Carol El-hayek
Head of Surveillance and Evaluation
Public Health
Burnet Institute
Australia
Biography
Carol is an epidemiologist at Burnet and manages the HIV/AIDS surveillance register on behalf of the Victorian Department of Health. She is also responsible for the ongoing analysis and dissemination of HIV epidemiological data. Managing the sentinel surveillance of BBVs and STIs in Victoria, designed to capture testing and behavioural data from priority groups such as men who have sex with men and young heterosexuals testing for HIV, chlamydia, syphilis and hepatitis C, Carol has been involved with several evaluation projects. An evaluation of health promotion for sex workers funded by the Western Australian Department of Health was one of her recent projects. Carol also has extensive experience in managing large epidemiological datasets.
Research Interest
Behaviours and Health Risks Disease Elimination Healthy Ageing Life Sciences. Public Health. International Development Maternal and Child Health
Publications
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Utility of risk-based chlamydia testing in primary care: analysis of retrospective surveillance data among women in Melbourne, Australia. Wilkinson AL, McNamee K, El-Hayek C, Chow EP, Bradshaw CS, Roth N, Tee BK, Stoové M, Hellard M Sex Health. 2017 Apr; 14(3):268-273
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Wilkinson et al. Respond to "Latent Transition Analyses in Clinical Cohorts". Wilkinson AL, El-Hayek C, Fairley CK, Roth N, Tee BK, McBryde E, Hellard M, Stoové M Am J Epidemiol. 2017 Apr; 185(8):639-640
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Anorectal swabs as a marker of male-to-male sexual exposure in STI surveillance systems. Ampt FH, El Hayek C, Agius PA, Bowring AL, Bartnik N, Van Gemert C, Fairley CK, Chow EPF, Bradshaw CS, Stephens N, Lim MSC, Hellard ME Epidemiol Infect. 2017 Sep; 145(12):2530-2535
