Research
The research unit is headed by Professor Jason Ong, and funded through a number of large National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) grants.
Current Postgraduate Students
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Supervisor: A/Prof Lei Zhang
Co-Supervisors: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Evaluation of an AI- and web-based risk prediction tool in improving HIV/STI testing and HIV PrEP uptakeLarissa Ratten
Supervisor: A/Prof Catriona Bradshaw
Co-supervisors: Prof Christopher Fairley, Dr Gerald Murray, Prof Suzanne Garland
Project title: Using Next Generation Sequencing to explore the aetiology of genital infectionsPublications:
Ratten LK, Plummer EL, Bradshaw CS, Fairley CK, Murray GL, Garland SM, Bateson D, Tachedjian G, Masson L, Vodstrcil LA. The effect of exogenous sex steroids on the vaginal microbiota: A systematic review. Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology. 2021; 11: 732423. doi:10.3389/fcimb.2021.732423
Ratten, LK, Plummer, EL, Murray, GL, Danielewski, J, Fairley, CK, Garland, SM, Hocking, JS, Tachedjian, G, Chow, EPF, Bradshaw, CS, Vodstrcil, LA. Sex is associated with the persistence of non‐optimal vaginal microbiota following treatment for bacterial vaginosis: a prospective cohort study. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2021 Mar;128(4):756-67. doi:10.1111/1471-0528.16430
Nyi Nyi Soe
Supervisor: A/Prof Lei Zhang
Co-Supervisors: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: AI-based image recognition and assisted diagnosis of sexually transmitted infectionsSupervisor: Jason Ong
Co-supervisors: Eric Chow, Christopher Fairley, Lei Zhang
Project title: Ending HIV transmission by optimising pre-exposure prophylaxis in AustraliaJulien Tran
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-Supervisors: Prof Christopher Fairley and A/Prof Jason Ong
Project title: Emerging insights and novel interventions for the transmission dynamics and prevention of sexually transmissible infections among men who have sex with menPublications:
Tran J, Ong JJ, Bradshaw CS, Chen MY, Kong FY, Hocking JS, Aung ET, Maddaford K, Fairley CK, Chow EP. Kissing, fellatio, and analingus as risk factors for oropharyngeal gonorrhoea in men who have sex with men: A cross-sectional study. eClinicalMedicine. 2022 Sep; 51: 101557. doi.org/10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101557
Xianglong Xu
Supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Co-Supervisors: A/Prof Lei Zhang, A/Prof Eric Chow
Project title: Applications of mathematical models and machine learning algorithms for disease prevention in public healthPublications:
Xu X, Fairley CK, Chow EPF, Lee D, Aung ET, Zhang L, Ong, JJ. Using machine learning approaches to predict timely clinic attendance and the uptake of HIV/STI testing post clinic reminder messages. Scientific Reports. 2022 12: 8757. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12033-7
Xu X, G Zongyuan, Chow EPF, Yu Z, Lee D, Wu J, Ong, JJ, Fairley CK, Zhang L. A machine learning-based risk prediction tool for HIV and sexually transmitted infections acquisition over the next 12 months. Journal of Clinical Medicine. In press.
· Xu X, Chow EPF, Ong JJ, Shen M, Wang C, Hocking JS, Fairley CK, Zhang L: Modelling the potential role of saliva use during masturbation in the transmission of Neisseria gonorrhoeae at multiple anatomical sites. Sexual Health 2022; 18(6):466-474. doi:10.1071/SH21138
Xu X, Bradshaw CS, Chow EPF, Ong JJ, Hocking JS, Fairley CK, Zhang L: Modelling the multiple anatomical site transmission of Mycoplasma genitalium among men who have sex with men in Australia. Scientific Reports 2021; 11(1): 11087. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-90627-3
Xu X, Chow EPF, Shen M, Zou Z, Wang C, Ong JJ, Fairley CK, Zhang L: Potential effect of antiseptic mouthwash on the incidence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae among men who have sex with men: a mathematical modelling study. BMJ Open 2021; 11(10): e052823. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052823
Xu X, Chow EPF, Regan D, Ong JJ, Gray RT, Zhou P, Fairley CK, Zhang L: Role of saliva use during masturbation in the transmission of Chlamydia trachomatis in men who have sex with men. Epidemiology and Infection 2021;1-21. doi:10.1017/S0950268821001941
Xu X, Chow EPF, Ong JJ, Hoebe CJPA, Williamson D, Shen M, Kong FYS, Hocking JS, Fairley CK, Zhang L. Modelling the contribution that different sexual practices involving the oropharynx and saliva have on Neisseria gonorrhoeae infections at multiple anatomical sites in men who have sex with men. Sexually Transmitted Infections. 2021; 97(3): 183-189. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2020-054565
Xu X, Chow EPF, Ong JJ, Hoebe CJPA, Zou Z, Hocking JS, Fairley CK, Zhang L. Chlamydia trachomatis transmission between the oropharynx, urethra and anorectum in men who have sex with men: a mathematical model. BMC medicine. 2020; 18(1):1-10. doi:10.1186/s12916-020-01796-3
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-Supervisors: Prof Christopher Fairley, A/Prof Marcus Chen, A/Prof Jason Ong, Dr Tiffany Phillips
Project title: Understanding the transmission of sexually transmitted infections and evaluation of control approachPublications:
Aung ET, Fairley CK, Ong JJ, Phillips TR, Chen MY, Tran J, Maddaford K, Rodriguez ER, Chow EPF. A cross-sectional survey on attitudes of men who have sex with men towards anal self-examination for detection of anal syphilis. Scientific Reports 2022; 12: 8962. doi:10.1038/s41598-022-12881-3
Preferences of men who have sex with men for performing anal self-examination for the detection of anal syphilis in Australia: A discrete choice experiment.
