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Associate Professor Limin Mao & Dr Horas Wong – HIV & STI behavioural surveillance among Australian Asian gay and bisexual men

Event date
Tuesday 21st June 2022
Event time
1:00 PM
Event address
Online event

Location:

 

Online event
Please click on the link just before the start of the webinar

 

Cost

Free

Contact for enquiries 

Rata Joseph, +61 (2) 9385 0900 or info@kirby.unsw.edu.au

 

Abstract
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, sexual and ethno-cultural influences will be discussed regarding diverse patterns of social connection and service engagement.

 

Associate Professor Limin Mao  

Associate Professor Limin Mao
Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Arts, Design and Architecture

Limin Mao's social and behavioural research focusing on working with priority populations to prevent and manage HIV and other STIs in Australia. Her passion is to empower people with diverse gender, sexual, cultural and linguistic backgrounds to improve their health and social well-being.

   
Dr Horas Wong  

Dr Horas Wong
Lecturer, Sydney Nursing School, University of Sydney

Horas Wong led the project co-ordination of the Gay Asian Men’s Survey 2021. He is also an affiliate researcher at CSRH and KI, UNSW Sydney. Horas has a transdisciplinary background in nursing, public health, anthropology and health social sciences. His research interest is gender and sexuality, migration and qualitative research.

 

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