The 25th IUSTI World Congress was a resounding success!
The Congress took place at the ICC Sydney, Gadigal Country from 17 - 20 September 2024.
The theme of the conference was "Commitment to sexual & reproductive health and human rights" and together we explored the latest research and innovation in sexual and reproductive health that will have a lasting impact. We welcomed international delegates from 35 different countries, the program consisted of 50 sessions, 200 speakers and 250 posters. We appreciate your contributions to our shared vision and look forward to continuing our collaboration in the commitment to sexual & reproductive health and human rights.
The Scientific Program and Organising Committee would like to express their gratitude and thanks to all the presenters, chairpersons, attendees, sponsors, exhibitors, and organisers who contributed to this conference.
Conference Committee 2024
Eric Chow - Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Jo-Anne Dillon - University of Saskatchewan and International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections
Organising Committee:
Eric Chow - Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Jo-Anne Dillon - University of Saskatchewan and International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections
Catriona Bradshaw - Alfred Health at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Central Clinical School at Monash University
Jonathan Ross - University of Birmingham, UK
Jennifer Power - Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Kate Seib - Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast Australia
Lenka Vodstrcil - Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Central Clinical School, Monash University
Edmond Choi - University of Hong Kong
Teralynn Ludwick - Sexual Health Unit, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Rayner Kay Jin Tan - National University of Singapore and National University Health Systems and National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore
Tanya Applegate - The Kirby Institute
Remco Peters - World Health Organization
Early Career researcher Committee :
Teralynn Ludwick (Co-chair) - Melbourne School of Population and Global Health
Rayner Kay Jin Tan (Co-chair) - National University of Singapore and National University Health Systems and National Centre for Infectious Diseases, Singapore
Chido Dziva Chikwari - London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, United Kingdom and Biomedical Research and Training Institute, Zimbabwe
Alison Footman - PhD, MPHAVAC
Daphne van Wees - Centre for Infectious Disease Control, Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)
Maartje Visser - Department of Social Medicine, Care and Public Health Research Institute (CAPHRI), Maastricht University
Liteboho Maduna - University of Lesotho
Scholarship Committee :
Lenka Vodstrcil (Co-chair)- Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Central Clinical School, Monash University
Edmond Choi (Co-chair)- University of Hong Kong
Emma Harding-Esch - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Linda-Gail Bekker - Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, Desmond Tutu HIV Centre, Institute of Infectious Disease, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, South African
Angélica Espinosa Miranda - Federal University of Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
Olusegun O. Soge - University of Washington
Anna Yeung - ESTIMATE Lab, Unity Health Toronto
Scientific Program Committee :
Catriona Bradshaw (IUSTI Scientific Co-Chair) - Alfred Health at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Central Clinical School at Monash University
Jonathan Ross (IUSTI Scientific Co-Chair) - University of Birmingham, UK
Jennifer Power (ASRH Scientific co-chair) - Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
Kate Seib (ASRH Scientific co-chair) - Institute for Glycomics, Griffith University, Gold Coast Australia
Rebecca Guy - Kirby Institute for infection and immunity in society, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW
Magnus Unemo - Global WHO Collaborating Centre for STIs, Örebro, Sweden, Örebro University, Sweden and Honorary Professor at University College London, UK
Gerald Murray - University of Melbourne, based at the Royal Women's Hospital, Victoria, Australia
Jane Hocking - Population and Global Health at the University of Melbourne
Matt Golden - UW Division of Allergy and Infections Disease, and the UW and Public Health, Seattle & King Country (PHSKC)
Sarah Maunsell (ASHM Representive)- ASHM Health
Program Track Committee:
Clinical Management:
Matt Golden (Chair)- UW Division of Allergy and Infections Disease, and the UW and Public Health, Seattle & King Country (PHSKC)
Kit Fairley - Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Public Health at Monash University
Claudia Estcourt - Glasgow Caledonian University
William M. Geisler - University of Alabama at Birmingham, Division of Infectious Diseases
David Lewis - Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre, and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney
Pingyu Zhou - Xinhua Hospital, Jiaotong University
Erica Plummer - Central Clinical School, Monash University
Sara Whitburn - Sexual Health Victoria
Alison Creagh - Sexual Health Quarters
Penny Kenchington - Queensland Health
Prevention and Behavioural Science:
Rebecca Guy (Chair) - Kirby Institute for infection and immunity in society, Faculty of Medicine, UNSW
John Saunders - National Chlamydia Screening Programme, Public Health England
Weiming Tang - University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Allison Carter (ECR) - The Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney
Maria Eugenia Escobar - Argentinian Society for the Study of Ob Gyn Infections and STIs
Darrell Tan - St. Michael's Hospital, and Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Benjamin Doyle - Burnett Foundation Aotearoa
Basic and Laboratory Science:
Magnus Unemo (Chair) - Global WHO Collaborating Centre for STIs, Örebro, Sweden, Örebro University, Sweden and Honorary Professor at University College London, UK
Gerald Murray (Chair) - University of Melbourne, based at the Royal Women's Hospital, Victoria, Australia
Fabian Kong (ECR) - Sexual Health Unit at the University of Melbourne
Michael Marks - Department of Clinical ResearchLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Helen Fifer - UK Health Security Agency
Emma Sweeney - University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland
Yonatan Grad - Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Jørgen Skov Jensen - Statens Serum Institut (SSI), and Copenhagen Denmark
Epidemiology and Surveillance:
Jane Hocking (Chair) - University of Melbourne
Lenka Vodstrcil (Chair)- Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Central Clinical School, Monash University
Lisa Manhart - University of Washington, Seattle, WA USA
Laith J. Abu-Raddad - Qatar, Cornell University
Kyle Bernstein - Division of Workforce Development, CDC
Francis Ndowa - Skin & Genito-Urinary Medicine Clinic in Harare, Zimbabwe
Gwenda Hughes - Centre for Epidemic Preparedness and Response, UK
Social research, community and policy:
Kath Albury (Chair) - ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society at Swinburne University of Technology
Daniel Grace - Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, and Sexual and Gender Minority Health
Edan Campbell-Obrien - ASHM Health
Benjamin Riley - ASHM Health
Sheena Callaghan - True Relationships & Reproductive Health
Michael Kwag - Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC)
Lucy Watson - ACON
Keynote Speakers
Rena Janamnuaysook - Institute of HIV Research and Innovation (IHRI), Thailand
David Koelle - Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington USA
Dimie Ogoina - MBBS. FWACP, FMCP-Infectious Diseases, FACP, FIDSA
Leonie Pihama - Te Ātiawa, , Waikato, Taranaki, Te Kōtahi Institute, University of Waikato, Aotearoa, New Zealand
Sponsors and Supporter
Major Supporter
Destination Supporters
Congratulations to all award winners
IUSTI Awards
IUSTI Medal
Pingyu Zhou, Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
Eric Chow, Monash University
IUSTI Best Oral Presentation Awards Winner
Caroline Thng, Gold Coast Sexual Health Service
Presentation Title: An open-label randomised controlled trial evaluating the efficacy of a meningococcal serogroup B (4CMenB) vaccine on Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection in gay and bisexual men: the MenGO study
IUSTI Best Oral Presentation Awards Highly Commended:
Lotte Werner, Public Health Service Of Amsterdam
Presentation Title: The impact of reduced testing for asymptomatic chlamydia detections among women visiting the sexual health centre in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Denton Callander, Kirby Institute, UNSW
Presentation Title: Trends in the incidence of sexually transmissible infections among transgender and gender non-binary people in Australia: A 10-year national study
IUSTI Best Poster Presentation Awards
Basic and Laboratory Science:
Buhari Teker, Public Health Service Of Amsterdam
Presentation Title: Dynamics in mpox vaccine immunity after Imvanex vaccination among men who have sex with men in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Clinical Management:
Stephanie Mclaughlin, University Of Washington
Presentation Title: Evaluation of a ciprofloxacin GyrA assay for resistance-guided therapy for Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Prevention:
Edmond Choi, LKS Faculty of Medicine, the University of Hong Kong
Presentation Title: Web-Based Harm Reduction Intervention for Chemsex in Men Who Have Sex With Men: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Epidemiology & Surveillance:
Zoïe Alexiou, National Institute For Public Health And The Environment, STI department
Presentation Title: Machine learning methods as a tool for predicting risk of symptoms and reproductive tract complications of chlamydia infection
Community Engagement & Policy:
Sharyn Burns, Curtin University
Presentation Title: Investigating Sexual Abuse and Primary Care Usage Among LGBTIQA+ Populations in Western Australia
Social Media Competition Winner:
Pâmela Gaspar, Ministry of Health of Brazil
ASHRA Innovation Award:
In recognition of outstanding contribution to the field of Sexual and Reproductive Health
Armin Ariana, Griffith University
ASHM Early Career Awards:
Clinical Management:
Stephanie Bond, MSHC
Presentation Title: Evaluation of an implementation support package to address increasing rates of syphilis in pregnancy in Victoria, Australia: what works to make change in antenatal care
Prevention:
Ethan Cardwell, University Of Melbourne
Presentation Title: What do young people in Victoria want from an online STI clinic – using co-design to develop an online STI clinic
Epidemiology and Surveillance:
Prisha Balgovind, Royal Women's Hospital
Presentation Title: Human Papillomavirus prevalence among unvaccinated and vaccinated Australian men aged 18–35 years, in 2015–2018 by sexual preference
Analosa Veukiso-ulugia, The University of Auckland
Presentation Title: Enhancing the Sexual and Reproductive Wellbeing of Pacific communities. in Aotearoa New Zealand: research and advocacy in action.
ASHM Peoples Choice Poster Award:
Sharelle Tulloh, Department Of Health
Presentation Title: The new Growing and Developing Healthy Relationships website: supporting schools to deliver comprehensive relationships and sexuality education aligned with international technical guidance and the new consent curriculum.
Australasian Sexual Health & HIV Nurses Association Poster Prize:
Judith Dean, The University of Queensland
Presentation title: Syphilis in pregnancy management has improved so why does congenital syphilis continue to rise?
Sexual Health Society of Queensland Best QLD-based Poster:
Judith Dean, The University of Queensland
Presentation title: Syphilis in pregnancy management has improved so why does congenital syphilis continue to rise?
Sexual Health Society of Victoria Best Poster Award
Best Student Poster Award:
Kay Htaik, Monash University
Presentation title: Systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between Mycoplasma genitalium and Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID)
SHSOV Poster Award Winner:
Benjamin Corio, Centre for Excellence in Rural Sexual Health - University of Melbourne Department of Rural Health
Presentation title: STI-X: Comprehensive STI testing via vending machines in rural and regional Victoria, Australia
SHSOV Poster Award Winner:
Elsie Williams, Burnet Institute
Presentation title: Developing a rapid point of care test for diagnosis of active syphilis
We acknowledge that the conference is being held the traditional lands of the Kaurna people. We recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples' continuing connection to land, water, and community and we pay our respects to Elders past and present. ASHM acknowledges Sovereignty in this country has never been ceded. It always was, and always will be, Aboriginal land.