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Biography
Vincent is a medical specialist in sexual health and addiction. His research focuses on sexual health epidemiology, in order to develop more effective public health interventions to reduce transmission of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections.
Sector Contributions
- Chairperson of the National HIV Advisory Group for the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM);
- Committee Member of the Chapter of...view more
Vincent is a medical specialist in sexual health and addiction. His research focuses on sexual health epidemiology, in order to develop more effective public health interventions to reduce transmission of HIV and other sexually transmissible infections.
Sector Contributions
- Chairperson of the National HIV Advisory Group for the Australasian Society for HIV, Viral Hepatitis and Sexual Health Medicine (ASHM);
- Committee Member of the Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians;
- Member of the Drug Policy Working Group of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians;
- Member of the ASHM Monkeypox Taskforce;
- Co-author of the Australian STI Management Guidelines;
- Co-author of the Australian HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Guidelines;
- Co-author of the Australian HIV Management Guidelines.
My Qualifications
- Bachelor of Science (BSc) in neuroscience, with honours in psychopharmacology - University of Western Australia
- BSc honours thesis: “Effects of combined administration of a synthetic cannabinoid and a corticosterone synthesis inhibitor on prepulse inhibition of the acoustic startle reflex, motor activity and body temperature of rats.”
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) - University of Queensland
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Sexual Health Epidemiology - Monash University
- PhD thesis: “Epidemiology of gonorrhoea, chlamydia and HIV in men who have sex with men, and evaluation of new prevention strategies."
- Fellow of the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (FRACGP)
- Fellow of the Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FAChSHM)
- Fellow of the Chapter of Addiction Medicine of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (FAChAM)
My Awards
- 2019 Public Health Researcher Award - Victorian Premier's Awards in Health and Medical Research
- 2019 Levinia Crooks Emerging Leader Award in STIs and BBVs - The Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM)
- 2021 Award for Best Postgraduate Thesis in Sexual Health Medicine - Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP)
My Research Activities
HIV - AIDS, Population Health, Epidemiology, Infectious Diseases, Hepatitis C, Sexually transmissible infections
My Research Supervision
Areas of supervision
Available as secondary supervisor of research students. Currently no capacity to take on new HDR students as a primary supervisor.
Currently supervising
ILP research student. Project: Hepatitis C re-infection among people attending a primary health facility.
Location
Royal North Shore Hospital - Clinic 16
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ORCID as entered in ROS
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0657-9677