MARCH 23
HEALTHCARE FOR OLDER PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV AND LONG-TERM SURVIVORS: A CONSUMER-DRIVEN, QUALITY-IMPROVEMENT PROJECT

Marz Albarran
Maximus

Dan Belanger, LMSW
AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health

Maria T. Brown, PhD
Aging Studies Institute, Syracuse University

Nicole Fera, MPH
AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health

Rebecca Glassman, MD
Westchester Medical Center Health Network

Eugenia L. Siegler, MD
Geriatric Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine

John Wikiera
AIDS Institute, New York State Department of Health

MARCH 9
FORGING SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS FOR CONTINUITY OF HIV CARE THROUGH MEDICAL-LEGAL PARTNERSHIPS

Omar Martinez, JD, MPH, MS
University of Central Florida College of Medicine

MAKING COGNITIVE TESTING EQUITABLE, INCLUSIVE AND ACCESSIBLE TO DIVERSE POPULATIONS WITH HIV

Reuben N. Robbins, PhD
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

FEBRUARY 23
BRIDGING THE DIVIDE: OPTIMIZING BIOMEDICAL HIV PREVENTION FROM CYTOKINES TO SOCIETY

Adam W. Carrico, PhD
University of Miami

FEBRUARY 9
“AS LONG AS THEY’RE IN THE SHADOWS, THEY’RE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF”: HOW ECONOMIC MARGINALITY SHAPES ACCESS TO HIV PREVENTION AND CARE AMONG TRANS AND NONBINARY PEOPLE IN THREE U.S. CITIES

Emily Paine, PhD
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

Dennis Rivera-Cash, MPH
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

HOW XYLAZINE IS TRANSFORMING THE HARM REDUCTION LANDSCAPE FOR PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUGS

Fernando Montero, PhD
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

JANUARY 26
INTEGRATED STRATEGIES WHEN ADDRESSING METHAMPHETAMINE USE AMONG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN LIVING WITH HIV OR WITH HIV RISKS

Steven J. Shoptaw, PhD
UCLA

Jeremy D. Kidd, MD, MPH
Columbia University/NYSPI

JANUARY 12
WHAT ABOUT US? ENGAGING ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS IN KAZAKHSTAN TO DEVELOP A DIGITAL HIV STIGMA REDUCTION INTERVENTION USING CROWDSOURCING

Alissa Davis, PhD
Columbia University School of Social Work

USING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION TO INFORM HIV PREVENTION PROGRAM AND POLICY: EXAMPLES FROM THE NYC HEALTH DEPARTMENT

Zoe Edelstein, PhD
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

DECEMBER 15
IMPLEMENTING EQUITABLE ADOLESCENT STI AND HIV PREVENTION SERVICES DURING COVID-19: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE BETTER

Sarah M. Wood, MD, MS
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

HOW SOCIAL NETWORKS IMPACT HIV PREVENTION CONVERSATIONS AND BEHAVIORS: FINDINGS OF THE N2 COHORT STUDY OF BLACK SEXUAL MINORITY MEN AND TRANSGENDER WOMEN

Cho-Hee Shrader, PhD, MPH
ICAP, Global HIV Implementation Science Research

DECEMBER 1
DOES SILENCE STILL = DEATH?
ACTIVISTS’ PERSPECTIVES ON HIV, COVID, & MONKEYPOX

Moderator:
Raymond A. Smith, PhD, LLM
University of Arizona, Tucson

Panelists:
Jeremiah Johnson, MPH
PrEP4All

Kimberleigh Smith, MPA
Callen-Lorde Community Health Center

Keletso Makofane, PhD
Harvard University FXB Center for Health and Human Rights

NOVEMBER 17
ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN CORRECTIONAL SETTINGS: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY

Pamela Valera, PhD, MSW, NCTTP
School of Public Health,
Rutgers University

INSTITUTIONALIZING SOCIAL PARTICIPATION FOR HEALTH: LESSONS FROM INDIA, KENYA, AND VIETNAM

Devaki Nambiar, PhD, MPH
The George Institute for Global Health India

NOVEMBER 3
THE HIL (HIGHLY INEFFECTIVE LAWS) VIRUS: CRIMINALIZATION OF HIV NON-DISCLOSURE, EXPOSURE, AND TRANSMISSION

Joanne Csete, PhD, MPH
Mailman School of Public Health,
Columbia University

OCTOBER 6
IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE TO ADDRESS GAPS IN THE HIV CARE CONTINUUM FOR ADOLESCENTS TRANSITIONING TO ADULT HIV CARE

