Chairs: Chris Camacho & Kate Bath

#52 – Weekly trends in PrEP use and sex during and following COVID-19 restrictions and intentions for future use of PrEP: Results from the Flux study of gay and bisexual men in Australia.
Garret Prestage, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, NSW

#119 Associations between social capital and HIV risk-taking behaviours among men who have sex with men in Japan
Adam Hill, La Trobe University, VIC

#28 Lower PrEP awareness and use among recently-arrived overseas-born gay and bisexual men in Australia: Results from national HIV behavioural surveillance
Benjamin Bavinton, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, NSW

#36 Variations in HIV prevention coverage by state, age, country of birth, sexual identity, and proportion of gay residents: analysis of Australian Gay Community Periodic Surveys 2015-20
Martin Holt, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney, NSW

#145 Exploring condomless anal intercourse practices after stopping and before re-starting PrEP among gay and bisexual men in Australia
Steve Philpot, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, NSW

LIVE Q&A and discussion

Chairs: Bianca Leber & Anna Mcnulty

#163 Audit of virtual and face-to-face psychosexual group interventions for men with erectile dysfunction in an inner-city sexual health clinic: adapting the delivery of care in response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Arthur Ka Chun, Central & North West London Nhs Foundation, London, UK

#193 Clinical presentation of incident syphilis among men who have sex with men taking HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Melbourne, Australia
Joanne Peel, SLHD, NSW

#121 Reflex lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) testing of rectal chlamydia in men who have sex with men and detection of asymptomatic LGV
Yasmin Hughes, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, VIC

#165 Resistance-guided combination therapy for Mycoplasma genitalium
Lenka Vodstrcil, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, VIC

LIVE Q&A and discussion

Chairs: Amy Chung & Lindi Masson

Phylogenomic analysis of Neisseria gonorrhoeae lineages associated with reduced susceptibility to extended spectrum cephalosporins and mosaic penA alleles in Australia
Melinda Ashcroft, The University Of Melbourne, VIC

Contemporary molecular approaches support genomic epidemiology of Treponema pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis
George Taiaroa, University Of Melbourne, VIC

The impact of mouthwash on the oral microbiota of men who have sex with men: a sub-study of the OMEGA trial
Erica Plummer, Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, VIC

Current STI vaccines development, challenges, gaps
Kate Seib, Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, QLD

Is there a role for viability assays for Mycoplasma genitalium?
Hannah Nugent, University of Technology Sydney, NSW

Viability and Susceptibility Testing for STIs using InSignia

Alison Todd, SpeeDx, NSW

LIVE Q&A and discussion

Chairs: Steven Spencer & Christy Newman

Introduction and the unique experiences of bi+ people in HIV and sexual health
Eloise Monteiro, NAPWHA (National Association of People with HIV Australia), NSW

Quantitative data on the sexual health and HIV risks and behaviours of bi+ people in Australia
Benjamin Bavinton, The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, NSW

Bi+ women’s experiences of sexual health services
Ruby Grant, University Of Tasmania, TAS

Meeting the sexual health needs of bi+ men in the age of biomedical prevention
Brian Feinstein, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, USA

Bisexual men living with HIV: wellbeing, connectedness and the impact of stigma
Jennifer Power, Australian Research Centre In Sex, Health And Society, La Trobe University, VIC

Panel: bi+ community members with diverse experience

Nick, Sarah Fegan

Chairs: Emily Phillips & Dawn Casey

How have First Peoples of Australia fared during the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for sexual health practice for First Peoples

Keynote: James Ward

Lorraine Anderson

Jason Agostino

Mark Wenitong

Q&A and Discussion

15:30 – 16:00 Discussion Forum: Sexual Health and COVID-19 – lessons shared from the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Health Sector

Chairs: Eric Chow & Sarah Maunsell

Novel adapted barrier-based preventive approaches for STI prevention and controls
Michael Traeger, Burnet Institute, VIC

