Complicated Infections: Updates in Sexually Transmitted Infections

Join CRE RESPOND for the Complicated Infections: Updates in Sexually Transmitted Infections seminar on Thursday 18 June 2026!

A/Prof Andrew Burke will be chairing this seminar which will provide the latest updates in the management of complex and emerging sexually transmitted infections. Hear from world-leading clinicians and researchers as they discuss long-acting retrovirals in HIV, laboratory diagnostics for Mycoplasma genitalium, and the growing challenge of drug resistance in STIs. Our presenters will share key developments shaping the future of STI diagnosis, treatment, and prevention in Australia and beyond.

Event Program:

11:45am - Light lunch and registrations

Foyer, Level 2, Auditorium, Frazer Institute

12:00pm - Welcome and introduction

Assosiate Professor Andrew Burke, Director of Infectious Disease, The Prince Charles Hospital

12:05pm - Long active retrovirals in HIV

Dr Ethan MacMinn, Gold Coast Sexual Health

12:25pm - Laboratory aspects of Mycoplasma genitalium infection

Dr Emma Sweeny, The University of Queensland

12:45pm - Drug resistant sexually transmitted infections

TBC

1:05pm - Mpox infection in Australia - an update

TBC

1:25pm - Q&A

1:30PM - Close

If you have any questions about the seminar please contact the CRE RESPOND team at cre.respond@uq.edu.au.