Dr Arthur Wong & Andrey Verich

Dr Arthur Wong will be presenting:

Are we overprescribing antibiotics for chlamydia and gonorrhoea to men who have sex with men?

In his talk, Dr Wong will present his research showing ways sexual health services may be giving unnecessary antibiotics to men who have sex with men attending sexual health services for screening and treatment. He will also propose some novel solutions to reduce this and its contribution to antimicrobial resistance.

Andrey Verich will be presenting:

Using machine learning to detect resistance in gonorrhoea

Mr Verich's talk will explore systematic analyses of Neisseria gonorrhoeae whole-genome sequencing data, highlighting representation and machine learning approaches to identify diagnostic target genes, with the goal of advancing resistance-guided diagnostic test development.

Arthur Wong Staff Specialist Sexual Health, NSW Health; PhD Candidate & Conjoint Lecturer, Surveillance and Evaluation Research Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney Dr Wong is a sexual health and HIV physician working at South Eastern Sydney Local Health District. He is also a PhD candidate in the Surveillance and Evaluation Research Program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney.

Andrey Verich PhD Candidate,  Surveillance and Evaluation Research Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney; Industry PhD Candidate, Transformational Bioinformatics, CSIRO Andrey Verich is an Industry PhD candidate with the Kirby Institute and CSIRO, in partnership with SpeeDx Pty Ltd. His research combines molecular biology and machine learning to develop tools that identify genetic resistance markers and support next-generation diagnostic development.

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