Invited Speakers
Ching-Lung (CL) Lai
Brian Edlin - sponsored by QLD Health
Professor of Medicine, Downstate College of Medicine, State University of New York, New York and Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health, Center for the Study of Hepatitis C, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA
Dr. Edlin's research focuses on the epidemiology, prevention and treatment of viral hepatitis, HIV infection, overdose and other health conditions affecting drug users, exploring the effectiveness of harm reduction strategies and evaluating strategies to improve their effectiveness. In 2002, Dr. Edlin was asked to address the NIH Consensus Development Conference on the Management of Hepatitis C on hepatitis C in injection drug users. The Consensus Panel adopted his recommendations, rescinding the restriction against treating drug users for hepatitis C, and recommending hepatitis C prevention, testing, and treatment programs for injection drug users and incarcerated persons.
Charles Gore
Chief Executive, The Hepatitis C Trust, London, England
Charles Gore set up and is the Chief Executive of The Hepatitis C Trust, the national UK hepatitis C charity. He was diagnosed with hepatitis C in 1995 and cirrhosis in 1998, and cleared the virus after treatment in 2001-2. Charles was the first President of the European Liver Patients Association (ELPA) in 2004 -2006 and has been the expert patient witness for two National Institutes of Health and Clinical Excellence technology appraisals. He is a consultee to the UK Government's Skipton Fund, as well as to the Scottish Executive and Welsh Assembly for their respective hepatitis C Action Plans. He has authored a report auditing the National Health Service's implementation of the English hepatitis C Action Plan and has co-authored a number of papers on the use of Interactive Health Communication Applications. Charles has been facilitating the World Hepatitis Day on behalf of the global patient group steering committee.
Henry Lik Yuen Chan
Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. Dr Chan is the invited speaker of the Australian Liver Association for the joint plenary on Wednesday 22 October 2008.
Dr. Chan was graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong with numerous distinctions and awards. He completed his physician training in Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Prince of Wales Hospital, Hong Kong. From 1997 to 1998, he received his training in viral hepatitis B and liver transplantation in University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. He received his degree in Doctor of Medicine in The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2001.
Dr Chan joined the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong as a faculty member in 2001. He is currently a Professor in the department, the director of Cheng Suen Man Shook Center for Hepatitis Research, the director of Center for Liver Health and the head of liver unit in the Institute of Digestive Disease of the university. He has board research interest including virology of hepatitis B virus, natural history and treatment of chronic hepatitis B, liver fibrosis, hepatocellular carcinoma and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. He is a key investigator in various international trials on anti-viral treatment of chronic hepatitis B and C. He has received the presidential award in the annual scientific meeting of APDW 2004 and the Young Investigator Award in APASL 2008.
Dr. Chan is currently the president of the Hong Kong Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. He is serving as an editor in Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and a member of the editorial board of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics, World Journal of Gastroenterology and Hong Kong Medical Journal. He has published over 130 peer-reviewed papers, 6 book chapters and 120 conference abstracts.
Enaam Oudih
Enaam graduated from the Nursing Faculty at the Hebrew University in Israel in 1982. in 1985 she completed her study in community health and became a manager of a Community Health Centre heavily involved in epidemiology, vaccination programs and health education. In 1991 Enaam acted in the position of Deputy Director of Nursing for the Northern Regional Health department of the Health Ministry in Israel before migrating permanently to Australia.
Enaam started her Australian nursing career in hospitals but in 1994 and for 6 years she worked as a Clinical Nurse at the Migrant Health Service. She has been the Manager of PEACE* multicultural services based at Relationships Australia SA since year 2000. In addition Enaam is a Senior trainer at the Australian Institute of Social Relations, a division of Relationships Australia SA where she teaches intercultural communication, diversity training and cultural safety.
*PEACE (Personal Education And Community Empowerment) is a state-wide service for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse people addressing issues related to relationships, HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis and problem gambling.
Jack Wallace
Jack Wallace has been involved in the public health response to injecting drug use and viral hepatitis issues since 1990 and has worked for government and non-government organisations at local, state and national levels. Jack is a co-author of Hepatitis B in Australia: Responding to a Diverse Epidemic, and of the first study looking at identifying the non-clinical needs of people living with hepatitis B - the National Hepatitis B Needs Assessment 2007. He has been a member of several national advisory committees providing expertise on viral hepatitis since the mid 1990s.
He is employed with the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society on the Australian Health Ministers Advisory Committee project Regulating Hepatitis C Rights and Duties, a project investigating the impact of legislation on hepatitis C prevention. Prior to this, Jack established the Australian Hepatitis Council office and represented people with hepatitis C on a national basis.
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