Novel non-condom-based interventions for extragenital STI prevention and control
Christopher Fairley, Melbourne Sexual Health, VIC

Applying health economics in sexual health research
Virginia Wiseman

Applying discrete choice experiment in sexual health research
Jason Ong, Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, VIC

LIVE Q&A and Discussion

Chairs: Jeanne Ellard & Dean Murphy

Factors associated with PrEP uptake and prevention of HIV among men in NSW
Phillip Keen, The Kirby Institute UNSW, NSW

Deploying technology to investigate networks and neighborhoods as features in HIV prevention and management
Denton Callander, Columbia University Spatial Epidemiology Lab, NY, USA

HIV citizenship
Ingrid Young, University of Edinburgh, UK

Health Promotion
Matthew Vaughan, ACON, NSW

Peer support for People Living with HIV from a strengths-based perspective
Tim Krulic, Living Positive Victoria & ARCSHS, La Trobe University, VIC

It’s Time to Think Positive About HIV
Karl Johnson, ACON, NSW

LIVE Q&A and Discussion

Chairs: Eloise Monteiro & Sarah Feagan

Perspectives from women living with HIV
Rita Broughton

Women and PrEP
Kirsty Machon, Positive Women, VIC

Abstract #Missing Voices: Building HIV positive women’s meaningful engagement with HIV clinical and cure research
Heather Mugwagwa, Positive Women, VIC

“It was like my body was dancing through the pencils:” Meditative process art with women living with HIV in Australia
Allison Carter, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, NSW, Patricia Morgan, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney, NSW and Jane Costello, Positive Life NSW

LIVE Q&A and Discussion

Chairs: Dr Clare Boerma

Post partum Contraception
Jessica Floreani, Larc Co Ordinator Shine SA / GP, SA

Post partum IUD insertion
Kate Walsh, Modbury Hospital, SA

Contraception in the perimenopause
Sara Whitburn, Family Planning Victoria, VIC

Contraception after abortion
Amy Moten, SHINE SA, SA

LVIE Q&A and Discussion

Chairs: Michelle O’Connor & Saysana Sirimanotham 

Stigma and discrimination reduction in healthcare services (including pre-service training) – setting the scene
Carla Treloar, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW, NSW

Health service Quality Improvement approaches to addressing HIV stigma and discrimination for increased access to HIV prevention & treatment
Bruce Agins – Director of HEALTHQUAL, Institute for Global Health Sciences, University of California, CA, USA

Status neutral approaches to increasing uptake of HIV treatment and prevention
Rena Janamnuaysook, Institute of HIV Research and Innovation (IHRI), Bangkok, Thailand

Utilising HIV self-testing to address stigma and discrimination barriers in China
Weiming Tang – Assistant Director of University of North Carolina Project-China

LIVE Q&A and Discussion

Chairs: Shelley Kerr & Robert Mitchell

Interface of Community Led Health Promotion and Australia’s Regulatory Environment for Approving Medicines and Medical Devices
Heath Paynter, Australian Federation Of Aids Organisations, NSW

Criminalising HIV
Aaron Cogle, NAPHWA, NSW

Sex Work, Whore Stigma and the Criminal Legal System
Zahra Stardust, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre of Excellence in Automated Decision-Making and Society, Queensland University of Technology

Regulation of Sex Work
Jules Kim, Scarlet Alliance, Australian Sex Workers Association, NSW

LIVE Q&A and Discussion

Chairs: Jane Costello & Peter Saxton

#142 Measuring quality of life to inform the Australian national HIV response: Information from HIV Futures 9
Jennifer Power, Australian Research Centre In Sex, Health And Society, La Trobe University, VIC

#189 Peer navigation with women and heterosexually-identifying men; overcoming isolation and building community
Anth McCarthy, Living Positive Victoria and Sarah Feagan, Living Positive Victoria, VIC

#134 Community based delivery of same day PrEP (iPrEP)
Mark Fisher, Body Positive Inc, Auckland

