Background
David (he/him) is a junior doctor and early career researcher with a special interest in sexual health and HIV and currently working part-time with the Burnet Insitute.
David's research has focussed on the implementation and evaluation of novel HIV testing strategies, along with sexually transmissible infection surveillance. David's current research focuses on the scale-up of HIV self-testing in Australia.
David has previously been a peer worker providing HIV and other sexual health testing to gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men at Australia's first shopfront rapid point-of-care HIV testing clinic.
Currently, David is completing his medical residency with Western Health with a view to a career in medical practice, education, and research, with a focus on sexual health and blood borne viruses among other areas.
Qualifications
- 2019: MD, University of Melbourne, Australia
- 2014: BBiomed (hons), University of Melbourne, Australia
- 2012: DLang, Univeristy of Melbourne, Australia
Positions
Medical Resident, Western Health, Victoria
Burnet publications
View 3 moreImplications of HIV Self-Testing for Other Sexually Transmissible Infection Testing and Broader Sexual Health Needs: A Mixed-Methods Study of Gay and Bisexual Men in Australia
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
David Leitinger et al
Assessment of service refinement and its impact on repeat HIV testing by client's access to Australia's universal healthcare system: a retrospective cohort study
Journal of the International AIDS Society
Kathleen E. Ryan et al
Acceptability and HIV Prevention Benefits of a Peer-Based Model of Rapid Point of Care HIV Testing for Australian Gay, Bisexual and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men
AIDS and Behavior
David Leitinger et al