Events

Vaccines against COVID-19 are probably one of the most valuable categories of vaccines ever developed. However, vaccine supply and financial constraints have forced national, regional and global decision makers into hard decisions about

This seminar presents analysis from an ethnographic study with people engaging in recovery from harmful methamphetamine use. Their experiences are used to interrogate the ideas underpinning contemporary neoliberal understandings

Join us for a special seminar from the recipient of the Kirby Institute Postgraduate Student Prize 2022. The Kirby Institute Postgraduate Student Prize is an annual award given to the most significant first author paper by a Kirby

The Chief Investigators of the ASCEND (Advancing the health of people who use drugs: hepatitis C and drug dependence) NHMRC Program Grant extend a warm invitation to the 2022 ASCEND Symposium. The ASCEND Symposium will feature world-leading

Dr Walker will present qualitative research findings of the COVID-19 and Drug Use Experiences (CoDE) study. The study involved in-depth interviews with 76 people who use and inject drugs, with the aim of understanding the impact of the

The use of health economics analysis and tools has informed decisions of developing countries in Southeast Asia design and develop, implement, and evaluate and improve health system reforms for pursuing and achieving Universal Health

*Please note this is a hybrid seminar with registration options for in-house attendance and livestream. This seminar will include presentations from two research studies focussing on anal cancer. Professor Joel Palefsky will

Monkeypox (MPX) has arrived in Australia, and strategies are urgently needed to curb its spread. While Australia has secured some third-generation smallpox vaccine, supply issues mean urgent consideration is needed as to how the

HIV self-testing (HIVST) is an effective and acceptable HIV testing services approach. WHO first recommended HIVST in 2016, with an updated recommendation in 2019. Since then, uptake of HIVST in national policies and routine

Australia has committed to eliminating hepatitis C by 2030, with targets to increase diagnoses and treatment, and reduce new infections and liver-related deaths. Hepatitis C therapies with cure rates of over 95% are one of the greatest

In early 2022, cases of severe encephalitis appeared in eastern Australia, concomitant with reports of congenital abnormalities in piglets. These were later confirmed to be due to Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV). Testing of sentinel

A spotlight on Global Health: Learn about research and programs aimed at improving health outcomes in areas of need through collaborations in low- and middle-income countries. This seminar will provide an update on progress to

In Indonesia, trans and gender diverse people are highly stigmatised. In this environment, the specific health needs of transgender people in Indonesia are woefully underserved. Fortunately, transgender activists like Dr Alegra Wolter

Mathematical modelling has been a key component of both real-time decision-making and longer-term planning for COVID-19 and has been widely used to inform decisions on vaccine strategies. I will discuss our work on developing

Key findings from the latest Australian Asian gay and bisexual men survey will be presented, focusing on engagement with biomedical prevention, treatment and care in the context of the COVID epidemic. Intersections between gender

Over the past two decades the number of people injecting opioids has increased globally, accompanied by a rise in associated harms. This presentation draws on data collected in Australia, and internationally, to investigate the

Influenza outbreaks in aged care facilities are a major public health concern. In response to the severe 2017 influenza season in Australia, enhanced influenza vaccines were introduced from 2018 onwards for those over 65 years of

Globally, we have learnt many lessons from the pandemic - that public health shouldn’t be politicised, that we cannot stop COVID-19 without a global response, and that the cracks of inequality between nations and among populations have