Eliminate HIV

Ending the HIV epidemic as a public health threat is now a real possibility.

Globally, an estimated 37.7 million people were living with HIV, with 74 percent on life-saving antiretroviral treatment, according to UNAIDS.

In Australia, more than 29,000 people were living with HIV in 2020 with an estimated 1 in 10 people unaware of their HIV-positive status. According to annual HIV surveillance data, there were 633 new HIV diagnoses in 2020, representing a decline of 37 per cent over the previous five years.

Burnet’s HIV research uses a multifaceted approach and focuses on four pillars towards eliminating HIV:

  • Prevention and vaccines
  • Testing
  • Modelling and surveillance
  • Treatment and quality of life

The goals of our Eliminate HIV program include:

  • Facilitating reductions in new HIV infections in Australia and internationally through an improved understanding of the major drivers of transmission.
  • Working towards HIV elimination by addressing key barriers to the implementation of evidence-based HIV prevention programs, and expanding access to HIV diagnosis and treatment.
  • Using basic, discovery and translational research to develop, trial and implement new strategies and tools that assist in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of HIV.

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Contact Details

Chad Hughes

Head of International Development; Regional Director, Mekong

Telephone

+61392822214

Email

chad.hughes@burnet.edu.au


Projects

  • A novel biomarker for gut leakage as a diagnostic tool for HIV disease progression

  • A GIFT (Genital Inflammation Test) for HIV Prevention

  • A novel gel for targeting vaginal inflammation to prevent HIV transmission

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

  • Ageing Well with HIV

  • Antimicrobial and immune modulatory effects of vaginal microbiota metabolites

  • Assessing the feasibility of an integrated HIV cascade of care surveillance system in Myanmar (ACCESS Myanmar)

  • Broadly neutralising anti-HIV antibodies and Fc Receptor function

  • co-EC Study: Eliminating hepatitis C/HIV coinfection

  • Community-Based Rapid HIV Testing Services

  • DARE C: ATAHC II Substudy

  • Decision science using Optima

  • Depo Provera and Beyond

  • Development of a novel prophylactic vaccine candidate for HIV-1

  • Development of hydrogel based intravaginal drug delivery device

  • EVE-M

  • Getting to the heart of cardiovascular disease in HIV

  • HIV Prevention Cohort

  • Impact of a vaginal microbiota metabolite on epithelium integrity and HIV susceptibility

  • Mucosal injury from sexual contact (MISC)

  • Predicting quality and potency of monoclonal and natural antibodies

  • PrEPX: Rapid scale-up of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)

  • Project Geldom

  • PRONTO! Rapid HIV point-of-care testing in Victoria

  • SHARP: Sexual Health And Risk Prevention Study

  • Tackling TB and HIV Together in Papua New Guinea

  • TAIPAN: HIV cascade surveillance

  • Targeting HIV-infected macrophages to achieve an HIV cure

  • Targeting novel sites on reverse transcriptase for HIV treatment and prevention

  • The persistence of HIV in monocytes and macrophages

  • The role of female genital tract microbial function in inflammation and HIV infection risk.

Latest News

    02 March, 2022

    Fulbright Scholar is Boston-bound

    Burnet researcher Michael Traeger has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to support his studies focused on HIV prevention.

    23 December, 2021

    2021 in Review: July to December

    As the COVID-19 Delta variant sent many into lockdown, Burnet’s public health and infectious disease expertise played a key role in protecting the community and charting a path forward.