Conjoint Senior Lecturer

Dr Rosalind Foster

MBChB BMedSci (University of Birmingham, UK),
FRCP, General Medicine and Higher Specialist Training in Genitourinary Medicine and HIV (RACP)
MSc, Medical Immunology (Kings College London)
FAChSHM, Sexual Health Medicine

Medicine & Health

The Kirby Institute

Dr Rosalind Foster completed her undergraduate and postgraduate training in the UK, followed by higher specialist training in Genitourinary Medicine and HIV medicine. Rosalind was admitted as a Fellow to the Chapter of Sexual Health Medicine (FAChSHM RACP) in 2013. She currently works as a Staff Specialist at Sydney Sexual Health Centre.

E-mail

Rosalind.Foster@health.nsw.gov.au

Journal articles | 2023

Del Tufo A; Foster R; Haire B; Newman CE; Smith AKJ; Crowley M; Burn D; McNulty A, 2023, 'Understanding the health care needs of transgender and gender diverse people engaging with rural Australian sexual health centres: a qualitative interview study', Sexual Health, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/sh22159

Journal articles | 2022

Foster R; Vickers T; Lu H; Mcnulty A, 2022, 'Chlamydia home sampling in the real world: A cross-sectional analysis', Sexual Health, 19, pp. 479 - 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH22054

Journal articles | 2022

Rasul R; McIver R; Patel P; Foster R; McNulty A, 2022, 'Non-empirical management of asymptomatic chlamydia and gonorrhoea reduces unnecessary antibiotic use fivefold: A before and after study', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2021-055382

Journal articles | 2021

Chow EPF; Ong JJ; Donovan B; Foster R; Phillips TR; McNulty A; Fairley CK, 2021, 'Comparing hiv post-exposure prophylaxis, testing, and new diagnoses in two australian cities with different lockdown measures during the covid-19 pandemic', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph182010814

Journal articles | 2021

Lee C; McManus H; Foster R; Davies SC, 2021, 'A survey of condom use among female sex workers in Northern Sydney; declining condom use for fellatio', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 32, pp. 1326 - 1337, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09564624211040951

Journal articles | 2021

Lee PM; Foster R; McNulty A; McIver R; Patel P, 2021, 'Ask Dr Google: What STI do i have?', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 97, pp. 420 - 422, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2020-054619

Journal articles | 2020

Comninos NB; Foster R; Varma R; Bourne C, 2020, 'Follow-up of renal impairment results among attendees taking HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis at a Sydney Sexual Health Clinic', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 31, pp. 689 - 693, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462420922751

Journal articles | 2020

Houghton R; McIver R; Lockwood T; Johnson K; Foster R, 2020, 'Characteristics of clients newly diagnosed with HIV in central Sydney in 2016-17: A retrospective audit comparing a community-based testing site and a clinical sexual health service', Sexual Health, 17, pp. 390 - 391, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH19152

Journal articles | 2020

Qian S; Foster R; Bourne C; Vickers T; McIver R; McNulty A, 2020, 'Neisseria gonorrhoeae positivity in clients presenting as asymptomatic contacts of gonorrhoea at a sexual health centre', Sexual Health, 17, pp. 187 - 191, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH19091

Journal articles | 2019

Vaccher SJ; Marzinke MA; Templeton DJ; Haire BG; Ryder N; McNulty A; Foster R; Grulich AE; Zablotska IB; Bloch M; Carr A; Cheung C; Gianacas C; Guy R; Holt M; Kaldor J; Mackie B; Mayer K; McAllister J; Murphy D; Ooi C; Pell C; Poynten IM; Prestage G; de Wit J; Wright E; Callander D; Cooper D; Crooks L; Duck T; Holden J; Keen P; Kelleher A; Mitchell J; Price K; Selvey C; Schmidt HM; Telfer B; Whittaker B; Wilson D, 2019, 'Predictors of Daily Adherence to HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis in Gay/Bisexual Men in the PRELUDE Demonstration Project', AIDS and Behavior, 23, pp. 1287 - 1296, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2353-5