Aung ET, Chow EPF, Fairley CK, Phillips TR, Chen MY, Tran J, Maddaford K, Rodriguez ER, Ong JJ. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific. 2022 Feb 23; 21:100401. doi:10.1016/j.lanwpc.2022.100401Aung ET, Fairley CK, Ong JJ, Bilardi JE, Chen MY, Phillips TR. Exploring the attitudes of men who have sex with men on anal self-examination for early detection of primary anorectal syphilis: a qualitative study. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2021; 21: 982. doi:10.1186/s12879-021-06686-4
Aung ET, Chen MY, Fairley CK, Higgins N, Williamson DA, Tomnay JE, Cook K, Peel J, Dharmakulasinghe V, Alpren C, Chow EPF. Spatial and temporal epidemiology of infectious syphilis in Victoria, Australia, 2015–2018. Sexually Transmitted Diseases. 2021 Dec; 48(12): e178-e182 doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001438
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Bachelor of Science (Honours)
Student: Charlotte Sutton
Supervisor: Lenka Vodstrcil
Co-supervisor: Catriona Bradshaw, Erica Plummer
Project title: Trends in and factors associated with having bacterial vaginosis and vulvovaginal candidiasis among women attending Melbourne Sexual Health Centre since 2011Student: Amelia Sfameni
Supervisor: Catriona Bradshaw
Co-supervisors: Erica Plummer, Lenka Vodstrcil
Project title: The impact of the composition of the genital microbiome of couples on cure of Bacterial Vaginosis -
Chatnapa Yodkitudomying
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Project title: Trends in sexual practices and sexually transmitted infections among female sex workersSanjana Gupta
Supervisor: Dr Tiffany Phillips
Co-supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Project title: A Longitudinal Study of Sexual Practices Trends among Heterosexuals across COVID-19: A Cross Sectional SurveyStudent: Kithmini Atapattu
Primary supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: A/Prof Jason Ong, Dr Tiffany Phillips
Project title: Systematic review of group sex event
Past Postgraduate Students
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2021
Erica Plummer
Supervisor: A/Prof Catriona Bradshaw
Co-Supervisors: Dr Lenka Vodstrcil, Dr Gerald Murray, Prof Christopher Fairley, Dr Dieter Bulach and Prof Suzanne Garland
Project title: Understanding the pathogenesis of Bacterial VaginosisPublications:
Plummer EL, Vodstrcil LA, Bodiyabadu K, Murray GL, Doyle M, Latimer RL, Fairley CK, Payne M, Chow EPF, Garland SM, Bradshaw CS. Are Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum and Ureaplasma parvum associated with specific genital symptoms and clinical signs in non-pregnant women? Clinical Infectious Diseases 2021 Jan 27:ciab061. doi:10.1093/cid/ciab061
Plummer EL, Bradshaw CS, Doyle M, Fairley CK, Murray GL, Bateson D, Masson L, Slifirski J, Tachedjian G, Vodstrcil L. Lactic acid-containing products for bacterial vaginosis and their impact on the vaginal microbiota: A systematic review. PLOS ONE 2021 16(2): e0246953. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0246953
Plummer EL, Vodstrcil LA, Murray GL, Fairley CK, Danielewski JA, Garland SM, Chow EPF, Bulach DM, Fethers KA, Hocking JS, Bradshaw CS. Gardnerella vaginalis clade distribution is associated with behavioural practices and nugent score in women who have sex with women. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2020. 221(3):454-463. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiz474
Plummer EL, Murray GL, Bodiyabadu K, et al. A custom amplicon sequencing approach to detect resistance associated mutations and sequence types in Mycoplasma genitalium. Journal of Microbiology Methods2020;179:106089. doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2020.106089
Plummer EL, Chebar Lozinsky A, Tobin JM, Uebergang JB, Axelrad C, Garland SM, Jacobs SE, Tang MLK; ProPrems Study Group. Postnatal probiotics and allergic disease in very preterm infants: Sub-study to the ProPrems randomized trial. Allergy 2020 Jan;75(1):127-136. doi:10.1111/all.14088.
