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The breadth of Burnet Institute research will be showcased at the 27th Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine, in Perth from 17 to 19 September.
Held in conjunction with the 2019 Australasian Sexual Health Conference, the Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference is the premier HIV Conference in Australia and the Asia and Pacific region.
Burnet will be represented at the conference by:
Professor Gilda Tachedjian: Vaginal microbiome and HIV-1 susceptibility
Jason Asselin: Trends in late diagnosis of HIV among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBM) in Melbourne, Australia
Michael Treager: Latent class analysis of attitudes towards STIs and STIO risk among gay and bisexual men using PrEP
David Leitinger: Implications of HIV self-testing for frequent STI testing among Australian gay and bisexual and other men who have sex with men: Results from a cross-sectional survey
Chad Hughes: Critical Concerns for HIV Treatment & Care in Papua New Guinea - A Call to Action
Dr Kathleen Ryan: Reasons and predictors of PrEP cessation or interruption among Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian PrEPX Study participants
For more details go to the official Australasian HIV&AIDS Conference website.
Tuesday, 17 September, 2019 – Thursday, 19 September, 2019
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre
21 Mounts Bay Road
Perth, WA 6000
For more information about this event, please contact:
Head of Life Sciences; Head of Tachedjian Laboratory (Retroviral Biology and Antivirals)
To create and translate knowledge into better health, so no-one is left behind.
85 Commercial Road, Melbourne
VIC, 3004, Australia
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