Patient & Carers Voices: A series of talks by patients and carers | 

Generously supported by Baxter Healthcare

Welcome Reception | Exhibition Area

Welcome to the 2020 Home Dialysis Conference in Canberra! This is the first social opportunity to catch up with your interstate colleagues and sponsors and exhibitors of the Meeting.  The welcome reception also provides a great opportunity to meet delegates who are attending the conference for the first time.

The Welcome Reception is generously sponsored by Roche

Dialysis Australia’s home dialysis model of care – increased choice and convenience in where people receive their care

Click here for more information.  Session includes a light buffet breakfast commencing 7am followed by the symposium.  Bookings can be made during the registration process or by emailing mail@conferencedesign.com.au 

Home Network Initiative Panel: The HOME Network: What is in it for me?   

Panel: Dana Windebank (Consumer, NSW), Paula Woodward (Non Clinical Member, NSW), Caroline McNaught (ACT), Rosemary Simmonds (VIC), Monique Borlace (SA)

Dr Andrea Viecelli is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland and nephrologist at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane, Australia.  She completed her PhD on strategies to improve vascular access outcomes in patients on haemodialysis through the University of Queensland in 2019. She is a clinical trialist of the Australasian Kidney Trials Network and a lead investigator of the FAVOURED study, an international, multicentre randomised controlled trial of fish oil and aspirin for preventing arteriovenous fistula failure.  Full biography.

Dr Murty Mantha MD DM DNB FRACP FASN, is a Pre-eminent staff specialists , Director of renal services at Cairns Hinterland and hospital District and Associate professor (Adjunct) of medicine, JCU school of medicine, Cairns. He has overseen successful implementation of models of care relating to home haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis for Indigenous patients from rural and remote communities. Full biography

Health literacy in renal.  Overcoming non-adherence
Ann Bonner, PhD, MA, BAppSc, Renal Cert, RN, MACN

Ann Bonner is a Professor of Nursing in the School of Nursing at Queensland University of Technology and leads the Renal Nursing Professorial Unit at Metro North Hospital and Health Service. She has 30 years’ experience as a nephrology nursing in clinical, education and research roles. Ann’s research interests are symptom management, kidney supportive care, self-management and advanced practice nursing roles. Full biography.

Health literacy and development of patient education materials
Kelly Lambert

Kelly is a Senior Lecturer and Academic Program Director for Nutrition and Dietetics at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia. She has more than decades of clinical experience as a renal dietitian. In 2018 she completed her PhD which focused on the impact of health literacy and cognitive impairment on dietary self-management in end stage kidney disease. Full biography.

Place of urgent start PD
Kamal Sud

Dr. Arsh Jain is currently an Associate Professor of Medicine at the London Health Sciences Centre of Western University, London, Ontario, Canada. He received his Medical Degree from the University of Toronto in 2002 and completed post graduate training at Western University.  Dr. Jain completed a CIHR funded research fellowship and Master’s Degree in Clinical Epidemiology in 2010. Full biography.

Conference Dinner | Members Dining Room, MoAD

It is with great pleasure that the Organising Committee of the 2020 HDC Conference invite you to attend the Conference Dinner in Members’ Dining Room 2 at the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. Tickets are $98 and include three courses and drinks on arrival. Book during registration or by emailing mail@conferencedesign.com.au.

Jane Nearhos is a Psychologist with over 20 years experience in disability, rehabilitation, mental health, and health care. She has also worked with diabetes care and chronic pain management. Her current role is with the multidisciplinary team providing psychology interventions to renal patients at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane. Her research interests are in the psychological adjustment of people with chronic illness, particularly kidney disease.

Dr Jaquelyne Hughes is a Torres Strait Islander woman. Her family come from Mabuiag Island in the near west Torres Strait.  She is a nephrologist at Royal Darwin Hospital and Senior Research Fellow at Menzies School of Health Research in Darwin.  Some of the key and impactful clinical research she has led includes the eGFR Study, focussed on validating the eGFR kidney function test and confirming a rapid progression in loss of kidney function in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and Acute Kidney Injury study- confirming characteristics at incident haemodialysis and survival following incident haemodialysis. Full biography.

Farewell Lunch & Awards | Exhibition Area

During lunch the committee will present the Best Oral Abstract and Best Poster Abstract Awards