2022 Autumn Meeting
25th Nov 2022
Registration
Tea/Coffee/Sandwiches
SSSTDI Annual General Meeting and Opening Address
Dr Fiona Lyons
President SSSTI
Session 1
Chairs: Dr Aisling Loy, Consultant in GU Medicine, St James’s Hospital, Dublin 8
Abstract 1: PrEP@GUIDE; How is it going two years on?
S Hatton, D Murphy, L Quinn, E Devitt
GUIDE Clinic
Abstract 2: How can we improve PrEP access in Ireland?
F Ongolly
UCD, Dublin
PLENARY: ‘Free online STI testing in Ireland – Piloting this new service in midst of a pandemic’
Dr Paula Baraitser
Consultant Sexual Health, Kings College, London
Abstract 3: Has COVID-19 Changed Gonorrhea?
S McGinley, L McVeigh
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Abstract 4: A novel interagency sexual health initiative for Ukranian refugees in Cork & Kerry
O.Jackson, C Ni Bhuachalla, C Darcy Walsh, M Hanrahan, K Purcell, M Davoren, P Barrett
Tea/Coffee/Biscuits
Sponsored Satellite Symposium:
Coming of Age: changing HIV and Sexual Health demographics in Ireland and beyond
Chairperson: Mr Adam Stubbs, PhD, Medical Director, European Alliance Countries, ViiV Healthcare
Real world data: Dovata in an aging HIV population, Brighton Hospital
Dr Giovanni Villa, ID Consultant
St James’s Hospital
Understanding the HIV treatment landscape in Ukraine
Dr Tetiana Kyrychenko, Ukranian Trained Physician
ViiV Healthcare Italy
Session 2
Chairs: Professor Fiona Lyons, Consultant in GU Medicine, St James’s Hospital, Dublin
Plenary: Monkey Pox
Dr Derval Igoe Specialist in Public Health Medicine Dublin
Dr Joe Heskin SpR genitourinary and HIV Medicine London
Abstract 5: Factors associated with monkeypox virus(MPXV) infection in the largest tertiary referral centre in Ireland
A Keane, A White, F Howley, S Murray, C Kerr, B Crowley, E Devitt, F Lyons, G Villa
GUIDE Clinic, Dublin
Abstract 6: Overview of Monkeypox cases in our region
L McVeigh, S McGinley
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Abstract 7: The first 120 days of a public health emergency- the monkeypox experience in Cork & Kerry
N Murphy, O Jackson, C D’Arcy Walsh, O Bruton, A Sheahan, P Barrett
Abstract 8: Building trust in risk communications and community engagement during the monkeypox outbreak in Ireland 2022
A Shanley, P Burke, A Ghafoor Butt, M Kelly, M Kirby, P Dineen, F Kelly, Y Morrissey, K MacKenzie, R Conway
SSSTDI Society Dinner
Royal Marine Hotel, Martello Suite
26th Nov 2022
Session 3
Chairs: Dr Say Quah, Consultant in GU Medicine, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Abstract 9: Recreational drug use (RDU) and ‘chemsex’ among men having sex with men (MSM) in Ireland - Findings from the European MSM internet study (EMIS) 2017
F P Daly, K O’Donnell, M Davoren, C Noone, P Weatherburn, M Quinlan, S Clarke, F Lyons, D Igoe, P Barrett
Abstract 10: Beyond the Usual Suspects – Investigating a non-resolving case of severe epididymo-orchitis
M McIntyre, H Bond
Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Abstract 11: Clinical Audit of Mycoplasma Genitalium (MG). Testing and Treatment in a Specialist Service
A Garami, S Dooley, J Craig, F Lyons
GUIDE Clinic, Dublin
PLENARY: ‘ Recurrant Vulvovaginal Candidiasis – Update of BASHH guideline’
Dr Riina Richardson DDS, PhD, FRCPath (Medical Microbiology) FECMM, PGCertMedEd
Wythenshawe Hospital, Manchester, UK
Tea/Coffee/Biscuits
Sponsored Satellite Symposium GILEAD
Chair: Dr Carol Emerson, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast
Find your Four: Gilead HIV Patient resources (non- promotional talk)
Mr Ross Hamilton Shaw, MPharm
MRPharmS
Confidence Matters – Long -Term Treatment Success in HIV
Speakers:
Dr Mark Lawton Royal Liverpool Hospital UK
Heather O’Rafferty and Jane Leonard, St James’s Hospital Dublin
Session 4
Chair: Dr Grainne Courtney, Consultant in GU Medicne, Gay Mens Health Service
Abstract 12: An Evaluation of Grindr as an Outreach Tool for Harder to Reach Populations of ghMSM in Ireland
M Doyle, Outreach worker
Mpower at HIV Ireland
Abstract 13: Survey of services: meeting the care needs of people living with HIV in Ireland
R Metrustry, C Hurley, F Lyons
Closing remarks and prize giving