Florence Momplaisir, MD, MSHP
Division of Infectious Diseases,
University of Pennsylvania

SEPTEMBER 22
OUTREACH STRATEGIES SHOWN TO BE EFFICACIOUS FOR REACHING HIGH RISK POPULATIONS TO ENGAGE THEM IN HIV TREATMENT AND APPLY IT TO COVID

Kate Elkington, PhD
Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry,
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

AGE-FRIENDLY HIV CARE: PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE DOH BE InTo HEALTH (BN2H) PILOT STUDY

Tonya Nicole Taylor, PhD, MS
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

SEPTEMBER 08
USING DIGITAL TOOLS TO ADDRESS STIGMA BY PROMOTING DISCLOSURE AND SOCIAL SUPPORT: THE EXPERIENCES OF UNMARRIED PREGNANT ADOLESCENTS LIVING WITH HIV IN KENYA

Winnie K. Luseno, PhD
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation (PIRE)

JUNE 23
NEXT GEN PrEP: WHAT WILL IT TAKE TO GET IT TO SCALE?

Kenneth H. Mayer, MD
The Fenway Institute
Harvard Medical School

MAY 19
SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER AND HIV STIGMA: KEY CONCEPTS, FINDINGS, AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES

Valerie A. Earnshaw, PhD
University of Delaware

MAY 5
INFO VIZ FOR HEALTH: DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF A DIGITAL TOOL TO IMPROVE HIV-RELATED CLINICAL COMMUNICATION WITH LATINO PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV

Samantha Stonbraker PhD, MPH, RN
University of Colorado College of Nursing

IMMEDIATE ART, HIV STIGMA, MEDICAL MISTRUST, AND RETENTION IN CARE: AN EXPLORATORY MIXED METHODS PILOT STUDY

Ofole U. Mgbako, MD
NYU Langone Health

APRIL 21
EXPECTING CHANGE WITHOUT AFFECTING CHANGE? INTERVENTIONS TO ADDRESS STIGMA AND HEALTH CARE DISPARITIES AMONG BLACK SEXUALLY DIVERSE MEN

Lisa A. Eaton, PhD
University of Connecticut

APRIL 7
USING A DATA-TO-CARE STRATEGY TO IMPROVE THE HIV TREATMENT AND CARE CASCADE IN JAMAICA

Sharlene Jarrett, PhD, MSc
University of California, San Francisco

MARCH 31
ZENA STEIN COMMEMORATIVE GRAND ROUNDS

Moderated by Robert H. Remien, PhD.

Panelists:

Ezra Susser, MD, DrPH
Ida Susser, PhD
Quarraisha Abdool-Karim, PhD
Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA
Anke Ehrhardt, PhD
Alex Carballo-Diéguez, PhD
Louise Kuhn, PhD

MARCH 24
COMPLEX COGNITION: THE INFLUENCE OF HIV AND COMORBID DISEASES ON BRAIN BIOTYPES

Scott Letendre, MD
University of California, San Diego

MARCH 3
CONFIDENTIALITY COUNTS: PARENTAL NOTIFICATION LAWS AND HIV TESTING AMONG U.S. ADOLESCENTS

Christina M. Aivadyan, MPhil, MS
Columbia School of Social Work

ENVIRONMENTAL AND GENETIC INFLUENCES OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING IN THAI ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS WITH PERINATALLY-ACQUIRED HIV: A PILOT STUDY

Anthony F. Santoro, PhD
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

FEBRUARY 17
ADHERENCE METRICS FOR HIV TREATMENT AND PREVENTION

Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
University of California, San Francisco

FEBRUARY 3
ADDRESSING CHRONIC LONELINESS AS A DETERMINANT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOR MIGRANT YOUTH AND EMERGING ADULTS

Miguel Muñoz-Laboy, DrPH
School of Social Welfare, Stony Brook University

LONG-ACTING REGIMENS FOR HIV PREVENTION AND TREATMENT: A SOCIAL-BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH AGENDA

