Congratulations to Prof Kit Fairley on ASHA award!

Professor Christopher Fairley (right) receiving
his ASHA award for distinguished services

Congratulations to Professor Christopher (Kit) Fairley, Director of the Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC), who has won the Australasian Sexual Health Alliance (ASHA) Distinguished Services to Sexual Health Award.

The ASHA Distinguished Services to Sexual Health Award recognises a distinguished visionary leader who has made outstanding contribution to the field of sexual health both nationally and internationally.

Kit is the Director of MSHC and Professor of Public Health, Monash University. He has principal research interests in the control of sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses, and the effectiveness of clinical services. He has more than 600 peer-reviewed journal publications, 83 invited presentations and has supervised 28 doctoral students to completion. He holds four specialist medical fellowships from the College of Physicians (Infectious Diseases), Faculty of Public Health, Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine and the Royal College of Physicians.