Wednesday 16 September 2015
This page primarily shows the powerpoint slides and a limited selection of videos from the conference. Please be aware that only the powerpoints from those speakers who gave permission are available below. Please view the conference program here.
9.00am - 10.45am |
Plenary 5 |
Myron S. Cohen | Treatment to prevent HIV: does timing matter? Video Presentation |
Jo-Ann Passmore | Why STI-associated genital tract inflammation still matters in HIV transmission Video Presentation |
Phillip Read | HIV and Syphilis: a syndemic with no end in sight Video Presentation |
11.15am - 12.45pm |
Advances in HIV and HTLV-1 |
Abhilasha Mathur | Characterizing CladeSpecific Virus-Host Interactions in HIV Infected Clinically Asymptomatic and AIDS Presenting Subjects |
Kim Wilson | Development and Validation of a Human T-Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type-1 Proviral Load Assay |
Joshua Schiffer | Increased Herpes Simplex Virus-2 Shedding in HIV-1 Infected Persons is due to Poor Immunologic Control in both Ganglia and Genital Mucosa |
11.15am - 12.45pm |
HIV and Women’s Health |
Shaun Barnabas | Adolescents in South Africa and Assessment of HIV Risk: Knowing Who We Are Trying to Protect |
Alison Norris | Sex Differences in HIV Knowledge, Testing Behaviors, and Decision Making Influences in Rural Malaw |
Sheona Mitchell-Foster | Examining HPV prevalence and uptake of cervical cancer screening among HIV positive and negative women participating in a pilot RCT in Uganda comparing |
11.15am - 12.45pm |
Evaluating PrEP and HIV treatment as prevention in Australia |
Jason Asselin | Awareness and Interpretation of the Ending HIV Campaign and Changing Attitudes About Treatment as Prevention in an Online Cohort Of MSM Video Presentation |
11.15am - 12.45pm |
Causal interactions among structural, behavioural and biological drivers of STD/HIV epidemics |
Eve Cheuk | Transitions around sex work and their significance in STI/HIV epidemics |
Lyle McKinnon | Age, sexual experience and mucosal inflammation: What do we know? Video Presentation |
Keith Fowke | Immune activation, gene expression and HIV acquisition risk Video Presentation |
James Blanchard | Discussion: What does the mega model look like? Video Presentation |
11.15am - 12.45pm |
Multipurpose Technologies (MPTs): Developing interventions to simultaneously prevent STIs, HIV and pregnancy (WHO/IMPT/ASHA) |
Vivian Black | Overview and pipeline of MPTs relevant to the prevention of STIs |
Bridget Haire | The unmet need and potential application of MPTs for rectal use: Implications for women and MSM at risk of STIs and HIV Video Presentation |
Erin Schelar | Global mapping of STIs, HIV and unplanned pregnancy. Where do these epidemics intersect? |
1.45pm- 3.15pm |
Ending Hepatitis C in Populations |
Gail Matthews | Control and Eradication within Australia of Hepatitis C from people living with HIV: the CEASE project |
Gregory Dore | HCV treatment as prevention in prisons: SToP-C study Video Presentation |
1.45pm- 3.15pm |
HIV Epidemiology and Prevention |
1.45pm - 3.15pm |
Late Breaker Session |
Cristyn Davies | Randomised Controlled Trial Of A Complex Intervention To Improve School-Based HPV Vaccination For Adolescents: The HPV. EDU Study |
Minh Duc Pham | Diagnostic test accuracy of the Alere Pima POC CD4 analyzer (PimaTM) in field settings: A meta-analysis |
1.45pm - 3.15pm |
Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV in Pregnancy |
Nathalie Broutet | Eliminating mother to child transmission of HIV and syphilis |
Sadaf Khan | Potential for uptake of diagnostic testing services along the continuum of care: Landscape assessment of community and providers |
John Kinuthia | Clinical management of STI in pregnancy |
Andrew Vallely | Point-of-care testing and treatment of sexually transmitted infections to improve pregnancy outcomes in high-burden settings |
1.45pm - 3.15pm |
HPV and HIV: New Evidence on the Infection Risks and Strategies to Prevention HPV-related Disease among HIV-infected People |
Jennifer Smith | The evaluation of screening, treatment and vaccination of HIV-infected women |
Henry de Vries | Novel therapies for HPV-related anal disease |
Mary Poynten | Using data on pathogenesis and epidemiology to inform anal cancer screening strategies: data from the Study of Prevention of Anal Cancer (SPANC) |
3.45pm - 5.15pm |
Plenary 6 |
Carlos Cáceres | Legal and Rights aspects of HIV and STI |
Andrew Francis-Tan |
Penicillin caused the AIDS pandemic - FOR |
Jeffrey Klausner | Penicillin caused the AIDS pandemic - AGAINST |
3.45pm - 5.15pm |
Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference Plenary |
Charles Chauvel | Excessive intellectual property protection for HIV treatments: the momentum for reform |
5.20pm - 6.45pm |
Panel Discussion |
Robert Grant Mike Cohen Brian Gazzard Edwina Wright Mark Bloch Nicholas Parkhill Sharon Lewin Nic Holas Simon Ruth |
Find me, Treat me, PrEP me, Heal me (Courtesy of Tommy) |