Plummer E, Bulach D, Carter G, Albert MJ. Gut microbiome of native Arab Kuwaitis. Gut Pathogens 2020 Feb 26;12:10. doi:10.1186/s13099-020-00351-y.
Plummer, EL, Vodstrcil LA, Fairley CK, Tabrizi SN, Garland SM, Law MG, Hocking JS, Fethers KA, Bulach DM, Murray GL, Bradshaw CS. Sexual practices have a significant impact on the vaginal microbiota of women who have sex with women. Scientific Reports 2019, 9(1), 19749. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-55929-7
Plummer EL, Vodstrcil LA, Danielewski JA, Murray GL, Fairley CK, Garland SM, et al. Combined oral and topical antimicrobial therapy for male partners of women with bacterial vaginosis: Acceptability, tolerability and impact on the genital microbiota of couples - A pilot study. PLOS ONE 2018 13(1): e0190199. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0190199
Plummer EL, Bulach DM, Murray GL, Jacobs SE, Tabrizi SN, Garland SM; ProPrems Study Group. Gut microbiota of preterm infants supplemented with probiotics: sub-study of the ProPrems trial. BMC Microbiology 2018 Nov 13;18(1):184. doi:10.1186/s12866-018-1326-1
Plummer EL, Garland SM, Bradshaw CS, Law MG, Vodstrcil LA, Hocking JS, Fairley CK, Tabrizi SN. Molecular diagnosis of bacterial vaginosis: Does adjustment for total bacterial load or human cellular content improve diagnostic performance? Journal of Microbiology Methods 2017 Feb;133:66-68. doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2016.12.024
Rosie Latimer
Supervisor: A/Prof Catriona Bradshaw
Co-supervisors: Prof Christopher Fairley, Dr Eric Chow, Dr Tim Read
Project title: Emerging Issues in Sexual Health: Mycoplasma Genitalium and “Stealthing”Publications:
Latimer RL, Vodstrcil LA, Plummer EL, Doyle M, Murray GL, Fairley CK, Bodiyabadu K, Read TRH, Kaiser M, Mokany E, Guy R, Chow EPF, Bradshaw CS. The clinical indications for testing women for Mycoplasma genitalium Sexually Transmitted Infections 2022. 98:277-285. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2020-054818
Latimer RL, Vodstrcil LA, Fairley CK, Cornelisse VJ, Chow EPF, et al. Non-consensual condom removal, reported by patients at a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia. PLOS One 2018. 13(12): e0209779. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0209779
Latimer RL, Vodstrcil L, De Petra VD, Fairley CK, Read TRH, Williamson D, Doyle M, Chow, EPF, Bradshaw C. Extragenital Mycoplasma genitalium infections among men who have sex with men. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2020;96:10-18. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2019-054058
Latimer RL, Shilling HS, Vodstrcil LA, Machalek DA, Fairley CK, Chow EPF, Read TRH, Bradshaw CS. Prevalence of Mycoplasma genitalium by anatomical site in men who have sex with men: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2020;96:563-570. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2019-054310
2020
Dr Janet Towns
Supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Co-supervisors: Prof Stephen Graves, A/Prof Marcus Chen, Dr Eric Chow, A/Prof Lei Zhang
Project title: Modern Ethical Syphilology: Elucidating Treponema pallidum transmission; and novel strategies for improving early diagnosis of syphilis and other sexually transmitted infectionsPublications:
Towns JM, Leslie DE, Denham I, Azzato F, Williamson DA, Lee D, Chow EPF, Graves SR, Fairley CK, Zhang L, Chen MY. Treponema pallidum detection in lesion and non-lesion sites in men who have sex with men with early syphilis: a prospective, cross-sectional study. The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2021. ISSN 1473-3099, doi:10.1016/S1473-3099(20)30838-0
Towns JM, Leslie DE, Denham I, Azzato F, Karapanagiotidis T, Williamson DA, Graves SR, Fairley CK, Bissessor M, Chow EPF, Zhang L, Chen MY. Timing of primary syphilis treatment and impact on the development of treponemal antibodies: a cross-sectional clinic-based study. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2021 Mar 29:sextrans-2020-054739. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2020-054739.