Michael J. Stirratt, PhD
NIMH Division of AIDS Research

JANUARY 6
THE ROLE OF EMOTION REGULATION IN MAINTAINING SYNDEMIC BURDEN AMONG SEXUAL MINORITY MEN

Raymond L. Moody, PhD
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

THREE GAY GENERATIONS: THE ONGOING IMPACT OF HIV/AIDS ON MEANING-MAKING PROCESSES

Michael P. Vaughn, PhD
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

DECEMBER 16
USING RESEARCH RECRUITMENT STRATEGIES AS A GUIDE FOR EXPANDING SERVICES TO LATINO IMMIGRANTS: LESSONS FROM 20 YEARS OF HIV RESEARCH

Rita M. Melendez, PhD
San Francisco State University

MORE THAN A PILL: ARTICULATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF HIV PREP AS A SYSTEM IN US PUBLIC HEALTH

David Knapp Whittier, PhD
Division of HIV Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

DECEMBER 2
AIDS AND THE DILEMMA OF THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY IMAGE

Avram Finkelstein

NOVEMBER 18
HIV AND COVID PUBLIC HEALTH RESPONSES: LESSONS LEARNED FROM EACH TO INFORM THE OTHER

David R. Holtgrave, PhD
University at Albany,
State University of New York

NOVEMBER 4
INTERSECTIONAL STIGMA AND IMPACTS ON HIV PREVENTION AND CARE CASCADES IN DIFFERENT GLOBAL CONTEXTS

Carmen Logie, PhD
University of Toronto

OCTOBER 21
bISEXUAL HEALTH: MORE THAN A PHASE

Brian Dodge, PhD, MSc
School of Public Health- Bloomington, Indiana University

SEPTEMBER 30
SOCIAL COHESION AND SOCIAL CAPITAL: THEIR ROLE IN HIV PREVENTION IN THE UNITED STATES

Yusuf Ransome, DrPH
Yale School of Public Health

ADVANCING SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR LGBTQ POPULATIONS IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH THROUGH HIV RESEARCH AND POLICY

Tara A. McKay, PhD
Vanderbilt University

SEPTEMBER 16
AWAKENING TO AN INTERSECTIONAL REALITY: ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN THE USA STARTING WITH REDUCING INEQUITIES AMONG BLACK MSM

LaRon E. Nelson, PhD, RN, FNP, FNAP, FAAN
Yale University School of Nursing

jUNE 24
INJECTABLE PREP: CURRENT KNOWLEDGE AND OUTSTANDING QUESTIONS

Raphael J. Landovitz, MD, MSc
UCLA Center for Clinical AIDS Research & Education

jUNE 10
MMWR 40th ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

Facilitated by Theo Sandfort, PhD

PANELISTS:
Ronald Bayer, PhD
Department of Sociomedical Sciences

Jesse Milan, Jr., JD
AIDS United

Wafaa El-Sadr, MD, MPH, MPA
ICAP

Dana Diamond, CASAC
Exponents

Avram Finkelstein
Founding Member of The Silence=Death
and Gran Fury Collectives

jUNE 3
STIGMA FROM THE GROUND UP: EXPERIENCES FROM AN ADULT LIVING WITH PERINATALLY ACQUIRED HIV

a cONVERSATION WITH VICTOR & EZER

Facilitated by Ezer Kang, PhD
Howard University

MAY 20
INNOVATING JUSTICE IN THE HIV RESPONSE: SHIFTING POWER AND SHARING STRENGTH TO END THE EPIDEMIC

Dázon Dixon Diallo, DHL, MPH
SisterLove, Inc.

MAY 6
TAILORING LONG-ACTING BIOMEDICAL HIV PREVENTION STRATEGIES TO THE NEEDS OF TRANSGENDER WOMEN: WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR

Christine T. Rael, PhD
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

APRIL 27
FINDING THE RIGHT ANGLE: A GEOMETRIC APPROACH TO MEASURING INTERSECTIONAL STIGMA

Seth Kalichman, PhD
University of Connecticut

Co-sponsored by the Development and StAD Cores

APRIL 22
A DUAL HIV/SYPHILIS RAPID TEST WITH SMARTPHONE APP TO FACILITATE SELF- AND PARTNER-TESTING: ACCEPTABILITY AND USE AMONG CISGENDER MEN AND TRANSGENDER WOMEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN

Iván C. Balán, PhD
Florida State University

MARCH 18
SEXUAL IDENTITY, SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND PRE- EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS IN BLACK CISGENDER SEXUAL MINORITY MEN: THE N2 COHORT STUDY IN CHICAGO

Liadh Timmins, PhD
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

BLACK LIVES (WITH HIV) MATTER: ADDRESSING SYSTEMIC RACISM ON THE JOURNEY TO SUSTAINED UNDETECTABLE VIRAL LOAD FOR BLACK MSM

