Registration / CEUs Desk    

7:00 am - 4:00 pm      

Breakfast  

7:30 am – 8:15 am       

Plenary    

8:30 – 10:00 am  

#MeToo Movement and the Intersection with Trauma-Informed HIV Prevention   

Biomedical Intervention Programs for Veterans and the Military

10:30 am - 12:00 pm        

Track: Federal
Location: Diamond 7, 4^th Level
Presenters:
Ekow Sey, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Maggie Chartier, Veterans Affairs
Charles Hilliard, Charles Drew University
 

What do biomedical interventions look like for the military and veterans community?  With the VA being one of the largest providers of HIV care what lessons can we learn from the work of the VA and how do we better understand how to service the overlapping military community? DoD and VA each have large, important systems that can offer unique findings and understandings of how to approach certain questions.

Potential Biomedical Prevention Options for the Future

10:30 am - 12:00 pm        

Track: Other
Location: Diamond 8, 4th Level
Presenters:
Sharon Hillier, Micobicide Trials Network
Stephaun Wallace, HIV Vaccine Trials Network

As we think about what ’s there now, it’s also good to keep an eye on the future. What are other prevention strategies in development and how might they shape the field? This session will be focused on the work of two HIV research networks that will share updates in the two fronts: vaccines, and microbicides. With dozens of trials going, or on their way into the field, the question becomes what can we foresee and what should we expect from these potential prevention options?

Housing, Healthcare and the Biomedical World

10:30 am - 12:00 pm        

Track: Evaluation
Location: Diamond 2, 4th Level
Presenters:
Lee Storrow, North Carolina AIDS Action Network
Ernest Hopkins, San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Social determinants of health should be central to mainstream discussions and funding decisions about healthcare. As we look to biomedical interventions how to do we blend in and address other structural drivers that effect health. How are providers learning to meet the larger needs of clients and what models exist for thinking about the power of prevention through a housing first lends. This session will look at the ways to integrate supportive housing as a key piece of the HIV prevention continuum.

How can injectable treatments be effective in our communities?

10:30 am - 12:00 pm        

Track: Gay and Bi Men
Location: Diamond 9, 4th Level
Presenters:
Sheldon Fields, New York Institute of Technology
Raphael Landovitz, UCLA
Alex Rinehart, ViiV

What can we be looking forward to in new delivery options for PrEP and treatment. Initial patient data on treatment and injectables came out this summer. And HPTN 083 is collecting data and should give us results in 2021. We have initial data from HPTN 77 that can give us insights into injectables. Yet a new delivery mechanism brings its own set of challenges. However, the question remains, “Are we ready to give injectables a shot?

Partnerships with Existing Curanderos (Healers)

10:30 am - 12:00 pm        

Track: Immigration
Location: Diamond 10, 4th Level
Presenters:
Oscar Lopez, Valley AIDS Council
Carolyn Kuali’I, HIV Advocate

Cultural practices can play a critical role in health and health-seeking behaviors for people of color. This session is a chance to have a robust conversation about the role of blending cultural practices and biomedical science. This session will examine this unique relationship drawing on lessons from a variety of backgrounds meant to meet the holistic needs of members of the community.

PrEP and transwomen    

10:30 am - 12:00 pm        

Track: Trans Experience
Location: Platinum F, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Chandi Moore, CHLA
Jonathon Anderson, Gilead Sciences
Kymberly Gordon, Damien Ministries
Cathy Reback, UCLA

A community dialogue to represent the announcement out of IAC about the interaction between PrEP and feminizing hormones. IAC pointed to the concern about feminizing hormone treatments appear to lower the body’s level of one of the drugs in Truvada when the combination antiretroviral tablet is used as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) against HIV among transgender women. Across the country, there is still misinformation and mistrust of the trans community and PrEP. This panel will have a dialogue about community engagement with the trans community. How can organizations be better about getting the message out? How do we overcome mistrust and share useful information? Panelist will try to offer key insights on the topic.

PrEP programs for women   

10:30 am - 12:00 pm        

Track: Women
Location: Platinum G, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Jessica Sales, Emory University
Danielle Campbell US PrEP Women’s Working Group
Shannon Weber, HIVE

Six years in and the numbers haven’t changed significantly as expected moved in a large direction. What is missing in the context of PrEP and women? A critical intersectional discussion about what is happening in the prevention landscape and why are there gaps for women. What programs have found success and are there other opportunities that we are not tapping into yet? Can we borrow strategies from other successful women’s health programs?

PrEP, PEP, and Immigrants: Identifying Barriers and Navigating Assistance Programs  

10:30 am - 12:00 pm        

Track: Immigration
Location: Platinum H, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Kenyatta Parker, Christie’s Place
Moctezuma Garcia, Texas State University

Many barriers exist in the creation and development of systems that address the multifaceted needs of immigrant and migrant communities. This session will focus on various strategies that have had some impact on making a difference in these communities. Also, the panel will address challenges in the field, gaps in the work, and opportunities for expansion or partnerships.

