Dr. Kate Whitford

Biography

Kate Whitford joined the Kirby Institute in 2015 and completed her Master of Public Health at UNSW Sydney in 2016. She previously held the role of research officer in the Public Health Interventions Research Group, where she worked on the National HIV Registry and the Annual Surveillance Reports for HIV and viral hepatitis. She has contributed to various publications and reports, focusing on the impact of data linkage for Indigenous status and the completeness of surveillance data. Her systematic review on hepatitis B vaccination and analysis of gonorrhea trends among Australian women reflect her research interests. Additionally, she conducted qualitative studies investigating HIV testing among female sex workers in Indonesia. Currently, she is involved in a NSW Health funded project titled 'Talking Story - Learning from Aboriginal young people about sexual health', which explores the prevention of HIV and sexually transmissible infections among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander youth. Her other projects include a study on the impacts of incentives on STI testing rates in remote communities and the STRIVEplus initiative that examines the impact of continuous quality improvement on sexual health services and STI testing in Central Australia.

Research Interests