Media Alert
For Immediate Release
What: The Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference 2009 (21st Annual Conference for the
Australasian Society for HIV Medicine)
When: Wednesday September 9 – Friday September 11, 2009
Where: Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Cnr Merivale and Glenelg Streets, South Bank, 4101
The Australasian HIV/AIDS Conference 2009 (21st Annual Conference of the
Australasian Society for HIV Medicine) was previously called the ASHM Conference.
The conference brings together some 1000 delegates from Australasia, The South
Pacific and South East Asia to discuss the range of disciplines involved in HIV
Management including Basic Science, Clinical Medicine, Community Programs,
Education, Epidemiology, Nursing and Allied Health, Policy, Prevention, Primary Care,
Public Health and Social Research. The conference will include sessions on HIV and
co-infection with Sexual Health, Hepatitis and other related diseases.
Key Speakers include:
Dr. Judith Auerbach PhD, Vice President, Science & Public Policy at the San
Francisco AIDS Foundation.
Dr. Mark Connors, Chief, HIV-Specific Immunity Section, National Institutes of
Health, USA
Professor Steven G. Deeks, Professor of Medicine in Residence at the
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and a faculty member in the
Positive Health Program (AIDS Program) at San Francisco General Hospital.
Professor Kiat Ruxrungtham, Professor of Medicine, Dept. of Medicine,
Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University. Deputy Director, the HIV
Netherlands, Australia, Thailand (HIV-NAT), AIDS Research Collaboration.
Dr.Endang R.Sedyaningsih, Senior researcher at the National Institute of
Health Research and Development (NIHRD), Jakarta, Indonesia.
Professor Peter Siba, Director of the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical
Research, PNG’s leading HIV medical and social research center.
David Cooper, Director of the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical
Research (NCHECR), Sydney, Australia.
Further information: Michael Kessler, ASHM Media Relations
Mobile: +34 655 792 699 (until August 17); +61 (0) 404 366 409 (August 19 –
September 17)
Email: mkessler@ya.com
About the organiser:
The Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM) is the peak organisation of health
professionals in Australia and New Zealand who work in those areas of health
concerned with HIV. ASHM draws on its experience and expertise to contribute in the
related areas of viral hepatitis and sexual health.
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