Here you can find conference Commitee members for all categories
Cath Bateman is the Abortion, Contraception and Sexual Health nurse at the Latrobe Sexual and Reproductive Health Hub in Gippsland Victoria. Working across three sites and a headspace Cath provides nurse-led consultations on all things SRH in the primary health environment.
Working with a dedicated, if somewhat brownbeaten bunch of fabulous GPs, Cath provides early medical abortion, contraception, STI screening and treatment and much more with a community health approach – meaning that services are almost exclusively bulk billed because sexual and reproductive health and rights is a community concern as well as an individual need.
A dedicated community health comrade, Cath has worked in nursing in community health or community organisations since 2008 when she got her first job with YWCA Victoria during the Victorian Abortion Law Reform process.
Professor Catriona Bradshaw is a clinician researcher and Head of Research Translation and Mentorship and The Genital Microbiota and Mycoplasma Group at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, Central Clinical School, Monash University and Alfred Hospital.
Her programme focuses on translational research to improve treatment & control of Mycoplasma genitalium.
Track Co-Chair | Melbourne Sexual Health Centre - Alfred Health
Dr. Lenka Vodstrcil is a Senior Research Fellow at the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, part of Alfred Health and Monash University.
As Deputy Head and lead epidemiologist in the Genital Microbiota and Mycoplasma group, Lenka’s research program integrates epidemiological, microbiological and clinical research to improve sexual and reproductive health outcomes at the individual and population level. Her strong track record includes >100 publications, with impacts on treatment guidelines and clinical practice. She is the President of the Sexual Health Society of Victoria.
Track Co-Chair | Sydney Men's Health/cowra Medical Associates
Dr Sama Balasubramanian is an Australian sexual health physician blending clinical care, psychosexual therapy, and advocacy to make sexual wellbeing accessible, inclusive, and a little less awkward.
He works across urban and rural settings, tackling everything from erections to ethics with curiosity and candour. Outside clinic hours, he’s a climate science enthusiast and a firm believer that good sex ed belongs far beyond the classroom.
Member | Tū Ora Compass
Dr Achyuta Nori is a sexual health specialist with expertise in complex STI management, HIV care, and genital dermatoses.
He is the Clinical Director for Wellington Sexual Health and Sexual Assault Assessment & Treatment Services. He leads service redesign and antimicrobial stewardship initiatives at Wellington Sexual Health. His research spans antimicrobial resistance, PrEP implementation, and outbreak response, including leadership during the Mpox epidemic.
He is a lead author of national STI testing guidelines in the UK and advocates for health equity for marginalised communities. His research spans antimicrobial resistance, PrEP implementation, and outbreak response, including leadership during the Mpox epidemic. He is a lead author of national STI testing guidelines in the UK and advocates for health equity for marginalised communities.
Member | ASHM Health
Alexandra is a Senior Project Officer working in the Sexual and Reproductive Health program at ASHM.
She manages the development and maintenance of ASHM’s reproductive health and sexual functioning education and resources, and oversees the Australian STI Management Guidelines for Use in Primary Care.
Member | Sexual Health Service, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District
Dr Arthur Wong is a sexual health & HIV physician and the Head of Teaching & Evidence at Sexual Health Service, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District.
He is also a PhD candidate at the Kirby Institute (UNSW)
His work focuses on high-quality training, accreditation, and continuous professional development, helping prescribers build confidence, maintain currency, and strengthen HIV care across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
Member | Qld Health
Lydia Mainey (PhD) is a Clinical Nursing Consultant at Cairns Sexual Health Service, specialising in termination of pregnancy care and service innovation.
She leads workforce education and model‑of‑care development, with a focus on equitable abortion access in regional and remote settings, including Far North Queensland.
Member | Canberra Sexual Health Centre
Dr Lee is the Director of Canberra Sexual Health Centre and a Specialist in Sexual Health, HIV and gender affirming care. He also holds Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer appointments at ANU School of Medicine and Psychology, Australia, and Imperial College London, UK.
His interests include improving access to STI, HIV and gender affirming care; multidisciplinary approaches to providing clinical care for people with complex multiple health conditions; and clinical trials for novel HIV immunotherapies.
Member | MSHC, Royal Womens Hospital
Dr Stephanie Bond is an obstetrician and gynaecologist and sexual health physician, working across Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, the Royal Women’s Hospital, and Mercy Hospital for Women.
She is Clinical Lead for Sexual Health at the Royal Women’s Hospital and Vice-President of the Australian & New Zealand Vulvovaginal Society (ANZVS). She is currently undertaking PhD research focused on congenital syphilis prevention and implementation of improved antenatal screening systems.
Track Co-Chair | Kirby Institute
Dr Causer (MBBS, MScPH, DTM&H, PhD) is a Senior Lecturer and Early Career Research Fellow (NHMRC 2019 -2022) at the Kirby Institute, UNSW Sydney.
She is an alumnus of the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Epidemic Intelligence Service. She has long-standing commitment to international public health and infectious disease control. During her career, she has worked as a clinician, medical epidemiologist and academic across a range of infectious diseases and international settings.
