Researcher

Biography

Yumi is a Senior Research Associate in the Viral Immunology Systems Program (VISP) at the Kirby Institute, where she leads the program’s prison-focused hepatitis C research team. Her research primarily focusses on improving hepatitis C care in prisons, with specific expertise in point-of-care testing, models of care, health literacy, education, and surveillance. She also leads the Australian National Prisons Hepatitis Network and its...view more

Yumi is a Senior Research Associate in the Viral Immunology Systems Program (VISP) at the Kirby Institute, where she leads the program’s prison-focused hepatitis C research team. Her research primarily focusses on improving hepatitis C care in prisons, with specific expertise in point-of-care testing, models of care, health literacy, education, and surveillance. She also leads the Australian National Prisons Hepatitis Network and its international counterpart, the Global Prisons Infectious Diseases Network, and has developed both national and global best practice guidelines for the management of viral hepatitis in prisons. 

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