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Biography
Claire undertook her honours and PhD studies on HIV molecular epidemiology in Australia, South East Asia and the Pacific at the Burnet Institute and Monash University. In her subsequent post-doctoral position as the Laboratory team leader in the Sexual and Reproductive Health Unit at the Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research, Claire expanded her research interests to include sexual and reproductive health in rural settings, co-leading formative work informing the introduction and scale up of novel cervical cancer screening technologies programs, and research on point of care diagnostics to improve the health of pregnant women. Returning to Australia, Claire was part of the implementation team for Victoria’s first community-led point of care HIV diagnostic service for gay and men who have sex with men, working with community and regulatory partners to lead the development and implementation of training modules for point of care testing, laboratory and quality control systems.
Claire has spent over three years in Myanmar working in research development, laboratory and health system strengthening and program evaluation. Claire worked with the Myanmar National AIDS Program, US-CDC and WHO to develop the HIV viral load scale up plan, and advised on the development of the National Strategic Plan for viral hepatitis, ensuring community delivered treatment would be supported. Claire was also involved in the inception and implementation of formative studies on the acceptability of pre-exposure prophylaxis in Myanmar and using radio as a medium to improve maternal and child health knowledge.
Claire comes to the School of Rural Health to focus on the development of community, government and industry research partnerships to enhance the school’s responsiveness to the health research needs of communities in rural Australia.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Research area keywords
- International Health, Sexual Health, Intervention Research, Implementation Science, Laboratory systems
Network
Projects
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Adapting the patient experiences of cancer care survey for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Victoria
Ristevski, E. & Nightingale, C.
10/04/18 → 10/05/19
Project: Research
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Stability of dried blood spots for HIV-1 drug resistance analysis
Hearps, A. C., Ryan, C. E., Morris, L. M., Plate, M., Greengrass, V. & Crowe, S. M., Mar 2010, In: Current HIV Research. 8, 2, p. 134-140 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
22 Citations (Scopus) -
An evaluation of a novel dual treponemal/nontreponemal point-of-care test for syphilis as a tool to distinguish active from past treated infection
Causer, L. M., Kaldor, J. M., Conway, D. P., Leslie, D. E., Denham, I., Karapanagiotidis, T., Ryan, C., Wand, H., Anderson, D., Robertson, P. W., McNulty, A. M., Donovan, B., Fairley, C. K. & Guy, R. J., 2015, In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 61, 2, p. 184 - 191 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
26 Citations (Scopus) -
Loss to follow up of pregnant women with HIV and infant HIV outcomes in the prevention of maternal to child transmission of HIV programme in two high-burden provinces in Papua New Guinea: A retrospective clinical audit
Kelly-Hanku, A., Nightingale, C. E., Pham, M. D., Mek, A., Homiehombo, P., Bagita, M., Nankinga, J., Vallely, A., Vallely, L., Sethy, G., Kaldor, J. & Luchters, S., 12 Dec 2020, In: BMJ Open. 10, 12, 38311.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Association between visual inspection of the cervix with acetic acid examination and high-risk human papillomavirus infection, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Trichomonas vaginalis in Papua New Guinea
Vallely, A. J., Toliman, P. J., Ryan, C., Rai, G., Wapling, J., Gabuzzi, J., Kumbia, A., Kombuk, B., Kombati, Z., Vallely, L. M., Kelly-Hanku, A., Wand, H., Tabrizi, S. N., Mola, G. D. L. & Kaldor, J. M., 1 Oct 2018, In: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. 58, 5, p. 576-581 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus) -
Willingness to use HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis among gay men, other men who have sex with men and transgender women in Myanmar
Draper, B. L., Oo, Z. M., Thein, Z. W., Aung, P. P., Veronese, V., Ryan, C., Thant, M., Hughes, C. & Stoové, M., 26 Jul 2017, In: Journal of the International AIDS Society. 20, 1, 10 p., 21885.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open AccessFile24 Citations (Scopus)