STI/bbv session - author bios
Jason Asselin (Burnet Institute)
Jason Asselin the manager of the Surveillance and Evaluation Working Group at the Burnet Institute. In this role, he manages the Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Blood Borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections (ACCESS). He has over 20 years experience in HIV and STI across community, government and research institutions in Canada and Australia.
Martin Holt (Centre for Social Research in Health [CRSH])
Martin Holt is a Professor at the Centre for Social Research in Health at UNSW Sydney. He leads a program of research designed to improve HIV prevention and sexual health outcomes among gay and bisexual men, non-binary people and other HIV-affected populations.
Joanne O'Dea (Metropolitan Communicable Disease Control)
Joanne is a Project Officer with the Syphilis Response Team within MCDC, Perth’s Public Health Unit. She works on syphilis prevention and control projects amongst the priority populations in the syphilis outbreak.
Patricia Reid-Moore (Curtin University)
I am a MPhil (Health Studies) student at Curtin University with degrees in Education, Psychology, and Sexology. I have an interest in men’s sexual and mental health with a particular focus on men in the mining industry. I am currently researching heterosexually identified men who have sex with both men and women.
Sharelle Tulloh (WA Dept of Health)
Sharelle Tulloh leads the sexual health team at the Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program, WA Department of Health. She has over 20 years of experience in the sexual health and education sectors in a variety of roles including Assistant Headteacher, Disability Education Appeals Advisor, and SHQ Schools Coordinator. She has a passion for reducing the stigma, discrimination and other barriers associated with sexual health to empower all people to have equitable access to high quality sexual health education and services.
Candice Holland (West Moreton and Metro North Health Services, Queensland Dept of Health)
Bio coming soon.
Lisa Bastian (Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program, WA Dept of Health)
Lisa Bastian is a the Manager of the Sexual Health and Blood-borne Virus Program and the Deputy Chair of the Blood-borne Viruses and Sexually Transmissible Infections Standing Committee that reports to the Australian Health Protection Principal Committee.
