Dr Michael Traeger

Research Officer

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michael.traeger@burnet.edu.au

+6192822218

Background

Michael has worked at the Burnet Institute since 2017, and is an epidemiologist and post-doctoral research officer in the HIV Prevention and Surveillance & Evaluation working groups. Michael’s 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, USA, where he works on a range of projects related to HIV prevention among key populations.

Michael completed his PhD at Burnet Institute 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.

Key research interests include: infectious disease epidemiology, disease surveillance, HIV & 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

01 Aug 2023

Incidence and Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Among HIV-Negative Gay and Bisexual Men Using HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Michael W Traeger, Brendan Harney, Rachel Sacks‐Davis, Daniela K van Santen, Edwina Wright, Margaret Hellard, Joseph Doyle, Mark Stoové, Michael W Traeger, Brendan Harney

Open access

01 Aug 2023

Incidence and Prevalence of Hepatitis C Virus Among HIV-Negative Gay and Bisexual Men Using HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Open Forum Infectious Diseases

Michael W Traeger, Brendan Harney, Rachel Sacks‐Davis, Daniela K van Santen, Edwina Wright, Margaret Hellard, Joseph Doyle, Mark Stoové, Michael W Traeger, Brendan Harney

Open access

Current projects

Open to students

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.

Open to students

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.

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.

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.