Dr Rosalind Foster completed her undergraduate and postgraduate training in the UK, followed by higher specialist training in Genitourinary Medicine and HIV medicine. Rosalind was admitted as a Fellow to the Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine (FAChSHM RACP) in 2013. She currently works as a Staff Specialist at Sydney Sexual Health Centre.
Conjoint Senior Lecturer
Dr Rosalind Foster
- MBChB BMedSci (University of Birmingham, UK),
- FRCP, General Medicine and Higher Specialist Training in Genitourinary Medicine and HIV (RACP)
- MSc, Medical Immunology (Kings College London)
- FAChSHM, Sexual Health Medicine
Publications
Journal articles
Coleman A; Maslen BJ; Foster R, 2024, 'Inequities in PrEP use according to Medicare status in a publicly funded sexual health clinic; a retrospective analysis', Sexual Health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH23141
2024
Del Tufo A; Foster R; Haire B; Newman CE; Smith AKJ; Crowley M; Burn D; McNulty A, 2023, 'Understanding the health care needs of transgender and gender diverse people engaging with rural Australian sexual health centres: a qualitative interview study', Sexual Health, 20, pp. 339 - 346, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh22159
2023
Rasul R; McIver R; Patel P; Foster R; McNulty A, 2022, 'Non-empirical management of asymptomatic chlamydia and gonorrhoea reduces unnecessary antibiotic use fivefold: A before and after study', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055382
2022
Foster R; Vickers T; Lu H; Mcnulty A, 2022, 'Chlamydia home sampling in the real world: A cross-sectional analysis', Sexual Health, 19, pp. 479 - 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH22054
2022
Chow EPF; Ong JJ; Donovan B; Foster R; Phillips TR; McNulty A; Fairley CK, 2021, 'Comparing hiv post-exposure prophylaxis, testing, and new diagnoses in two australian cities with different lockdown measures during the covid-19 pandemic', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010814
2021
Lee C; McManus H; Foster R; Davies SC, 2021, 'A survey of condom use among female sex workers in Northern Sydney; declining condom use for fellatio', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 32, pp. 1326 - 1337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09564624211040951
2021
Lee PM; Foster R; McNulty A; McIver R; Patel P, 2021, 'Ask Dr Google: What STI do i have?', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 97, pp. 420 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054619
2021
Houghton R; McIver R; Lockwood T; Johnson K; Foster R, 2020, 'Characteristics of clients newly diagnosed with HIV in central Sydney in 2016-17: A retrospective audit comparing a community-based testing site and a clinical sexual health service', Sexual Health, 17, pp. 390 - 391, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH19152
2020
Comninos NB; Foster R; Varma R; Bourne C, 2020, 'Follow-up of renal impairment results among attendees taking HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis at a Sydney Sexual Health Clinic', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 31, pp. 689 - 693, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462420922751
2020
Qian S; Foster R; Bourne C; Vickers T; McIver R; McNulty A, 2020, 'Neisseria gonorrhoeae positivity in clients presenting as asymptomatic contacts of gonorrhoea at a sexual health centre', Sexual Health, 17, pp. 187 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH19091
2020
Zablotska IB; Vaccher SJ; Bloch M; Carr A; Foster R; Grulich AE; Guy R; McNulty A; Ooi C; Pell C; Poynten IM; Prestage G; Ryder N; Templeton D; Cheung C; Gianacas C; Holt M; Kaldor J; Mackie B; Mayer K; McAllister J; Murphy D; de Wit J; Wright E, 2019, 'High Adherence to HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and No HIV Seroconversions Despite High Levels of Risk Behaviour and STIs: The Australian Demonstration Study PrELUDE', AIDS and Behavior, 23, pp. 1780 - 1789, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2290-3
