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New paper by Dr Juan Martinez Andres in Sexual Health reporting results from a survey of people living with HIV in Australia, exploring their experiences of telehealth for HIV care and management: publish.csiro.au/sh/pdf/SH24067 CSIRO Publishing Alfred Research Alliance Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Congratulations to our very own Erica Plummer whose field-leading research in the vaginal microbiome was recently recognised by AMR Hub!!! 👏🏆🎉🥇📣🙌

Congratulations to doctoral candidate Rebecca Wigan who on winning the Burnett Flash Talk Award at the recent The Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Victorian Annual Scientific Meeting! 👏🎉👏🎉👏🎉

Had a fantastic evening at the @SHSOV post-conference feedback session. We had a great mix of talks covering epidemiology, clinical, artificial intelligence & digital health. Big thanks to all the speakers for sharing their work and insights with us. #sexualhealth

New paper by doctoral candidate Dr Phyu Mon in BMC Public Health exploring user preferences for attributes of an #ArtificialIntelligence-based risk assessment tool for HIV & STIs: rdcu.be/d1rph Monash Research Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

New paper by doctoral candidate Julien Tran in the International Journal of STD & AIDS exploring the duration of kissing in different intimate positions among men who have sex with men: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117… Monash Research Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences Melbourne School of Population and Global Health @SHSOV Alfred Research Alliance

Are you a gay, bisexual, queer man, or a man who has sex with men? Are you interested in leading the charge to distribute HIV self-testing kits to your friends? Find out more here: bit.ly/HIVSTreg

🏆Congratulations to Eric Chow MSHC Research The Alfred and Monash Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, who's been honoured by the #HealthServicesResearch community for "significant and lasting contributions" to improve the treatment, prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections. Eric is

Are you a gay, bisexual, queer man, or a man who has sex with men? Are you interested in leading the charge to distribute HIV self-testing kits to your friends? Find out more here: bit.ly/HIVSTreg Thorne Harbour Health Monash Research

New paper by doctoral candidate Sally Zhang in Journal of the IAS exploring linkage to care and prevention after HIV self-testing: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10… Monash Research Melbourne School of Population and Global Health

Discrete choice experiments show strong predictive accuracy for health-related behaviours (89% sensitivity, 52% specificity). Especially effective for prevention choices like vaccines. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

📝New paper by doctoral candidate Nyi Nyi Soe in BMC Infectious Diseases shows machine learning & Bayesian models can accurately diagnose 12 STIs & anogenital conditions Read more: doi.org/10.1186/s12879…

Are you a gay, bisexual, queer man, or a man who has sex with men? Are you interested in leading the charge to distribute HIV self-testing kits to your friends? Find out more here: bit.ly/HIVSTreg Thorne Harbour Health Monash Research

New paper by our #PhD candidate Sally Zhang in eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science shows that discrete choice experiments are valuable for capturing health-related preferences and possess reasonable external validity to predict health-related behaviours. Read more: doi.org/10.1016/j.ecli…

🎓Congratulations to Dr Phuc (Julien) Tran Julien Tran on his #PhD conferral yesterday. His thesis examined #gonorrhoea transmission & #syphilis prevention in #MSM. He had 23 publications during his PhD. We are incredibly proud and wish him all the best for the future!

New paper by our #GP registrar Dr Jun Jung in Sexual Health shows that low proportion of gonorrhoea cases prescribed recommended antibiotics and retested within recommended time frames in primary care settings. Read more: doi.org/10.1071/SH24140

📝New paper by our senior research fellow Dr Lenka Vodstrcil in Frontiers in Reproductive Health highlights the need to consider bacterial vaginosis and Mycoplasma genitalium when assessing and managing #cervicitis Read more: doi.org/10.3389/frph.2…

Today, we say a huge thank you to Prof Christopher Fairley as he wraps up 24 years as Director of Melbourne Sexual Health Centre. Kit’s dedication, vision and kindness have shaped MSHC into a leader in sexual health. Thank you, Kit! Wishing you all the best in your next chapter.

📢 Plenary Speaker Highlight: Prof. Eric Chow! A global leader in sexual health, Prof. Chow is an award-winning epidemiologist & biostatistician, recognized for his groundbreaking STI research. Join us at #STIHIV2025 as he shares key insights! 🔗 stihiv2025.org/meet-the-speak…

🎉 Congrats to Prof Jason Ong on his appointment as the new Director of Melbourne Sexual Health Centre! We are excited to see him take MSHC to new heights. Join us in congratulating him! 👏