PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION BOOKLET

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1 The 1 st University of Sydney and University of Washington Joint Short Course on HIV & STIs 20th 22nd March 2017 LHS picture by Enoch Lau - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION BOOKLET

2 Table of Contents About the Course... 1 Program... 3 Monday 20 th March: Principles of Medical Research within the Context of HIV/STIs 3 Tuesday 21 st March: Epidemiology, Clinical Features and Scientific Advances of Selected STIs... 4 Wednesday 22 nd March: HIV/STI Control - The Importance of Key Populations, Partner Notification and Multi-component Strategies... 5 Convening Institutions... 6 Western Sydney Sexual Health, the University of Sydney... 6 The University of Washington... 6 Faculty Biographies... 7 Registration Details Networking Event Venue Transport Contact Details Western Sydney Sexual Health

3 About the Course We are delighted to present the first University of Sydney and The University of Washington Joint Short Course in HIV and STIs. Course faculty are internationally and nationally recognized leaders in their respective fields. Our course will deliver a unique blend of U.S. and Australian education through expert lectures, sharing of experience and group discussion. In preparing the course content, we have been mindful of the multi-disciplinary approaches required to achieve effective management and control STIs, including HIV. We have therefore designed a course which can be attended in its entirety over three days or on a one-day only basis, dependent upon personal interest and relevance. Each day will therefore have a different theme and flavour. Day 1: Principles of Medical Research within the Context of HIV/STI Monday 20th March Orientation to epidemiology and biostatistics Hypothesis generation and study design Ethical issues in HIV/STI research Grant writing Publication panel discussion Mentorship and collaboration Day 2: Epidemiology, Clinical Features and Scientific Advances of Selected STIs Tuesday 21st March Syphilis - epidemiology and clinical manifestations Syphilis - pathogenesis and laboratory aspects Human papillomavirus - epidemiology, virology and vaccines Human papillomavirus infections - clinical manifestations and screening practices relevant to sexual health Herpes simplex viruses - epidemiology and clinical manifestations Herpes simplex viruses advances in biology, novel therapeutics and potential vaccines Day 3: HIV/STI Control - The Importance of Key Populations, Partner Notification and Multi-component Strategies Wednesday 22nd March Men-who-have-sex-with-men Sex workers and transgender populations Adolescents and young people People who inject drugs Engaging community groups to support HIV/STI control initiatives Partner HIV testing: Getting to the first 90 percent Multicomponent strategies for HIV/STI control programs Western Sydney Sexual Health 1

4 You can find a detailed program in the following pages of this booklet, as well as faculty biographies and registration details. This course is primarily designed for health professionals working in the fields of Sexual Health Medicine, Infectious Diseases, General Practice, Public Health, Microbiology and other related specialties. We believe that Health Promotion Officers and Sexual Health/HIV Researchers will also benefit from our course and are most welcome to register. We hope that you find this course informative, productive and stimulating. David Lewis University of Sydney Susan M. Graham University of Washington Western Sydney Sexual Health 2

5 Program Monday 20 th March: Principles of Medical Research within the Context of HIV/STIs Time Topic Presenter Introduction David Lewis and Susan Graham Welcome address King Holmes via video Orientation to epidemiology and biostatistics Rachel Winer Morning Tea Break Asking questions; hypothesis generation and study design Susan Graham Lunch Ethical issues in HIV/STI research Carey Farquhar Grant writing Susan Graham Afternoon Tea Break Publication panel and discussion Author Reviewer Editor Chair: Susan Graham Sheila Lukehart Rachel Winer David Lewis 17:00-17:30 Mentorship and collaboration Carey Farquhar Evening Networking event Western Sydney Sexual Health 3

6 Tuesday 21 st March: Epidemiology, Clinical Features and Scientific Advances of Selected STIs Time Topic Presenter Syphilis - epidemiology and clinical manifestations David Lewis Syphilis - pathogenesis and laboratory aspects Sheila Lukehart Morning Tea Break Human papillomavirus - epidemiology, virology and vaccines Rachel Winer Lunch Human papillomavirus infections - clinical manifestations and screening practices relevant to sexual health David Templeton Herpes simplex viruses - epidemiology and clinical manifestations Shailendra Sawleshwarkar Afternoon Tea Break Herpes simplex viruses advances in biology, novel therapeutics and potential vaccines Dominic Dwyer Clinical cases (Quiz) Mixed USyd-UW presenters Western Sydney Sexual Health 4