Ofole Mgbako, MD
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

Division of Infectious Disease,
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

MARCH 4
HEALTH DISPARITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF HIV

Monica Rivera Mindt, PhD, ABPP
Fordham University

FEBRUARY 18
ADDRESSING MEDICAL MISTRUST AND STRENGTHENING RESILIENCE TO INTERSECTIONAL STIGMA AMONG BLACK AND LATINX SEXUAL MINORITY MEN

Laura M. Bogart, PhD
RAND Corporation

FEBRUARY 4
WHAT DO ADOLESCENTS THINK ABOUT PrEP?

Laurie J. Bauman, PhD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine

MANAGING COMORBIDITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF COVID: EXPERIENCES OF OLDER ADULTS LIVING WITH HIV

Abigail Baim-Lance, PhD
Veterans Health Administration

Rachel Schenkel
CUNY ISPH

January 21
HOMELESSNESS AND HARM REDUCTION:
FROM HIV THROUGH COVID

Charles King, JD, MDiv
CEO, Housing Works

Ginny Shubert, JD
Senior Advisor, Policy & Research, Housing Works

January 7
MITIGATING THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF WORK – LIFE STRESS ON HEALTH BY PROMOTING SOCIAL SUPPORT: A STUDY AMONG FRONTLINE EMERGENCY ROOM EMPLOYEES

Akanksha Anand, MSW, MPhil, PhD
Fordham University, School of Social Service

ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS AND NEUROPSYCHIATRIC OUTCOMES IN PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV (PLWH) IN LOW-RESOURCE SETTINGS

Anthony F. Santoro, PhD
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

December 3
IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE IN HIV: WHERE ARE WE NOW AND WHERE IS THE FIELD GOING?

JD Smith, PhD
University of Utah School of Medicine

November 19
RESPONDING TO KENYA’S COVID-19 PANDEMIC WHILST PRESERVING PROGRESS AGAINST HIV

Taráz Samandarí, MD, PhD
National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

November 17
HIV SELF TESTING: NYC HEALTH DEPARTMENT’S INITIATIVES TO INCREASE ACCESS AMONG PRIORITY POPULATIONS

Zoe Edelstein, PhD
New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

Lawrence Purpura, MD, MPHTM, MS
Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Stephanie Hubbard, MA, MPH
New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

Maria Ma, MPH
New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene

November 5
THE ROAD AHEAD: ADDRESSING INJURIES OF INEQUALITY IN THE HIV/AIDS PANDEMIC

Celeste Watkins-Hayes, PhD
University of Michigan

October 8
FIRST HIV, THEN COVID-19: HOW EPIDEMICS SHOW US WHO WE ARE

Mary T. Bassett, MD, MPH
François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University

July 16
SARS-CoV-2 NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES

David D. Ho, MD
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center (ADARC)

In addition to his update on SARS-CoV-2 Neutralizing Antibodies - and given his long illustrious career in cutting-edge HIV research - Dr. Ho engages in an interactive dialogue with HIV Center Director, Dr. Robert Remien, discussing similarities and differences between the HIV and COVID pandemics.

June 25
IT TAKES TWO: COUPLE FOCUSED HIV PREVENTION WITH TRANS WOMEN AND THEIR PARTNERS

Don Operario, PhD
Brown University

May 21
INTERSECTIONAL STIGMA BEYOND THE INDIVIDUAL-LEVEL: IMPROVING HIV PREVENTION FOR BLACK GAY, BISEXUAL & OTHER MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN

Lisa Bowleg, PhD
The George Washington University

apr 30
WHERE IS HIV GOING AND WHY ARE WE NOT ACHIEVING EPIDEMIC CONTROL?

Chris Beyrer, MD, MPH
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

Feb 6
TRAJECTORIES OF PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AMONG ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS AFFECTED BY HIV

Nadia Nguyen, PhD, MSPH
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

LINKING PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS TO INFECTION-RELATED HEALTH SERVICES: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Daniel Winetsky, MD, MS
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

Dec 5
TRAUMA AND HIV: PURSUING VIRAL SUPPRESSION BY ADDRESSING MENTAL HEALTH

Kathleen Sikkema, PhD
Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

Dr. Sikkema is the Stephen Smith Professor and Chair of Sociomedical Sciences (SMS) at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University. Her research on HIV and mental health has had wide-ranging impact, including the development of prevention programs to improve health behaviors and access to treatment in low resource populations in this country and abroad.

