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Senior Research Officer

Dr Tobias Vickers

Doctor of Medicine (MD)

Bachelor of Medical Science (BMedSci)

Sexual Health Program
Phone
+61 2 9385 9255
E-mail
tvickers@kirby.unsw.edu.au
Location
Kirby Institute , Level 6, Wallace Wurth Building, UNSW , Sydney NSW 2052
Vickers T; Aung HL; Robinson A; Vaughan M; Keen P; Grulich A; Varma R, 2024, 'Time between arrival in Australia and HIV diagnosis among people newly diagnosed: a case series of clinic data', presented at ASHM HIV/AIDS 2024, Sydney, Australia, 16 September 2024 - 20 September 2024, https://airdrive.eventsair.com/eventsairaueprod/production-ashm-public/6777d93c7362406ca0ac7607f2be0c43
2024
Vickers T; Foster R; Varma R, 2022, 'HIV-1 subtypes and baseline transmitted drug resistance in people living with newly diagnosed HIV at a metropolitan Sexual Health clinic', presented at ASHM HIV/AIDS 2022, Sunshine Coast, Queensland, 29 August 2022 - 01 September 2022, https://az659834.vo.msecnd.net/eventsairaueprod/production-ashm-public/67fc04d4c29145b4bb9c72980ec5321b
2022
Vickers T; Patel P; Vaccher S; Watchirs-Smith L; McManus H; Carter A; Asselin J; El-Hayek C; Traeger M; McNulty A; Donovan B; Guy R, 2019, 'JUST ANOTHER TEST: STI TESTING FREQUENCIES OF GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN IN AUSTRALIA', presented at Australasian HIV & AIDS and Sexual Health Conferences, Perth, 16 September 2019 - 19 September 2019, https://az659834.vo.msecnd.net/eventsairaueprod/production-ashm-public/de49984ef1514138b7a4ee6fb1b96d35
2019
Cotter J; McManus H; Vickers T; Lee C; Davies SC, 2023, 'Increasing prevalence of gonorrhoea and chlamydia among female sex workers in northern Sydney, 2005–2019', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 34, pp. 869 - 875, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09564624231173024
2023
Carter A; McManus H; Ward JS; Vickers T; Asselin J; Baillie G; Chow EPF; Chen MY; Fairley CK; Bourne C; McNulty A; Read P; Heath K; Ryder N; McCloskey J; Carmody C; McCormack H; Alexander K; Casey D; Stoove M; Hellard ME; Donovan B; Guy RJ, 2023, 'Infectious syphilis in women and heterosexual men in major Australian cities: sentinel surveillance data, 2011–2019', Medical Journal of Australia, 218, pp. 223 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51864
2023
Heron JE; McManus H; Vickers T; Ryan K; Wright E; Carter A; Stoove M; Asselin J; Grulich A; Donovan B; Guy R; Varma R; Chen M; Ryder N; Lewis DA; Templeton DJ; O’Connor CC; Gracey DM; Bastian L; Bateson D; Bowden S; Boyd M; Callander D; Aung HL; Cogle A; Costello J; Dimech W; Dittmer J; El-Hayek C; Ellard J; Fairley C; Franklin L; Hellard M; Hocking J; Kim J; McGill S; Nolan D; Patel P; Pendle S; Polkinghorne V; Nguyen L; Nguyen T; Reed P; Roth N; Selvey C; Traeger M; Walker M; West M, 2023, 'Renal impairment associated with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate for antiretroviral therapy and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: An observational cohort study', PLoS ONE, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0280339
2023
Dharan NJ; Jin F; Vaccher S; Bavinton B; Yeung B; Guy R; Carr A; Zablotska I; Amin J; Read P; Templeton DJ; Ooi C; Martin SJ; Ryder N; Smith DE; McNulty A; Brown K; Price K; Holden J; Grulich AE, 2023, 'Characteristics of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Seroconversions in a Large Prospective Implementation Cohort Study of Oral HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis in Men Who Have Sex with Men (EPIC-NSW)', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 76, pp. E622 - E628, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciac660
2023
Stephens JH; Gray RT; Guy R; Vickers T; Ward J, 2023, 'A HIV diagnosis and treatment cascade for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples of Australia', AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV, 35, pp. 83 - 90, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09540121.2021.2001416
2023
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
Harney BL; Sacks-Davis R; Van Santen DK; Traeger M; Wilkinson AL; Asselin J; El-Hayek C; Fairley CK; Roth N; Bloch M; Matthews G; Donovan B; Guy R; Stoové M; Hellard ME; Doyle JS; Bastian L; Bateson D; Bowden S; Boyd M; Callander D; Carter A; Cogle A; Costello J; Dimech W; Dittmer J; Ellard J; Franklin L; Kim J; Mcgill S; Nolan D; Patel P; Pendle S; Polkinghorne V; Nguyen L; Nguyen T; O'connor C; Reed P; Ryder N; Selvey C; Vickers T; Walker M; Watchirs-Smith L; West M, 2022, 'The Incidence of Hepatitis C Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex With Men in Australia, 2009-2019', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 74, pp. 1804 - 1811, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab720
2022
