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The Kirby Institute Level 6 Seminar Room Wallace Wurth Building UNSW Australia Sydney NSW 2052
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Rata Joseph +61 (0)2 9385 0900 rjoseph@kirby.unsw.edu.au
The Kirby Institute is pleased to present:
Professor Susan Allen: Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Rwanda,Zambia. HIV Research Group School of Medicine Emory University
"Utopia vs Earth-Making responsible decisions about HIV prevention and treatment resource allocation in Africa."
Bio:
I have been working with HIV in Africa since the first recognition of the epidemic on that continent in 1985. My initial work was focused on the epidemiology, natural history, and manifestations of HIV infection in African men and women. Building on previous work, this grew to include collaborative studies of the virologic, immunologic, and immunogenetic correlates of transmission from men to women and women to men. In addition to the observational studies, I have also worked on development and testing of HIV prevention strategies including behavioral (couples’ HIV testing, combined prevention of HIV and unplanned pregnancy using the long-acting user-independent methods of IUD and implant) and biomedical interventions (HIV vaccine candidates, vaginal microbicides, acyclovir). Funding from multiple sources is allowing us to provide technical assistance and monitoring and evaluation in the expansion of couples HIV testing within Zambia and Rwanda, and in other countries including Ethiopia, Guyana, Ghana, Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, Botswana, Swaziland, and China. Recently, I have added a translational aspect to the work, with an emphasis on implementation of evidence-based prevention programs in the public health sector.