Nov 21
USE OF RAPID HIV SELF-TESTS TO SCREEN PARTNERS: RESULTS OF THE ISUM STUDY

Alex Carballo-Dieguez, PhD
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

Dr. Carballo-Dieguez focuses on the primary prevention of HIV transmission: acceptability of and adherence to vaginal and rectal microbicide use among women and men, use of rapid HIV home tests to screen sexual partners, and determinants of sexual risk behavior among men who have sex with men.

Nov 7
REDUCING INTERSECTIONAL STIGMA IN HEALTHCARE: LEARNING FROM LGBTQ PATIENTS AND THEIR PROVIDERS

Emily A. Paine, PhD
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

ASSESSMENT OF IMMEDIATE INITIATION OF ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY: A PATHWAY TO INCREASED ACCESS TO TREATMENT

Bisrat K. Abraham, MD, MPH
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

October 24
STAYING AT ZERO: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL SCIENCE IN ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC

Judith Auerbach, PhD
Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

The presentation was followed by an esteemed panel of experts moderated by Dr. Quarraisha Abdool Karim. Panelists included Drs. Wafaa El-Sadr, Gregg Gonsalves, Sanyu A. Mojola, Viraj V. Patel, and Kathleen Sikkema.

October 17
AN INTRODUCTION TO MODELS AND METHODS IN IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE

Lawrence Palinkas, PhD
Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, USC

Dr. Palinkas is the Albert G. and Frances Lomas Feldman Professor of Social Policy and Health and chair of the Department of Children, Youth and Families. He also holds secondary appointments as professor in the departments of anthropology and preventive medicine at USC.

October 3
USING ARV DRUG LEVELS IN DRIED BLOOD SPOT SAMPLES TO MANAGE ART ADHERENCE IN SOUTH AFRICA

Robert H. Remien , PhD
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

PrEP AND OPIOID USE SERVICES IN STI CLINICS AND COMMUNITY BASED ORGANIZATIONS: AN IMPLEMENTATION STUDY

Susan Tross, PhD
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

June 27
DOES TREATMENT AS PREVENTION REALLY WORK? AN INTERPRETATION OF HPTN071 (PopArt), BCPP/Ya Tsie, SEARCH AND TasP/ANRS

Sten H. Vermund, MD, PhD
Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine

Dr. Vermund is Dean of the Yale School of Public Health, a pediatrician, and infectious disease epidemiologist focused on diseases of low and middle-income countries, and health disparities in the US. His research has focused on health care access, adolescent medicine, prevention of mother to child transmission and reproductive health.

June 13
HIV CURE RESEARCH: CONCEPTS AND COMPLICATIONS

Serena S. Spudich, MD, MA
Professor of Neurology and Chief, Division of Neurological Infections and Global Neurology, Yale University

June 6
GROUP SEX AND SEXUAL RISK: FINDINGS FROM THE AMSTERDAM GAY MEN COHORT STUDY

Justin Knox, PhD, MPH, MsC
Columbia University, Department of Epidemiology

RECTAL MICROBICIDES: HOW ACCEPTABILITY RESEARCH INFLUENCED PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Rebecca Giguere, MPH
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

May 16
INNOVATIONS IN MOBILE TECHNOLOGY FOR ENGAGING YOUTH IN TREATMENT AND PREVENTION

Lisa Hightow-Weidman, MD, MPH

Dr. Hightow-Weidman is an expert on mHealth, social media, and utilization and evaluation of technology-based intervention to address the HIV care continuum.

May 9
OPTIMIZING PREVENTION FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN ADOLESCENTS: TAILORED MEDIA AND MHEALTH HIV/STD RISK REDUCTION STRATEGIES

Ralph DiClemente, PhD

Dr. DiClemente is a Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Chair of the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and Associate Dean of Public Health Innovation at New York University.

May 2
LONELINESS AMONG ADULTS AGING WITH HIV IN THE SOUTH: EXPLORING THE SOCIAL AND GEOGRAPHIC CONTEXT

Brittany N. Gannon, PhD, MSN, ARNP
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

AGING WITH HIV: GROWING UP AND GROWING OLD

Stephanie Shiau, PhD, MPH
Sergievsky Center, Columbia University

April 18
PUBLIC HEALTH VERSUS PUBLIC SAFETY: ADDRESSING MISSED OPPORTUNITIES IN HIV PREVENTION AND CARE AMONG JUSTICE-INVOLVED YOUTH

Katherine Elkington, PhD
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

Dr. Elkington is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology (in Psychiatry) and Co-Director of the Center for the Promotion of Mental Health in Juvenile Justice. Her research focuses on understanding HIV/STI risk behavior, substance use and mental illness among youth and young adults with high rates of criminal justice involvement.

