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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2017
Journal Article
Utility of risk-based chlamydia testing in primary care: analysis of retrospective surveillance data among women in Melbourne, Australia
Wilkinson, Anna L., Mcnamee, Kathleen, El-Hayek, Carol, Chow, Eric P. F., Bradshaw, Catriona S., Roth, Norm, Tee, B. K., Stoove, Mark and Hellard, Margaret (2017). Utility of risk-based chlamydia testing in primary care: analysis of retrospective surveillance data among women in Melbourne, Australia. Sexual Health, 14 (3), 268-273. doi: 10.1071/SH16202
2016
Journal Article
A 'test and treat' prevention strategy in Australia requires innovative HIV testing models: A cohort study of repeat testing among high-risk' men who have sex with men
Wilkinson, Anna L., El-Hayek, Carol, Spelman, Tim, Fairley, Christopher K., Leslie, David, Mcbryde, Emma S., Hellard, Margaret and Stoové, Mark (2016). A 'test and treat' prevention strategy in Australia requires innovative HIV testing models: A cohort study of repeat testing among high-risk' men who have sex with men. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 92 (6), 464-466. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052421
2016
Journal Article
The Impact of a Social Marketing Campaign on HIV and Sexually Transmissible Infection Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Australia
Wilkinson, Anna L., Pedrana, Alisa E., El-Hayek, Carol, Vella, AlyceM., Asselin, Jason, Batrouney, Colin, Fairley, Christopher K., Read, Tim R. H., Hellard, Margaret and Stoove, Mark (2016). The Impact of a Social Marketing Campaign on HIV and Sexually Transmissible Infection Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Australia. Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 43 (1), 49-56. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000380
2016
Journal Article
Characteristics of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men testing and retesting at Australia's first shop-front rapid point-of-care HIV testing service
Ryan, Kathleen E., Wilkinson, Anna L., Leitinger, David, El-Hayek, Carol, Ryan, Claire, Pedrana, Alisa, Hellard, Margaret and Stoove, Mark (2016). Characteristics of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men testing and retesting at Australia's first shop-front rapid point-of-care HIV testing service. Sexual Health, 13 (6), 560-567. doi: 10.1071/SH16027
2015
Journal Article
A new approach to estimating trends in chlamydia incidence
Ali, Hammad, Cameron, Ewan, Drovandi, Christopher C., Mccaw, James M., Guy, Rebecca J., Middleton, Melanie, El-Hayek, Carol, Hocking, Jane S., Kaldor, John M., Donovan, Basil and Wilson, David P. (2015). A new approach to estimating trends in chlamydia incidence. Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91 (7), 513-519. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2014-051631
2015
Journal Article
"Seek, Test, Treat" Lessons From Australia: A Study of HIV Testing Patterns From a Cohort of Men Who Have Sex With Men (vol 69, pg e85, 2015)
Wilkinson, A. L., El-Hayek, C. and Spelman, T. (2015). "Seek, Test, Treat" Lessons From Australia: A Study of HIV Testing Patterns From a Cohort of Men Who Have Sex With Men (vol 69, pg e85, 2015). Jaids-Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 70 (1), E35-E35. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000766
2015
Conference Publication
SCREENING FOR CHLAMYDIA CONCURRENTLY WITH A ROUTINE PAP TEST IN PRIMARY CARE: COULD CERVICAL SCREENING CHANGES IMPACT ON CHLAMYDIA TESTING?
Moreira, Clarissa, Van Gemert, Caroline, Hocking, Jane S., Lim, Megan S., Bateson, Deborah, McNamee, Kathleen, Tabrizi, Sepehr N., Guy, Rebecca J., Hellard, Margaret and El-Hayek, Carol (2015). SCREENING FOR CHLAMYDIA CONCURRENTLY WITH A ROUTINE PAP TEST IN PRIMARY CARE: COULD CERVICAL SCREENING CHANGES IMPACT ON CHLAMYDIA TESTING?. LONDON: BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.377
2015
Conference Publication
DOES ACCESSING NON-OCCUPATIONAL POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS AND THE ASSOCIATED CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IMPACT CONDOM USE AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA
Wilkinson, Anna L., Pierce, Anna B., El-Hayek, Carol, McCarthy, Damien, Armishaw, Jude, Watson, Kerrie, Price, Brian, Wright, Edwina, Fairley, Christopher, Leslie, David, Roth, Norm, Tee, B. K., Hellard, Margaret, Hoy, Jenny and Stoove, Mark (2015). DOES ACCESSING NON-OCCUPATIONAL POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS AND THE ASSOCIATED CLINICAL EXPERIENCE IMPACT CONDOM USE AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN IN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA. LONDON: BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.475
2015
Conference Publication
HIGH RATES OF CO-OCCURRING SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE INFECTIONS AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN ATTENDING HIGH-CASELOAD GENERAL PRACTICE AND SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICES IN VICTORIA
Leitinger, D., Wilkinson, A., Bartnik, N., Fairley, C., Tee, B. K., Roth, N., Leslie, D., El-Hayek, C., Hellard, M. and Stoove, M. (2015). HIGH RATES OF CO-OCCURRING SEXUALLY TRANSMISSIBLE INFECTIONS AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN ATTENDING HIGH-CASELOAD GENERAL PRACTICE AND SEXUAL HEALTH SERVICES IN VICTORIA. LONDON: BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.459
2015
Journal Article
Clinic Network Collaboration and Patient Tracing to Maximize Retention in HIV Care
