2025 Autumn meeting

Registration

Tea/Coffee/Scones

SSSTDI Annual General Meeting

Opening address: SSSTDI President Dr Aisling Loy

 
Session 1 Chairperson:  Professor Fiona Lyons
 

Abstract 1: A retrospective analysis of Syphilis reinfections in patients tested at a tertiarty site

Katherine McDonald, Helina Alemayehu, Brendan Crowley, Aileen Conway.

St James Hospital

Abstract 2: Sexual Health Communication and young-onset cancer (YOC): healthcare practitioners’ attitudes and practices

Louise Kelly, Emily Harrold, Katie O’Neill, Nicola Keohane, Maeve A. Lowery

Trinity St James’s Cancer Institute (TSJCI), Dublin, Ireland.

Abstract 3: Lipid lowering therapy in people living with HIV, an audit of the compliance with the new Eurpoean AIDS Clinical Society (EACS) guidelines in CUH 4

Carey C, O Connell S

Abstract 4: Outcomes and factors associated with Lost to follow up from HIV care. Use of Novel communication method

RN Louise Conway, Dr Emma Devitt, Dr Cliona Ní Cheallaigh, ANP Louise Kelly, ANP Naoise Todd.

GUIDE Clinic St James Hospital Dublin

Abstract 5: Local experience in offering Doxycycline Post Exposure Prophylaxis (Doxy/PEP) in a GUM service

Sean McGinley, Michelle McIntyre, Laura Bell, Catherine Munn, Niamh Martin, Carol Emerson, Say Quah.

Royal Victoria Hospital Belfast

Lunch

Soup & Sandwiches, tea/coffee

 
Session 2 Chairperson:  Dr Suzy Todd
 

PLENARY:

Prof Ina Park Hot Topics USA- Syphilis, M. genitalium, doxy/PEP CDC, and Keeping a sense of Humour

Abstract 6: Exploring PrEP coverage and unmet needs among particpants from Ireland in the 2024 European MSM internet survey (EMIS-2024)

Buckley S, Barrett P, Jackson S, Igoe D, Field D, O Connell N, Lyons F McCarthy N

Trinity College, Dept Public Health Dublin. GMHS, Public Health Cork, HSE

Abstract 7: A review of antenatal and genitourinary medicine services

White AM, Kelly L, Flynn E, Cunningham O, Rochford A, Keane A, O Connell M.

Poster viewing

Tea/coffee

Abstract 8: The Bridge Clinic: A healthcare innovation to ensure continued HIV care delivery for People Living with HIV (PLWH) unable to attend for routine care.

Farrell G, Moriarty M, Heekin A, Ni Laochdha A, Devitt E.

The GUIDE Clinic

Abstract 9: Clinician’s Use of Intravaginal Boric Acid Therapy for Recurrent Vulvovaginal Candidiasis and Bacterial Vaginosis at the GUIDE Clinic

Collins A, Loy A, McDonald K, McNamara M.

GUIDE Clinic St James Hospital Dublin

 
Sponsored Satellite Symposium Gilead
 

HIV & CVD primary preventions

Dr Tom Heseltine Consultant Cardiologist

This is a promotional symposium and is intended for HCP’s only

SSSTDI Society pre dinner drinks

Society Dinner

Martello Suite

Registration

 
Session  3 Chairperson  ANP Jo Bergin
 

Abstract 10: Launching an online PrEP Service the first 100 days

C. O’Flaherty, J. Harbottle, W. Howells, A. Shanley, I. Kinchin, N. McCarthy, P. Baraitser, F. Lyons.

Dept of Public Health and Primary Care, Trinity College, SH24, Online Sexual Services

Abstract 11: LTBI Screening in Advanced HIV Infection: Impact of Low CD4 Counts on QuantiFERON Reliability”

Fiona Murphy, Gavan Duffy, Kyle Gormley, Peter Coakley.

Beaumont Hospital Dublin

Abstract 12: Determinants of successful integration of long-acting injectable (LAI) anti-retroviral therapy (ART) into established HIV clinics: examining barriers, facilitators, and implementation strategies

Clarence Soliman, John Gilmore, Eoin Feeney.

St. Vincents University Hospital, University College Dublin

 
Sponsored Satellite Symposium GSK
Chair Dr Aisling Loy St James Hospital
 

Long acting in action. Everyday benefits without everyday pills.

Dr Kyle Ring Queen Mary University London

This is a promotional symposium and is intended for HCP’s only

Tea/Coffee & scones

PLENARY:

Dr Matt Philips

STIs and Ethics

Closing remarks and prize giving