Dr Michael Traeger
Deputy Head, HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention; Research Officer
Background
Michael is deputy head of the HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention group and has worked at Burnet since 2017. He is an epidemiologist whose research involves analysing large surveillance data to examine epidemiological trends in infectious diseases and evaluate large-scale public health interventions, with a particular focus on HIV and bacterial STIs.
Michael is also a research fellow at the Department of Population Medicine, Harvard Medical School in Boston, where he works on a range of projects related to HIV prevention among key populations. He completed his PhD at Burnet in 2022, where he explored the interplay between HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation and the epidemiology of bacterial STIs among gay and bisexual men in Australia.
View a list of Michael’s publications and conference presentations.
Key research interests include infectious disease epidemiology, disease surveillance, HIV and STI prevention, biostatistics and sexual health.
Qualifications
- 2023: Doctor of Philosophy (Epidemiology), Monash University
- 2017: Master of Science (Epidemiology), University of Melbourne
- 2014: Bachelor of Science, University of Melbourne
Awards
- 2023: NHMRC Emerging Leadership Fellow (Investigator Grant)
- 2022: Australasian Sexual and Reproductive Health Alliance (ASRHA) Young Leader Award 2022
- 2022: Fulbright Future Scholarship, Australian-American Fulbright Commission
- 2021: Gilead Australia Fellowship
Burnet publications
View 39 moreThe hepatitis C cascade of care for opioid agonist therapy recipients in Australia
Clinical Infectious Diseases
S. Griffin et al
Doxycycline Postexposure Prophylaxis and Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Individuals Using HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis
JAMA Internal Medicine
Michael W. Traeger et al
Financial incentives to increase engagement across the hepatitis C care cascade among people at risk of or diagnosed with hepatitis C: A systematic review
International Journal of Drug Policy
Chen Shen et al
Current projects
ACCESS: Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Sexually Transmissible Infections and Blood Borne Viruses
ACCESS is a national sentinel surveillance network of sexually transmissible infections and blood-borne viruses.
Informing priorities in the HIV response in Australia
We're taking a multifaceted approach to HIV prevention and supporting the health and wellbeing of people living with HIV.
Past projects
Eliminate C (EC) Victoria partnership
A partnership aimed at increasing hepatitis C treatment uptake among people who inject drugs (PWID) using nurse-led models of care in community and prison settings.
The elimination of hepatitis C as a global public health threat
This project addresses critical knowledge gaps in Australian and global efforts to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030.