April 4
DETERMINANTS OF ANTENATAL SCREENINGS FOR PREVENTION OF CONGENITAL SYPHILIS AND HIV IN LUSAKA, ZAMBIA

Rindcy Davis, PhD, MPH, MSc
Sergievsky Center, Columbia University

HIV/STI PREVENTION IN THE CONTEXT OF INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS

Yzette A.I. Lanier, PhD
College of Nursing, New York University

March 21
OPIOIDS, SEX AND HIV: ETHICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES

David Seal, PhD
Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Dr. Seal is a Professor, Vice-Chair and Doctoral Program Director in the Dept of Global Community Health and Behavioral Sciences. He has extensive experience with the conduct of social behavioral formative and intervention research within a multicultural community-based participatory framework.

March 14
SMOKING: THE GREATEST THREAT TO PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV

Robert Gross, MD, MSCE
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Gross is a tenured Associate Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, and Co-Director of the Penn CFAR. His research has focused on HIV treatment outcomes in both the developed and developing worlds. His work has addressed issues of measurement, determinants, and interventions to improve adherence and retention to treatment and prevention.

March 7
ACCULTURATION, SEXUAL MINORITY STRESS, AND HIV RISK BEHAVIOR AMONG NYC LATINO GAY AND BISEXUAL MEN

Jose E. Diaz Jr., PhD
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health

SEXUAL MINORITY REFUGEES IN EAST AFRICA: EXTERNAL AND SELF-STIGMA EXPERIENCES

Michael B. Clark, MPH (can.)
College of Global Public Health, New York University

Feb 21
METHAMPHETAMINE USE AND HIV RELEVANT OUTCOMES IN MSM IN LOS ANGELES: BIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL LINKS

Steven J. Shoptaw, PhD
Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine
UCLA Department of Family Medicine

Dr. Shoptaw serves as the Executive Director of UCLA’s Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine (CBAM), Center Director for the Center for HIV Identification, Prevention and Treatment Services (CHIPTS), and Vice Chair of Research for the Department of Family Medicine. He has conducted a series of clinical studies in community clinic settings, primarily on topics that involve developing and testing medical and behavioral interventions to treat substance abuse and prevent the spread of HIV.

Jan 24
VULNERABILITY TO HIV AMONG PEOPLE WHO USE DRUGS IN KENTUCKY: THE RURAL RISK ENVIRONMENT

Hannah Cooper, ScD
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Dr. Cooper holds the Rollins Chair in Substance Use Disorders at Emory University’s Rollins School of Public Health, where she serves as the Co-Director of the Emory Center for AIDS Research’s Prevention Science Core and as Vice Chair of the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education.

Jan 17
TRAUMATIC STRESS AND HIV: IMPLICATIONS FOR PREVENTION AND SCIENCE

Cheryle Gore-Felton, PhD
Stanford University, Department of Psychiatry

Dr. Gore-Felton is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (Public Mental Health And Population Sciences). She is Associate Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and Associate Dean, Academic Affairs, Stanford University School of Medicine.

Jan 10
HOW STIGMA TOWARDS ANAL SEXUALITY IMPEDES ENGAGEMENT IN HIV PREVENTION PRACTICES AMONG US MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN

Bryan Kutner, PhD, MPH
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Columbia University

TAKING THE GUESSING OUT OF SEROGUESSING: hIV SELF-TESTING FOR MSM IN CHINA

Chongyi Wei, PhD
Rutgers University School of Public Health

Nov 15
MHEALTH FOR DEVELOPMENTALLY TAILORED HIV PREVENTION AND CARE TO YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN

Jose Bauermeister, MPH, PhD
University of Pennsylvania, School of Nursing

Dr. Bauermeister is the 10th Penn Presidential Professor at the University of Pennsylvania. He directs the Scientific Working Group in the Use of Technology to Address HIV Disparities for the Penn Center for AIDS Research, as well as directs the Penn Program on Sexuality, Technology and Action Research (PSTAR) at the School of Nursing.

