BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-/-/EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Scientific Meeting 13th January 2023 UID:30 DESCRIPTION:Organised by the RMC and HSV Sigs\n\nFREE TO ATTEND\n\nTo register for this meeting click here\n\nLocation - ZOOM - 13.00 - 16.00\n\n13.00 - 14.45 Racially Minoritised Communities SIG\n\nSession Theme: Inclusivity. Why do sexual health services need to get it right for racially minoritised communities people? From research to practice.\n\nDr Melvina Woode Owusu - From research to practice – Promoting the sexual health and wellbeing of people from a Black Caribbean background \n\nPhil Samba - What do queer men of colour want from their sexual health services?\n\nElisabete Miranda - The use of sexual health influencers on social media to engage Black, Asian, and minority communities in HIV prevention campaigns \n\nBiographies\n\nDr Melvina Woode Owusu \n\nTopic - From research to practice – Promoting the sexual health and wellbeing of people from a Black Caribbean background\n\nMelvina is a Research and Programme Management Consultant and Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University College London. Stimulated by her study of medical anthropology at Durham University, and later her doctoral study in epidemiology, Melvina is committed to incorporating both community and population-level perspectives when supporting researchers and providers to embed an inclusive approach to design, delivery and dissemination. Her 15 years’ of experience in sexual and public health includes surveillance, promotion & management in local, national and international projects and organisations, including the WHO, ECDC, and UNAIDS. Melvina is also Trustee of the Race Equality Foundation.\n\nPhil Samba  \n\nTopic - What do queer men of colour want from their sexual health services?\n\nPhil Samba is a health promotion specialist, researcher, social activist and writer with over five years of experience working in public health. Primarily focused on reducing the health inequalities of people of colour and in particular, improving the sexual and mental health of queer men of colour, he strives for equality at the intersection of race, sexuality, sexual and mental health, while providing honest and accurate visibility and representation of Black queer men in everything he does.\n\nElisabete Miranda \n\nTitle: The use of sexual health influencers on social media to engage Black, Asian, and minority communities in HIV prevention campaigns\n\nElisabete Miranda is the Programme Lead for Sexual Health Services at BHA for Equality.  \n\nBHA for Equality is a health and social care charity which exists to challenge and address health and social care inequalities for Black, Asian & Ethnic Minority residents in Greater Manchester.  \n\nElisabete coordinates inside BHA, the programme Passionate about Sexual Health Partnership (PaSH Partnership), a collaboration between BHA for Equality, George House Trust, and the LGBT Foundation. The PaSH Partnership delivers a comprehensive programme of interventions to meet the changing needs of people newly diagnosed with HIV, living longer term with HIV or at the greatest risk of acquiring HIV. \n\nBHA for Equality, a charity based in Greater Manchester, recruited influencers from the community to share social media campaigns and engage black, Asian, and minority groups focusing on sending tailored messages and stimulating online conversations on how to prevent, test, and manage HIV and on sexual health. \n\n14.45 - 16.00 Herpes Simplex Virus SIG\n\nDr Raj Patel - What's new in the HSV guideline\n\nBiography - Dr Raj Patel is a consultant in GUM at Solent NHS Trust. He is the HSV SIG Co chair and lead author of the 2023 BASHH Management of Genital Herpes Guideline. \n\nDr Emily Clarke / Dr Elizabeth Foley - current controversies in the management of herpes in pregnancy\n\nBiography -  Dr Emily Claire is consultant GUM physician at the Royal Liverpool Hospital and lead author of the forthcoming Herpes in Pregnancy Guidelines developed for the RCOG and BASHH\n\nDr Elizabeth Foley is a consultant GUM Physician in Southampton and longtime member of the HSV SIG\n\nDr John Green - Managing patients with health anxiety - how to stop suppressive therapy\n\nBiography - Dr John Green co chair of the HSV SIG. He is the senior phycologist in the department of GUM at Imperial. He has a longstanding interest in psychological aspects of sti management\n\nCase reports - SIG panel members\n\n DTSTART:20230113T090000Z DTEND:20230113T090000Z LOCATION:Virtual END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR