Overview
Background
Carol El-Hayek is an epidemiologist and public health researcher with over 15 years’ experience managing state and national surveillance systems, monitoring blood borne viruses and sexually transmissible infections, and evaluating public health programs. Carol is a certified health informatician and has completed a PhD studying the application of computational analytics to real-world electronic medical records to enhance disease surveillance.
Carol is a Senior Research Fellow in the UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, managing the ATLAS Indigenous primary care surveillance network.
Availability
- Ms Carol El-Hayek is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Masters (Research) of Epidemiology, University of Melbourne
- Doctor of Philosophy of Science in Public Health, University of Melbourne
Works
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2019
Journal Article
Transformation of Australian Community Pharmacies Into Good Clinical Practice Compliant Trial Pharmacies for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
Lal, Luxi, Ryan, Kathleen, Liu, Iris Yi, Price, Brian, Lockwood, Timmy, Aguirre, Ivette, Slobodian, Peter, Lam, Ada, Vassan, Manoj, Lim, Kie, Silverii, John, Tesoriero, Joseph, Phu, Johnny, Lim, Wan, Naidoo, Bharathy, Russell, Nick, Rundle, Matthew, Sewell, Rowan, Cooper, Craig, Hardman, Alexander, Quinn, Martin, Mak, Anne, Wright, Edwina J., Wright, Edwina, Stoove, Mark, Ruth, Simon, Batrouney, Colin, West, Michael, Murphy, Dean ... Owen, Louise (2019). Transformation of Australian Community Pharmacies Into Good Clinical Practice Compliant Trial Pharmacies for HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis. Frontiers in Pharmacology, 10 1269. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2019.01269
2019
Journal Article
Risk of Subsequent HIV Infection Following Sexually Transmissible Infections Among Men Who Have Sex With Men
Harney, Brendan L., Agius, Paul A., El-Hayek, Carol, Fairley, Christopher K., Chow, Eric P. F., Roth, Norman, Tee, B. K., Leslie, David, Tachedjian, Gilda, Hellard, Margaret and Stoove, Mark (2019). Risk of Subsequent HIV Infection Following Sexually Transmissible Infections Among Men Who Have Sex With Men. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, 6 (10) ofz376. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofz376
2019
Journal Article
Two decades of surveillance data show late presentation among a diverse group of women diagnosed with HIV in Victoria, Australia
Moreira, Clarissa, Boughey, Alison, Ryan, Kathleen Elizabeth, Higgins, Nasra, Rotty, Jessica, West, Michael, Hellard, Margaret, Stoove, Mark and El-Hayek, Carol (2019). Two decades of surveillance data show late presentation among a diverse group of women diagnosed with HIV in Victoria, Australia. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 43 (5), 413-418. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12910
2019
Journal Article
Pathology Laboratory Surveillance in the Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Blood-Borne Viruses: Protocol for a Cohort Study
van Gemert, Caroline, Guy, Rebecca, Stoove, Mark, Dimech, Wayne, El-Hayek, Carol, Asselin, Jason, Dip, Grad, Moreira, Clarissa, Nguyen, Long, Callander, Denton, Boyle, Douglas, Donovan, Basil and Hellard, Margaret (2019). Pathology Laboratory Surveillance in the Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance of Sexually Transmitted Infections and Blood-Borne Viruses: Protocol for a Cohort Study. Jmir Research Protocols, 8 (8) e13625, e13625. doi: 10.2196/13625
2019
Journal Article
Association of HIV preexposure prophylaxis with incidence of sexually transmitted infections among individuals at high risk of HIV infection
Traeger, Michael W., Cornelisse, Vincent J., Asselin, Jason, Price, Brian, Roth, Norman J., Willcox, Jeff, Tee, Ban Kiem, Fairley, Christopher K., Chang, Christina C., Armishaw, Jude, Vujovic, Olga, Penn, Matthew, Cundill, Pauline, Forgan-Smith, George, Gall, John, Pickett, Claire, Lal, Luxi, Mak, Anne, Spelman, Tim D., Nguyen, Long, Murphy, Dean A., Ryan, Kathleen E., El-Hayek, Carol, West, Michael, Ruth, Simon, Batrouney, Colin, Lockwood, John T., Hoy, Jennifer F., Hellard, Margaret E. ... for the PrEPX Study Team (2019). Association of HIV preexposure prophylaxis with incidence of sexually transmitted infections among individuals at high risk of HIV infection. JAMA, 321 (14) 1380, 1380-1390. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.2947
2019
Journal Article
Estimating the syphilis epidemic among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Australia following changes in HIV care and prevention
Wilkinson, Anna L., Scott, Nick, Tidhar, Tom, Luong, Phillip, El-Hayek, Carol, Wilson, David P., Fairley, Christopher K., Zhang, Lei, Leslie, David, Roth, Norman, Tee, B. K., Hellard, Margaret and Stoove, Mark (2019). Estimating the syphilis epidemic among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Australia following changes in HIV care and prevention. Sexual Health, 16 (3), 254-262. doi: 10.1071/SH18215
2019
Journal Article
Tracking the uptake of outcomes of hepatitis B virus testing using laboratory data in Victoria, 2011-16: a population-level cohort study
van Gemert, Caroline, Dimech, Wayne, Stoove, Mark, Guy, Rebecca, Howell, Jess, Bowden, Scott, Nicholson, Suellen, Pendle, Stella, Donovan, Basil, Hellard, Margaret, El-Hayek, Carol, Callandar, Denton, Asselin, Jason, Moreira, Clarissa, Smith, Lucy Watchirs, Long Nguyen, and Thomas, Gijo (2019). Tracking the uptake of outcomes of hepatitis B virus testing using laboratory data in Victoria, 2011-16: a population-level cohort study. Sexual Health, 16 (4), 358-366. doi: 10.1071/SH18102
2018
Journal Article
Monitoring the Control of Sexually Transmissible Infections and Blood-Borne Viruses: Protocol for the Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance (ACCESS)
Callander, Denton, Moreira, Clarissa, El-Hayek, Carol, Asselin, Jason, van Gemert, Caroline, Smith, Lucy Watchirs, Long Nguyen, , Dimech, Wayne, Boyle, Douglas I. R., Donovan, Basil, Stoove, Mark, Hellard, Margaret and Guy, Rebecca (2018). Monitoring the Control of Sexually Transmissible Infections and Blood-Borne Viruses: Protocol for the Australian Collaboration for Coordinated Enhanced Sentinel Surveillance (ACCESS). Jmir Research Protocols, 7 (11) PMID 30459142, e11028. doi: 10.2196/11028
2018
Conference Publication
HIV prevention in a Fast Track City: trends in time-dependent HIV cascade indicators among gay and bisexual men attending high HIV caseload testing services in Melbourne, Australia
Stoove, M., Asselin, J., El-Hayek, C., Lewin, S., Allan, B., Hoy, J., Wright, E., Ruth, S., Mills, J., Carter, C., West, M., Manwaring, J., Fischer, A., Wilkinson, A., Guy, R., Donovan, B., Calendar, D., Higgins, N., Locke, P., Roth, N., Tee, B., Wilcox, J., Nguyen, L., Ryan, K. and Hellard, M. (2018). HIV prevention in a Fast Track City: trends in time-dependent HIV cascade indicators among gay and bisexual men attending high HIV caseload testing services in Melbourne, Australia. CHICHESTER: JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD.
2018
Conference Publication
Changes, patterns and predictors of sexually transmitted infections in gay and bisexual men using PrEP; interim analysis from the PrEPX demonstration study
Traeger, M., Asselin, J., Price, B., Cornelisse, V., Roth, N., Wilcox, J., Tee, B. K., Fairley, C., Chang, C., Armishaw, J., Vujovic, O., Penn, M., Cundill, P., Forgan-Smith, G., Gall, J., Pickett, C., Lal, L., Mak, A., Spelman, T., Nguyen, L., Murphy, D., Ryan, K., El-Hayek, C., Ruth, S., Batrouney, C., Lockwood, J., Hoy, J., Grant, R. M., Hellard, M. ... Wright, E. (2018). Changes, patterns and predictors of sexually transmitted infections in gay and bisexual men using PrEP; interim analysis from the PrEPX demonstration study. CHICHESTER: JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD.