Her current research focuses on the evaluation and scale-up of new diagnostic technologies (point-of-care/rapid diagnostic tests) to improve the control and management of infectious diseases. Dr Causer currently leads the monitoring and evaluation and connectivity themes supporting the implementation of POC testing for STIs in rural and remote Aboriginal primary health services across Australia (TTANGO3). She leads the connectivity theme and is the NSW and WA coordinator supporting POC testing for COVID-19 as part of the Commonwealth funded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander COVID-19 POC testing program.
Track Co-Chair | Kirby Institute
Rebecca Guy is a Professor in Epidemiology at the Kirby Institute, UNSW. She has expertise in the epidemiology of HIV, sexually transmissible infections and other infectious diseases, and implementation and evaluation of innovative interventions to maximise uptake of testing.
She leads the RAPID POC collaboration and co-leads with community partners the MRFF Rapid Applied Research Translation Initiative to scale up infectious diseases POC testing in remote Australia.
Track Co-Chair | CERSH, University Of Melbourne
Sexual Health Physician from Melbourne interested in developing education and training for the clinician workforce interacting with sexual health patients.
Topic Lead for Sexual Health Across Clinical Context and Director of Sensitive Physical Examination Program University of Melbourne.
Member | Queensland Health
Belinda Connolly (she/her) is a First Nations Clinical Nurse specialising in sexual health, with a strong commitment to improving sexual and reproductive health outcomes for the West Moreton community.
She is dedicated to providing culturally safe, person-centred care through education, prevention, and community-led approaches – particularly for young people from marginalised backgrounds.
Member | Kirby Institute
Dr Belinda Hengel is a public health researcher at the Kirby Institute UNSW.
She has a longstanding commitment to public health with over 25 years’ experience and training in sexual health, ranging from clinical practice to public health, research coordination and epidemiology.
Dr Hengel is a mixed methods researcher focused on improving access to care and diagnostics for marginalised populations.
Member | AHCWA
Member | SPHERE CRE / La Trobe University
Desireé is a public health nurse clinically accredited in sexual and reproductive health with 15 years’ experience in clinical and community nursing and research in Australia and internationally.
She is a Lecturer and Health Network Coordinator of the La Trobe University/Austin Health Clinical School of Nursing.
Desireé is completing a PhD on measurement of reproductive coercion and abuse through La Trobe’s Judith Lumley Centre and the SPHERE CRE, funded by an NHMRC Postgraduate Scholarship and Fulbright award.
Desireé has a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (Honours) from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Master of Nursing/Master of Public Health from Johns Hopkins University.
Member | Melbourne Sexual Health Centre
Professor Eric Chow is a sexual health epidemiologist at Monash University and Melbourne Sexual Health Centre.
His research program aims to improve the treatment, prevention and control of sexually transmitted infections (STI), with a particular focus on gonorrhoea and human papillomavirus.
Member | University Of Melbourne
Based at the University of Melbourne, Jane has recently completed her PhD focusing on the epidemiology of pelvic inflammatory disease diagnosed in Australia.
She is now working on a NHMRC partnership project toward strengthening management of chlamydia infections in general practice.
Track Co-Chair | Sexual and Reproductive Health Australia
Daile Kelleher CF (she/her) is the CEO of Sexual and Reproductive Health Australia (formally Family Planning Alliance Australia).
She was awarded a Churchill Fellowship in 2023 to investigate abortion advocacy models to increase access to abortion in Australia.
Daile is on the executive committee of the Australasian Sexual and Reproductive Health Alliance, is part of the International SRHR Consortium and is the Queensland board representative on the Australian Women’s Health Alliance.
Track Co-Chair | National Centre For Women's Health Research/te Tātai Hauora O Hine
Jane is a sexual physician with 25 years clinical experience in sexual health, obstetrics, gynecology, women’s reproductive health, abortion provision.
Her research interests include severe maternal and neonatal morbidity, abortion provision, HPV self-testing for cervical screening.
Track Co-Chair | Te Tatai Hauora O Hine Aotearoa National Centre For Women's Health Research Aotearoa
Tania Slater nō Ngāti Kahu, Ngāpuhi is a senior research fellow at Te Tātai Hauora o Hine National Centre for Women’s Health Research Aotearoa at Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington.
She is also an honorary research fellow at the Research Centre for Hauora and Health, Massey University Wellington. The focus of Tania’s work is equitable health outcomes for whānau Māori and this has spanned cancer prevention, screening, detection, diagnosis, treatment and palliative care.
Tania has worked across different research settings including academia, government, NGO and private sectors.
Track Co-Chair | Queensland Sexual Health And Education Institute
Linda Kirby is a Nurse Practitioner based in Central Queensland specialising in forensic, sexual and reproductive health.
Across all areas of her practice, she delivers trauma-informed, culturally safe care in rural and regional communities, with a strong focus on advocacy, equity, and amplifying the voices of marginalised populations.
Track Co-Chair | Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa
Tania is the Director of Hauora Māori and Equity at Sexual Wellbeing Aotearoa and an Associate Professor at the Māori Indigenous Health Innovation Department, Ōtakou Whakaihu Waka (The University of Otago, Christchurch).
Tania has been involved in research and teaching with a focus on addressing Māori health system inequities for over 20 years.
Tania is a co-author of Indigenous health clinical frameworks the Meihana Model and the Hui Process. Tania was also the led author of The Consider Statement which is a best practice tool for strengthening research involving Indigenous Peoples
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