Researcher

Keywords

Fields of Research (FoR)

Public Health and Health Services, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Infectious Diseases

Biography

Stefanie is a statistician and epidemiologist, working primarily on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for individuals at high and ongoing risk of HIV. She has recently completed her PhD, a mixed-methods thesis on adherence to PrEP. She has a broader interest in public health, including HIV prevention strategies, sexually transmissible infections, and behavioural practices. 

Stefanie completed her undergraduate studies at UNSW in Advanced...view more

Stefanie is a statistician and epidemiologist, working primarily on HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for individuals at high and ongoing risk of HIV. She has recently completed her PhD, a mixed-methods thesis on adherence to PrEP. She has a broader interest in public health, including HIV prevention strategies, sexually transmissible infections, and behavioural practices. 

Stefanie completed her undergraduate studies at UNSW in Advanced Science, majoring in Pharmacology. She spent her Honours year at St Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney, exploring the management of gout by general practitioners and patients. She continues to maintain strong links with the School of Medical Science at UNSW, teaching several undergraduate pharmacology courses. 

Broad Research Areas: HIV, epidemiology, preventative medicine, sexually transmitted infections, public health


My Qualifications

PhD; Bachelor of Science (Advanced); Honours Class I (Pharmacology)


My Awards

Early Career Prevention, Epidemiology, and Health Promotion Oral Theme Winner, Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference 2019 

Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship 2015 - 2018 

Best Poster (Theme C), Australasian HIV & AIDS Conference 2017 

Student Tutor Excellence Award, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW 2017 


My Research Supervision


Areas of supervision

Pre-exposure prophylaxis, HIV, antiretroviral therapy, medication adherence 


Currently supervising

  • PhD Candidate, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, UNSW Sydney 
  • Cooper HIV/AIDS Research Training Program Student, Manilla, Philippines
  • Year 12 Science Extension Student, Sydney

My Teaching

Introductory Pharmacology and Toxicology - PHAR2011

Molecular Pharmacology - PHAR3102

Neuropharmacology - PHAR3202

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology - PHAR3251

Clinical Pharmacology for Health and Exercise Science - PHAR3111

Pharmacology for Optometry - PHAR3306 

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Contact

+61 (2) 9385 9496
+61 (0)2 9385 0920