7 Wednesday 22 nd March: HIV/STI Control - The Importance of Key Populations, Partner Notification and Multi-component Strategies Time Topic Presenter Men-who-have-sex-with-men Susan Graham Sex workers and transgender populations David Lewis Morning Tea Break Adolescents and young people Melissa Kang People who inject drugs Phillip Read Lunch Engaging key populations in HIV/STI control efforts the community perspective Speakers from Positive Life, Sex Workers Outreach Project and ACON Partner HIV testing: Getting to the first 90 percent Carey Farquhar Break Multicomponent strategies for HIV/STI control programs Judy Wasserheit via Video Western Sydney Sexual Health 5

8 Convening Institutions Western Sydney Sexual Health, the University of Sydney Western Sydney Sexual Health at the University of Sydney is a global leader in education in the field of Sexual Health, offering postgraduate education in clinical, diagnostic, public health and counselling aspects of HIV, STIs and Sexual Health. The post-graduate program in HIV, STIs and Sexual Health has been running for over 20 years, and we are proud to have alumni from over 50 different countries World-wide. Additionally, through the Australian government funded Australia Awards program, Western Sydney Sexual Health has been an active provider of intensive short-courses to professionals working in countries facing significant Public Health challenges due to HIV and STIs. Specifically, the intensive programs delivered by Western Sydney Sexual Health have focussed on the Asia-Pacific and Sub-Saharan African regions. The University of Washington The University of Washington (UW) Center for AIDS and STD (CFAS), established in July 1989, provides patient care, research, training and education, and international technical assistance for HIV/AIDS and STD. The CFAS is administered by the UW in collaboration with several other institutions throughout the Pacific Northwest and in several other countries. The UW CFAS was designated a "World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center for AIDS and STD" in 1995, the only such collaborating center in the Western Hemisphere. Approximately 120 UW and affiliated faculty participate in CFAS programs. They include HIV/AIDS and STD specialists in internal medicine, obstetrics, gynecology, pediatrics, family medicine, dentistry, nursing, social work, public health, pharmacy, microbiology, and pathology. The UW CFAS is funded by several federal and state agencies to coordinate all UW AIDS and STD related programs. Western Sydney Sexual Health 6

9 Faculty Biographies Dominic Dwyer Dominic Dwyer is a medical virologist and infectious diseases physician based at Westmead Hospital and a Clinical Professor at the University of Sydney. He is Director of Pathology West, one of the public pathology networks in NSW Health Pathology. He trained at St Vincent s and Westmead Hospitals in Sydney, and undertook postgraduate research in HIV/AIDS at the Institute Pasteur in Paris, France. He has a clinical and research interest in viral diseases of public health importance and runs an antiviral and vaccine clinical trials unit. Carey Farquhar Carey Farquhar is a Clinical Professor at the University of Washington in the Departments of Global Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology. Dr. Farquhar is also the Associate Chair for Academic Programs in the Department of Global Health at UW, the Director of the UW Kenya Research and Training Center, and the UW Internal Medicine Global Health Pathway. She mentors USA and Kenyan trainees and conducts research on HIVdiscordant couples, HIV partner services, correlates of immunity against HIV-1, and mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission. Susan M. Graham Susan Graham is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Global Health and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Washington. Dr. Graham's major research interests include HIV treatment and prevention in marginalized populations, and HIV pathogenesis and disease progression. Her HIV research focuses on female sex workers and men-who-havesex-with-men in Kenya. Dr. Graham co-directs the UW School of Medicine's Global Health Pathway the annual "Principles of STD/HIV Research" course in Seattle. King Holmes King Holmes founded the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington (UW), and served as its William H. Foege Chair of Global Health from He has served as Vice-Chair of the UW Department of Medicine, was Principal Investigator (PI) for the UW/Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for AIDS Research for 28 years, and is PI for the UW International Training and Education Center for Health (I-TECH), He is the 2013 recipient of both the Canada Gairdner Foundation Global Health Award and the Infectious Diseases Society of America Lifetime Achievement Award. Western Sydney Sexual Health 7

