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About this webinar:

The rates of invasive infections amongst people who inject drugs are increasing globally. Knowledge regarding the epidemiology and management of these infections has mainly been driven by data from North America and Europe. This seminar will present findings from Dr Lucy Attwood’s PhD investigating the epidemiology and management of invasive infections in people who inject drugs in Australia. This PhD has included a multisite prospective cohort study that enrolled participants from 10 public hospitals across Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.

About the speaker:

Dr Lucy Attwood is an Infectious Diseases physician at Alfred Health and Monash Health in Melbourne, Victoria. Lucy is the medical lead of the Inclusion Health program at Alfred Health, a multidisciplinary program that supports engagement and flexible discharge plans for people who inject drugs with acute infections. She is currently completing a NHMRC funded PhD through the Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health and the School of Translational Medicine, Monash University investigating how to optimise the management of injection-related infections in people who inject drugs.