Newly Positive workshop (Melbourne)

Join us for a workshop discussing findings from the Newly Positive study with a focus on: contexts of HIV acquisition; experiences of migration; access to HIV treatment and clinical care; and the meanings of undetectable viral load.

Speakers:

Jeanne Ellard (La Trobe University)
Dean Murphy (La Trobe University)
Cesare Di Feliciantonio (Sapienza University of Rome)
Kiran Pienaar (Deakin University)
Colin Batrouney (Thorne Harbour Health)
David Carter (UNSW Sydney)

Moderator: Kirsty Machon (Positive Women Victoria)

Tuesday 9 December (10:00am to 1:00pm)
La Trobe University CIty Campus
360 Collins Street
Level 3, Room 3.04

The workshop is a hybrid (i.e. in-person and online) event.

The Newly Positive study is conducted by the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society (La Trobe University) and is funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.

Study context: In 1`992, the first Australian study was set up to undertake an in-depth exploration the event that people attributed to their HIV seroconversion. This program of research continues to the present day and has been hosted by various research centres and supported by a range of funders and partners over the past 33 years. Unique in the world, this series of studies has chronicled via participants’ accounts many significant developments in the epidemic. This research continues to be important in the current era, providing insights into HIV testing, PrEP uptake and discontinuation, HIV diagnosis, linkage to care, and understandings of U=U. The current study, Newly Positive, which commenced in late 2023, is comprised of 47 people diagnosed with HIV in the previous 12 months, and also includes an additional sub-study of 15 clinical service providers.