Join us for a special seminar from the recipient of the Kirby Institute Postgraduate Student Prize 2024.
The Kirby Institute Postgraduate Student Prize is an annual award given to the most significant first author paper by a Kirby Institute student, published in the previous calendar year in a peer-reviewed journal in the area of infectious diseases.
*Please note this is a hybrid seminar with registration options for in-person and online attendance. Lunch will be provided from 12:30pm for in-person attendees, with the seminar to follow at 1pm.
A 'one-stop-shop' point-of-care hepatitis C RNA testing intervention to enhance treatment uptake in a reception prison: The PIVOT study
In this seminar, Yumi will be presenting findings from the PIVOT study which demonstrated the effectiveness of a 'one-stop-shop' point-of-care hepatitis C RNA testing intervention in enhancing hepatitis C testing and treatment rates among people recently incarcerated in a reception prison in Australia. The findings highlight the importance of simplified and streamlined healthcare interventions in prison settings and offer valuable insights for future public health strategies.
| PhD Student, Viral Immunology Systems Program, Kirby Institute
Yumi is an early career public health researcher with a research focus on improving health outcomes for hepatitis C for people in prison, including interventions on models of care, point-of-care testing, education, surveillance, and advocacy. |
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