Towns, JM., Huffam S, Chow EPF, Denham I, Zhang L, Ryan A, Bellhouse CE, Bissessor M, Bradshaw CS, Phillips T, Graves S, Fairley CK, Chen MY. Clinical factors associated with syphilis concordance in men in sexual partnerships: a cross-sectional couples study. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2018;94:571-573. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2017-053297
Ong JJ, Towns, JM., Chen MY, Fairley CK. Occult syphilitic chancres in the rectum and oropharynx. Australian Family Physician 2017 Sep;46(9):673-675. PMID: 28892599.
2019
Dr Chloe Duygu Durukan
Supervisor: A/Prof Catriona Bradshaw
Co-supervisors: Prof Christopher Fairley, A/Prof Eric Chow
Project title: Novel approaches to treatment and testing of sexually transmitted infectionsPublications:
Durukan D, Doyle M, Murray G, Bodiyabadu K, Vodsrcil LA, Chow EPF, Jensen JS, Fairley CK, Aguirre I, Bradshaw CS. Doxycycline and sitafloxacin combination therapy for treating highly resistant mycoplasma genitalium. Emerging Infectious Diseases 2020;26(8):1870-1874. doi:10.3201/eid2608.191806.
Durukan D, Read TRH, Murray G, Doyle M, Chow EPF, Vodstrcil LA, Fairley CK, Aguirre I, Mokany E, Tan LY, Chen MY, Bradshaw CS. Resistance-guided antimicrobial therapy using doxycycline-moxifloxacin and doxycycline-2.5 g azithromycin for the treatment of mycoplasma genitalium Infection: Efficacy and tolerability. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2020 Sep 12;71(6):1461-1468. doi:10.1093/cid/ciz1031
Murray GL, Bodiyabadu K, Danielewski J, Garland SM, Machalek DA, Fairley CK, Jensen JS, Williamson DA, Tan LY, Mokany E, Durukan D, Bradshaw CS. Moxifloxacin and sitafloxacin treatment failure in mycoplasma genitalium infection: Association with parC mutation G248T (S83I) and concurrent gyrA mutations. Journal of Infectious Diseases 2020 Mar 2;221(6):1017-1024. doi:10.1093/infdis/jiz550.
Durukan D, Read TRH, Bradshaw CS, Fairley CK, Williamson DA, De Petra V, Maddaford K, Wigan R, Chen MY, Tran A, Chow EPF. Pooling pharyngeal, anorectal, and urogenital samples for screening asymptomatic men who have sex with men for chlamydia trachomatis and neisseria gonorrhoeae. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2020 Apr 23;58(5):e01969-19. doi:10.1128/JCM.01969-19.
Durukan D, Fairley CK, Bradshaw CS, Read TRH, Druce J, Catton M, Caly L, Chow EPF. Increasing proportion of herpes simplex virus type 1 among women and men diagnosed with first-episode anogenital herpes: a retrospective observational study over 14 years in Melbourne, Australia. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2019 ;95:307-313. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2018-053830.
Dr Vincent Cornelisse
Supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Co-supervisors: A/Prof Eric Chow, A/Prof Edwina Wright, Prof Mark Stoové, Prof Jennifer Hoy
Project title: “Epidemiology of gonorrhoea, chlamydia and HIV in men who have sex with men, and evaluation of new prevention strategies.”Publications:
Cornelisse VJ, Wright EJ, Fairley CK, McGuinness SL. Sexual safety and HIV prevention in travel medicine: Practical considerations and new approaches. Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease. 2019;28:63-73. doi:10.1016/j.tmaid.2018.12.006
Cornelisse VJ, Fairley CK, Stoove M, Asselin J, Chow EPF, Price B, Roth NJ, Willcox J, Tee BK, Penn M, Chang CC, Armishaw J, Forgan-Smith G, Wright J for the PrEPX study team. Evaluation of PrEP eligibility criteria using sexually transmissible infections as HIV risk markers at enrolment in PrEPX, a large Australian HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis trial. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2018;67(12):1847-1852. doi:10.1093/cid/ciy370
Cornelisse VJ, Fairley CK, Read TRH, Lee D, Walker S, Hocking JS, Chen MY, Bradshaw CS, Chow EPF. Associations between anorectal chlamydia and oro-anal sex or saliva use as a lubricant for anal sex: A cross-sectional survey. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2018;45(8):506-510. doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000800
Cornelisse VJ, Walker S, Phillips T, Hocking JS, Bradshaw CS, Lewis DA, Prestage G, Grulich AE, Fairley CK, Chow EPF. Risk factors for oropharyngeal gonorrhoea in men who have sex with men: An age-matched case-control study. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2018;94(5):359-364. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2017-053381
Cornelisse VJ, Fairley CK, Phillips T, Chow EPF (2018) Fuckbuddy partnerships among men who have sex with men – a marker of sexually transmitted infection risk. International Journal of STD and AIDS 2018;29(1):44-50. doi:10.1177/0956462417717647
