Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Christopher Fairley (AO) is the 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 33 doctoral students to completion. He has 727 review journal publications and sits on the boards of IUSTI and ISSTDR. He has been on the scientific organising committee for many international meetings and given 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
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. M., Fairley, C., Law, M. & Grulich, A. E.
National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC)
1/01/15 → 31/12/19
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 1989 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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Citation
(Scopus)
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
A Nationwide Spatiotemporal Analysis of syphilis over 21 years and implications for prevention and control in China
Tao, Y., Chen, M. Y., Tucker, J. D., Ong, J. J., Tang, W., Wong, N. S., Chu, M., Zhuang, X., Fairley, C. K. & Zhang, L., 26 Apr 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Clinical Infectious Diseases. 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
1
Citation
(Scopus)
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
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Citations
(Scopus)
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, , 9 Apr 2019, In : JAMA. 321, 14, p. 1380-1390 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Prizes
AMA/Diners Club Public Health Scholar
Christopher Fairley (Recipient), 1992
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
ASHA Distinguished Services to Sexual Health Award
Christopher Fairley (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Award for Excellence in Research Higher Degree Supervision for Outstanding Supervisor – Melbourne School of Population Health
Christopher Fairley (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Best candidate presentation Faculty of Medicine .
Christopher Fairley (Recipient), 1994
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities 2001 2019
STI & HIV 2019 World Congress - Joint Meeting of the 23rd ISSTDR & 20th IUSTI
Christopher Fairley (Organiser)14 Jul 2019 → 17 Jul 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
STI & HIV 2019 World Congress - Joint Meeting of the 23rd ISSTDR & 20th IUSTI
Christopher Fairley (Session chair)16 Jul 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
Conference on Australasian Sexual Health 2019
Christopher Fairley (Invited speaker)16 Sep 2019 → 18 Sep 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
STI & HIV 2019 World Congress - Joint Meeting of the 23rd ISSTDR & 20th IUSTI
Christopher Fairley (Keynote/plenary speaker)17 Jul 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to conference
IUSTI Asia Pacific, Shanghai China
Christopher Fairley (Organiser)23 Oct 2019 → 26 Oct 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Contribution to workshop, seminar, course