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The Divergent Epidemic
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Session 1 – Australia’s Response to HIV and Population Mobility: Where Have We Been? And Where Are We Now?
Session 2 – On the Ground: The HIV Epidemic & Working with Multicultural Communities in Greater Western Sydney
Guest speakers
Professor Amy B. Mullens
Community of Practice for Action on HIV & Mobility - Curtin University
Amy Mullens (BA, MSc, PhD) is a Professor at UniSQ (School of Psychology & Wellbeing) and leads the Health Equity Research Theme within the Centre for Health Research. Mullens’ areas of research expertise focus on improving health outcomes among key priority communities, particularly regarding Sexual Health/HIV, Chronic Conditions, Gender & Sexuality, and Mental Health/Trauma. As a Chief/Co-Investigator, Mullens’ collaborative research projects with industry/community partners have attracted $8.2+M in external funding (e.g., MRFF, Dept of Health, Sexual Health Research Fund, Gilead Sciences Inc). Mullens practices as a Clinical/Health Psychologist (since 2001), supporting people living with complex physical and mental health comorbidities.
Corie Gray
Community of Practice for Action on HIV & Mobility - Curtin University
Dr Corie Gray is the Project Manager for the Community of Practice for Action on HIV and Mobility (CoPAHM) and Acting Project Manager for the Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Applied Research and Evaluation Network (SiREN) within the Collaboration for Evidence Research and Impact in Public Health (CERIPH) at Curtin University. Using participatory methods alongside people from culturally, ethnically and linguistically diverse backgrounds, her research has mostly focused on the areas of HIV, STIs, and women’s health.
Kirstie Daken
University of Southern Queensland
Kirstie Daken (BPsych Hons, MClinPsych/PhD) is a lecturer and researcher at UniSQ (School of Psychology & Wellbeing) and a member of the Centre for Health Research. Daken’s areas of research interest include health psychology, chronic disease, sexual health as well as working with priority communities. Daken is also a Clinical Psychologist working in private practice.
Duy Tran
ACON
Duy Tran (he/him) is the Community Health Promotional Officer for Greater Western Sydney at ACON. His lived and professional experience provide a strong understanding of how cultural and queer identities intersect, and the unique health needs of LGBTQ+ multicultural communities. His work focuses on peer education, capacity building, and culturally informed health initiatives designed by and for LGBTQ+ multicultural communities.
Jenny Nguyen
ACON
Jenny Nguyen (she/they) is the Team Leader for Greater Western Sydney at ACON. She is from a second-generation migrant Vietnamese family and is born and raised in Western Sydney. She draws on her lived experience as well as her professional Social Work background to inform her practice and advocacy work for multicultural inclusion for LGBTQ+ communities. Jenny is committed to the power of collaboration and co-design with communities, working together to build equitable and inclusive healthcare initiatives informed and led by the communities themselves.
Ela Naruka
The Kirby Institute
Ela has background and working experience in Medicine. She did her Master of Public Health from University of Sydney. She is working at Kirby Institute, preparing and facilitating production of HIV, BBVs and STIs annual surveillance reports among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and CALD communities, analysing data from National HIV Registry and National Notifiable Disease Surveillance Systems. She has worked in various surveillance research projects, WHO technical report and systematic review evaluating gaps in CALD data collection.
About the webinar: The Divergent Epidemic
This webinar explores multicultural communities’ experience of inequity in Australia’s HIV response.
Australia’s current HIV response has been successful in reaching virtual elimination among many within Australia. However, more work needs to be done to address the drivers of the divergent HIV epidemic being experienced by multicultural communities.
In this 3-part series, we bring together specialists from across Australia’s HIV response to highlight and discuss current trends and gaps. We will explore HIV and mobility; the importance of a community-led response and why effective data surveillance that captures the experience of multicultural communities is essential to an the HIV response.
This series aims to highlight practical ways that members can better understand and respond to the needs of multicultural communities impacted by HIV.
About Health Equity Matters
Health Equity Matters is the national federation for Australia’s leading HIV and LGBTIQA+ organisation. We are recognised both globally and nationally for the leadership, policy expertise, health promotion, coordination and support we provide.
Our domestic projects team focus on working nationally with our member and affiliate member organisations to support Australia’s HIV response and the health and wellbeing of LGBTQ+ people.
Contacts
Harrison Sarasola (Team Leader, Projects)