Journal articles | 2019

Zablotska IB; Vaccher SJ; Bloch M; Carr A; Foster R; Grulich AE; Guy R; McNulty A; Ooi C; Pell C; Poynten IM; Prestage G; Ryder N; Templeton D; Cheung C; Gianacas C; Holt M; Kaldor J; Mackie B; Mayer K; McAllister J; Murphy D; de Wit J; Wright E, 2019, 'High Adherence to HIV Pre-exposure Prophylaxis and No HIV Seroconversions Despite High Levels of Risk Behaviour and STIs: The Australian Demonstration Study PrELUDE', AIDS and Behavior, 23, pp. 1780 - 1789, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2290-3

Journal articles | 2018

Foster R; McCormack L; Thng C; Wand H; McNulty A, 2018, 'Cross-sectional survey of Chinese-speaking and Thai-speaking female sex workers in Sydney, Australia: Factors associated with consistent condom use', Sexual Health, 15, pp. 389 - 395, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH17205

Journal articles | 2018

Grulich AE; Guy R; Amin J; Jin F; Selvey C; Holden J; Schmidt HMA; Zablotska I; Price K; Whittaker B; Chant K; Cooper C; McGill S; Telfer B; Yeung B; Levitt G; Ogilvie EE; Dharan NJ; Hammoud MA; Vaccher S; Watchirs-Smith L; McNulty A; Smith DJ; Allen DM; Baker D; Bloch M; Bopage RI; Brown K; Carr A; Carmody CJ; Collins KL; Finlayson R; Foster R; Jackson EY; Lewis DA; Lusk J; O'Connor CC; Ryder N; Vlahakis E; Read P; Cooper DA; Smith D; Ooi C; Martin S; Soo TM; Templeton D; Townson D; Forssman B; Doong N; Han Thai G; Anderson B; MacLeod H; Parkhill N, 2018, 'Population-level effectiveness of rapid, targeted, high-coverage roll-out of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in men who have sex with men: the EPIC-NSW prospective cohort study', The Lancet HIV, 5, pp. e629 - e637, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(18)30215-7

Journal articles | 2018

Zablotska IB; Selvey C; Guy R; Price K; Holden J; Schmidt HM; McNulty A; Smith D; Jin F; Amin J; Cooper DA; Grulich AE; Parkhill N; Chant K; Cooper C; Crooks L; Allen D; Baker D; Bloch M; Bopage R; Brown K; Carr A; Carmody C; Collins K; Finlayson R; Foster R; Jackson E; Lewis D; Lusk J; O'Connor C; Ryder N; Vlahakis E; Read P; Yeung B; Levitt G; Ogilvie E; Vaccher S; Hammoud M; Watchirs-Smith L; Wabe N, 2018, 'Expanded HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) implementation in communities in New South Wales, Australia (EPIC-NSW): Design of an open label, single arm implementation trial', BMC Public Health, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-5018-9

Journal articles | 2017

McAllister JW; Towns JM; McNulty A; Pierce AB; Foster R; Richardson R; Carr A, 2017, 'Dolutegravir with tenofovir disoproxil fumarate-emtricitabine as HIV postexposure prophylaxis in gay and bisexual men', AIDS, 31, pp. 1291 - 1295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000001447

Journal articles | 2017

Vaccher SJ; Gianacas C; Templeton DJ; Poynten IM; Haire BG; Ooi C; Foster R; McNulty A; Grulich AE; Zablotska IB, 2017, 'Baseline preferences for daily, event-driven, or periodic hiv pre-exposure prophylaxis among gay and bisexual men in the prelude demonstration project', Frontiers in Public Health, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2017.00341

Journal articles | 2017

Vaccher SJ; Grulich AE; Haire B; Conway D; Poynten M; Ooi C; Foster R; Templeton D; Zablotska-Manos I, 2017, 'Validation of participant eligibility for pre-exposure prophylaxis: Baseline data from the PRELUDE Demonstration Project', PLoS One, 12, pp. e0185398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0185398

Journal articles | 2016

Foster R; Ali H; Crowley M; Dyer R; Grant K; Lenton J; Little C; Knight V; Read P; Donovan B; McNulty A; Guy R, 2016, 'Does Living Outside of a Major City Impact on the Timeliness of Chlamydia Treatment? A Multicenter Cross-Sectional Analysis', Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 43, pp. 506 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000496

