By Dr Benjamin Robert Bavinton

Journal articles

Hammoud MA; Wells N; Holt M; Bavinton B; Jin F; Maher L; Philpot S; Haire B; Degenhardt L; Bourne A; Saxton P; Keen P; Storer D; Prestage G, 2022, 'COVID-19 Testing in a Weekly Cohort Study of Gay and Bisexual Men: The Impact of Health-Seeking Behaviors and Social Connection', AIDS and Behavior, 27, pp. 948 - 956, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-022-03831-1

Bavinton BR; Chan C; Hammoud MA; Maher L; Haire B; Degenhardt L; Holt M; Lea T; Bath N; Storer D; Jin F; Grulich AE; Bourne A; Saxton P; Prestage GP; Murphy D; Mackie B; Batrouney C; Ellard J; Grierson J; Pastorelli M, 2022, 'Increase in Depression and Anxiety Among Australian Gay and Bisexual Men During COVID-19 Restrictions: Findings from a Prospective Online Cohort Study', Archives of Sexual Behavior, 51, pp. 355 - 364, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02276-2

Chan C; Vaccher S; Fraser D; Grulich AE; Holt M; Zablotska-Manos I; Prestage GP; Bavinton BR, 2022, 'Preferences for Current and Future PrEP Modalities Among PrEP-Experienced Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia', AIDS and Behavior, 26, pp. 88 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03344-3

Kolstee J; MacGibbon J; Prestage G; Clackett S; Paynter H; Bavinton BR; Broady TR; Ellard J; Murphy DA; de Wit J; Power C; Holt M, 2022, 'Changing Attitudes Towards Condoms Among Australian Gay and Bisexual Men in the PrEP Era: An Analysis of Repeated National Online Surveys 2011-2019', AIDS Education and Prevention, 34, pp. 453 - 466, http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2022.34.6.453

Chan C; Fraser D; Grulich AE; Philpot S; Vaughan M; Wacher M; Bavinton B, 2022, 'Increased awareness of event-driven PrEP and knowledge of how to use it: results from a cross-sectional survey of gay and bisexual men in Australia', Sexual Health, 19, pp. 501 - 508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh22101

Newman CE; Fraser D; Ong JJ; Bourne C; Grulich AE; Bavinton BR, 2022, 'Sustaining sexual and reproductive health through COVID-19 pandemic restrictions: qualitative interviews with Australian clinicians', Sexual Health, 19, pp. 525 - 532, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh22109

Kolstee J; Prestage G; Philpot S; Bavinton B; Hammoud M; Keen P; Holt M, 2022, 'The effect of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) on negotiating casual sex between gay men: disclosure, assumptions, and communication.', Sexual Health, 20, pp. 64 - 70, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh22095

Gray J; Prestage G; Jin F; Phanuphak N; Friedman RK; Fairley CK; Kelleher A; Templeton D; Zablotska-Manos IB; Hoy J; McNulty A; Pell C; Grulich A; Bavinton B; Grinsztejn B; Cooper DA; Emery S; Wilson D; Koelsch KK; Triffitt K; Doong N; Baker D; Bloch M; Tee BK; Moore R; Roth N; Orth D; Pinto AN, 2021, 'Characteristics of Agreements to have Condomless Anal Intercourse in the Presence of an Undetectable Viral Load Among HIV Serodiscordant Male Couples in Australia, Brazil and Thailand', AIDS and Behavior, 25, pp. 3944 - 3954, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03324-7

Zhang Y; Guy RJ; Smith KS; Jamil MS; Prestage G; Applegate TL; Conway DP; Holt M; Keen P; Bavinton B; McNulty AM; Batrouney C; Russell D; Vaughan M; Chen M; Fairley CK; Grulich AE; Kaldor JM; Callander D, 2021, 'Sustaining success: a qualitative study of gay and bisexual men’s experiences and perceptions of HIV self-testing in a randomized controlled trial', BMC Public Health, 21, pp. 2048, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-12011-0

