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Nyssa Watson

Research Officer

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nyssa.watson@burnet.edu.au
Nyssa Watson

Background

Nyssa is a Research Officer on the ACCESS Project (The Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Sexually Transmissible Infections and Blood Borne Viruses). Nyssa has a Master of Public Health and a background working in infectious disease epidemiology and sexual and reproductive health.

Qualifications

  • 2019: Master of Public Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia
  • 2014: Bachelor of Arts, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Positions

  • 2021–present: Research Assistant – Surveillance, Burnet Institute
  • 2020: Epidemiologist, COVID-19 Response, Victorian Department of Health
  • 2019–2021: Sexual Health Project Officer, Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health, The University of Melbourne

Current projects

ACCESS: Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Sexually Transmissible Infections and Blood Borne Viruses
Open to students

ACCESS: Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Sexually Transmissible Infections and Blood Borne Viruses

ACCESS is a national sentinel surveillance network of sexually transmissible infections and blood-borne viruses.

Past projects

ACCESS Myanmar: Assessing the feasibility of an integrated HIV cascade of care surveillance system in Myanmar

ACCESS Myanmar: Assessing the feasibility of an integrated HIV cascade of care surveillance system in Myanmar

ACCESS Myanmar will implement and evaluate an electronic health records data linkage system that effectively monitors the progress of patients through HIV testing and treatment episodes of care across a network of partnering community and government services.

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