Location:
Level 6, Seminar Room Wallace Wurth Building UNSW Australia Sydney NSW 2052
Open to
All
Contact for enquiries
Rata Joseph +61 (0)2 9385 0900 rjoseph@kirby.unsw.edu.au
The Kirby Institute is pleased to present:
Professor Matthew Law -Head of the Biostatistic & Databases Program, Kirby Institute
"The TREAT Asia Network"
Lunch will be served from 12.30. Please RSVP to rjoseph@kirby.unsw.edu.au for catering purposes.
Abstract:
The TREAT Asia network is a collaboration of more than 30 adult and paediatric sites across Asia. The network supports large adult and paediatric HIV observational cohorts. NIH funding has recently been renewed through to 2021. This talk will describe the TREAT Asia collaboration, summarise some of the research findings from the cohort studies, and map out future directions over the next five years.
Bio:
Professor Matthew Law is Head of the Biostatistics and Databases Program. He is a biostatistician, with nearly 30 years experience working in medical research, 22 years at the Kirby Institute. Most of his research involves applying statistical and mathematical models to optimise treatment and prevention of HIV and STIs.