Cornelisse VJ, Zhang L, Law M, Chen MY, Bradshaw CS, Bellhouse C, Fairley CK, Chow EPF. Concordance of gonorrhoea of the rectum, pharynx and urethra in same-sex male partnerships attending a sexual health service in Melbourne, Australia. BMC Infectious Diseases 2018;18(95). doi:10.1186/s12879-018-3003-2
Cornelisse VJ, Priest D, Fairley CK, Walker S, Bradshaw CS, Phillips T, Chow EPF. The frequency of kissing as part of sexual activity differs depending on how men meet their male casual sexual partners. International Journal of STD and AIDS 2018;29(6):598-602. doi:10.1177/0956462417748717
Cornelisse VJ, Jones RA, Fairley CK, Grover SR. The medical care of the neovagina of transgender women – a review. Sexual Health 2017;14(5):442–450. doi:10.1071/SH17044
Cornelisse VJ, Sherman CJ, Hocking JS, Williams H, Zhang L, Chen MY, Bradshaw CS, Bellhouse C, Fairley CK, Chow EPF. Concordance of chlamydia infections of the rectum and urethra in same-sex male partnerships: A cross-sectional analysis. BMC Infectious Diseases 2017 Jan 5;17(1):22. doi:10.1186/s12879-016-2141-7
Cornelisse VJ, Huffam S, Chow EPF,Fairley CK, Bissessor M, De Petra V, Denham I, Howden B,Bradshaw CS, Williamson D, Chen MY. Increased detection of pharyngeal and rectal gonorrhea in men who have sex with men after transition from culture to nucleic acid amplification testing. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2017 Feb;44(2):114-117. doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000553
Cornelisse VJ, Fairley CK, Walker S, Young T, Lee D, Chen MY, Bradshaw CS, Chow EPF. Adherence to, and acceptability of, Listerine® mouthwash as a potential preventive intervention for pharyngeal gonorrhoea among men who have sex with men in Australia: a longitudinal study. Sexual Health 2016;13(5):494-496. doi:10.1071/SH16026
Cornelisse VJ, Fairley CK, Roth NJ. Optimising healthcare for men who have sex with men: A role for general practitioners. Australian Family Physician 2016;45(4):182-185 PMID: 27052130
Cornelisse VJ, Chow EPF, Chen MY, Bradshaw CS, Fairley CK. Summer heat: a cross-sectional analysis of seasonal differences in sexual behaviour and sexually transmissible diseases in Melbourne, Australia. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2015; 92:286-291. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2015-052225
2018
Dr Nick Medland
Supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Co-supervisors: Dr Eric Chow, Dr James McMahon, Dr Julian Elliott, Prof Jennifer Hoy
Project title: “Accessible but not accessed: Optimising Engagement with Antiretroviral Therapy”Publications:
Medland NA, Chow EP, Read TH, Ong JJ, Chen M, Denham I, Gunaratnam P, Fairley CK. Incident HIV infection has fallen rapidly in men who have sex with men in Melbourne, Australia (2013-2017) but not in the newly-arrived Asian-born. BMC Infectious Diseases 2018;18(1):410. doi:10.1186/s12879-018-3325-0
Medland NA, Chow EP, Walker RG, Chen M, Read TR, Fairley CK. Incidence of renal Fanconi syndrome in patients taking antiretroviral therapy including tenofovir disoproxil fumarate. International Journal of STD & AIDS 2018;29(3):227-236. doi:10.1177/0956462417722133
Medland NA, Chow EP, Bradshaw CS, Read TH, Sasadeusz JJ, Fairley CK. Predictors and incidence of sexually transmitted Hepatitis C virus infection in HIV positive men who have sex with men. BMC Infectious Diseases 2017;17(1):185. doi:10.1186/s12879-017-2288-x
Medland NA, Nicholson S, Chow EPF, Read TRH, Bradshaw CS, Denham I, Fairley CK. Time from HIV infection to virological suppression: dramatic fall from 2007 to 2016. AIDS 2017;31(17):2377-2385. doi:10.1097/QAD.0000000000001634
Medland NA, Chow EPF, McMahon JH, Elliott JH, Hoy JF, Fairley CK. Time from HIV diagnosis to commencement of antiretroviral therapy as an indicator to supplement the HIV cascade: Dramatic fall from 2011 to 2015. PloS One 2017;12(5):e0177634. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0177634
Medland NA, McMahon JH, Chow EP, Elliott JH, Hoy JF, Fairley CK. The HIV care cascade: a systematic review of data sources, methodology and comparability. Journal of the International AIDS Society 2015;18(1):20634. doi:10.7448/IAS.18.1.20634
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Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours)
2021
Rebecca Farquharson
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-Supervisors: Prof Christopher Fairley and Dr Tiffany Phillips
Project title: Time between the onset of STI-associated symptoms and healthcare seeking among males and females attending the Melbourne Sexual Health CentrePublications:
Farquharson, R. M., Fairley, C. K., Ong, J. J., Phillips, T. R., & Chow, E. P. (2021). Time to healthcare-seeking following the onset of STI-associated symptoms during two waves of the COVID-19 pandemic in Melbourne, Australia. Sexually transmitted infections Published Online First: 12 August 2021. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2021-055204