Traeger MW; Guy R; Asselin J; Patel P; Carter A; Wright EJ; Grulich A; McManus H; Fairley CK; Chow EPF; McNulty A; Finlayson R; Bell C; Owen L; Marshall L; Russell D; O'Donnell D; Donovan B; Hellard ME; Stoové MA; Bastian L; Bateson D; Bowden S; Boyd M; Callander D; Cogle A; Costello J; Dimech W; Dittmer J; El-Hayek C; Ellard J; Franklin L; Hocking J; Kim J; McGill S; Nolan D; Pendle S; Polkinghorne V; Nguyen L; Nguyen T; O'Connor C; Reed P; Roth N; Ryder N; Selvey C; Vickers T; Walker M; Watchirs-Smith L; West M, 2022, 'Real-world trends in incidence of bacterial sexually transmissible infections among gay and bisexual men using HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in Australia following nationwide PrEP implementation: an analysis of sentinel surveillance data', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 22, pp. 1231 - 1241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(22)00175-X
2022
Drak D; McManus H; Vickers T; Heron JE; Vaccher S; Zablotska I; Guy R; Bavinton B; Jin F; Grulich AE; Bloch M; O'Connor CC; Gracey DM, 2021, 'Renal impairment in a large-scale HIV preexposure prophylaxis implementation cohort', AIDS, 35, pp. 2319 - 2326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000003035
2021
Grulich AE; Jin F; Bavinton BR; Yeung B; Hammoud MA; Amin J; Cabrera G; Clackett S; Ogilvie E; Vaccher S; Vickers T; McNulty A; Smith DJ; Dharan NJ; Selvey C; Power C; Price K; Zablotska I; Baker DA; Bloch M; Brown K; Carmody CJ; Carr A; Chanisheff D; Doong N; Finlayson R; Lewis DA; Lusk J; Martin S; Ooi C; Read P; Ryder N; Smith D; Tuck Meng Soo C; Templeton DJ; Vlahakis E; Guy R, 2021, 'Long-term protection from HIV infection with oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in gay and bisexual men: findings from the expanded and extended EPIC-NSW prospective implementation study', The Lancet HIV, 8, pp. e486 - e494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00074-6
2021
Chow EPF; Carter A; Vickers T; Fairley CK; McNulty A; Guy RJ; Regan DG; Grulich AE; Callander D; Khawar L; Machalek DA; Donovan B, 2021, 'Effect on genital warts in Australian female and heterosexual male individuals after introduction of the national human papillomavirus gender-neutral vaccination programme: an analysis of national sentinel surveillance data from 2004–18', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 21, pp. 1747 - 1756, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(21)00071-2
2021
Khawar L; McManus H; Vickers T; Chow EPF; Fairley CK; Donovan B; Machalek DA; Regan DG; Grulich AE; Guy RJ; McGregor S, 2021, 'Genital warts trends in Australian and overseas-born people in Australia: A cross-sectional trend analysis to measure progress towards control and elimination', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 16, pp. 100251, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100251
2021
Mcmanus H; Grulich AE; Amin J; Selvey C; Vickers T; Bavinton B; Zablotska I; Vaccher S; Jin F; Holden J; Price K; Yeung B; Cabrera Quichua G; Ogilvie E; Mcnulty A; Smith D; Guy R, 2020, 'Comparison of Trends in Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections before vs after Initiation of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis among Men Who Have Sex with Men', JAMA Network Open, 3, pp. e2030806, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.30806
2020
Marukutira T; Gray RT; Douglass C; El-Hayek C; Moreira C; Asselin J; Donovan B; Vickers T; Spelman T; Crowe S; Guy R; Stoove M; Hellard M, 2020, 'Gaps in the HIV diagnosis and care cascade for migrants in Australia, 2013-2017: A cross-sectional study', PLoS Medicine, 17, pp. e1003044, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/JOURNAL.PMED.1003044
2020
McIver R; Low S; Varma R; Vickers T; McNulty A, 2020, 'Empirical treatment of asymptomatic contacts of gonorrhoea: Patient views', Sexual Health, 17, pp. 462 - 466, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH20072
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
Low S; Varma R; Mciver R; Vickers T; McNulty A, 2020, 'Provider attitudes to the empiric treatment of asymptomatic contacts of gonorrhoea', Sexual Health, 17, pp. 155 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH19165
2020
Nizamoglu M; Tan A; Vickers T; Segaren N; Barnes D; Dziewulski P, 2016, 'Cold burn injuries in the UK: the 11-year experience of a tertiary burns centre', BURNS & TRAUMA, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s41038-016-0060-x
2016
Patel NG; Rozen WM; Marsh D; Chow WTH; Vickers T; Khan L; Miller GS; Hunter-Smith DJ; Ramakrishnan VV, 2016, 'Modern use of smartphone applications in the perioperative management in microsurgical breast reconstruction', Gland Surgery, 5, pp. 150 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.3978/j.issn.2227-684X.2016.02.02
2016
