2025 Kirby Institute Postgraduate Student Prize: Dr Dhanushi Rupasinghe

The Kirby Institute is a leading global research institute dedicated to the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, with a particular focus on HIV, viral hepatitis and sexually transmissible infections. Our research is undertaken across a spectrum that ranges from laboratory studies, through clinical trials of preventative and therapeutic treatments, to public health surveillance and impact evaluation.

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Join us for a special seminar from the recipient of the Kirby Institute Postgraduate Student Prize 2025

Online and Berg Family Foundation Seminar Room, Level 6, Wallace Wurth Building, Kensington Campus, UNSW Sydney

Kirby Institute Seminar Series

​​​​​​​​​​​​​​The Kirby Institute Seminar Series is a research seminar series that has been running since 2002.

<h4>Join us for a special seminar from the recipient of the Kirby Institute Postgraduate Student Prize 2025. </h4>The Kirby Institute Postgraduate Student Prize is an annual award given to the most significant first author paper by a Kirby Institute student, published in the previous calendar year in a peer-reviewed journal in the area of infectious diseases.*Please note this is a hybrid seminar with registration options for in-person and online attendance. Lunch will be provided from 12:30pm for in-person attendees, with the seminar to follow at 1pm. Integrase strand transfer inhibitor–related changes in body mass index and risk of diabetes: A prospective study from the RESPOND cohort consortium Dhanushi's talk will focus on Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors (INSTI), which are effective in HIV suppression but have been linked to weight gain and increased risk of diabetes. Using a large cohort from Europe and Australia, analysis has shown that current INSTI use was independently associated with incident diabetes, even when compared to other antiretroviral therapy regimens like protease inhibitors and non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Lack of interaction between body mass index and diabetes risk, suggested INSTIs may elevate diabetes risk regardless of weight gain.

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