Podcasts
HIV in Australia – the latest epidemiology, developments in treatment and the path to elimination of HIV transmission
Dr Phillip Keen and Dr Francesca di Giallonardo
Today we are discussing HIV in Australia – including the latest epidemiology, developments in treatment and the path to elimination of HIV transmission. My special guests, Dr Phillip Keen and Dr Francesca di Giallonardo, are senior research fellows at the Kirby Institute at UNSW Sydney. Read more: https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/13/australia-has-the-means-to-end-hiv-transmission/ With MJA news and online editor, Sam Hunt. 14 mins.
Antiretroviral therapy for HIV infections, with Prof Basil Donovan
Professor Basil Donovan
Vol 210, Issue 6: 25 March 2019. Professor Basil Donovan is Head of the Sexual Health Program at the Kirby Institute, UNSW. He discusses his coauthored research on the proportion of HIV patients receiving antiretroviral therapy within 6 months of diagnosis. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell. 11 mins, 36 secs
HIV in the Aboriginal population, with A/Prof James Ward
Associate Professor James Ward
Vol 209, Issue 1: 2 July 2018. Associate Professor James Ward is the Head of Aboriginal Health Infectious Disease at the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute. He discusses the worrying increase in the rate of HIV diagnosis in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. With MJA news and online editor Cate Swannell.
Prof Sharon Lewin, Doherty Institute
Professor Sharon Lewin
Volume 204, Issue 1: 18 January, 2016. Professor Sharon Lewin is the inaugural director of the Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, based in Melbourne. She discusses the latest research in the field of HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B, influenza and antimicrobial resistance. She was recently awarded the Peter Wills Medal by Research Australia. With MJA news and online editor, Cate Swannell.
A/Prof Mark Stoove, Burnet Institute
Associate Professor Mark Stoove
Volume 203, Issue 8 - 19 October, 2015. Associate Professor Mark Stoove is the head of the HIV and Justice Health Research programs at the Burnet Institute in Melbourne. He discusses the issues around the introduction of needle and syringe programs in Australian prisons and why it's been a Rubicon our politicians have been unwilling to cross so far. With MJA engagement editor Cate Swannell. Available as a video here.
MJA Centenary Series 2
Professor David Cooper AO BSc (Med) MBBS (Syd), MD, DSc (UNSW), FRACP, FRCPA, FRCP, FAA
The second podcast in our Centenary Year series features Professor David Cooper, Director of the Kirby Institute for infection and immunity in society at the University of New South Wales. Professor Cooper was there when Harvard Medical School researchers discovered the cell surface markers of T cells in 1983. He established the HIV/AIDS ward at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney and has been at the forefront of HIV research ever since. Cate Swannell and Professor Cooper reflect on the histor...