2020
Esha Abraham
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-Supervisors: Prof Christopher Fairley and Dr Tiffany Phillips
Project title: Prevalence and risk factors for trichomonas vaginalis among women attending a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, 2006 - 2019.Publications:
Abraham E, Fairley CK, Williams H, Morton A, Henzell H, Maddaford K, Wigan R, Chow EPF, Phillips TR. How is cervical cancer screening discussed with clients at a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia? Sexual Health 2022. doi:10.1071/SH22093
Abraham E, Fairley CK, Aung ET, Bradshaw CS, Chen MY, Phillips TR, Chow E. Trichomoniasis among men presenting to a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia. Sexual Health 2022:19(1): 70-73. doi:10.1071/SH21240
2019
Evelyn Turek
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Sexual health of sex workers in MelbournePublications:
Turek EM, Fairley CK, Bradshaw CS, Chen MY, Vodstrcil LA, Snow A, Fortune R, Chow EPF. Are genital examinations necessary for STI screening for female sex workers? An audit of decriminalized and regulated sex workers in Melbourne, Australia. PLoS One 2020;15(4):e0231547. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0231547
Turek EM, Fairley CK, Tabesh M, Phillips TR, Bradshaw CS, Rodriguez E, Chow EPF. HIV, sexually transmitted infections and sexual practices among male sex workers attending a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia, 2010-2018 [published online ahead of print, 2020 Sep 2]. Sexually Transmitted Diseases 2020;10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001283. doi:10.1097/OLQ.0000000000001283
Turek EM, Fairley CK, Tabesh M, Phillips TR, Chow EPF. Group sex events among female sex workers in Melbourne, Australia [published online ahead of print, 2020 Nov 11]. Sexual Health 2020. doi:10.1071/SH20136
2018
Christopher Hardy
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: “Condomless anal sex under the influences of drug, alcohol and health issues among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men in Melbourne, Australia”Publications:
Hardy, C, Fairley CK, Ong JJ, Vodstrcil LA, Bradshaw CS, Snow A, Chow EPF. Drug and alcohol use with condomless anal sex among men who have sex with men in Melbourne, Australia: A retrospective data analysis from 2011 to 2017. Archives of Sexual Behaviour 2021. doi:10.1007/s10508-021-01966-1
Chloe Duygu Durukan
Supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Co-supervisors: A/Prof Catriona Bradshaw, Dr Eric Chow, Dr Tim Read
Project title: “Change in type specific herpes infections”Publications:
Durukan D, Fairley CK, Bradshaw CS, Read TRH, Druce J, Catton M, Caly L, Chow EPF. Increasing proportion of herpes simplex virus type 1 among women and men diagnosed with first-episode anogenital herpes: a retrospective observational study over 14 years in Melbourne, Australia. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2019;95:307-313. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2018-053830
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Masters of Biotechnology
Warittha Tieosapjaroen
Supervisor: A/Prof Jason Ong
Co-Supervisors: A/Prof Eric Chow, Prof Jennifer Hoy and Ivette Aguirre
Project title: The importance of weight gain as a side effect of antiretroviral use among people living with HIV -
2021
Brigitte Choo
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Trends in different contraception methods among women in MelbournePalak Gupta
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Opt-out and opt-in syphilis screening of females at the Melbourne Sexual Health CentreChen Lew
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project Title: Group sex among heterosexualsPublications:
Lew C, Fairley CK, Tran J, Phillips TR, Aung ET, Maddaford K, Chen MY, Bradshaw CS, Chow EP. Sexual Activities and Changes in Condom Use in Group Sex Events Among Female Sex Workers in Melbourne, Australia. Frontiers in Public Health. 2022 Apr 6;10:834901. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.834901
Katrina Pandey
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Role of syphilis serology on the day of treatment2020
Heidi Constantinou
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisors: Dr Tiffany Phillips and Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Associations between methods of meeting sexual partners and sexual practice among Australian heterosexualsPublications:
Constantinou H, Fairley CK, Bradshaw CS, Choi EPH, Maddaford K, Phillips TR, Chow EPF. Factors associated with group sex in heterosexual males and females attending a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia: a cross-sectional survey. Sexual Health. 2022; 19(1): 39-45. doi:10.1071/SH21224