LIVE Q&A and Discussion

Chairs: Belinda Wozencroft & Craig Burnett

#106 Cardiovascular risk management in people living with HIV attending sexual health services in Northern NSW: does it differ by shared-care status?
Simone Herbert, North Coast Sexual Health Service, NSW

#181 Do older people living with HIV have a higher risk for cognitive decline? A pilot study of data integration between US and Australian cohort studies
Htein Linn Aung, UNSW, NSW

#157 Pandemic Partnership – HIV Community Nursing and Community Support for People Living with HIV during COVID-19 and beyond
Elizabeth Crock, Bolton Clarke HIV Program (RDNS) and Campbell Smith, Thorne Harbour Health, VIC

#33 People with well controlled HIV do not have elevated markers of early heart failure compared with the general population
Janine Trevillyan, Austin Health, Department of Infectious Diseases, VIC

#66 Supporting the healthcare workforce to stamp out scepticism about U=U: the 2020 ASHM guidance for healthcare professionals
Brent Allan, Qthink, VIC

LIVE Q&A and Discussion

Chairs: Kathy McNamee & Alison Ward

#160 The impact of COVID-19 public health measures on STIs in Australia: a national study of 22 sexual health clinics
Prital Patel, Kirby Institute, UNSW, NSW

#83 Porn In Lockdown: Changes In Young People’s Pornography Viewing Frequency During Australia’s First Wave Of COVID-19
Megan Lim, Burnet Institute, VIC

#78 Variation in Dating App Use and Sexual Behaviour Between COVID-19 Restriction Periods In Victoria, Australia During 2020: Cross Sectional Analysis Of Online Survey Responses
Jane Goller, University Of Melbourne, VIC

#73 Assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on chlamydia care cascade in Victorian general practice
Chang-june Jung, University Of Melbourne, VIC

#117 Take Blaktion: Using Comedy To Engage Aboriginal Young People With Sexual Health Promotion
Heather McCormack, NSW Health, NSW

LIVE Q&A and Discussion

Chairs: Kath Albury & Ben Riley

What’s new about sextech?
Kath Albury, Professor of Media and Communication at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, VIC

The ethics of sexual health app design
Giannis Misiakos, PhD candidate at Swinburne University of Technology, VIC

Benefits and risks in digitally mediated sex
Jen Power, Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society & Andrea Waling, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (ARCSHS), La Trobe University in Melbourne, VIC

Pseudonyms, safety and peer support in social media communities
Emily van der Nagel, Lecturer, Communications & Media Studies, Monash University, VIC

Digital disclosure
Theresa Senft, Senior Lecturer, Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language and Literature, NSW

LIVE Q&A and Discussion

Chair: Daniel Reeders

The focus of this symposium is to explore two key questions among healthcare providers:

1. What do you do to create and maintain a high-quality relationship with your patients living with HIV?

2. What do you think is critical to ensure a high health-related quality of life among people living with HIV in Australia?

Speakers:
Nneka Nwokolo, Senior Global Medical Director at ViiV Healthcare
Brent Allan, Policy Advisor – ASHM, ICASO and the IAS, VIC

Panel Discussants:
Dr Jason Ong, Michael Brown, Dr Vincent Cornelisse, Abbie, Dr Catriona Ooi, Emil Canita, Dr Clara Tuck Meng Soo, Jimmy Chen

This session will provide delegates with a greater understanding of the intersection of how the patient and healthcare provider relationship is linked to a high health-related quality of life and provide an opportunity for ASHM delegates to influence the development of a Community Accord on Quality of Life of PLHIV in Australia.