Journal articles | 2016

Mason E; Foster R; Wray L; McNulty A; Donovan B, 2016, 'Reactive arthritis following a Microsporidia infection', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 27, pp. 1239 - 1241, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462416640364

Journal articles | 2016

Mason E; Wray L; Foster R; Jamil MS; Guy R; McNulty A; Donovan B, 2016, 'Reactive arthritis at the Sydney Sexual Health Centre 1992–2012: declining despite increasing chlamydia diagnoses', International Journal of STD and AIDS, 27, pp. 882 - 889, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462415598251

Journal articles | 2016

Mulhall BP; Wright ST; De La Mata N; Allen D; Brown K; Dickson B; Grotowski M; Jackson E; Petoumenos K; Foster R; Read T; Russell D; Smith DJ; Templeton DJ; Fairley CK; Law MG, 2016, 'Risk factors associated with incident sexually transmitted infections in HIV-positive patients in the Australian HIV Observational Database: a prospective cohort study', HIV Medicine, 17, pp. 623 - 630, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hiv.12371

Journal articles | 2016

Vaccher S; Grulich A; McAllister J; Templeton DJ; Bloch M; McNulty A; Holden J; Poynten IM; Prestage G; Zablotska I; Carr A; Cheung C; Foster R; Gianacas C; Guy R; Holt M; Kaldor J; Mackie B; Mayer K; Murphy D; Ooi C; Pell C; Ryder N; De Wit J; Wright E, 2016, 'Protocol for an open-label, single-arm trial of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among people at high risk of HIV infection: the NSW Demonstration Project PRELUDE', BMJ Open, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012179

Journal articles | 2015

Foster R; McAllister J; Read TR; Pierce AB; Richardson R; McNulty A; Carr A, 2015, 'Single-Tablet Emtricitabine-Rilpivirine-Tenofovir as HIV Postexposure Prophylaxis in Men Who Have Sex with Men', Clinical Infectious Diseases, 61, pp. 1336 - 1341, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cid/civ511

Journal articles | 2015

Gundevia Z; Foster R; Jamil MS; McNulty A, 2015, 'Positivity at test of cure following first-line treatment for genital Mycoplasma genitalium: Follow-up of a clinical cohort', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 91, pp. 11 - 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2014-051616

Journal articles | 2015

Hartley A; Foster R; Brook MG; Cassell JA; Mercer CH; Coyne K; Hughes G; Crook P, 2015, 'Assessment of the impact of the London Olympics 2012 on selected non-genitourinary medicine clinic sexual health services.', Int J STD AIDS, 26, pp. 329 - 335, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0956462414537481

Journal articles | 2015

Martin L; Thng C; Wand H; McNulty A; Foster R; McGregor S, 2015, 'MULTICULTURAL SURVEY - ASIAN FEMALE SEX WORKER DEMOGRAPHICS, MIGRATION AND SEXUAL HEALTH IN SYDNEY', SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, 91, pp. A207 - A207, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.536

Journal articles | 2015

Martin L; Thng C; Wand H; McNulty A; Foster R; McGregor S, 2015, 'MULTICULTURAL SURVEY-20 YEARS ON: TRENDS IN CHINESE AND THAI FEMALE SEX WORKER DEMOGRAPHICS AND SEXUAL HEALTH IN SYDNEY', SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, 91, pp. A51 - A51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.144

Journal articles | 2015

Templeton DJ; Wright ST; McManus H; Lawrence C; Russell DB; Law MG; Petoumenos K; Ellis D; Bloch M; Agrawal S; Vincent T; Allen D; Smith D; Allardice K; Baker D; Odgers E; O'Connor CC; Phan S; Jackson E; McCallum K; Grotowski M; Ryder N; Taylor S; Cooper D; Carr A; Lee F; McRae K; Hesse K; Finlayson R; Gupta S; Varma R; Shakeshaft J; Brown K; McGrath V; Halligan S; Arvela N; Wray L; Thng C; Foster R; Lu H; Couldwell D; DSmith E; Furner V; Fernando S; Dubbo ; Watson J; Mulhall B; Wright S; Bendall C; Boyd M; Gunathilake M; Payne R; O'Sullivan M; White S; Russell D; Joslin J; Cashman C; Sowden D; Taing K; McGill K; Orth D; Youds D; Kelly M; Rowling D; Latch N; Warzywoda E; Dickson B; Donohue W; Moore R; Edwards S; Boyd S; N.Roth J; Lau H; Read T; Silvers J; Zeng W; Hoy J; Watson K; Bryant M; Price S; Woolley I; Giles M; Korman T; Williams J; Nolan D; Guelfi G; Mills G; Wharry C; Raymond N; Bargh K; Morwood K; Roth N; Choong K, 2015, 'Antiretroviral treatment use, co-morbidities and clinical outcomes among Aboriginal participants in the Australian HIV Observational Database (AHOD)', BMC Infectious Diseases, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12879-015-1051-4

