Background

Rebecca Winter has worked on the Networks II study of hepatitis C virus infection among injecting drug users at Burnet Institute since 2005.

In her role of Research Assistant she has since worked on and coordinated a range of research projects and evaluations in the fields of illicit and injecting drug use, justice health, hepatitis' B and C, HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

Rebecca is currently enrolled as a PhD student with the Burnet-administered NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence into Injecting Drug Use and Monash University. Her Doctoral research examines drug-related morbidity and mortality among prisoners and ex-prisoners in Victoria and Queensland.

Appointments

• Burnet Institute Fellow, Victoria, Australia

Positions

• 2011: PhD Student, Burnet Institute, NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence into Injecting Drug Use and Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
• 2005: Research Officer, Centre for Population Health, Victoria, Australia

Qualifications

• 2010: MPH, LaTrobe University, Victoria, Australia
• 2002: BA, LaTrobe University, Australia

Awards

• 2010: National Health and Medical Postgraduate Scholarship - Dora Lush Public Health Scholarship

Projects (5)

Current (3)

• co-EC Study: Eliminating hepatitis C/HIV coinfection
  Eliminating hepatitis C transmission by enhancing care and treatment among HIV co-infected individuals.
• CREIDU: Centre for Research Excellence into Injecting Drug Use
  Improving the health of PWID through new research to inform public health policy and practice.
• The B-VAX Project: Hep B vaccinations for people who inject drugs
  Using assertive outreach to provide hep B vaccinations for people who inject drugs.

Past (2)

• Evaluation of a condom distribution trial in Victorian prisons
  The evaluation of a pilot program introducing condoms and dental dams into Victorian Prisons.
• Hit & Miss: Health needs of ex-prisoners with an IDU history
  Assessing drug use and health needs for six months post-release.

Publications (14)

2016 (2)

• A nurse-led intervention improved blood-borne virus testing and vaccination in Victorian prisons.
  Winter RJ, White B, Kinner SA, Stoové M, Guy R, Hellard ME
  Aust N Z J Public Health. 2016 Oct; 40(6):592-594
• Resumption of injecting drug use following release from prison in Australia.
  Winter RJ, Young JT, Stoové M, Agius PA, Hellard ME, Kinner SA
  Drug Alcohol Depend. 2016 Sep; 168:104-111

2015 (3)

• A longitudinal study of health outcomes for people released from prison in Fiji: the HIP-Fiji project.
  Kinner SA, Winter R, Saxton K
  Australas Psychiatry. 2015 Dec; 23(6 Suppl):17-21
• Correlates of property crime in a cohort of recently released prisoners with a history of injecting drug use.
  Kirwan A, Quinn B, Winter R, Kinner SA, Dietze P, Stoové M
  Harm Reduct J. 2015 Aug; 12(1):23
• Incidence and predictors of non-fatal drug overdose after release from prison among people who inject drugs in Queensland, Australia.
  Winter RJ, Stoové M, Degenhardt L, Hellard ME, Spelman T, Jenkinson R, McCarthy DR, Kinner SA
  Drug Alcohol Depend. 2015 Jun; 153:43-49

2013 (4)

• Non-fatal overdose among adult prisoners with a history of injecting drug use in two Australian states.
  Moore E, Winter R, Indig D, Greenberg D, Kinner SA
  Drug Alcohol Depend. 2013 Nov; 133(1):45-51
• Health in Prisoners in Fiji. Research report prepared by the Burnet Institute and Empower Pacific.
  Winter R, Saxton K, Kinner S
  Report prepared for the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) HIV Response Fund.. 2013 Sep
• Authenticity and diversity: enhancing Australian hepatitis C prevention messages.
  Winter RJ, Fraser S, Booker N, Treloar C
  Contemp Drug Problems. 2013 Jul; 40(4):505-529
• Hepatitis B virus exposure and vaccination in a cohort of people who inject drugs: What has been the impact of targeted free vaccination?
  Winter RJ, Dietze PM, Gouillou M, Hellard ME, Robinson P, Aitken CK
  J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Jan; 28(2):314-322

2012 (1)

• Mobile safe injecting facilities in Barcelona and Berlin.
  Dietze P, Winter R, Pedrana A, Leicht A, Majó I Roca X, Brugal MT.
  Int J Drug Policy. 2012 Mar; 23(4):257-260

2011 (1)

• Technical review of hepatitis C health promotion resources.
  Winter R, Fraser S, Booker N, Treloar C
  National Centre for HIV Social Research Monograph. 2011 May

2010 (1)

• An evaluation of a heroin overdose prevention and education campaign.
  Horyniak D, Higgs P, Lewis J, Winter R, Dietze P, Aitken C
  Drug Alcohol Rev. 2010 Jan; 29(1):5-11

2008 (2)

• Consecutive infections and clearances of different hepatitis C virus genotypes in an injecting drug user.
  Aitken CK, Tracy SL, Revill P, Bharadwaj M, Bowden DS, Winter RJ, Hellard ME
  J Clin Virol. 2008 Apr; 41(4):293-296
• Integrating enhanced hepatitis C testing and counselling in research.
  Winter R, Nguyen O, Higgs P, Armstrong S, Duong D, Thach ML, Aitken C, Hellard M
  Int J Drug Policy. 2008 Feb; 19(1):66-70

News Articles (2)

2016 (1)

• Travel award winners on the move

2013 (1)

• HIV and STI education needed to improve prisoner health in Fiji