The latest article from our hepatitis C post-cure project explores the issue of electronic health record sharing surrounding hepatitis C in light of new health information sharing laws in the state of Victoria.
genderlawanddrugs.org/2024/04/10/ele…

Our research lead, Professor Professor Kate Seear, has been appointed to the Victorian Government’s Women’s Health Advisory Council and Deputy Chair of a landmark Inquiry into Women’s Pain, in recognition of her expertise on women’s health, stigma, and human rights
premier.vic.gov.au/new-victorian-…

Our research led, Professor Professor Kate Seear, one of Health+Law's expert advisors, has led our three-year research project addressing legal, policy and practice discrimination related to hepatitis C in a ‘post-cure’ world.
Read more here
healthpluslaw.org/blog/hepatitis…

What does Shakespeare’s Coriolanus have to say about the Australian Senate? A new @gladlatrobe article from @kate_seear and Sean Mulcahy explores the ways government and parliament is, and historically has been conducted and represented as, theatre.

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My latest article with Professor Kate Seear, '‘The tribunes of the people, the tongues o’ the common mouth’: Parliamentarians as representatives when scrutinising laws' is now published in Law and Humanities Journal tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our Professor Kate Seear is speaking at the UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health and UNSW Social Policy Research Centre Seminar Series on 'What do human rights mean for drug policy? Insights from a major study' on Tue 13 Feb 2024 at 3pm
Further info here: eventbrite.com.au/e/what-do-huma…

We’re delighted to have our work profiled in a new post in Social & Legal Studies. You can read about our work below, including details of our recent publication in the journal which explores how stigma can linger for people who’ve been cured of hep C, and what we need to do to address it.

Interested in stigma and discrimination in healthcare? Our team is hosting a free online workshop about how to implement strategies from a new stigma reduction toolkit for Victorian healthcare workers. Thursday 14 March 2024, 10-12pm. Register online: bit.ly/3RpoSAZ

Do people with hepatitis C feel entitled to health care in Australia?
Has the optimism around cure and elimination impacted their feelings of entitlement?
Find out more in our latest article at genderlawanddrugs.org/2023/12/18/cur…

Our latest article from our study of hepatitis C post-cure lives examines hepatitis C healthcare inequalities since the introduction of direct-acting anti-viral treatment.
Read more at genderlawanddrugs.org/2023/12/18/cur…

With GLaDProgramLTU colleagues, our new article uses Berlant’s ‘cruel optimism’ to examine how understandings of the cost of hepatitis C elimination can position treatment as a gift from the state, rather than an entitlement, for those who access it. shorturl.at/zFJRZ

Really thrilled to have written this article with my GLaDProgramLTU colleagues Professor Kate Seear, Emily Lenton & Sean Mulcahy for the The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand about hepatitis C, cure & the issues hampering efforts to eliminate the virus - including injecting stigma & a lack of NSPs in prisons.