Drak D; McManus H; Vickers T; Heron JE; Vaccher S; Zablotska I; Guy R; Bavinton B; Jin F; Grulich AE; Bloch M; O'Connor CC; Gracey DM, 2021, 'Renal impairment in a large-scale HIV preexposure prophylaxis implementation cohort', AIDS, 35, pp. 2319 - 2326, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000003035

Philpot SP; Holt M; Murphy D; Haire B; Prestage G; Maher L; Bavinton BR; Hammoud MA; Jin F; Bourne A, 2021, 'Qualitative Findings on the Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions on Australian Gay and Bisexual Men: Community Belonging and Mental Well-being', Qualitative Health Research, 31, pp. 2414 - 2425, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10497323211039204

Jin F; Amin J; Guy R; Vaccher S; Selvey C; Zablotska I; Holden J; Price K; Yeung B; Ogilvie E; Quichua GC; Clackett S; McNulty A; Smith D; Templeton DJ; Bavinton B; Grulich AE, 2021, 'Adherence to daily HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in a large-scale implementation study in New South Wales, Australia', AIDS, 35, pp. 1987 - 1996, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002970

Hill AO; Bavinton BR; Kaneko N; Lafferty L; Lyons A; Gilmour S; Armstrong G, 2021, 'Associations Between Social Capital and HIV Risk-Taking Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Japan', Archives of Sexual Behavior, 50, pp. 3103 - 3113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02097-3

Chan C; Patel P; Johnson K; Vaughan M; Price K; McNulty A; Templeton D; Read P; Cunningham P; Grulich A; Bavinton B, 2021, 'Community-based peer-led HIV/sexually transmitted infection testing services in Sydney for gay and bisexual men captured an eighth of new HIV diagnoses in New South Wales, Australia', AIDS, 35, pp. 1878 - 1880, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002982

Bavinton BR; Mahendra IGAA; Kaldor J; Law M; Grulich AE; Januraga PP; Law M, 2021, 'Estimation of potential hiv transmission risk in recent anal intercourse events among men who have sex with men and transgender women in bali, indonesia', Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 6, pp. 139, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed6030139

Bavinton BR; Vaccher S; Jin F; Prestage GP; Holt M; Zablotska-Manos IB; Guy R; Amin J; Templeton DJ; Yeung B; Hammoud MA; Lewis D; Baker D; Dharan N; McNulty AM; Grulich AE, 2021, 'High Levels of Prevention-Effective Adherence to HIV PrEP: An Analysis of Substudy Data from the EPIC-NSW Trial', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 87, pp. 1040 - 1047, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000002691

Patel PG; Keen P; McManus H; Duck T; Callander D; Selvey C; Power C; Gray RT; Knight V; Asselin J; Read P; Johnson K; Bavinton BR; Bowden VJ; Grulich AE; Guy R; Prestage G; Zablotska I; Holden J; Cooper C; Price K; Holt M; de Wit J; Kaldor J; Kelleher A; Wilson D; Brotherton A; Cooper DA; Crooks L; Whittaker B; Madeddu D; Schmidt HM; Telfer B; Price K; Boyd M; McGill S; Pinto A; Nigro S; Gordon T; Feeney L; Cunningham P; Mao L; Gray J; O’Dwyer M; Clifton B, 2021, 'Increased targeted HIV testing and reduced undiagnosed HIV infections among gay and bisexual men', HIV Medicine, 22, pp. 605 - 616, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hiv.13102

Grulich AE; Jin F; Bavinton BR; Yeung B; Hammoud MA; Amin J; Cabrera G; Clackett S; Ogilvie E; Vaccher S; Vickers T; McNulty A; Smith DJ; Dharan NJ; Selvey C; Power C; Price K; Zablotska I; Baker DA; Bloch M; Brown K; Carmody CJ; Carr A; Chanisheff D; Doong N; Finlayson R; Lewis DA; Lusk J; Martin S; Ooi C; Read P; Ryder N; Smith D; Tuck Meng Soo C; Templeton DJ; Vlahakis E; Guy R, 2021, 'Long-term protection from HIV infection with oral HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in gay and bisexual men: findings from the expanded and extended EPIC-NSW prospective implementation study', The Lancet HIV, 8, pp. e486 - e494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00074-6

