2019 Autumn Meeting
Hotel rooms no longer available.
Our Autumn meeting will again take place in the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. Please note the date in your diary. Further information will be available on this website in due course. Registration includes subsidised accommodation on the Friday night in the Royal Marine Hotel.
22nd Nov 2019
Registration
Tea/Coffee/Sandwiches
SSSTDI Annual General Meeting, Elections and Opening Address
Dr Say Quah, President SSSTDI
Session 1
Chair: Professor Fiona Mulcahy, GUM Consultant, GUIDE Clinic, St James’s Hospital
Abstract 1
A Virtual HIV Clinic at a Tertiary Referral Centre: A feasabilty Study
Al Doaible K.1, O’Connell J.1, McConkey S.1,2, McNally C.2, de Barra E.1,2 1.Royal College of Surgeons (RCSI) 2. Beaumont Hospital
Abstract 2
Rapid HAART Starts in Newly Diagnosed HIV Infection: An Audit from the GUIDE Clinic
Farrell, G.; Kelly, L.; Murphy, S.; Clarke, S
PLENARY: “The Ifs and Butts of HPV Infection”
Dr Michael Gaisa
Associate Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York
Abstract 3
3 terms of testing in University
Suzanne Todd, Yvonne Wilson, Helen Sherrey, Carol Emerson, Belfast Trust
Abstract 4
Mycoplasma Genitalium: Testing Pilot
SJ Megarity, LM Bell, CR Emerson
Tea/Coffee
Sponsored Satellite Symposium "Treating Today for Tomorrow"
Chair: Adam Stubbs, Medical Director, European Alliance Countries, ViiV Healthcare
“Overview of Recent Data and Hot Topics”
Dr Nneka Nwokola
Global Medical Director, ViiV Healthcare, Consultant Physician in Sexual Health and HIV Medicine
“Women and HIV”
Dr. Yvonne Gilleece
Consultant in HIV & Sexual Health at Brighton & Sussex University Hospitals
Tea/Coffee
Session 2
Chair: Dr Aisling Loy, GUM Consultant, GUIDE Clinic, St James’s Hospital
Plenary: “What to do about self-reported antimicrobial allergy - can a nurse led program unstick the label? ”
Dr Niall Conlon Consultant Immunologist
St James’s Hospital
Abstract 5
Two cases of CD8 Encephalitis with CSF EBV viremia and integrase inhibitor resistant HIV CSF viral escape.
C, Kerr, C Hutchinson, J Cryan, F Mulcahy, E Devitt
Abstract 6
World record STI testing attempt
Cathy Johnson, Fionnuala Perry, Yvonne Wilson, Tara O’Neill, Helen Sherry, Carol Emerson, Belfast Trust
Abstract 7
A Qualitiy Improvement Initiative; on-line booking for Asymptomatic, Nurse-led STI testing appointments
Grainne Kelly, Bernadette Hand, Emma Devitt, Aisling Loy, GUIDE Clinic, SJH Dublin
Abstract 8
Update on trends in early infectious syphilis in Ireland
Gillian Cullen1, Phil Downes2, Melissa Brady1, Derval Igoe1
SSSTDI Society Dinner
Royal Irish Yacht Club
23rd Nov 2019
Session 3
Chair: Dr Fiona Lyons, GUM Consultant, GUIDE Clinic, St James’s Hospital
Abstract 9
Factors associated with lower knowledge of HIV and STI transmission, testing & treatment among MSM in Ireland – Findings from the MSM internet survey Ireland (MISI) 2015
Cian Carey (1), Kate O’ Donnell (2), Martin Davoren (3), Mick Quinlan (4), Derval Igoe (2), Peter Barrett (1)
Abstract 10
Syphilis in Pregnancy. Changing Trends?
Orla Cunningham, CMS ID, CWIUH & Sinead Murphy, CNS HIV, SJH
PLENARY: ‘HIV prevention and STI risk: three decades of syndemic synergies’
Professor Helen Ward
Clinical Professor of Public Health, Imperial College, London
Tea/Coffee/Biscuits
Sponsored Satellite Symposium
Chair – Dr Eoin Walker, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Rapid Initiation
Dr Emma Devitt, Consultant
GUIDE Clinic , St James’s Hospital, Dublin
Session 4
Chair – Dr Eoin Walker, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Abstract 11
The Prevalence of high-risk HPV DNA and mRNA in anal PAP smears from an outpatient population of HIV positive men who have sex with men in Ireland
Kerr C, Heskin J, Cullen E, White C, Naik P, O’Leary JJ, Sadlier C, Bergin C, Martin C
Abstract 12
PrEP provision -does it make a difference?
Carol Emerson, Suzanne Todd, Yvonne Wilson, Stephen Megarity, Say Quah
Key Findings from the EMIS 2017 Report Dr Derval Igoe, HPSC, Launch of the EMIS 2017 Commnity Report Part 2 – (Minority Stress) Mr Mick Quinlan Gay Health Network, Dublin
Closing remarks and prize giving
End of Conference