Australasian Society for HIV Medicine

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
Author Listing:
Keane NM, Laird R, Chopra A, Maiden T, Almeida C, Mallal S, John M 

(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
Author Listing:
Oliver B.G, Crane M, Avihingsanon A, Visvanathan K, Matthews G, Dore G, Price P, French M, Ruxrungtham K, Lewin SR. 

(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
Author Listing:
Coupland H, Levy M, Day C, & Maher L 

(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
Author Listing:
Deacon RM, Iversen J, Mason R, Maher L 

(A5) Best oral presentation – Epidemiology
Winner: Maria Van Leeuwen
Presentation title:
CANCER AND HIV IN AUSTRALIA: A COMPARISON ACROSS EARLY AND LATE HAART PERIODS
Author Listing:
Van Leeuwen MT, Vajdic CM, Middleton MG, McDonald AM, Law M, Kaldor J, Grulich AE 

(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
Author Listing:
Huang R, Torzillo PJ 

(A7) Best oral presentation – Indigenous Health
Winner: David Webb
Presentation title:
A CULTURAL WORLD AIDS DAY IN THE ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY
Author Listing:
David Webb 

(B) Best Poster Presentations

(B1) Best Poster presentation – Community Program
Winner: Beverley Scott-Visser 
Presentation title:
ENHANCED PRIMARY CARE (EPC) AND CARE CO-ORDINATION AS A CO-OPERATIVE MODEL
Author Listing:
Scott-Visser BR, Starkey R

(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?
Author Listing:
Tan DBA, Fernandez S, French M, Price P

(B3) Best Poster presentation – Education, Public Health and Prevention and Policy
Winner: Jude Armishaw
Presentation title:
NPEP REPEAT PRESENTERS MODEL OF CARE
Author Listing:
Armishaw J, Earle M, Pierce A Wright EJ

(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
Author Listing:
Srasuebkul P, Lim PL, Lee MP, Kumarasamy N, Zhou J, Law M

(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
Author Listing:
Nakhaee F, Law M, McDonald A, Black D

(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. 

(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
Author Listing:
Di Guilmi A, Sarangapany J, Houtzager L, Young J, Purnomo J