Parsons MS; Kristensen AB; Selva KJ; Lee WS; Amarasena T; Esterbauer R; Wheatley AK; Bavinton BR; Kelleher AD; Grulich AE; Khoury G; Juno JA; Kent SJ, 2021, 'Protective efficacy of the anti-HIV broadly neutralizing antibody PGT121 in the context of semen exposure', EBioMedicine, 70, pp. 103518, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103518

Nakiganda LJ; Bell S; Grulich AE; Serwadda D; Nakubulwa R; Poynten IM; Bavinton BR, 2021, 'Understanding and managing HIV infection risk among men who have sex with men in rural Uganda: a qualitative study', BMC public health, 21, pp. 1309, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11365-9

Bavinton BR; Grulich AE, 2021, 'HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis: scaling up for impact now and in the future', The Lancet Public Health, 6, pp. e528 - e533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(21)00112-2

Hill AO; Distefano A; Gilmour S; Bavinton BR; Hidaka Y; Bourne A; Armstrong G, 2021, 'Correction to: Social Correlates of Recent Suicidal Ideation Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Greater Tokyo (Sexuality Research and Social Policy, (2021), 18, 2, (467-478), 10.1007/s13178-020-00472-8)', Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 18, pp. 479, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-020-00503-4

Hill AO; Distefano A; Gilmour S; Bavinton BR; Hidaka Y; Bourne A; Armstrong G, 2021, 'Social Correlates of Recent Suicidal Ideation Among Men Who Have Sex with Men in Greater Tokyo', Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 18, pp. 467 - 478, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13178-020-00472-8

Bavinton BR; Hammoud MA; Holt M; Saxton P; Bourne A; MacGibbon J; Jin F; Maher L; Prestage GP, 2021, 'Changes in Sexual Behaviour Following PrEP Initiation Among Australian Gay and Bisexual Men in Relationships: Results from a Prospective Observational Study.', AIDS Behav, 25, pp. 3704 - 3711, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03232-w

Holt M; Broady TR; Mao L; Chan C; Rule J; Ellard J; O'Donnell D; Grulich AE; Prestage G; Bavinton BR, 2021, 'Increasing preexposure prophylaxis use and 'net prevention coverage' in behavioural surveillance of Australian gay and bisexual men.', AIDS, 35, pp. 835 - 840, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002797

Chan C; Fraser D; Vaccher S; Yeung B; Jin F; Amin J; Dharan NJ; Carr A; Ooi C; Vaughan M; Holden J; Power C; Grulich AE; Bavinton BR, 2021, 'Overcoming barriers to HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) coverage in Australia among Medicare-ineligible people at risk of HIV: Results from the MI-EPIC clinical trial', Sexual Health, 18, pp. 453 - 459, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH21096

Hammoud MA; Grulich A; Holt M; Maher L; Murphy D; Jin F; Bavinton B; Haire B; Ellard J; Vaccher S; Saxton P; Bourne A; Degenhardt L; Storer D; Prestage G, 2021, 'Substantial decline in use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) following introduction of COVID-19 physical distancing restrictions in Australia: Results from a prospective observational study of gay and bisexual men.', J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr, 86, pp. 22 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000002514

Di Giallonardo F; Pinto AN; Keen P; Shaik A; Carrera A; Salem H; Selvey C; Nigro SJ; Fraser N; Price K; Holden J; Lee FJ; Dwyer DE; Bavinton BR; Geoghegan JL; Grulich AE; Kelleher AD; Guy R; Prestage G; Zablotska I; Holden J; Duck T; Cooper C; Holt M; de Wit J; Kaldor J; Wilson D; Brotherton A; Cooper DA; Crooks L; Whittaker B; Callander D; Madeddu D; Schmidt HM; Telfer B; Boyd M; McGill S; Patel P; Power C; Gordon T; Feeney L; Bath K; Mackie B, 2021, 'Subtype-specific differences in transmission cluster dynamics of HIV-1 B and CRF01_AE in New South Wales, Australia', Journal of the International AIDS Society, 24, pp. e25655, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25655

