Biography

David is Director of Western Sydney Sexual Health Centre, a Conjoint Professor at the University of Sydney, an Adjunct Professor at Curtin University and an Honorary Professor the University of Cape Town. David provides HIV and sexual health care to a culturally and linguistically diverse population in Western Sydney. From 2004-2014, David was Head of the National Centre for Communicable Diseases’ (NICD) Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Reference Centre and, subsequently, inaugural Head of the NICD’s Centre for HIV and STIs. David’s research interests include biomedical prevention strategies for HIV/STIs, antimicrobial resistance and genital ulcer disease. He is a Council member of the International Society for Infectious Diseases and a Past President of the International Union against STIs (IUSTI-World). David has contributed to many WHO initiatives such as guideline development, point-of-care testing and, until late 2024, served as a member of WHO’s Strategic and Technical Advisory Group for HIV, Hepatitis and STIs. Within Australia, he is a member of both the New South Wales (NSW) Ministry of Health’s HIV and STI Strategy Implementation Committees. He also supports non-governmental community organizations working in the HIV treatment and prevention space, including Positive Life NSW and the Filipino Lesbian and Gay Community Organization (FLAGCOM).