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Edwina Wright
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Also, I cannot brain today. I have the dumb.
Joined October 2012
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Extremely excited to announce the success of our MRFF grant. 🎉 I join Menno Van Zelm, , James McMahon, Ben Rogers on the Exec leadership committee for the PROPHECY consortium. And our recently appointed project officer (welcome!). #PROPHEC19 1/6
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Amazing Monash #COVID19 research into novel #RNA therapies, multi platform trials and immune responses in vulnerable patient groups awarded $10.8m from the Medical Research Future Fund.
Full announcement: bit.ly/3KwihRi
@Monash_SPHPM @MonashCCS @healthgovau #MRFF
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Doherty Institute researchers have secured combined $8.9 million from MRFF grants in the latest competitive round - #COVID19 Treatment Access and Public Health Activity. go.unimelb.edu.au/ye2e
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Congratulations Michael! So well deserved! Looking forward to your leadership in the years ahead!
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Sad I missed this year’s #HIVAIDS2022 #SH2022 conference, but thrilled to receive the #ASRHA Young Leader Award. Thanks to ASRHA and to @SHSOV for nominating me! twitter.com/ericpfchow/sta…
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A very special day in the office today. A huge thank you to @_afao for nominating me and my wonderful colleagues @KirbyInstitute who this recognition should be shared with #HIVAIDS2022 #SH2022 twitter.com/kirbyinstitute…
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So grateful for this thoughtful generosity & how lucky we are to have & her team to attract this investment. #medtwitter #springst #auspol #medicalresearch
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A momentous day.
Canadian businessman and philanthropist Geoff Cumming, with wife Anna joined @ProfSharonLewin @ProfPCDoherty @UniMelb and @DanielAndrewsMP to announce the establishment of the Cumming Global Centre for Pandemic Therapeutics.
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Thanks for your leadership Jill! Australia's HIV Cure community is fortunate to have you!
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Loving it! 
#HIVcure researchers, community activists, and some pals we just dragged into the photo at our inaugural @ASHMMedia #HIVAIDS2022 #SH2022 conference Cure catch up. I absolutely LOVE this close knit community we have and can’t wait to work together in the future! pic.twitter.com/AdnkDSSjbd
#HIVcure researchers, community activists, and some pals we just dragged into the photo at our inaugural @ASHMMedia #HIVAIDS2022 #SH2022 conference Cure catch up. I absolutely LOVE this close knit community we have and can’t wait to work together in the future! pic.twitter.com/AdnkDSSjbdView
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Such incredibly fine people! So well deserved! All heroes!
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@EricPFChow @kitfairley @DrCatBradshaw @JHocking01, Professor Deborah Williamson and Professor Marcus Chen @AlfredHealth and @UniMelb are awarded the AIDRC Eureka Prize for Infectious Diseases Research.
Learn more: youtu.be/A04D5cVg3Fg #EurekaPrizes
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Got questions about #Monkeypox/#MPX? At this community forum we spent 90 mins talking about what is happening with MPX, and how we can all look after each other and ourselves. Have a look.
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A very informative evening with a glass of wine in front of the telly for the MPXV/Mpox/#monkeypox forum. The brilliant answered every question with insight, passion and grace, and I learned a lot! Video coming soon if you missed it.
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At the deepest level of reality, questions like “Where?” and “When?” simply may not have answers at all. “We have a lot of hints from physics that spacetime as we understand it isn’t the fundamental thing,”
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#30reasonstorally #drugdecrim to #endoverdose
Reason #21: Eliminate criminal records related to drug possession offences! Criminal records ruin lives!
Each day in August HRVic will give you 30 REASONS to RALLY with us on IOAD 2022-31/08 at 11am.
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do they want us to get the fucking avocado toast or not
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We're running a co-design workshop in Melbourne on 17 August (5:30-8:30pm) about preferences for new forms of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP). Take part and you'll receive a $100 gift card!
Complete an expression of interest form here: unsw.to/prepfutures
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Nothing much has changed! Still love dogs
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Private pharmacy providers in Kenya can deliver HIV #PrEP services with high fidelity and quality, supporting scale up of pharmacy-delivered PrEP services in Kenya and similiar settings. Poster presentation (PESAE02) by Victor Omollo at #AIDS2022 #PharmPrEP
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DoxyPEP study presented at #AIDS2022 demonstrated single dose Doxycycline 200mg event based #PEP reduced the incidence of bacterial #STIs #gonorrhoea, #chlamydia and #syphilis by ~ 65% in those on #PrEP and #PLWH.
Thanks , colleagues and participants.
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Guy next to me on plane: “Why are you wearing a mask? You don’t need to anymore.”
Me: “It helps me mind my own business.”
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Science please, not stigma
Riley asked a nurse for advice on monkeypox. They told him to stop having sex with men
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Very excited about this collaborative work on the HIV reservoir in the brain with Melissa Churchill and her team to be presented in Montreal at #aids2022
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#HIV Our recent publication in Annals of Neurology shows the first evidence of intact potentially replication competent HIV in the brain despite viral suppression with ART: bit.ly/3bagLY2
To be presented @AIDS_conference
@ResearchRMIT @TheDohertyInst @NIDAnews @nhmrc
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I told my psych that everyone hates me. She said I was being ridiculous ... everyone hasn’t met me yet.
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Who wants to save the world? New #skills are required to tackle the #climatecrisis and ensure a more equitable society. Three key areas are in focus for students.
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Such a wonderful talk from the COVID-19 conference
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Anna Ralph presenting on responses in Aboriginal communities.
"Scare tactics are not a good way to talk about health, we need to focus on positive health messages."
#COVID19Aus #C192022
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Pleased to be with my colleague Alex Rijavec at the #C192022 #COVID19 Conference. Our national #HealthInMyLanguage project poster was well received. Lots of support for tailored in-language education with migrant communities.
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Extraordinary outcome at RAH hospital with no COVID-19 transmissions occurring
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Dr. Brendan Kennedy talks about the mitigation strategies at RAH hospital Adelaide to prevent covid-19 by using single bed ICU wards, fresh air handling units and creating a negative pressure environment. Such a great succinct talk! @ASHMMedia #C192022
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Come along! The General Public once again has free registration to attend this conference virtually!
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Attending #C192022? Be sure to check to attend this fantastic panel discussion, facilitated by @edwina_wright, happening on day two of the conference. To view the full program, click here: covid-19conference.com.au/program/
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Virtual registration is available for #C192022. Join in the conversation from the comfort of your own desk. Click here to register: covid-19conference.com.au/registration-r
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Congratulations to for being selected as an inaugural member of the Multicultural Advisory Panel! In this role, Limin will provide expert advice on policies, programs, services + practices relating to culturally diverse communities in the City of Sydney.
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