ASHM 08 Conference Prize Winners
Post date: 30 September 2008
Best Oral and Poster Presentations
Listed below are the prize winners for the best oral and poster presentations at the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM) 2008 Conference.
(A)Best oral presentations
(A1) Best oral presentation – Basic Science
Winner: Niamh Keane
Presentation title:AN HLA-C*0702 RESTRICTED T-CELL RESPONSE DIRECTED AGAINST AN IMMUNE ESCAPED HIV NEF KY11 EPITOPE EXHIBITS HIGHER FUNCTIONAL AVIDITY BUT LESSER CYTOLYTIC ACTIVITY WHEN COMPARED WITH THE ANTI-WILD TYPE RESPONSE
Reference: Keane NM, Laird R, Chopra A, Maiden T, Almeida C, Mallal S, John M. 20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 92.
Affiliation: Centre for Clinical Immunology & Biomedical Statistics, Royal Perth Hospital & Murdoch University, WA, Australia.
(A2) Best oral presentation – Clinical Medicine
Winner: Ben Oliver
Presentation title:IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS OF HEPATIC FLARE IN HIV-HEPATITIS B VIRUS (HBV) CO-INFECTED INDIVIDUALS FOLLOWING INITIATION OF HBV-ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY
Reference: Oliver BG, Crane M, Avihingsanon A, Visvanathan K, Matthews G, Dore G, Price P, French M, Ruxrungtham K, Lewin SR. 20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 199.
Affiliation: School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, WA.
(A3) Best oral presentation – Community
Winner: Heidi Coupland
Presentation title: INCREASING HEPATITIS C TREATMENT UPTAKE BY INJECTING DRUG USERS FROM CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE BACKGROUNDS: OUTCOMES OF A PILOT STUDY OF INDOCHINESE INJECTORS
Reference: Coupland H, Levy M, Day C, & Maher L. 20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 88.
Affiliation: National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research and School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
(A4) Best oral presentation – Education, Public Health and Prevention and Policy
Winner: Rachel Deacon
Presentation title:RESULTS FROM THE 2008 PERIODIC SURVEY OF NSW NEEDLE AND SYRINGE PROGRAM ATTENDEES
Reference: Deacon RM, Iversen J, Mason R, Maher L. 20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 86.
Affiliation: National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
(A5) Best oral presentation – Epidemiology
Winner: Maria Van Leeuwen
Presentation title:CANCER AND HIV IN AUSTRALIA: A COMPARISON ACROSS EARLY AND LATE HAART PERIODS
Reference: Van Leeuwen MT, Vajdic CM, Middleton MG, McDonald AM, Law M, Kaldor J, Grulich AE. 20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 130.
Affiliation: National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
(A6) Best oral presentation – Indigenous Health
Winner: Rae-Lin Huang
Presentation title: MANAGING DATA TO GUIDE A LONG-TERM STI CONTROL RESPONSE IN SOME REMOTE CENTRAL AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL COMMUNITIES
Reference: Huang R, Torzillo PJ. 20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 155.
Affiliation: Nganampa Health Council, SA, Australia.
(A7) Best oral presentation – Indigenous Health
Winner: David Webb
Presentation title: A CULTURAL WORLD AIDS DAY IN THE ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY
Reference: David Webb. 20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 156.
Affiliation: Aboriginal Sexual Health Worker, Sydney West Area Health Service, NSW, Australia.
(A8) Best oral presentation – International
Winner: Martha Kupul
Presentation title: TRIBAL FIGHTING, VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS AND HIV IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Reference: Kupul M, Mek A, Kepa B, Kelly A. 20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 81.
Affiliation: Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Goroka, Papua New Guinea.
(A9) Best oral presentation – International
Winner: Barbara Kepa
Presentation title: FACILITATORS OF AND BARRIERS TO ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Reference: Cangah BP, Kelly A, Emori R, Walizopa L, Nosi S, Pirpir L, Kupul M, Mek A, Akuani F, Kepa B. 20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; (The abstract was not included in the Conference Handbook as per authors requirements).
Affiliation: Papua New Guinea Institute Of Medical Research, Papua New Guinea.