Journal articles | 2013

Brook G; Cassell J; Mercer C; Coyne K; Maguire H; Hughes G; Crook P, 2013, 'P3.341 Sex and the London Olympics 2012 Part 1. Impact on Community Sexual Health Service Provision in London', Sexually Transmitted Infections, 89, pp. A255.3 - A256, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/sextrans-2013-051184.0794

Journal articles | 2011

Foster R; Morris S; Ryder N; Wray L; McNulty A, 2011, 'Screening of HIV-infected patients for non-AIDS-related morbidity: an evidence-based model of practice', Sexual Health, 8, pp. 30 - 42, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SH10021

Journal articles | 2010

Jones CL; Wain EM; Chu C-C; Tosi I; Foster R; McKenzie RCT; Whittaker SJ; Mitchell TJ, 2010, 'Downregulation of Fas gene expression in Sézary syndrome is associated with promoter hypermethylation.', J Invest Dermatol, 130, pp. 1116 - 1125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jid.2009.301

Journal articles | 2009

Foster R; Mears A; Goldmeier D, 2009, 'A literature review and case reports series on the use of phosphodiesterase inhibitors in the treatment of female sexual dysfunction.', Int J STD AIDS, 20, pp. 152 - 157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1258/ijsa.2008.008336

Journal articles | 2007

Foster R; D'Cruz DP, 2007, 'Vasculitis in pregnancy', Expert Review of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2, pp. 681 - 688, http://dx.doi.org/10.1586/17474108.2.5.681

Journal articles | 2006

Foster R; Rosenthal E; Marques S; Vounotrypidis P; Sangle S; D'Cruz D, 2006, 'Primary systemic vasculitis: treatment of difficult cases.', Lupus, 15, pp. 143 - 147, http://dx.doi.org/10.1191/0961203306lu2277rr
Conference Posters | 2019

Carr M; Martin SJ; Foster R; Finlayson R; Rule J; Smith DE; de Wit J; Carr A; Siefried KJ, 2019, 'STI incidence and risk factors in HIV-infected adults on antiretrovrial therapy (ART) in the PAART study', Perth, Australia, presented at Joint Australasian Sexual Health and HIV&AIDS Conference, Perth, Australia, 16 September 2019 - 19 September 2019

Conference Posters | 2018

Vaccher S; Grulich A; Haire B; Templeton D; McNulty A; Foster R; Ooi C; Poynten M; Prestage G; Zablotska-Manos I, 2018, 'High adherence to HIV PrEP among clinic attendees over 12 months in the PRELUDE open-label demonstration project', Canberra, Australia, presented at Australian HIV and AIDS Conference, Canberra, Australia, 06 November 2018

Conference Presentations | 2015

Foster R, 2015, 'Oral_958 CROI.conference 2015 rilpivirine-emtricitabine-tenofovir for HIV non-occupational post-exposure prophylaxis', presented at Croi 2015, Seattle, 25 February 2015

Conference Posters | 1997

Foster R; Bunce C; Mountford J; Hughes S; Brown G; Hewison M, 1997, 'Differentiation of HL60 cells in response to 1,25(OH)2D3 is modulated by the activities of two distinct hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases', Strasbourg, France, presented at Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Vitamin D, Strasbourg, France

HIV Prevention, PEP and PrEP

Sexual Health Service Delivery

Treatment of STI contacts

Sexual health of sex workers

Dr Rosalind Foster

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