Khawar L; Vickers T; McManus H; Chow EP; Fairley CK; Donovan B; Machalek DA; Regan DG; Grulich AE; Guy RJ; McGregor S, 2021, 'GENITAL WARTS TRENDS IN AUSTRALIAN AND OVERSEAS-BORN PEOPLE IN AUSTRALIA: MEASURING PROGRESS TOWARDS CONTROL AND ELIMINATION', in SEXUAL HEALTH, CSIRO PUBLISHING, Vol. 18, pp. XXIV - XXIV, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000693686000033&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
2021
Traeger M; Asselin J; El-Hayek C; Dittmer J; Wright E; Carter A; Vickers T; Patel P; Fairley C; Donovan B; Guy R; Hellard M; Stoove M, 2021, 'Trends in incidence of bacterial sexually transmitted infections among gay and bisexual men using PrEP in Australia', in JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY, JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD, Vol. 24, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000620738900077&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
2021
Carter A; McManus H; Vickers T; Asselin J; Chow EPF; Chen M; Fairley C; Bourne C; McNulty A; Reed P; Heath K; Ryder N; McCloskey J; Carmody C; McCormack H; Alexander K; Casey D; Ward J; Stoove M; Hellard M; Donovan B; Guy R, 2021, 'TRENDS AND RISK FACTORS OF INFECTIOUS SYPHILIS AMONG WOMEN AND HETEROSEXUAL MEN IN MAJOR AUSTRALIAN CITIES: ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE DATA 2011-2019', in SEXUAL HEALTH, CSIRO PUBLISHING, Vol. 18, pp. XXV - XXV, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000693686000034&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
2021
Carter A; McManus H; Vickers T; Asselin J; Chow E; Chen M; Fairley C; Bourne C; McNulty A; Read P; Ryder N; McCloskey J; Carmody C; Stoove M; Hellard M; Donovan B; Guy R, 2021, 'IDENTIFYING SUBGROUPS AT HIGHER RISK OF INFECTIOUS SYPHILIS IN MAJOR AUSTRALIAN CITIES: ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE DATA 2011-2018', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, Vol. 97, pp. A166 - A166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-sti.435
2021
Patel P; Vickers T; Guy R; Donovan B; Bavinton B; Stoove M, 2020, 'WHO AREN’T WE REACHING? MEASURING GAPS IN PREP UPTAKE IN GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN (GBM) AT HIGH HIV RISK USING THE ACCESS SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM', in WHO AREN’T WE REACHING? MEASURING GAPS IN PREP UPTAKE IN GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN (GBM) AT HIGH HIV RISK USING THE ACCESS SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM, presented at ASHM
2020
Grulich A; Jin F; Vaccher S; Bavinton B; Vickers T; Amin J; Selvey C; Chant K; Zablotska-Manos I; Baker D; Bloch M; Carr A; Smith D; Guy R, 2019, 'Continuing low HIV incidence in the expanded pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation in communities New South Wales study (EPIC-NSW)', in JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL AIDS SOCIETY, JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD, Vol. 22, pp. 28 - 28, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000476890500057&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
2019
Bavinton B; Vaccher S; Holt M; Guy R; Prestage G; Jin F; Amin J; Templeton D; Selvey C; Zablotska-Manos I; Lusk J; Ogilvie E; Vickers T; Smith D; Grulich A, 2019, 'USE OF CONDOMS FOR THE PREVENTION OF SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS (STIS) AMONG HIV PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP) USERS', in SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP, Vol. 95, pp. A206 - A206, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-sti.521
2019
Heron J; Mcmanus H; Vickers T; Ryan K; Wright E; Carter A; Stoove M; Asselin J; Grulich A; Donovan B; Guy R; O'Connor C; Gracey D, 2020, 'LOW RISK OF CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE ASSOCIATED WITH TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL FUMERATE-BASED PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS (PREP)', in NEPHROLOGY, WILEY, pp. 13 - 13, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000592647200017&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
2020
McManus H; Drak D; Heron JE; Vickers T; Vaccher S; Zablotska I; Guy RJ; Bavinton B; Jin F; Grulich AE; Bloch M; O'Connor CC; Gracey D, 2020, 'PrEP DRUG RESISTANCE AND RENAL IMPAIRMENT', presented at Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, 08 March 2020, https://www.croiconference.org/abstract/renal-impairment-in-a-preexposure-prophylaxis-implementation-cohort-in-australia/
2020
Vickers T; Feeney L; Costello J; Keen P; Holden J; Hellard M; Stoove M; Baker D; Prestage G; Bavinton B; Templeton D; Carr A; Guy R; Callander D, 2018, 'On The Move: Examining Service Mobility And Shared Care Among People Living With HIV In New South Wales', presented at Australasian HIV & AIDS and Sexual Health Conference, 24 September 2018 - 26 September 2018, https://az659834.vo.msecnd.net/eventsairaueprod/production-ashm-public/ed729097c2d547f88d499095e8e27488
2018