2024 Autumn meeting

Type	Member		Non-Member
	Early	Late	Early	Late
Meeting ONLY No Society dinner No accommodation	FREE	FREE	€55	€55

22nd Nov 2024

10:30

Registration - Tea/Coffee/Scones

11:00

SSSTDI Annual General Meeting

11:15

Opening address: SSSTDI President Prof Fiona Lyons

Session 1

Chairperson: Professor Fiona Lyons

11:30

Abstract 1: Clinical Presentation of Mpox in People With and Without HIV in the United Kingdom During the 2022 Global Outbreak

Victoria Pilkington, Killian Quinn, Lucy Campbell, Lara Payne, Michael Brady, Frank A Post

Department of Sexual Health and HIV, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.

11:45

Abstract 2: Exploring the Epidemiological Profile of Gonorrhoea in the West of Ireland.

Fiona Murphy, Sorcha Connolly, Jo Freeman, Claire Coleman , Patricia Cremin, Catherine Fleming.

Sexual Health Clinic Galway University Hospital

12:00

Abstract 3: Clinical use of cystatin C as an additional measure of renal function in those taking HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with raised creatinine levels

A White, G Villa, D Murphy, L Quinn, C O’Sullivan, B Griffin, G Courtney, E Devitt

12:15

Abstract 4: Pornography use and its impact on risk-taking sexual behaviours among adolescents in the West of Ireland

Nicola Murphy, Peter Barrett, Breeda Neville

12:30

Abstract 5: Statin use in people living with HIV aged ≥ 40 attending a large HIV service

Veronica D’Aquila, Ilenia Fato, Anna Maria Geretti, Loredana Sarmati, Fiona Lyons, Giovanni Villa

12:45

Lunch Soup & Sandwiches, tea/coffee

Session 2

Chairperson: Dr Dominic Rowley, GU Consultant, Portlaoise & Tullamore Hospitals

13:30

PLENARY: “Syphilis: Contoversies & Challenges 2024”

Prof Khalil Ghanem, John Hopkins Medical Centre, Baltimore

Professor of Medicine in the division of Infectious Diseases

14:30

Abstract 6: A review of lumbar puncture (LP) as part of syphilis management at a large, urban sexual health clinic.

O’Flaherty C., White A., Keegan Hickey C., Lyons F.

14:45

Abstract 7: EIS-y Peasy? Reporting Early Infectious Syphilis in 2023.

David Field, Martha Neary, Aia Mohamad, Marwa Algamal and Grainne Courtney

15:00

Tea/biscuits/poster viewing

15:30

Abstract 8: They think it’s all over… - Is our MPOX testing sufficient when outbreaks become quiscient?

R McCloskey, S Quah

Belfast Royal Victoria Hospita

15:45

Abstract 9: Knowledge, attitudes and behaviours (KAB) in relation to antibiotic post exposure prophylaxis (PEP) use amongst attendees and healthcare workers (HCW) at a tertiary sexual health and HIV service in Ireland.

A Keane, F Lyons, D Caixeta, C Smith, JM Molina, G Villa

GUIDE Clinic, St James’s Hospital

Sponsored Satellite Symposium

16:00

"Just the Two of us: Confidence in 2-Drug Regimen"

Dr Laura Waters, GU/HIV Consultant, Mortimar Market, London.

Chairperson: Dr Mitch Cruz, GUIDE Clinic, St James’s Hospital

This interactive and conversation style symposium will follow the journey taken by our expert guest speaker that led to the confidence in prescribing the two-drug regimen, Dovato. Together they will explore the beliefs, evidence and major milestones that comprise these clinical journeys.

19:00

SSSTDI Society pre dinner drinks

19:30

Society Dinner

Martello Suite for Dinner

23rd Nov 2024

09:30

Registration

Session 3

Chair: Dr Suzy Todd, GU Consultant, Belfast Royal Infirmary

09:45

Abstract 10: Management of low complexity chlamydia (CT) within a free national home STI testing service?

K Keegan Hickey, C O’Flaherty, A Keane, J Harbottle, S O’Rourke, P Baraitser, F Lyons

10:00

Abstract 11: Achieving Zero New HIV Transmissions in North and West of Northern Ireland: 5-year impact of an innovative HIV PrEP service.

Dr John White

10:15

Abstract 12: ‘Doctor, what’s this pain in my balls?’ Service Development to Manage Patients with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain S S Syndrome (CP/CPPS)

Dr Johnny Boylan

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust