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Brendan Harney

Research Assistant

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brendan.harney@burnet.edu.au
Brendan Harney

Background

Brendan completed a Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) in 2016 through Burnet Institute and Monash University with a project based on STI and HIV risk among men who have sex with men. Currently Brendan is a research assistant with Burnet Institute and Alfred Hospital Department of Infectious Diseases working on a range of hepatitis C related studies among men who have sex with men and people who inject drugs. He is also completing a Master of Public Health with Monash University.

Qualifications

  • 2016: Bachelor of Health Science (Honours) Monash University, Australia
  • 2015: Bachelor of Science (Biotechnology)/Bachelor of Commerce (Commercial Law) Swinburne University, Australia

Appointments

2022: Student Representative, Burnet Institute

Awards

  • 2018: Academic Scholarship, International Symposium on Hepatitis Care in Substance Users, Portugal
  • 2017: Sexual Health Society of Victoria Education Grant, STI & HIV World Congress, Brazil

Positions

  • 2018- ongoing: Research Assistant, Burnet Institute
  • 2017-ongoing: Data Analyst and Research Assistant, The Alfred/Monash University Department of Infectious Diseases

Burnet publications

06 Jun 2025

An exploratory intersectional analysis of syphilis prevalence among people who inject drugs in Montreal, Canada

medRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Brendan L Harney

20 Jun 2024

Annual hepatitis C testing and positive tests among gay and bisexual men in Australia from 2016 to 2022: a serial cross-sectional analysis of sentinel surveillance data

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Brendan L Harney, Rachel Sacks‐Davis, Michael W. Traeger, Daniela K van Santen, Anna L. Wilkinson, Jason Asselin, Margaret Hellard, Joseph Doyle, Brendan L Harney, Rachel Sacks‐Davis

20 Jun 2024

Annual hepatitis C testing and positive tests among gay and bisexual men in Australia from 2016 to 2022: a serial cross-sectional analysis of sentinel surveillance data

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Brendan L Harney, Rachel Sacks‐Davis, Michael W. Traeger, Daniela K van Santen, Anna L. Wilkinson, Jason Asselin, Margaret Hellard, Joseph Doyle, Brendan L Harney, Rachel Sacks‐Davis

Current projects

Sexual behaviour, sexual health and sexually transmissible infections among people who inject drugs
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Sexual behaviour, sexual health and sexually transmissible infections among people who inject drugs

Past projects

The elimination of hepatitis C as a global public health threat

The elimination of hepatitis C as a global public health threat

This project addresses critical knowledge gaps in Australian and global efforts to eliminate hepatitis C as a public health threat by 2030.

Co-EC Study: Eliminating hepatitis C/HIV coinfection

Co-EC Study: Eliminating hepatitis C/HIV coinfection

The co-EC study aimed to eliminate hepatitis C/HIV coinfection among gay and bisexual men through scale up treatment of hepatitis C in primary care and hospital settings.

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