Background

Brendan completed a Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) in 2016 through Burnet Institute and Monash University with a project based on STI and HIV risk among men who have sex with men. Currently Brendan is a research assistant with Burnet Institute and Alfred Hospital Department of Infectious Diseases working on a range of hepatitis C related studies among men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs. He is also completing a Master of Public Health with Monash University.

Qualifications

• 2016: Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) Monash University, Australia
• 2015: Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology)/Bachelor of Commerce (Commercial Law) Swinburne University, Australia

Appointments

2022: Student Representative, Burnet Institute

Awards

• 2018: Academic Scholarship, International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users, Portugal
• 2017: Sexual Health Society of Victoria Education Grant, STI & HIV World Congress, Brazil

Positions

• 2018- ongoing: Research Assistant, Burnet Institute
• 2017-ongoing: Data Analyst and Research Assistant, The Alfred/Monash University Department of Infectious Diseases