A/Prof Cornelisse is the medical director of HIV, sexual health and viral hepatitis services on the North Coast of New South Wales, across Mid North Coast and Northern NSW Local Health Districts, with medical clinics in Tweed Valley, Lismore, Coffs Harbour and Port Macquarie, and nurse-led clinics in Kempsey and Grafton.

In 2025, Vincent was awarded a grant from the Cancer Institute NSW to implement an anal cancer screening program for people living with HIV, in line with the new Australian anal cancer screening guidelines. This is the first anal cancer screening program outside of a major metropolitan setting. https://www.kirby.unsw.edu.au/news/research-grant-anal-cancer-prevention-services

Prior to moving to the North Coast, Vincent was a staff specialist in sexual health medicine and addiction medicine at Kirketon Road Centre (KRC) in Kings Cross, Sydney. KRC is a NSW Health facility for people who face barriers to accessing mainstream healthcare, including people experiencing homelessness, people who inject drugs, sex workers, young people and LGBTIQ people. https://www.seslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/services-clinics/directory/kirketon-road-centre

Vincent completed his PhD in sexual health epidemiology at Monash University, based at Melbourne Sexual Health Centre, focusing on the prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infection, with a particular focus on the role of saliva use during sex as a major transmission mechanism for gonorrhoea. This thesis was awarded the "Award for Best Thesis in Sexual Health Medicine" from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians, and this work won Vincent the "Public Health Researcher Award" from the Premier of Victoria. Thesis completed by publication (see ORCID record). Thesis summary: https://doi.org/10.26180/7604633

Current Sector Contributions

• President-Elect of the Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP);
• Principal author of the Australian Consensus Statement on Doxy-PEP for STI prevention - https://www.mja.com.au/journal/2024/220/7/australian-consensus-statement-doxycycline-post-exposure-prophylaxis-doxy-pep
• Co-author of the Australian STI Management Guidelines;
• Co-author of the Australian HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Guidelines.