Constantinou H, Fairley CK, Hocking JS, Bradshaw CS, Choi EPH, Maddaford, Phillips TR, Chow EPF. Associations between methods of meeting sexual partners and sexual practices among heterosexuals: a cross-sectional study in Melbourne, Australia. JMIR Formative Research. 2021; 5(7): e26202. doi:10.2196/26202
Phillips TR, Constantinou H, Fairley CK, Bradshaw CS, Maddaford K, Chen MY, Hocking JS, Chow EPF. Oral, vaginal and anal sexual practices among heterosexual males and females attending a sexual health clinic: a cross-sectional survey in Melbourne, Australia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(23): 12668.doi:10.0.13.62/ijerph182312668Jaimie Engel
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisors: Dr Tiffany Phillips and Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Characteristics and sexually transmitted infections among women who have sex with womenKate Greaves
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisors: Dr Tiffany Phillips and Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Sexual mixing patterns among male-female partnerships attending Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, 2011-2019Publications:
Greaves KE, Fairley CK, Engel JL, Ong JJ, Rodriguez E, Phillips TR, Chow EPF. (2022) Sexual mixing patterns among male–female partnerships in Melbourne, Australia. Sexual Health. 2022; 19: 33-38. doi:10.1071/SH21161
2019
Anysha Walia
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Project title: Disparities in characteristics in accessing public Australian sexual health services between Medicare beneficiaries and non-Medicare beneficiaries among men who have sex with menPublications:
Walia AM, Fairley C.K, Bradshaw C.S, Chen M.Y and Chow E.P. Disparities in characteristics in accessing public Australian sexual health services between Medicare‐eligible and Medicare‐ineligible men who have sex with men. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2020, 44: 363-368. doi:10.1111/1753-6405.13029
Dana Lee
Supervisor: A/Prof Jason Ong
Co-supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Project title: Usability of HIV self-testing kits for men who have sex with menTran Ngoc An Huynh
Supervisor: A/Prof Jason Ong
Co-supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Project title: Global systematic review of the lifetime cost of managing HIVPublications:
Tran H, Saleem K, Lim M, Chow EPF, Fairley CK, Terris-Prestholt F, Ong JJ. Global estimates for the lifetime cost of managing HIV. AIDS 2021 Jul 1;35(8):1273-1281. doi:10.1097/QAD.0000000000002887
2018
Sam Burrell
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Hepatitis A vaccine uptake rate among gay and bisexual men who have sex with men at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre from a time-limited vaccination programme in 2018Publication:
Burrell S, Vodstrcil LA, Fairley CK, Kilner A, Bradshaw CS, Chen MY, Chow EPF. Hepatitis A vaccine uptake among men who have sex with men from a time-limited vaccination programme in Melbourne in 2018. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2020;96(2):110-114. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2019-054132
2017
Lucinda Blackshaw
Supervisor: A/Prof Marcus Chen
Co-supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Project title: Characteristics and linkage to care of Asian men who have sex with men newly diagnosed with HIV in AustraliaPublication:
Blackshaw LCD, Chow EPF, Varma R, Healey L, Templeton DJ, Basu A, Turner D, Medland NA, Rix S, Fairley CK, Chen MY. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2019;43(5):424-428. doi:10.1111/1753-6405.12926
2016
Tim Yang
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Sampling technique and detection rates for pharyngeal and rectal swabs for gonorrhoea and chlamydia in men who have sex with menPublication:
Yang TZT, Chen MY, Read TRH, Needleman R, Bradshaw CS, Fortune R, Fairley CK, Chow EPF. Sampling technique and detection rates of oropharyngeal and anorectal gonorrhoea using nucleic acid amplification tests in men who have sex with men. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2019;94(4):287-292. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2017-053339
Robert Needleman
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Potential reduction in access to STI services in Melbourne because of clinical load created by the PrEPX studyPublication:
Needleman R, Chow EPF., Towns JM, Cornelisse VJ, Yang TZT, Chen MY, Bradshaw CS, Fortune R, Fairley CK. Access to sexual health services after the rapid roll out of the launch of pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV in Melbourne, Australia: a retrospective cross-sectional analysis. Sexual Health 2018;15(6):528-532. doi:10.1071/SH17182
