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Support your premier Australasian HIV&AIDS + Sexual HealthConferences advancing knowledge and scientific +

community collaborations Registrations closing soon ­ SECURE YOUR PLACE TODAY!

Date: HIV&AIDS Conference 6 ­8 November + Sexual Health Conference 7­9 November 2017

Venue: National Convention Centre, Canberra, ACT

With less than one week until registrations close, ASHM urge all in the field of Infectious Diseases +

General Practice to join influencers showcasing original contributions to HIV at the 2017 Australasian

HIV&AIDS Conference – the platform for the dissemination and presentation of new and innovative

research findings across the Australasian HIV sector. This conference also is held jointly with the 2017

Australasian Sexual Health Conference, aiming to strengthen bonds between specialists, GPs,

nurses, researchers and other key contributors to the sexual health sector, through collaboration in sexual

health education, training, policymaking and research. Read more on conference highlights below!

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Don't miss out on these conference program highlights

For a full listing see the Sexual Health conference program + HIV&AIDS conference program

Don't miss the closing plenary on Is there a role

for STI prophylaxis in Australasia?

Hear from panelist in speaking on this, including:

Dr Chris Williams, University of Newcastle

Dr Bridget Haire, AFAO President; Kirby

Institute, UNSW

Professor David Lewis, University of

Sydney

Professor Jeff Klausner, University of

California Los Angeles

Don't miss Changing landscapes in Therapy and

the ARV Guidelines sessions: Optimising Care

These two conference sessions are key learning for

HIV S100 Prescribers. ASHM staff will also be

attending the conference and will be able to support

you with any prescriber accreditation questions.

Join the Sexual Health Symposium: Outbreak of

gonorrhoea in young people in Australian cities; why

and what should be done?

Proferred papers include:

A/Prof David Whiley (University of QLD): Molecular

epidemiology: Neisseria Gonorrhoeae Circulating

Amongst Heterosexuals in New South Wales

Prof Christopher Fairley (Alfred Health): Other

explanations and control of gonorrhea in heterosexual

populations

Join the Current Clinical Conundrums in STI

Testing, Management and Prevention session

which will explore current topical and controversial

issues in Clinical Sexual Health Medicine. The

learning objectives of the session are to explore:

1. How should we be treating NGU and MG

infections based on current evidence

2. Be aware of potential treatment combinations

to treat gonorrhoea when ceftriaxone cannot

be used & develop an understanding of the

limited drug pipeline for future gonorrhoea

treatment

3. Know who to test for LGV based on current

research and knowledge

4. Gain a greater understanding of older

populations who may benefit from HPV

vaccination

Don't miss out on keynote speakers!

Don't miss out on our Sexual Health keynote speakers + HIV&AIDS keynote speakers, including:

Dr Reena Rajasuriar is a senior lecturer in the

Department of Pharmacy, University of Malaya and an

adjunct Research Fellow at the Peter Doherty Institute

for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne University,

Australia. She is also a post­doctoral scientist for the

Centre of Excellence for Research in HIV/AIDS

(CERiA) in University of Malaya where

she coordinates the translational research program in

HIV immunology. Her current research focuses on the

immunopathogenesis of accelerated aging and

modulators of immune activation in HIV. Don't miss

her closing plenary Aging among adults in the

context of HIV

Professor Jeff Klausner is a Professor of Medicine

in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Professor of

Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, University

of California Los Angeles. As former Director San

Francisco Department of Public Health STD program

and Chief CDC­PEPFAR South Africa HIV and TB

branch, Dr. Klausner helped identify key factors

associated with the increased spread of HIV and

STDs and implemented multiple novel public health

prevention and treatment programs. Don't miss his

plenary regarding Self­testing

Professor Monica Lahra is the Medical Director,

Division of Bacteriology, and Director of the World

Health Organisation Collaborating Centre for STD,

Sydney, based in the Department of Microbiology,

New South Wales Health Pathology at The Prince of

Wales Hospital in Sydney. Professor Lahra is in

charge of diagnostic bacteriology, and the operations

and programmes of the WHO CC. This role includes

the responsibility for national and international AMR

surveillance networks.

Dr Tariq Sadiq is Reader and Consultant Physician at

St George’s, University of London. He graduated in

Medicine at Southampton University in 1989 and

following post­graduate professional training obtained

his MD from University College London in 2005,

where he investigated the impact of bacterial sexually

transmitted infections on antiretroviral resistant HIV

strains. His current research interests include

pathogenesis/genomics of STIs and also the

development and evaluation of diagnostic

technologies for rapid antimicrobial resistance

detection and e­health care.

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