Caroline Van Gemert
Epidemiologist/PhD Candidate
Public Health
Burnet Institute
Australia
Biography
Caroline is an Epidemiologist and PhD Candidate. Her research interests involve the interplay between disease, population and methods. Primary diseases of interest are sexually transmitted infections (STIs, including gonorrhoea, chlamydia, HIV and syphilis) and blood borne viruses (BBVs, including hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus).
Research Interest
Caroline’s methodological areas of interest include communicable disease surveillance systems and epidemiological surveys. Her current research is primarily concerned with identifying strategies to improve screening rates for STIs and BBVs in general practice, thereby improving surveillance data. Caroline’s research interests extend from Australia to internationally, and she has led several epidemiological studies in the Asia/Pacific region.
Publications
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"We Might Get Some Free Beers": Experience and Motivation for Transactional Sex Among Behaviorally Bisexual Men in Vientiane, Laos. Bowring AL, Pasomsouk N, Hughes C, van Gemert C, Higgs P, Sychareun V, Hellard M, Power R Arch Sex Behav. 2017 May; 46(4):1047-1059
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Syndromic management of sexually transmissible infections in resource-poor settings: a systematic review with meta-analysis of the abnormal vaginal discharge flowchart for Neisseria gonorrhoea and Chlamydia trachomatis. van Gemert C, Hellard M, Bradshaw CS, Fowkes FJI, Agius PA, Stoove M, Bennett CM Sex Health. 2017 Aug; Epub ahead of print
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Knowledge and practices of chronic hepatitis B virus testing by general practitioners in Victoria, Australia, 2014-15. van Gemert C, Howell J, Wang J, Stoové M, Cowie B, Allard N, Enright C, Dunn E, Towell V, Hellard M Aust Fam Physician. 2017 Sep; 46(9):683-689