2019
Vaccher SJ; Marzinke MA; Templeton DJ; Haire BG; Ryder N; McNulty A; Foster R; Grulich AE; Zablotska IB; Bloch M; Carr A; Cheung C; Gianacas C; Guy R; Holt M; Kaldor J; Mackie B; Mayer K; McAllister J; Murphy D; Ooi C; Pell C; Poynten IM; Prestage G; de Wit J; Wright E; Callander D; Cooper D; Crooks L; Duck T; Holden J; Keen P; Kelleher A; Mitchell J; Price K; Selvey C; Schmidt HM; Telfer B; Whittaker B; Wilson D; de Wit J; Cooper D, 2019, 'Predictors of Daily Adherence to HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in Gay/Bisexual Men in the PRELUDE Demonstration Project', AIDS and Behavior, 23, pp. 1287 - 1296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2353-5
2019
Zablotska IB; Selvey C; Guy R; Price K; Holden J; Schmidt HM; McNulty A; Smith D; Jin F; Amin J; Cooper DA; Grulich AE; Parkhill N; Chant K; Cooper C; Crooks L; Allen D; Baker D; Bloch M; Bopage R; Brown K; Carr A; Carmody C; Collins K; Finlayson R; Foster R; Jackson E; Lewis D; Lusk J; O'Connor C; Ryder N; Vlahakis E; Read P; Yeung B; Levitt G; Ogilvie E; Vaccher S; Hammoud M; Watchirs-Smith L; Wabe N, 2018, 'Expanded HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation in communities in New South Wales, Australia (EPIC-NSW): Design of an open label, single arm implementation trial', BMC Public Health, 18, pp. 210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-5018-9
2018
Foster R; McCormack L; Thng C; Wand H; McNulty A, 2018, 'Cross-sectional survey of Chinese-speaking and Thai-speaking female sex workers in Sydney, Australia: Factors associated with consistent condom use', Sexual Health, 15, pp. 389 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH17205
2018
Grulich AE; Guy R; Amin J; Jin F; Selvey C; Holden J; Schmidt HMA; Zablotska I; Price K; Whittaker B; Chant K; Cooper C; McGill S; Telfer B; Yeung B; Levitt G; Ogilvie EE; Dharan NJ; Hammoud MA; Vaccher S; Watchirs-Smith L; McNulty A; Smith DJ; Allen DM; Baker D; Bloch M; Bopage RI; Brown K; Carr A; Carmody CJ; Collins KL; Finlayson R; Foster R; Jackson EY; Lewis DA; Lusk J; O'Connor CC; Ryder N; Vlahakis E; Read P; Cooper DA; Smith D; Ooi C; Martin S; Soo TM; Templeton D; Townson D; Forssman B; Doong N; Han Thai G; Anderson B; MacLeod H; Parkhill N; Cooper D; Law M, 2018, 'Population-level effectiveness of rapid, targeted, high-coverage roll-out of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in men who have sex with men: the EPIC-NSW prospective cohort study', The Lancet HIV, 5, pp. e629 - e637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30215-7
2018
Vaccher SJ; Gianacas C; Templeton DJ; Poynten IM; Haire BG; Ooi C; Foster R; McNulty A; Grulich AE; Zablotska IB; Pell C; Holt M; Prestage G, 2017, 'Baseline preferences for daily, event-driven, or periodic hiv pre-exposure prophylaxis among gay and bisexual men in the prelude demonstration project', Frontiers in Public Health, 5, pp. 341, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00341
2017
Vaccher SJ; Grulich AE; Haire B; Conway D; Poynten M; Ooi C; Foster R; Templeton D; Zablotska-Manos I, 2017, 'Validation of participant eligibility for pre-exposure prophylaxis: Baseline data from the PRELUDE Demonstration Project', PLoS One, 12, pp. e0185398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185398
2017
McAllister JW; Towns JM; McNulty A; Pierce AB; Foster R; Richardson R; Carr A, 2017, 'Dolutegravir with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate-emtricitabine as HIV postexposure prophylaxis in gay and bisexual men', AIDS, 31, pp. 1291 - 1295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000001447
2017