McMahon, James H., Moore, Richard, Eu, Beng, Tee, Ban-Kiem, Chen, Marcus, El-Hayek, Carol, Street, Alan, Woolley, Ian, Buggie, Andrew, Collins, Danielle, Medland, Nicholas and Hoy, Jennifer (2015). Clinic Network Collaboration and Patient Tracing to Maximize Retention in HIV Care. Plos One, 10 (5) e0127726. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127726
2015
Journal Article
Routine feedback of test results to participants in clinic- and survey-based surveillance of HIV
Baggaley, Rachel, Johnson, Cheryl, Calleja, Jesus Maria Garcia, Sabin, Keith, Obermeyer, Carla, Taegtmeyer, Miriam, Zaba, Basia, El-Hayek, Carol and Singh, Jerome Amir (2015). Routine feedback of test results to participants in clinic- and survey-based surveillance of HIV. Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 93 (5), 352-355. doi: 10.2471/BLT.15.153031
2015
Journal Article
"seek, test, treat" lessons from Australia: A study of HIV testing patterns from a cohort of men who have sex with men
Wilkinson, Anna Lee, El-Hayek, Carol, Spelman, Tim, Fairley, Christopher, Leslie, David, McBryde, Emma, Hellard, Margaret and Stoové, Mark (2015). "seek, test, treat" lessons from Australia: A study of HIV testing patterns from a cohort of men who have sex with men. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 69 (4), 460-465. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000613
2015
Journal Article
Paying the price in an era of HIV treatment as prevention: a retrospective study of the cost burden of HIV treatment for people living with HIV in Victoria, Australia
Wilkinson, Anna L., McMahon, James, Cheah, Yik-Siang, Bradshaw, Catriona S., El-Hayek, Carol and Stoove, Mark (2015). Paying the price in an era of HIV treatment as prevention: a retrospective study of the cost burden of HIV treatment for people living with HIV in Victoria, Australia. Sexual Health, 12 (1), 34-38. doi: 10.1071/SH14144
2014
Conference Publication
NEW HEPATITIS C INFECTION AND RE-INFECTION AMONG HIV CO-INFECTED MEN IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
El-Hayek, C., Doyle, J. S., Cuevas, M., Lim, M., Fairley, C. K., Leslie, D. E., Roth, N., Tee, B. K., Stoove, M. and Hellard, M. E. (2014). NEW HEPATITIS C INFECTION AND RE-INFECTION AMONG HIV CO-INFECTED MEN IN MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA. 49th Annual International Liver Congress of the European-Association-for-the-Study-of-the-Liver, London England, Apr 09-13, 2014. AMSTERDAM: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV. doi: 10.1016/S0168-8278(14)60894-1
2014
Journal Article
Trends in chlamydia positivity among heterosexual patients from the Victorian Primary Care Network for Sentinel Surveillance, 2007-2011
Lim, Megan S. C., El-Hayek, Carol, Goller, Jane L., Fairley, Christopher K., Nguyen, Phuong L. T., Hamilton, Rochelle A., Henning, Dorothy J., McNamee, Kathleen M., Hellard, Margaret E. and Stoove, Mark A. (2014). Trends in chlamydia positivity among heterosexual patients from the Victorian Primary Care Network for Sentinel Surveillance, 2007-2011. Medical Journal of Australia, 200 (3), 166-169. doi: 10.5694/mja13.10108
2013
Journal Article
Opt-Out and Opt-In Testing Increases Syphilis Screening of HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men in Australia
Guy, Rebecca, El-Hayek, Carol, Fairley, Christopher K., Wand, Handan, Carr, Andrew, McNulty, Anna, Hoy, Jenny, Bourne, Christopher, McAllister, John, Tee, B. K., Baker, David, Roth, Norman, Stoove, Mark and Chen, Marcus (2013). Opt-Out and Opt-In Testing Increases Syphilis Screening of HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men in Australia. Plos One, 8 (8) e71436. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071436
2013
Journal Article
Merging Australia's national HIV and AIDS registries: improving quality and completeness of data
Lucky, Tarana T. A., McDonald, Ann M., Wand, Handan, Lam, Meeyin, El-Hayek, Carol and Wilson, David P. (2013). Merging Australia's national HIV and AIDS registries: improving quality and completeness of data. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 37 (4), 393-394. doi: 10.1111/1753-6405.12092
2013
Journal Article
Introduction of a sexual health practice nurse is associated with increased STI testing of men who have sex with men in primary care
Snow, Anthony F., Vodstrcil, Lenka A., Fairley, Christopher K., El-Hayek, Carol, Cummings, Rosey, Owen, Louise, Roth, Norman, Hellard, Margaret E. and Chen, Marcus Y. (2013). Introduction of a sexual health practice nurse is associated with increased STI testing of men who have sex with men in primary care. Bmc Infectious Diseases, 13 298. doi: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-298
2013
Conference Publication
HEPATITIS C TESTING AND INCIDENCE IN HIV-POSITIVE MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN IN MELBOURNE, VICTORIA. A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY
Lim, M. S. C., Hellard, M., El-Hayek, C., Cuevas, M., Fairley, C., Leslie, D., Roth, N., Tee, B. and Stoove, M. (2013). HEPATITIS C TESTING AND INCIDENCE IN HIV-POSITIVE MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN IN MELBOURNE, VICTORIA. A RETROSPECTIVE COHORT STUDY. LONDON: BMJ PUBLISHING GROUP. doi: 10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0582
2013
Journal Article
Is rectal gonorrhoea a lead indicator of HIV transmission among men who have sex with men in Victoria, Australia?
Wilkinson, Anna L., Lim, Megan S. C., Stoove, Mark, Fairley, Christopher K., Chen, Marcus, El-Hayek, Carol, Denham, Ian and Hellard, Margaret (2013). Is rectal gonorrhoea a lead indicator of HIV transmission among men who have sex with men in Victoria, Australia?. Sexual Health, 10 (2), 188-189. doi: 10.1071/SH12145
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