Voices of people from across the globe who are changing the face of sexual health for the better. Hosted by Nick Malhomme, head of the STI International Exchange - or STIIX.
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HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, and women’s reproductive health with Dr. Patricia Kissinger
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Dr. Patricia Kissinger is an infectious disease epidemiologist. She has worked both nationally and internationally for more than three decades in the field of HIV, sexually transmitted diseases, and women’s reproductive health in Africa, Haiti, and the US. She has been the PI on dozens of National Institute of Health (NIH), Centers for Disease Cont…
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Bringing public health and medicine closer together with Professor Ali Shan Khan
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Professor Ali Shan Khan is a medical epidemiologist and Dean of the College of Public Health at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and trained as a doctor in the US before joining the National Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for 25 years with a focus on emerging infectious diseases. He worke…
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REACH Nexus: Working to end Canada’s HIV epidemic by 2025
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Dr Sean B. Rourke and Rick Galli work for REACH Nexus - they are part of a team of implementation science experts working to end Canada’s HIV epidemic by 2025 with bold approaches and pragmatic solutions. Sean B. Rourke is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Scientist with MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael’s Hospital, and Professor …
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Dr. Stacey Griner on implementation science, aka: putting policies into practice in North Texas
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Dr Stacey Griner is the Assistant Professor of Health Behaviour and Health Systems at the University of North Texas and is responsible for putting sexually transmitted infection guidelines and policies into practice. Her sexual and reproductive health research addresses sexually transmitted infection (STI) screening and prevention. Recent projects …
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Living with HIV: Tackling stigmas and raising awareness with Harun Tulunay
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Warning: this episode discusses suicidal thoughts. Harun Tulunay was born in Turkey and moved to the UK to escape the stigma and discrimination he faced as a gay man. When he was diagnosed with HIV in 2016, he decided to become an ambassador for good sexual health and mental health and started to volunteer for charities including Positively UK. Har…
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STD Prevention in the US with the the CDC’s Dr Leandro Mena
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Dr. Leandro Mena is a clinician-researcher and public health expert in the prevention and clinical management of STIs, as well as HIV. Throughout his career, he has studied STI transmission and culturally competent quality health services in racial/ethnic minority groups, as well as among LGBTQ people. Dr. Leandro Mena is the Director of the Divisi…
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STI Research and Development in the Netherlands with Filippo Zimbile and Koenraad Vermey
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Filippo Zimbile and Koenraad Vermey are leaders in STI Research and Development. Working at Soa Aids Nederland, they help the public and professionals prevent, detect and treat HIV and other STIs. They offer reliable, tailor-made information, guidelines and training courses for healthcare professionals and teaching materials for educational purpose…
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Javier Gomez is a Clinical Microbiologist from the Spanish Ministry of Health. He talks to Nick about the STI testing program in Spain, his work on getting remote testing approved and what treatment looks like. He explains why it is important that the national strategic plans for HIV and STI are separate, but connected; he takes the time to outline…
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Exploring new diagnostics at a local and international level with Barbara Van der Pol
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Barbara Van der Pol (known as Bobbie) is President of the International Society for STD Research, and former President of the American STD Association. She also runs a lab in Alabama as a diagnostician evaluating new STI test methods at a community level. She explained to Nick how she’s working both locally and internationally to understand the pot…
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Sexual health in Denver with Mashawn Moore
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Mashawn Moore is at the front line of sexual health, working at the leading sexual health clinic in Denver, Colorado. He spoke to Nick about some of the unique challenges they face. The Stiix and Stones podcast brings together voices of people from across the globe who are changing the face of sexual health for the better. Hosted by Nick Malhomme, …
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Jen Hecht is probably the busiest woman working in sexual health - she’s founder of Building Healthy Online Communities, a consortium which works with dating apps to help them engage with sexual health, creator of Take Me Home, a remote testing platform, and Executive Director of Springboard Health Lab, an incubator to support new ideas in sexual h…
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Sexual Health London is the world’s largest remote testing programme, and Adrian Kelly is its lead commissioner. He spoke to Nick about how and why it’s been such a successful example of health promotion at scale. The Stiix and Stones podcast brings together voices of people from across the globe who are changing the face of sexual health for the b…
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Making Germany ‘sex positive’ with Harriet Langanke
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Harriet Langanke is a journalist, sexologist and founder of GSSG, a not-for-profit foundation in Cologne which co-ordinates national and international projects promoting sexual health. She spoke to Nick about her work promoting open minded attitudes to sex and sexuality - a ‘sex positive’ approach. Voices of people from across the globe who are cha…
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Tim Alston is a technology expert who set up Preventx, the European leader in STI Remote Testing. Preventx predominantly works in the UK and the company administers some a number of public programmes including Sexual Health London – the world’s largest remote testing programme. Tim spoke to Nick about how he’s led the way in promoting remote STI te…
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Challenging HIV inequities with Dr Patrick Sullivan
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Dr. Sullivan is Charles Howard Candler Professor in Epidemiology in the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in Atlanta. He is also the Co-Director of the Center for AIDS Research Prevention Science Core. He told Nick why he’s dedicated his life to reducing HIV inequities across the US - specifically for sexual and gender minorities,…
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Voices of people from across the globe who are changing the face of sexual health for the better. Hosted by Nick Malhomme, head of the STI International Exchange - or STIIX.By STIIX /Bird Lime Media
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