER | ABSTRACT Jenny McCloskey, WA