Zhang Y; Jamil MS; Smith KS; Applegate TL; Prestage G; Holt M; Keen P; Bavinton BR; Chen M; Conway DP; Wand H; McNulty AM; Russell D; Vaughan M; Batrouney C; Wiseman V; Fairley CK; Grulich AE; Law M; Kaldor JM; Guy RJ; Law M, 2021, 'The longer-term effects of access to HIV self-tests on HIV testing frequency in high-risk gay and bisexual men: follow-up data from a randomised controlled trial', The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 14, pp. 100214 - 100214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100214

Mcmanus H; Grulich AE; Amin J; Selvey C; Vickers T; Bavinton B; Zablotska I; Vaccher S; Jin F; Holden J; Price K; Yeung B; Cabrera Quichua G; Ogilvie E; Mcnulty A; Smith D; Guy R, 2020, 'Comparison of Trends in Rates of Sexually Transmitted Infections before vs after Initiation of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis among Men Who Have Sex with Men', JAMA Network Open, 3, pp. e2030806, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.30806

Di Giallonardo F; Pinto AN; Keen P; Shaik A; Carrera A; Salem H; Selvey C; Nigro SJ; Fraser N; Price K; Holden J; Lee FJ; Dwyer DE; Bavinton BR; Grulich AE; Kelleher AD, 2020, 'Increased hiv subtype diversity reflecting demographic changes in the hiv epidemic in new south wales, australia', Viruses, 12, pp. 1402, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/v12121402

Philpot SP; Persson A; Prestage G; Bavinton BR; Ellard J, 2020, 'The ‘normality’ of living as a gay serodiscordant couple in Sydney, Australia', Sociology of Health and Illness, 42, pp. 1837 - 1857, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.13171

Cempaka R; Wardhani B; Sawitri AAS; Januraga PP; Bavinton B, 2020, 'PrEP use awareness and interest cascade among msm and transgender women living in Bali, Indonesia', Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 5, pp. 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/tropicalmed5040158

Keen P; Bavinton BR, 2020, 'Could disparities in PrEP uptake limit the public health benefit?', The Lancet Public Health, 5, pp. e467 - e468, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667(20)30183-3

Philpot SP; Bavinton BR; Prestage G; Grierson J; Ellard J; Duncan D, 2020, 'Exploring Diversity in HIV Research in the Sexual Partnerships of Australian Gay and Bisexual Men', Archives of Sexual Behavior, 49, pp. 2069 - 2080, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-01540-w

Hammoud MA; Maher L; Holt M; Degenhardt L; Jin J; Murphy D; Bavinton B; Grulich A; Lea T; Haire B; Bourne A; Saxton P; Vaccher S; Ellard J; Mackie B; Batrouney C; Bath N; Prestage G, 2020, 'Physical distancing due to COVID-19 disrupts sexual behaviours among gay and bisexual men in Australia', JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Publish Ahead of Print, pp. 309 - 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000002462

Keen P; Lee E; Grulich AE; Prestage G; Guy R; Stoove MA; Bavinton BR; Asselin J; Hammoud MA; Broady T; Duck T; Holt M, 2020, 'Sustained, low prevalence of undiagnosed HIV among gay and bisexual men in Sydney, Australia coincident with increased testing and pre-exposure prophylaxis use', JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Publish Ahead of Print, pp. e41 - e47, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000002451

Ong JJ; De Abreu Lourenco R; Street D; Smith K; Jamil MS; Terris-Prestholt F; Fairley CK; McNulty A; Hynes A; Johnson K; Chow EPF; Bavinton B; Grulich A; Stoove M; Holt M; Kaldor J; Guy R, 2020, 'The Preferred Qualities of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Testing and Self-Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men: A Discrete Choice Experiment', Value in Health, 23, pp. 870 - 879, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jval.2020.04.1826

Broady TR; Bavinton BR; Mao L; Prestage G; Holt M, 2020, 'Australian Gay and Bisexual Men Who Use Condoms, PrEP or Rarely Practise HIV Risk Reduction with Casual Sex Partners: An Analysis of National, Behavioural Surveillance Data, 2017–2018', AIDS and Behavior, 24, pp. 3501 - 3510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-02928-9