10 Melissa Kang Melissa Kang works at the Australian Research Centre in Public and Population Health at the University of Technology Sydney and is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of General Practice, Sydney Medical School-Westmead at the University of Sydney. Melissa is a primary care clinician in Youth Health Services in western Sydney, working with homeless young people. Her research interests include adolescent sexuality and sexual health, as well as access to health care for young people. David Lewis David Lewis has worked in the field of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in a variety of clinical, microbiological and public health roles for 25 years. He is currently Director and Research Lead at Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre as well as Conjoint Professor at the Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity and Sydney Medical School- Westmead at the University of Sydney. Professor Lewis STI/HIV research interests focus on antimicrobial resistance, genital ulceration and point-of-care diagnostics. Sheila Lukehart Sheila Lukehart is Professor of Medicine and Global Health, and Adjunct Professor of Microbiology, at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA. She is an internationally-recognized expert on syphilis and Treponema pallidum, and has focused her research on molecular pathogenesis of syphilis, host immune responses to Treponema pallidum, neurosyphilis, syphilis-hiv interactions, and antibiotic resistance in T. pallidum. Phillip Read Phillip Read is a Sexual Health Physician, and the medical unit manager of at the Kirketon Road Centre (KRC). He holds a conjoint Senior Lecturer position at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Australia. KRC, recognised as a best practice model for its work with marginalised populations, has been involved in the prevention, treatment and care of HIV, viral hepatitis and STIs in people who inject drugs, sex workers and at-risk young people. KRC works in partnership with Medically Supervised Injecting Centre and the NSW Users and AIDS Association. Western Sydney Sexual Health 8

11 Shailendra Sawleshwarkar Shailendra Sawleshwarkar is a Senior Lecturer and Clinical Academic at Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre, Sydney Medical School-Westmead. He is also the Leader of Education at the Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity at the University of Sydney. His research interests include the management of HIV and STIs in primary care, studies of HIV non- B subtypes, and of STIs and HIV in culturally and linguistically diverse populations. He has helped develop the Australian Molecular Epidemiology Network-HIV (AMEN-HIV). David Templeton Dave Templeton is Senior Staff Specialist and Clinical Services Manager at RPA Sexual Health and an Associate Professor within the University of Sydney. He completed his PhD in 2008 on STI & HIV epidemiology among gay men. Dave s current research focus is the Study to Prevent Anal Cancer (SPANC) investigating the natural history of anal human papillomavirus infection and precancerous anal lesions in gay men with the over-arching aim of informing an anal cancer screening program in this population. He has also published on HPV-related cervical disease among HIV-positive Australian women. Judith Wasserheit Judith Wasserheit has worked extensively at the interface of STI and HIV clinical-epidemiological research, programs and policy in the U.S. and globally. Currently Professor and Chair of the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington, Judith has previously serves as Chief of the U.S. NIH s STD Research Branch, Director of the U.S. CDC s STD Prevention Program, and Director of the HIV Vaccine Trials Network. She has worked in Bangladesh, Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Kenya, Thailand and Zambia. Rachel Winer Rachel Winer is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Washington School of Public Health. She has codirected the UW Principles of STD/HIV Research Course since Her research focused on the epidemiology and prevention of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections and HPV-related cancers. Current projects focus on the epidemiology and natural history of ano-genital and oral HPV infections, HPV vaccine impact in young men-who-have-sex-with-men and the effectiveness of cervical cancer screening in underserved populations. Western Sydney Sexual Health 9

12 Registration Details Costs Early Bird Rates** Single Day Whole Course (3 days) Student / Concession* $ $ Regular $ $ Standard Rates Single Day Whole Course (3 days) Student / Concession* $ $ Regular $ $ * Please note that Student / Concession rates apply to full-time students / concession card holders and participants from Low and Middle Income Countries. ** Early Bird Registration ends on the 01/03/2017. How to Register Please register online here: Usyd/UW Registration Link Payment is accepted by VISA or MASTERCARD. Networking Event A networking event will take place on the evening of Monday 20 th March, 2017, to allow course participants and faculty to meet each other for informal discussions. You will be able to indicate your interest in this event during the registration process. Western Sydney Sexual Health 10

13 Venue The course will be held at: Ground Floor Conference Rooms The Westmead Institute for Medical Research 176 Hawkesbury Rd, Westmead NSW 2145 Transport The Westmead Institute for Medical Research is conveniently located within Westmead hospital, accessible via bus, train and car. For detailed information on available transport to Westmead hospital, please visit the Western Sydney Local Health District Westmead Transport and Parking webpage. Contact Details Please direct all enquires to Ms. Monica Marshall: T E monica.marshall@sydney.edu.au We also welcome you to visit our short course website: W: Western Sydney Sexual Health 11