Background

David’s short career has spanned multiple roles within the HIV sector, including six years as a peer worker providing community-based rapid HIV testing for gay and bisexual men.

David has worked on surveillance and rapid HIV testing evaluation projects with Burnet Institute and is currently a final-year University of Melbourne Doctor of Medicine student.

David’s current research focusses on informing practical aspects of how HIV self-testing is implemented in Australia.

Qualifications

• 2014: BBiomed(Hons)
• 2012: DLang

Publications (6)

2021 (1)

• Implications of HIV self-testing for other sexually transmissible infection testing and broader sexual health needs: a mixed methods study of gay and bisexual men in Australia.
  Leitinger D, Ryan K, Wilkinson AL, Pedrana A, Hellard M, Stoové M
  Sex Transm Dis. 2021 Jun; 48(6):417-423

2019 (2)

• A comparative, retrospective analysis of HIV testing among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Melbourne, Australia.
  Ryan KE, Wilkinson AL, Chow E, Read T, Chen M, Locke P, Leitinger D, Bradshaw C, Pedrana A, Hellard M, Fairley CK, Stoové M
  Aust N Z J Public Health. 2019 Oct; 43(5):419-423
• Assessment of service refinement and its impact on repeat HIV testing by client's access to Australia's universal healthcare system: a retrospective cohort study.
  Ryan KE, Wilkinson AL, Asselin J, Leitinger DP, Locke P, Pedrana A, Hellard M, Stoové M
  J Int AIDS Soc. 2019 Aug; 22(8):e25353

2018 (1)

• Acceptability and HIV prevention benefits of a peer-based model of rapid point of care HIV testing for Australian gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.
  Leitinger D, Ryan KE, Brown G, Pedrana A, Wilkinson AL, Ryan C, Hellard M, Stoové M
  AIDS Behav. 2018 Jan; 22(1):178-189

2017 (1)

• Trial and error: evaluating and refining a community model of HIV testing in Australia.
  Ryan KE, Pedrana A, Leitinger D, Wilkinson AL, Locke P, Hellard ME, Stoové M
  BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 Oct; 17(1):692

2016 (1)

• Characteristics of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men testing and retesting at Australia’s first shop-front rapid point-of-care HIV testing service.
  Ryan KE, Wilkinson AL, Leitinger D, El-Hayek C, Ryan C, Pedrana A, Hellard M, Stoové M
  Sex Health. 2016 Aug; 13(6):560-567