Bavinton BR; Grulich AE; Broady T; Keen P; Mao L; Patel P; Chan C; Prestage GP; Holt M, 2020, 'Increases in HIV Testing Frequency in Australian Gay and Bisexual Men are Concentrated Among PrEP Users: An Analysis of Australian Behavioural Surveillance Data, 2013–2018', AIDS and Behavior, 24, pp. 2691 - 2702, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-02826-0

Bavinton BR; Rodger AJ, 2020, 'Undetectable viral load and HIV transmission dynamics on an individual and population level: Where next in the global HIV response?', Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 33, pp. 20 - 27, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QCO.0000000000000613

Keen P; Hammoud MA; Bourne A; Bavinton B; Holt M; Vaccher S; Haire B; Saxton P; Jin F; Maher L; Grulich AE; Prestage G, 2020, 'Use of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) associated with lower HIV anxiety among gay and bisexual men in Australia who are at high risk of HIV infection', JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 83, pp. 119 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000002232

Chan C; Broady TR; Bavinton BR; Mao L; Prestage GP; Holt M, 2020, 'Assessing the HIV Prevention Needs of Young Gay and Bisexual Men in the PrEP Era: An Analysis of Trends in Australian Behavioural Surveillance, 2014–2018', AIDS and Behavior, 24, pp. 2382 - 2386, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-02797-2

Hutchinson JL; Lewis DA; Law M; Bavinton BR; Puhr R; Petoumenos K; Han A, 2020, 'Clinical characteristics of overseas-born men who have sex with men (MSM) in the AHOD cohort and implications for clinical practice', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 96, pp. 469 - 470, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2019-054364

Callander D; Mooney-Somers J; Keen P; Guy R; Duck T; Bavinton BR; Grulich AE; Holt M; Prestage G, 2020, 'Australian ‘gayborhoods’ and ‘lesborhoods’: a new method for estimating the number and prevalence of adult gay men and lesbian women living in each Australian postcode', International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 34, pp. 1 - 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13658816.2019.1709973

Holt M; Lee E; Lea T; Bavinton B; Broady T; Mao L; MacGibbon J; Keen P; Murphy D; Bear B; Crawford D; Ellard J; Kolstee J; Power C; Prestage G; Grulich A; Guy R; de Wit J, 2020, 'HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis cascades to assess implementation in Australia: results from repeated, national behavioural surveillance of gay and bisexual men, 2014-2018', JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 86, pp. 1 - 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/qai.0000000000002243

Selva KJ; Bavinton BR; Grulich AE; Pazgier M; Kelleher AD; Kent SJ; Parsons MS, 2019, 'Impact of HIV-1 viremia or sexually transmitted infection on semen-derived anti-HIV-1 antibodies and the immunosuppressive capacity of seminal plasma', European Journal of Immunology, 49, pp. 2255 - 2258, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/eji.201848055

MacGibbon J; Broady T; Drysdale K; Bavinton B; Lee E; Mao L; Prestage G; Holt M, 2019, 'Gay Men’s Relationship Agreements in the Era of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis: An Analysis of Australian Behavioural Surveillance Data', AIDS and Behavior, 24, pp. 1389 - 1399, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02737-9

Prestage G; Maher L; Grulich A; Bourne A; Hammoud M; Vaccher S; Bavinton B; Holt M; Jin F, 2019, 'Brief Report: Changes in Behavior after PrEP Initiation among Australian Gay and Bisexual Men', Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 81, pp. 52 - 56, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000001976

Bavinton BR; Prestage GP; Jin F; Phanuphak N; Grinsztejn B; Fairley CK; Baker D; Hoy J; Templeton DJ; Tee BK; Kelleher A; Grulich AE; Zablotska-Manos I; Cooper D; Triffitt K; Bloch M; McNulty A; Pell C; Emery S, 2019, 'Strategies used by gay male HIV serodiscordant couples to reduce the risk of HIV transmission from anal intercourse in three countries', Journal of the International AIDS Society, 22, pp. e25277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jia2.25277

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