2018
Journal Article
Protocol for an HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Population Level Intervention Study in Victoria Australia: The PrEPX Study
Ryan, Kathleen E., Mak, Anne, Stoove, Mark, Price, Brian, Fairley, Christopher K., Ruth, Simon, Lai, Luxshimi, Asselin, Jason, El-Hayek, Carol, Nguyen, Long, Batrouney, Colin, Wilson, David, Lockwood, John, Murphy, Dean, Cornelisse, Vincent J., Roth, Norman, Willcox, Jeff, Chang, Christina C., Armishaw, Judy, Tee, Ban K., Penn, Matthew, Forgan-Smith, George, Williams, Christopher, Montgomery, Jeff, Byron, Kat, Coelho, Alison, Allen, Brent, Wiggins, Jeremy, Kelsall, Jenny ... Wright, Edwina J. (2018). Protocol for an HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Population Level Intervention Study in Victoria Australia: The PrEPX Study. Frontiers in Public Health, 6 151. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2018.00151
2018
Journal Article
Aiming for 90-90-90-the importance of understanding the risk factors for HIV exposure and advanced HIV infection in migrant populations and other groups who do not report male-to-male sex
Peach, Elizabeth, Lemoh, Chris, Stoove, Mark, Agius, Paul, El Hayek, Carol, Higgins, Nasra and Hellard, Margaret (2018). Aiming for 90-90-90-the importance of understanding the risk factors for HIV exposure and advanced HIV infection in migrant populations and other groups who do not report male-to-male sex. Sexual Health, 15 (5), 441-450. doi: 10.1071/SH17192
2018
Journal Article
Eliminating hepatitis C virus as a public health threat among HIV-positive men who have sex with men: a multi-modelling approach to understand differences in sexual risk behaviour
Scott, Nick, Stoove, Mark, Wilson, David P., Keiser, Olivia, El-Hayek, Carol, Doyle, Joseph and Hellard, Margaret (2018). Eliminating hepatitis C virus as a public health threat among HIV-positive men who have sex with men: a multi-modelling approach to understand differences in sexual risk behaviour. Journal of the International Aids Society, 21 (1) e25059. doi: 10.1002/jia2.25059
2017
Journal Article
Anorectal swabs as a marker of male-to-male sexual exposure in STI surveillance systems
Ampt, F. H., El Hayek, C., Agius, P. A., Bowring, A. L., Bartnik, N., Van Gemert, C., Fairley, C. K., Chow, E. P. F., Bradshaw, C. S., Stephens, N., Lim, M. S. C. and Hellard, M. E. (2017). Anorectal swabs as a marker of male-to-male sexual exposure in STI surveillance systems. Epidemiology and Infection, 145 (12), 2530-2535. doi: 10.1017/S095026881700098X
2017
Conference Publication
RISK OF HIV FOLLOWING REPEAT SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE INFECTIONS AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
BrendanHarney, , Agius, P., Roth, N., Tee, B. K., Fairley, C. K., Chow, Epf, Leslie, D., Stoove, M. and El-Hayek, C. (2017). RISK OF HIV FOLLOWING REPEAT SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE INFECTIONS AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. LONDON: BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2017-053264.78
2017
Conference Publication
Health systems and study design features permitting rapid enrolment of individuals at high-risk of HIV acquisition into a pre-exposure prophylaxis study in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Lockwood, J., Asselin, J., Mak, A., Price, B., Murphy, D., Lal, L., El-Hayek, C., Roth, N., Wilcox, J., Fairley, C., Chang, C., Tee, B. K., Penn, M., Forgan-Smith, G., Ruth, S., Joffe, P., Williams, C., Allan, B., Stoove, M., Grant, R. M., de Wit, J. and Wright, E. (2017). Health systems and study design features permitting rapid enrolment of individuals at high-risk of HIV acquisition into a pre-exposure prophylaxis study in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. CHICHESTER: JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD.
2017
Journal Article
Wilkinson et al. Respond to "Latent transition analyses in clinical cohorts"
Wilkinson, Anna L., El-Hayek, Carol, Fairley, Christopher K., Roth, Norm, Tee, B. K., McBryde, Emma, Hellard, Margaret and Stoové, Mark (2017). Wilkinson et al. Respond to "Latent transition analyses in clinical cohorts". American Journal of Epidemiology, 185 (8), 639-640. doi: 10.1093/aje/kww238
2017
Journal Article
Measuring transitions in sexual risk among men who have sex with men: the novel use of latent class and latent transition analysis in HIV sentinel surveillance
Wilkinson, Anna L., El-Hayek, Carol, Fairley, Christopher K., Roth, Norm, Tee, B. K., McBryde, Emma, Hellard, Margaret and Stoové, Mark (2017). Measuring transitions in sexual risk among men who have sex with men: the novel use of latent class and latent transition analysis in HIV sentinel surveillance. American Journal of Epidemiology, 185 (8), 627-635. doi: 10.1093/aje/kww239
2017
Conference Publication
Eliminating hepatitis C virus from HIV-positive men who have sex with men: a multi-modelling approach to understand differences in sexual risk behaviour
Scott, N., Stoove, M., Wilson, D. P., Keiser, O., El-Hayek, C., Doyle, J. and Hellard, M. (2017). Eliminating hepatitis C virus from HIV-positive men who have sex with men: a multi-modelling approach to understand differences in sexual risk behaviour. International Liver Congress / 52nd Annual Meeting of the European-Association-for-the-Study-of-the-Liver, Amsterdam Netherlands, Apr 19-23, 2017. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV.
2017
Journal Article
Comparing non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis drug regimens for HIV: insights from a linked HIV surveillance system
Pierce, Anna B., El-Hayek, Carol, McCarthy, Damien, Armishaw, Jude, Watson, Kerrie, Wilkinson, Anna, Price, Brian, Wright, Edwina J., Hoy, Jennifer F. and Stoove, Mark A. (2017). Comparing non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis drug regimens for HIV: insights from a linked HIV surveillance system. Sexual Health, 14 (2), 179-187. doi: 10.1071/SH16132
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