Christopher Fairley

Personal profile

Biography

Christopher Fairley (AO) is Director of the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre and Professor of Public Health at Monash University. He holds three specialist medical fellowships from the College of Physicians (Infectious Diseases), Faculty of Public Health and Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine. He is an editor of the Journal ‘Sexual Health’. His principle research interests are the public health control of sexually transmitted diseases and the effectiveness of clinical services. He has supervised 32 doctoral students to completion. He has 727 review journal publications and sits on the boards of IUSTI and ISSTDR. He has given been on the scientific organsing commitee for many international meetings and give plenaries, debates or symposia almost every year.

In 2018 he was awarded an AO, the FRACP Eric Susman prize and elected to the Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences in recognition for his work. Lancet ID profiled him ‘Kit Fairley; a pioneer in STI research’ in April 2018.

External positions

President-Elect of the Australasian Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine, Royal Australasian College of Physicians

2017 → …

Assistant Secretary, International Union against Sexually Transmitted Infections (IUSTI)

2011 → …

Editor Sexual Health Journal, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne

Jan 2004 → …

Research area keywords

Public Health
Epidemiology
Sexual Health
HIV prevention
HIV/AIDS
Human Papillomavirus
sexually transmitted infections
Sexual behaviour
Preventive Medicine
Health Promotion
Venereology

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Projects 2013 2024

2 Not started
3 Active
6 Finished

A randomised controlled trial of daily antibacterial mouthwash to reduce pharyngeal gonorrhoea among men who have sex with men (MSM)

Chow, E., Fairley, C., Bradshaw, C., Zhang, L., Hocking, J., Lewis, D. A., Chen, M., Read, T. & Whiley, D.

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

1/01/17 → 31/12/19

Project: Research

Discovery and translation of interventions to control sexually transmitted infections and their consequences

Kaldor, J., Garland, S., Fairley, C., Law, M. & Grulich, A. E.

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

1/01/15 → 31/12/19

Project: Research

Uptake, sustainability and impact of scaling up point-of-care testing for sexually transmissible infections in remote and regional Aboriginal communities

Guy, R., Shephard, M., Ward, J. S., Mak, D., Kaldor, J., Fairley, C., Persing, D., Atkinson, D. N., Armstrong, P. K. & Speers, D. J.

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC), Department of Health (WA), Cepheid

1/12/14 → 30/11/19

Project: Research

Optimising the control and management of sexually transmitted infections through research and innovation

Fairley, C.

National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)

1/01/20 → 31/12/24

Project: Research

Developing and implementing systems to optimise treatment, care and support among people diagnosed with HIV

Prestage, G., Jin, F., Mao, L., Grulich, A. E., Guy, R., Kaldor, J., Donovan, B. J., Fairley, C. & Brown, G.

Project: Research

Research Output 1991 2019

A comparative, retrospective analysis of HIV testing among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Melbourne, Australia

Ryan, K. E., Wilkinson, A. L., Chow, E., Read, T., Chen, M., Locke, P., Leitinger, D., Bradshaw, C., Pedrana, A., Hellard, M., Fairley, C. K. & Stoové, M., Oct 2019, In : Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health. 43, 5, p. 419-423 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Open Access

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Anal human papillomavirus infections in young unvaccinated men who have sex with men attending a sexual health clinic for HPV vaccination in Melbourne, Australia

Chow, E. P. F., Danielewski, J. A., Murray, G. L., Fehler, G., Chen, M. Y., Bradshaw, C. S., Garland, S. M. & Fairley, C. K., 8 Oct 2019, In : Vaccine. 37, 43, p. 6271-6275 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Association of anal symptoms with anal high grade squamous intraepithelial lesions (HSIL) among men who have sex with men: Baseline data from the study of the prevention of anal cancer (SPANC)

on behalf of the Study for the Prevention of Anal Cancer (SPANC) Research Team, 1 Feb 2019, In : Cancer Epidemiology. 58, p. 12-16 5 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review

Association of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis With Incidence of Sexually Transmitted Infections Among Individuals at High Risk of HIV Infection

Traeger, M. W., Cornelisse, V. J., Asselin, J., Price, B., Roth, N. J., Willcox, J., Tee, B. K., Fairley, C. K., Chang, C. C., Armishaw, J., Vujovic, O., Penn, M., Cundill, P., Forgan-Smith, G., Gall, J., Pickett, C., Lal, L., Mak, A., Spelman, T. D., Nguyen, L. & 12 others, Murphy, D. A., Ryan, K. E., El-Hayek, C., West, M., Ruth, S., Batrouney, C., Lockwood, J. T., Hoy, J. F., Hellard, M. E., Stoové, M. A., Wright, E. J. & PrEPX study team, 9 Apr 2019, In : JAMA. 321, 14, p. 1380-1390 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review