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​​​​Friday 2nd May

8:30am - 9:00am In-person registration​

Session 1: Overview 9:00am - 10:00am

​Chair: Ellen Donnan - NSW TB Program, Health Protection NSW

• Welcome to Country 
• Uncle Allan Murray​, Metropolitan Aboriginal Land Council
• Conference welcome
• ​​Ellen Donnan, NSW TB Program, Health Protection NSW
• TB epidemiology update 
• Jennifer Pett, NSW TB Program, Health Protection NSW
• ​3HP-4R Clinical trial in NSW​ 
• Dr Vicky Chang​, Respiratory Physician, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District

Session 2: National TB focus 10:30am - 12:00pm

​Chair: Kathy Seward - Nurse Practitioner, Far West and Western NSW Local Health Districts

• ​Health screening for TB and immigration 
• Dr Penelope Fotheringham, Medical Officer of the Commonwealth, Department of Home Affairs
• TB vaccine development 
• Dr Claudio Counoupas, Senior Research Officer, Centenary Institute
• MPT64 negative TB outbreak in Queensland 
• Dr Jemma Taylor, Queensland Health
  
• Bridget O'Connor, Queensland Health

Session 3: Contemporary issues in TB 1:00pm - 2:30pm

​Chair: Amanda Christensen AM, Executive Director, Australian Respir​atory Council  

• ​​Asymptomatic TB
  
• Prof Greg Fox, Respiratory Physician, Sydney Local Health District & University of Sydney
• Therapuetic Drug Monitoring in TB control
• Prof Jan-Willem Alffenaar, Chair of Clinical Pharmacy, Western Sydney Local Health District
• The role of AI in TB prevention and control 
• A/Prof Jin-Gun Cho, Staff Specialist Parramatta Chest Clinic, Western Sydney Local Health District
• Dr Ross Smith, University of Sydney

Session 4: Clusters and screening 3:00pm - 5:00pm

Chair: Prof Greg Fox - Respiratory Physician, Sydney Local Health District & University of Sydney

• ​TB Clusters in NSW 
• Catriona Furlong, NSW TB Program, Health Protection NSW
• MDR-TB cluster in a Tibetan community 
• Dr Kate Barclay, Respiratory Physician, Northern Sydney Local Health District​
  
• Tanya Silva, Clinical Nurse Consultant,​ Northern Sydney Local Health District​
• ​TB cluster and screening at High school 
• R​achel Wilkins, National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance 
• Eva Molnar, Western Sydney Public Health Unit
  
• Evan Ulbricht, NSW TB Program, Health Protection NSW, South Western Sydney Local Health District​
  
• Post TB Lung Disease and Pulmonary Rehabilitation 
• ​A/Prof Anthony Byrne, Respiratory Physician, St Vincents Hospital & University of NSW
  
• Mary Roberts, Clinical Nurse Consultant, Westmead Hospital