Oct 18
HIV IN YOUNG WOMEN IN AFRICA: INSIGHTS FROM 30 YEARS OF RESEARCH

Salim S. Abdool Karim, MBChB, PhD, DSc(hc)
Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa and Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University

Salim S. Abdool Karim is widely recognized for his research contributions in HIV prevention and treatment. His contributions to microbicides for HIV prevention spans two decades, culminating in the CAPRISA 004 tenofovir gel trial which provided proof-of-concept that antiretroviral drugs can prevent sexually transmitted HIV infection and HSV-2 in women.

Oct 04
PRIMARY, STEADY, AND CASUAL SEX PARTNERS: DIVERSE SOURCES OF SOCIAL SUPPORT WITHIN MSM’S SEXUAL NETWORKS

Jorge Soler, PhD
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

SEXUAL RISK AND HEALTH LITERACY AMONG WOMEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH WOMEN IN THE U.S. AND SOUTHERN AFRICA

Margaret Paschen-Wolff, DrPH
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

Sept 13
HIV STIGMA AND HIV PHYSICAL HEALTH OUTCOMES

Andrea Norcini Pala, PhD
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies

ASSESSING PERCEPTIONS OF BROAD CONSENT CONCERNING BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN COLLECTION IN A COHORT OF YOUNG SEXUAL MINORITY MEN

Stephanie Cook, DrPH
Center for Health, Identity, Behavior, and Prevention Studies, New York University

June 28
PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS FOR WOMEN: AWARENESS, UPTAKE AND IMPLEMENTATION

Oni Blackstock, MD, MHS
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Dr. Blackstock is the Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Control for the NYC Health Department. She is also a primary care physician, HIV specialist and researcher. Her prior research has included developing and testing interventions to improve engagement in HIV treatment and prevention services. She has an interest in community-engaged research and advocacy and has been funded by the NIH, NYS Department of Health, and the Centers for Disease Control and prevention.

June 7
TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS: STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT TO SUPPORT BIOMEDICAL HIV PREVENTION TRIALS IN CHINA

Katherine Meyers, DrPH
Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, Rockefeller University

SEXUAL STIGMA AS A SOCIAL DETERMINANT OF HIV AND STIs

Cristina Rodriguez-Hart
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

May 17
MOBILE TECHNOLOGY, SEXUALITY, aND THE FUTURE OF RISK BEHAVIORS IN NYC MSM

Erick Schrimshaw, PhD
Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Medical Center

Dr. Schrimshaw is a social/health psychologist and associate professor of sociomedical sciences at Columbia University Medical Center. His research over the past 20 years has been in the area of LGB health, with a particular emphasis on HIV risk behaviors of MSM populations. In particular, he has an interest in the role of technology in changing how MSM meet and communicate with potential sexual partners and how this may contribute to sexual risk behaviors among MSM.

March 15
HIV AND MENTAL HEALTH: THE REALITY, THE CHALLENGES AND PROMISING SOLUTIONS

Robert H. Remien, PhD
HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, New York State Psychiatric Institute

Dr. Remien is a Professor of Clinical Psychology and Director of the HIV Center. He has been involved in HIV advocacy, clinical and community work since the early 1980's and has developed a large and diverse portfolio of domestic and international research projects focused on the intersection of HIV prevention and care.

Feb 15
THE CRITICAL ROLE OF BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH IN BIOMEDICAL HIV PREVENTION

Jeffrey T. Parsons, PhD
Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, and the Center for HIV Educational Studies and Training. 

Dr. Parsons is a distinguished Professor of Psychology at Hunter College and the Graduate Center and Director of CHEST. His work has shed light on health behaviors, HIV medication adherence, sexual behavior and substance use. 

Dec 14
INTERVENTIONS TO ADDRESS THE VICIOUS CYCLE OF FOOD INSECURITY AND HIV/AIDS

Sheri Weiser, MD, MPH, MA
School of Medicine and Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California, San Francisco

Dr. Weiser is an internist and Associate Professor of
Medicine at UCSF. Her research focuses on the impact of food insecurity and other structural factors on HIV prevention and treatment outcomes, with a particular focus on food security interventions to improve HIV health outcomes both in the US and in sub-Saharan Africa. 

Nov 30
CLOSING THE GAPS IN THE HIV CARE CONTINUUM IN THE US: LOW-HANGING FRUIT OUTSIDE THE BOX AND OTHER MIXED METAPHORS

Thomas Giordano, MD, MPH
Baylor College of Medicine

Dr. Giordano is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Investigator, at the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, in Houston, TX. He has been involved in HIV clinical care and research since 2000 and Medical Director of the Thomas Street Health Center. He focuses on improving the HIV care continuum, including retention in HIV care. 