Mason E; Foster R; Wray L; McNulty A; Donovan B, 2016, 'Reactive arthritis following a Microsporidia infection', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 27, pp. 1239 - 1241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462416640364
2016
Vaccher S; Grulich A; McAllister J; Templeton DJ; Bloch M; McNulty A; Holden J; Poynten IM; Prestage G; Zablotska I; Carr A; Cheung C; Foster R; Gianacas C; Guy R; Holt M; Kaldor J; Mackie B; Mayer K; Murphy D; Ooi C; Pell C; Ryder N; De Wit J; Wright E, 2016, 'Protocol for an open-label, single-arm trial of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among people at high risk of HIV infection: the NSW Demonstration Project PRELUDE', BMJ Open, 6, pp. e012179corr1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012179
2016
Mulhall BP; Wright ST; De La Mata N; Allen D; Brown K; Dickson B; Grotowski M; Jackson E; Petoumenos K; Foster R; Read T; Russell D; Smith DJ; Templeton DJ; Fairley CK; Law MG, 2016, 'Risk factors associated with incident sexually transmitted infections in HIV-positive patients in the Australian HIV Observational Database: a prospective cohort study', HIV Medicine, 17, pp. 623 - 630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hiv.12371
2016
Foster R; Ali H; Crowley M; Dyer R; Grant K; Lenton J; Little C; Knight V; Read P; Donovan B; McNulty A; Guy R, 2016, 'Does Living Outside of a Major City Impact on the Timeliness of Chlamydia Treatment? A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Analysis', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 43, pp. 506 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/olq.0000000000000496
2016
Mason E; Wray L; Foster R; Jamil MS; Guy R; McNulty A; Donovan B, 2016, 'Reactive arthritis at the Sydney Sexual Health Centre 1992–2012: declining despite increasing chlamydia diagnoses', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 27, pp. 882 - 889, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462415598251
2016
Foster R; McAllister J; Read TR; Pierce AB; Richardson R; McNulty A; Carr A, 2015, 'Single-Tablet Emtricitabine-Rilpivirine-Tenofovir as HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis in Men Who Have Sex with Men', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 61, pp. 1336 - 1341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ511
2015
Hartley A; Foster R; Brook MG; Cassell JA; Mercer CH; Coyne K; Hughes G; Crook P, 2015, 'Assessment of the impact of the London Olympics 2012 on selected non-genitourinary medicine clinic sexual health services.', Int J STD AIDS, 26, pp. 329 - 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462414537481
2015
Martin L; Thng C; Wand H; McNulty A; Foster R; McGregor S, 2015, 'MULTICULTURAL SURVEY-20 YEARS ON: TRENDS IN CHINESE AND THAI FEMALE SEX WORKER DEMOGRAPHICS AND SEXUAL HEALTH IN SYDNEY', SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, 91, pp. A51 - A51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.144
2015
Martin L; Thng C; Wand H; McNulty A; Foster R; McGregor S, 2015, 'MULTICULTURAL SURVEY - ASIAN FEMALE SEX WORKER DEMOGRAPHICS, MIGRATION AND SEXUAL HEALTH IN SYDNEY', SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, 91, pp. A207 - A207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.536
2015
Gundevia Z; Foster R; Jamil MS; McNulty A, 2015, 'Positivity at test of cure following first-line treatment for genital Mycoplasma genitalium: Follow-up of a clinical cohort', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91, pp. 11 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2014-051616
2015
