Group Head

Dr Mark Stoové

Staff

Margaret Hellard

Isabel Bergeri

Alisa Pedrana

Carol El-Hayek

Chris Lemoh

Danielle Horyniak

Fabian Kong

Jane Goller

Judy Gold

Kefle Yohannes

Megan Lim

Rachel Sacks-Davis

Rebecca Jenkinson

Research Interests

It is estimated that over 30 million people throughout the world are living with HIV and more than two million people have died from AIDS. In Australia, new diagnosis of HIV continues to increase after declining for many years in the 1990s. In Victoria in 2007 there were 263 HIV notifications reflecting the highest annual total since 1987. CPH aims to reduce HIV transmission in the Australian population by managing and developing innovative surveillance systems for the Victorian Government, and by undertaking research involving the groups most at risk of and vulnerable to HIV, including men who have sex with men, injecting drug users and people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Chlamydia, a sexually transmitted infection is the most commonly notified infectious disease in Australia. It predominantly affects young heterosexual men and women and there were over 60,000 new notifications in 2007. If untreated, Chlamydia is a major cause of pelvic inflammatory disease and tubal infertility in women. CPH aims to reduce the impact of chlamydia on the community by reducing transmission and increasing the number of young people tested and treated for chlamydia. This is done through a combination of innovative surveillance and developing outreach testing and treatment programs.

Current Projects