2015
Patrick Mannion
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Trends in gonorrhoea among heterosexual individuals attending Melbourne Sexual Health CentrePublication:
Mannion PK, Fairley CK, Fehler G, Tabrizi SN, Tan WS, Chen MY, Bradshaw CS, Chow EPF. Trends in gonorrhoea positivity by nucleic acid amplification test versus culture among Australian heterosexual men with a low prevalence of gonorrhoea, 2007–2014. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2016;92(8):625-628. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2015-052246
Shayne Camilleri
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Duration of chlamydia infection in men who have sex with menPublication:
Chow EPF, Camilleri S, Ward C, Huffam S, Chen MY, Bradshaw CS, Fairley CK. Duration of gonorrhoea and chlamydia infection at the pharynx and rectum among men who have sex with men: a systematic review. Sexual Health 2016;13(3):199-204. doi:10.1071/SH15175
Christopher Ward
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Duration of gonorrhoea infection in men who have sex with menPublication:
Chow EPF, Camilleri S, Ward C, Huffam S, Chen MY, Bradshaw CS, Fairley CK. Duration of gonorrhoea and chlamydia infection at the pharynx and rectum among men who have sex with men: a systematic review. Sexual Health 2016;13(3):199-204. doi:10.1071/SH15175
Tess Marinelli
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Rate of repat diagnoses in men who have sex with men for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoea: a retrospective cohort studyPublication:
Marinelli T, Chow EPF, Tomnay J, Fehler G, Bradshaw CS, Chen MY, Forcey DS, Fairley CK. Rate of repeat diagnoses in men who have sex with men for Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a retrospective cohort study. Sexual Health 2015;12(5):418-424. doi:10.1071/SH14234
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2019
Dr Mario Martín-Sánchez (Spain)
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Meningococcal vaccine uptake among men who have sex with men in response to an invasive meningococcal C disease outbreak in Melbourne, Australia
Publication:Martín-Sánchez M, Fairley CK, Bradshaw CS, Chen MY, Chow EPF. Meningococcal vaccine uptake among men who have sex with men in response to an invasive meningococcal C disease outbreak in Melbourne, Australia. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2020;96(4):246-250. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2019-054318
Martín-Sánchez M, Case R, Fairley C, Hocking JS, Bradshaw CS, Ong J, Chen MY, Chow EPF. Trends and differences in sexual practices and sexually transmitted infections in men who have sex with men only (MSMO) and men who have sex with men and women (MSMW): a repeated cross-sectional study in Melbourne, Australia. BMJ Open 2020;10(11):e037608. Published 2020 Nov 24. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2020-037608
Martín-Sánchez M, Ong JJ, Fairley CK, Chen MY, Williamson DA, Maddaford K, Aung ET, Carter G, Bradshaw CS, Chow EPF. Clinical presentation of asymptomatic and symptomatic heterosexual men who tested positive for urethral gonorrhoea at a sexual health clinic in Melbourne, Australia. BMC infectious Diseases 2020 20(1), 486. doi:10.1186/s12879-020-05197-y
Martín-Sánchez M, Fairley CK, Ong JJ, Maddaford K, Chen MY, Williamson DA, Bradshaw CS, Chow EPF. Clinical presentation of asymptomatic and symptomatic women who tested positive for genital gonorrhoea at a sexual health service in Melbourne, Australia. Epidemiology and Infection 2020;148:e240. Published 2020 Sep 28. doi:10.1017/S0950268820002265
2018
Launcelot McGrath (Ireland)
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Human papillomavirus vaccine uptake rate among young men who have sex with menPublication:
McGrath L, Fairley Ck, Cleere EF, Bradshaw CS, Chen MY, Chow EPF. Human Papillomavirus vaccine uptake among young gay and bisexual men who have sex with men with a time-limited targeted vaccination programme through sexual health clinics in Melbourne in 2017. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2019;95(3):181-186. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2018-053619
Eoin Cleere (Ireland)
Supervisor: A/Prof Eric Chow
Co-supervisor: Prof Christopher Fairley
Project title: Sex with a trans or gender diverse personPublication:
Cleere EF, Fairley CK, McGrath L, Bradshaw CS, Chen MY, Chow EPF. Sex with a transgender or gender diverse person among patients attending a sexual health centre in Melbourne, Australia. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2019;95(1):46-52. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2018-053653
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