Templeton DJ; Wright ST; McManus H; Lawrence C; Russell DB; Law MG; Petoumenos K; Ellis D; Bloch M; Agrawal S; Vincent T; Allen D; Smith D; Allardice K; Baker D; Odgers E; O'Connor CC; Phan S; Jackson E; McCallum K; Grotowski M; Ryder N; Taylor S; Cooper D; Carr A; Lee F; McRae K; Hesse K; Finlayson R; Gupta S; Varma R; Shakeshaft J; Brown K; McGrath V; Halligan S; Arvela N; Wray L; Thng C; Foster R; Lu H; Couldwell D; DSmith E; Furner V; Fernando S; Dubbo ; Watson J; Mulhall B; Wright S; Bendall C; Boyd M; Gunathilake M; Payne R; O'Sullivan M; White S; Russell D; Joslin J; Cashman C; Sowden D; Taing K; McGill K; Orth D; Youds D; Kelly M; Rowling D; Latch N; Warzywoda E; Dickson B; Donohue W; Moore R; Edwards S; Boyd S; NRoth J; Lau H; Read T; Silvers J; Zeng W; Hoy J; Watson K; Bryant M; Price S; Woolley I; Giles M; Korman T; Williams J; Nolan D; Guelfi G; Mills G; Wharry C; Raymond N; Bargh K; Morwood K; Roth N; Choong K; Cooper D; Han A, 2015, 'Antiretroviral treatment use, co-morbidities and clinical outcomes among Aboriginal participants in the Australian HIV Observational Database (AHOD)', BMC Infectious Diseases, 15, pp. 326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1051-4
2015
Brook G; Cassell J; Mercer C; Coyne K; Maguire H; Hughes G; Crook P, 2013, 'P3.341 Sex and the London Olympics 2012 Part 1. Impact on Community Sexual Health Service Provision in London', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 89, pp. A255.3 - A256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0794
2013
Foster R; Morris S; Ryder N; Wray L; McNulty A, 2011, 'Screening of HIV-infected patients for non-AIDS-related morbidity: an evidence-based model of practice', Sexual Health, 8, pp. 30 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH10021
2011
Jones CL; Wain EM; Chu C-C; Tosi I; Foster R; McKenzie RCT; Whittaker SJ; Mitchell TJ, 2010, 'Downregulation of Fas gene expression in Sézary syndrome is associated with promoter hypermethylation.', J Invest Dermatol, 130, pp. 1116 - 1125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jid.2009.301
2010
Foster R; Mears A; Goldmeier D, 2009, 'A literature review and case reports series on the use of phosphodiesterase inhibitors in the treatment of female sexual dysfunction.', Int J STD AIDS, 20, pp. 152 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/ijsa.2008.008336
2009
Foster R; D'Cruz DP, 2007, 'Vasculitis in pregnancy', Expert Review of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2, pp. 681 - 688, http://dx.doi.org/10.1586/17474108.2.5.681
2007
Foster R; Rosenthal E; Marques S; Vounotrypidis P; Sangle S; D'Cruz D, 2006, 'Primary systemic vasculitis: treatment of difficult cases.', Lupus, 15, pp. 143 - 147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/0961203306lu2277rr
2006
Conference Posters
Carr M; Martin SJ; Foster R; Finlayson R; Rule J; Smith DE; de Wit J; Carr A; Siefried KJ, 2019, 'STI incidence and risk factors in HIV-infected adults on antiretrovrial therapy (ART) in the PAART study', Perth, Australia, presented at Joint Australasian Sexual Health and HIV&AIDS Conference, Perth, Australia, 16 September 2019 - 19 September 2019
2019
Vaccher S; Grulich A; Haire B; Templeton D; McNulty A; Foster R; Ooi C; Poynten M; Prestage G; Zablotska-Manos I, 2018, 'High adherence to HIV PrEP among clinic attendees over 12 months in the PRELUDE open-label demonstration project', Canberra, Australia, presented at Australian HIV and AIDS Conference, Canberra, Australia, 06 November 2018
2018
Foster R; Bunce C; Mountford J; Hughes S; Brown G; Hewison M, 1997, 'Differentiation of HL60 cells in response to 1,25(OH)2D3 is modulated by the activities of two distinct hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases', Strasbourg, France, presented at Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Vitamin D, Strasbourg, France
1997
Conference Presentations
Foster R, 2015, 'Oral_958 CROI.conference 2015 rilpivirine-emtricitabine-tenofovir for HIV non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis', presented at Croi 2015, Seattle, 25 February 2015
2015
Research activities
HIV Prevention, PEP and PrEP
Sexual Health Service Delivery
Treatment of STI contacts
Sexual health of sex workers