Brendan Harney
Research Assistant
Working groups
Background
Brendan completed a Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) in 2016 through Burnet Institute and Monash University with a project based on STI and HIV risk among men who have sex with men. Currently Brendan is a research assistant with Burnet Institute and Alfred Hospital Department of Infectious Diseases working on a range of hepatitis C related studies among men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs. He is also completing a Master of Public Health with Monash University.
Qualifications
- 2016: Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) Monash University, Australia
- 2015: Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology)/Bachelor of Commerce (Commercial Law) Swinburne University, Australia
Appointments
2022: Student Representative, Burnet Institute
Awards
- 2018: Academic Scholarship, International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users, Portugal
- 2017: Sexual Health Society of Victoria Education Grant, STI & HIV World Congress, Brazil
Positions
- 2018- ongoing: Research Assistant, Burnet Institute
- 2017-ongoing: Data Analyst and Research Assistant, The Alfred/Monash University Department of Infectious Diseases
Burnet publications
An exploratory intersectional analysis of syphilis prevalence among people who inject drugs in Montreal, Canada
medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
Brendan L Harney
Annual hepatitis C testing and positive tests among gay and bisexual men in Australia from 2016 to 2022: a serial cross-sectional analysis of sentinel surveillance data
Sexually Transmitted Infections
Brendan L Harney et al
Past projects
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.
Co-EC Study: Eliminating hepatitis C/HIV coinfection
The co-EC study aimed to eliminate hepatitis C/HIV coinfection among gay and bisexual men through scale up treatment of hepatitis C in primary care and hospital settings.