Ms Kate Whitford

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Ms Kate Whitford

Research Officer

Global Health Program

kwhitford@kirby.unsw.edu.au

+61 (2) 9385 9017

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Kate joined the Kirby Institute in 2015 and completed her Master of Public Health at UNSW Sydney in 2016. Prior to her role as a research officer in the Public Health Interventions Research Group, Kate has worked on the National HIV Registry, Annual Surveillance Reports for HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections and the National Trachoma Surveillance and Reporting Unit. She has worked on a range of publications and reports including: a report looking at the impact of data linkage on Indigenous status completeness in surveillance data; a systematic review of hepatitis B vaccination; an analysis of gonorrhoea trends among Australian women; and a qualitative study investigating HIV testing among female sex workers in Indonesia. Outside of the Kirby Institute she has held roles in GP and hospital settings, and an internship at the Fred Hollows Foundation. Kate is currently working on the NSW Health funded project called 'Talking Story - Learning from Aboriginal young people about sexual health': a qualitative research project exploring prevention of HIV and sexually transmissible infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people in NSW. Other projects include: MOST (More Options for STI Testing), a study looking at the impacts of incentives on STI testing rates in remote communities; and STRIVEplus, a study examining the impact of continuous quality improvement in sexual health services on STI testing in Central Australia.

Qualifications:

BA - Psych, MPH

Research

Events

Jun 27

David Cooper Lecture | Michael Kirby: Health & Human Rights

Jun 06

Professor Stephen Kent – Immunity to COVID-19

May 30

Dr Anthony K J Smith - Making PrEP work: understanding drug adherence as a domestic practice

Publications

Journal articles

Conference Posters

Whitford K; Callander D; Watchirs Smith L; Guy R; Kong M; Ward J; Donovan B; McManus H; Bell S; McGregor S; Menon A; Russell D; O'Connor C, 2019, 'Rising gonorrhoea rates among Australian women: Increased testing isn’t the whole story', in Rising gonorrhoea rates among Australian women: Increased testing isn’t the whole story, Perth, Australia, presented at Australasian Sexual Health Conference, Perth, Australia, 16 September 2019 - 18 September 2019

Conference Presentations

Whitford K; Mitchell E, 2019, 'Talking story with sexuality and gender diverse Aboriginal young people: gaps and opportunities', Sydney, presented at HARP Forum 2019, Sydney, 16 October 2019 - 17 October 2019

Whitford K; Mitchell E; Lazuardi E; Rowe E; Anintya I; Wirawan DN; Wisaksana R; Subronto YW; Prameswari HD; Kaldor J; Bell S, 2019, 'Social influences on HIV testing among female sex workers in three urban settings in Indonesia', Perth, presented at Joint Australasian Sexual Health and HIV&AIDS Conferences, Perth, 16 September 2019 - 19 September 2019

Bell S; Whitford K, 2018, 'Talking story: learning from Aboriginal young people about sexual health', in Talking story: learning from Aboriginal young people about sexual health, HARP Forum 2018 - Navigating the future, Sydney, presented at HARP Forum 2018 - Navigating the future, Sydney, 23 October 2018 - 24 October 2018

Whitford K; Liu B; Micallef J; J Kevin Y; Kristine M; Pierre VD; Kaldor J, 2018, 'The long-term impact of infant immunisation programs on hepatitis B prevalence', Adelaide, Australia, presented at 16th National Immunisation Conference 2018, Adelaide, Australia, 05 June 2018 - 07 June 2018

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