The rates of invasive infections amongst people who inject drugs are increasing globally. Data from North America and Europe have mainly driven knowledge regarding the epidemiology and management of these infections. This one-hour seminar presents findings from Dr Lucy Attwood’s PhD investigating the epidemiology and management of invasive infections in people who inject drugs in Australia. This PhD included a multisite prospective cohort study that enrolled participants from 10 public hospitals across Victoria, New South Wales, and Queensland.

About the speaker: Dr Lucy Attwood is an infectious diseases physician at Alfred Health and Monash Health in Melbourne. She is also the medical lead of the multidisciplinary Inclusion Health program at Alfred Health, which supports engagement and flexible discharge plans for people who inject drugs (PWID) with acute infections. Dr Attwood is currently completing an NHMRC-funded PhD through the Department of Infectious Diseases, Alfred Health and the School of Translational Medicine, Monash University, investigating how to optimise the management of injection-related infections in PWID.