Charles Gilks
Professor
UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health
The University of Queensland
Australia
Biography
Currently Dr Gilks is Head of the School of Population Health at the University of Queensland. Previously he was head of UNAIDS in India, providing leadership and political advocacy for the joint UN response to HIV in a complex political environment, managing the ten UN cosponsors and fundraising for programme support with multiple stakeholders.
Research Interest
Tropical Medicine, Public Health, HIV Infection, Communicable Diseases, AIDS, Infectious Diseases/Agents, antimicrobial resistance, antimicrobial stewardship in primary care
Publications
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Bell, Stephanie K., Mena, Gabriela, Dean, Judith, Boyd, Mark, Gilks, Charles and Gartner, Coral (2017) Vaporised nicotine and tobacco harm reduction for addressing smoking among people living with HIV: a cross-sectional survey of Australian HIV health practitioners’ attitudes. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 177: 67-70.
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Morris, Leith, Smirnov, Andrew, Kvassay, Amanda, Leslie, Ellen, Kavanagh, Rebecca, Alexander, Nik, Davey, Geoff, Williams, Owain, Gilks, Charles and Najman, Jake M. (2017) Initial outcomes of integrated community-based hepatitis C treatment for people who inject drugs: findings from the Queensland Injectors’ Health Network. International Journal of Drug Policy, 47: 216-220.