Oct 12
MEETING THE CHALLENGES IN THE US SOUTH: ENDING HIV IN ALABAMA THROUGH UAB CFAR, COMMUNITY AND CONSUMER COLLABORATION

Michael Mugavero, MD, MHSc
UAB Center for AIDS Research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

Michael Mugavero, MD, MHSc is a Professor of Medicine with Tenure at the UAB at Birmingham, Co-director of the UAB CFAR and HIV Care provider at the UAB 1917 Clinic. His research focuses on the influence of socio-behavioral and contextual factors across the HIV care continuum. 

June 15
DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY-BASED HIV PREVENTION FOR YOUNG POPULATIONS

Michele Ybarra, MPH, PhD
Center for Innovative Public Health Research (CiPHR)

Michele Ybarra M.P.H., Ph.D. is the President and Research Director of the Center for Innovative Public Health Research (CiPHR),a non-profit research organization in southern California. Her work focuses on how technology is affecting the health and well being of youth, as well as how we can use technology to promote healthy behaviors.

June 8
NETWORK INTERVENTIONS FOR HIV ELIMINATION IN THE US

John Schneider, MD, MPH
Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, University of Chicago

Dr. Schneider is an infectious disease specialist and network epidemiologist in the Departments of Medicine and Public Health Sciences at the University of Chicago. He is also Director of the University of Chicago Center for HIV Elimination. His NIH- and CDC-funded research focuses on how social networks can be leveraged to improve the health of populations at risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in resource restricted settings. 

April 27
BUILDING THE NEXT STAGE OF IMPLEMENTATION SCIENCE TO SUPPORT HIV PREVENTION

C. Hendricks Brown, PhD
Center for Prevention Implementation Methodology for Drug Abuse and HIV, Northwestern University

Dr. C. Hendricks Brown is a Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He directs the NIDA-funded Center for Prevention Implementation Methodology (Ce-PIM) for Drug Abuse and HIV. He has received support from the NIDA, NIMH, and CDC to develop statistical methods for the design and analysis of preventive and early intervention field trials. 

April 13
TOP 10 GAME-CHANGERS IN HIV MEDICINE

David Wohl, MD
Division of Infectious Diseases,
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dr. David Wohl is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases at University of North Carolina (UNC). He is Site Leader of the UNC AIDS Clinical Trials Unit at Chapel Hill, Director of the North Carolina AETC, and Co-Director of HIV services for the North Carolina State prison system.

Dr. Wohl's research aims to optimize the treatment and prevention of HIV infection, particularly for vulnerable populations, such as the incarcerated. 

March 30
HEART TO HEART: A CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE EFFICACIOUS INTERVENTION FOR PLWH OF COLOR WHO HAVE DELAYED, DECLINED, OR DISCONTINUED ART

Marya Viorst Gwadz, Ph.D.
Center for Drug Use and HIV Research,
NYU College of Nursing

Dr. Gwadz is a licensed clinical psychologist, and the Director of the Transdisciplinary Research Methods Core in CDUHR. Her research focuses on identifying approaches to increase health equity among African American/Black and Hispanic populations. She has been leading social and behavioral intervention trials for over two decades, with an emphasis on studies to address HIV and drug use-related health disparities in urban populations of color, and among women. 

February 9
INTERSECTING EPIDEMICS: EVIDENCED-BASED APPROACHES FOR TREATING DEPRESSION AND HIV/AIDS

Steven A. Safren, PhD
Department of Psychology, University of Miami

Dr. Steven Safren, is a Professsor of Psychology at the University of Miami who conducts domestic and international research on behavioral aspects of HIV prevention and treatment.

Dr. Safren has particular expertise on addressing mental health problems such as depression in psychosocial interventions for adherence to antiretroviral therapy. 

January 12
PRE-EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS IN WOMEN: CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS

Salim Abdool Karim, M.B.Ch.B., Ph.D., D.Sc..
Center for AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) and University of Kwazulu Natal, South Africa

Dr. Abdool Karim is a South African clinical infectious diseases epidemiologist who is widely recognised for his ground-breaking scientific contributions in HIV prevention and treatment. He is Director of the Centre for the AIDS Program of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA) and Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.