(A10) Best oral presentation – Social Research
Winner: Dean Murphy
Presentation title: VIRAL FAMILIES: ANALYSING KINSHIP DISCOURSE IN HIV TRANSMISSION
Reference: Dean Murphy, Jeanne Ellard, Kylie Valentine, Jahan Tyson. 20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 183.
Affiliation: National Centre in HIV Social Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
(B1) Best Poster presentation – Community Program
Winner: Tania Lienert
Presentation title: ENHANCED PRIMARY CARE (EPC) AND CARE CO-ORDINATION AS A CO-OPERATIVE MODEL
Reference: Scott-Visser BR, Starkey R, Lienert T. 20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 240, P155.
Affiliation: ACON Northern Rivers, Lismore, NSW, Australia.
(B2) Best Poster presentation – Basic Science
Winner: Dino Tan
Presentation title: DO NATURAL KILLER CELLS COMPENSATE FOR IMPAIRED CD4+ T-CELL RESPONSES TO CMV INHIV PATIENTS RESPONDING TO ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY?
Reference: Tan DBA, Fernandez S, French M, Price P. 20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 218, P110.
Affiliation: 1School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia.
(B3) Best Poster presentation – Education, Public Health and Prevention and Policy
Winner: Jude Armishaw
Presentation title: NPEP REPEAT PRESENTERS MODEL OF CARE
Reference: Armishaw J, Earle M, Pierce A Wright EJ. 20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 270, P213.
Affiliation: Victorian NPEP Service, Infectious Diseases Unit, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
(B4) Best Poster presentation – Epidemiology (Margaret Macdonald prize)
Winner: Preeyapor Srasuebkul
Presentation title: SHORT-TERM CLINICAL DISEASE PROGRESSION IN HIV-1-POSITIVE PATIENTS TAKING COMBINATION ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY: TAHOD RESULTS
Reference: Srasuebkul P, Lim PL, Lee MP, Kumarasamy N, Zhou J, Law M. 20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 252, P178.
Affiliation: National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, UNSW, Sydney, Australia.
(B5) Best Poster presentation – Epidemiology (Margaret Macdonald prize)
Winner: Fatemeh Nakhaee
Presentation title: PROJECTION DEATHS FOLLOWING AIDS IN AUSTRALIA TO THE END OF 2010 BY USING PARAMETRIC SURVIVAL MODELS
Reference: Nakhaee F, Law M, McDonald A, Black D. 20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 248, P171.
Affiliation: 1National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, UNSW, Sydney, Australia. 2School of Health, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
(B6) Best Poster presentation – International
Winner: Sarah Huffam
Presentation title: NEW MARRIAGES, NEW PREGNANCYS AND KNOWLEDGE OF SPOUSE HIV STATUS AT AN HIV TREATMENT FACILITY IN CAMBODIA.
Author Listing: Roeun M, Pouv S, Phorn S Khem C, Keo S, Song S, Taing S, Eng L, Huffam S, Saphonn V, Kaldor J, Cooper D A, Mean CV. 20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 256, P184.
Affiliation: 1National Centre for HIV/AIDS, Dermatology and STIs (NCHADS), Ministry of Health, Cambodia. 2The National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR), University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
(B7) Best Poster presentation – Nursing and Allied Health, Primary Care
Winner: Aaron Di Guilmi
Presentation title: VALIDATING AN ABRIDGED SYMPTOMS DISTRESS QUESTIONNAIRE IN AN HIV-POSITIVEPOPULATION TO FACILITATE DIETETIC REFERRAL AND IMPROVE NUTRITION OUTCOME
Reference: Di Guilmi A, Sarangapany J, Houtzager L, Young J, Purnomo J.20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 260, P191.
Affiliation: 1The Albion Street Centre, Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 2 The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
(B8) Best Clinical Poster presentation
Winner: Duncan McLellan
Presentation title: EFAVIRENZ AND POSITIVE URINARY DRUG SCREEN FOR CANNABINOIDS
Reference: Mclellan DGJ, Libertino SL, Kerth JM, Dyer JR, Wilson MA, Clark BM and Edwards T.20th Annual ASHM Conference. 2008, September 17-20: Perth, Australia; p. 230, P136.
Affiliation: 1Infectious Diseases Department, Fremantle Hospital, Fremantle, WA, 6160. 2Western Diagnostic Pathology, Myaree, Western Australia, 6154.