Chairs: Frances Turner & Judith Dean

Sexual Health, Hepatitis and HIV nursing in regional NSW
Will Hooke, Murrumbidgee Local Health District, NSW

NT Sexual Health/BBV Unit – A public health approach
Desiree La Grappe, Centre For Disease Control, Northern Territory Department of Health, NT

Taking it to the Community – Nurse Led Contraception and Sexual Health Service for Young People in Counties Manukau, New Zealand
Kerrie Salwey, Counties Manukau Health, New Zealand and Kate ChiTar, Counties Manukau Health, Auckland, New Zealand

‘Nurse- and midwifery-led models of care for LARC and MTOP access
Jessica Botfield, SPHERE, NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence, Department of General Practice, Monash University, VIC

LIVE Q&A and Discussion

Chairs: Judith Dean & Angela Dawson

Introduction
Judith Dean, The University of Queensland

Debate – Sex in the time of COVID
Debate opening
Angela Dawson, ARSHA co-chair
Young People, sexual/reproductive health and COVID
Christopher M. Fisher, Australian Research Centre in Sex, – Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne
Primary care, sexual/reproductive health and COVID
Amy Moten, Family Planning Alliance Australia
Sex, pleasure and COVID
Kerrin Bradfield, Society of Australian Sexologists
Sexual violence and COVID
Alexandra Tyson, Canberra Sexual Health Centre, Forensic and Medical Sexual Assault Care (FAMSAC)

SH Conference Wrap Up
Angela Dawson, University Of Technology Sydney

Chairs: Kate Bath & Chad Hughes

Cancer screening, what should we be doing and what is the evidence to support what we do
Mark Polizotto, Kirby Institute UNSW, NSW

Optimising management and Improving models care for transgender people living with HIV
Fiona Bisshop, Holdsworth House, QLD

Optimal management of comorbidities in PLHIV in 2021
Todd Brown, Johns Hopkins University, USA

How do we provide the best care in Australia for PLHIV born overseas including overseas born MSM
Nick Medland, The Kirby Institute UNSW, NSW

Q&A and Discussion

Chairs: TBC

HIV and cardiovascular disease
Anna Hearps, Burnet Institute

Viral determinants of neurocognitive decline in HIV
Thomas Angelovich, RMIT

Understanding the effects of CMV in HIV patients
Patricia Price and Shelley Waters, Curtin University

Q&A and Discussion

ASHM Launch of …

The Optimal Scenario and Context of Care

ASHM Guidance for Healthcare Providers regarding Infant Feeding Options for People Living with HIV

Session Flyer

This session will be presented as a panel of international and domestic experts to present upon the challenges and opportunities that exist in the area of infant feeding options for people living with HIV specifically in resource-rich countries that often have conflicting advice to what is provided to people living with HIV in resource-poor settings.

Facilitators: Lucy Stackpool-Moore, Brent Allan & Kirsty Machon

Panel Members:

Dr Lucy Stackpool-Moore, Director of HIV Programs and Advocacy, International AIDS Society

Marielle Gross, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Center for Bioethics and Health Law

Affiliate Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics

Jessica Whitbread, HIV Rights Activist and Global Community Engagement Consultant

Dr Michelle Giles, Director, Infections in Pregnancy Service and Deputy Director, Monash HIV, Monash Infectious Diseases

Heather Ellis, Communications and Engagement Coordinator with Positive Women Victoria, co-author of the forthcoming NAPWHA Guidance for Women Living with HIV an Australian woman living with HIV

Chairs: Jessica Michaels & Jamal Hakim 

Policy and practice gaps of telehealth in Australia
Catriona Melville, Marie Stopes Australia, QLD

The role of and evidence for use of Telehealth in sexual and reproductive health
Danielle Mazza, SPHERE, VIC

The role of and evidence for use of Telehealth in addiction medicine
Robert Page, St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney, NSW

The role of and evidence for use of Telehealth in mental health
Jayashri Kulkarni, Monash Alfred Psychiatry research centre, Central Clinical School Department of Psychiatry, VIC

The role of Telehealth in the adaptation of clinical research for HIV and other blood borne viruses during the COVID-19 pandemic
James McMahon, Alfred Hospital, Infectious Disease Unit Monash University, VIC

Q&A and Discussion