Religious Leaders and Their Role in Biomedical Intervention  

10:30 am - 12:00 pm        

Track: Other
Location: Platinum I, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Rev. Edwin Sanders
Dr. Joyce Turner Keller
Richard Zaldivar, The Wall Las Memorias Project

Spirituality can play an important for many people and can be extremely important to people living with HIV (PLWH). Health professionals across the different fields—medicine, nursing, social work, and public health—have already identified the need for, but often struggled finding, appropriate spiritual and faith-based HIV interventions. The nature of spiritual-faith-based interventions remains unclear, partly because they are not universally accepted or supported, and partly because the relationship between spirituality/religion and HIV-related outcomes is not well understood. This discussion will speak with community members and faith leaders about the role of spirituality in the biomedical intervention space.

Sexual Health Rights for Youth  

10:30 am - 12:00 pm        

Track: Youth
Location: Platinum J, 3rd Level
Presenter:
Ayako Miyashita, UCLA

For many young people, access to information about their sexual health and rights remains a mystery. Even more so, how to access preventive health services on their own without their parents. This session will focus on the intersection of rights, sexual health, and young people. It will include a discussion of key issues in the field that can influence young people’s access to and retention in healthcare such as minor consent laws, explanation of benefits, access to insurance, and more.

Lunch  

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm       

Plenary  

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm      

Ending the Epidemic

Centering the Work with Sex Workers: PrEP, PEP, and U=U  

2:45 pm – 4:15 pm     

Track: Other
Location: Diamond 2, 4th Level
Presenters:
Magali Lerman, Reframe Justice and Health
Toni Newman, Author “I Rise - the Transformation”

Sex workers have begun to speak out about PrEP’s utility and educating their communities about its benefits and challenges. PrEP has the potential to be one of the best tools brought to market for receptive (bottoms) partner protection.

Gender Affirming Care to Improve PrEP Access and Use among Transgender Women and Men  

2:45 pm – 4:15 pm     

Track: Trans Experience
Location: Diamond 7, 4th Level
Presenters:

Many transgender women and men lack access to culturally competent and gender-affirming healthcare. Greater provision of gender affirming care could improve healthcare engagement among transgender women and men, and thereby improve PrEP use among these important groups. This presentation panel will discuss synergies and models for the concurrent provision of gender-affirming care and PrEP care to transgender men and women

How are We Doing? The Status of Biomedical Interventions: Solutions from the Field  

2:45 pm – 4:15 pm     

Track: Evaluation
Location: Diamond 8, 4th Level
Presenters:
Susan Alvarado, AIDS Project Los Angeles
Miguel Diaz Martinez, Crescent Care
Bryan Fallios, Lifelong AIDS

As we scale up biomedical interventions, are we prepared to make sure these programs meet their targets? It has become clear that we need new methods of capturing and recording the effectiveness of the work being done in this new era. As new models of service delivery and innovative strategies are rolled out to reach those that have been historically not engaged in public health, so too, must our evaluation approaches. It is imperative that we have to measure tools to assess the impact of our efforts as we seek to engage and retain our target audience in prevention methods.

Improving Access for Those in Need: Drug Use and Biomedical Prevention  

2:45 pm – 4:15 pm     

Track: Other
Location: Diamond 9, 4th Level
Presenters:
Ricky Bluthenthal, Keck School of Medicine, USC
Patrick Rezac, One Voice Recovery, Inc.

People who inject drugs (PWID) are a key population that is being left behind in the US's scope of HIV prevention programs. In the height of an opioid epidemic, what does it mean to provide a prevention package to those injecting drugs? This session will focus on a conversation about the role of biomedical prevention in drug-user health programs, and vice versa.

Intermittent PrEP: Is it for More than Just the French  

2:45 pm – 4:15 pm     

Track: Gay and Bi Men
Location: Diamond 10, 4th Level
Presenters:
Joshua O’Neal, San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Robert Grant, San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Can event-based dosing PrEP become a strategy for people living in the US? The French/Canadian Ipergay trial reported effectiveness for intermittent PrEP of 86%. The Ipergay protocol was this: Take TWO Truvada pills from 24 hours to 2 hours in advance of anticipated exposure to HIV. If you do have sex that risks exposure, then take another pill 2-24 hours after sex and another one the day after that (i.e., 26-50 hours after the last sex). What does PrEP in the wild look like for people in the US? As PrEP builds more steam, does this nonstandard protocol fit in the prevention package? How do we respond to individuals that want a different dosing strategy? What does it mean not to take PrEP daily?

PrEP and Women: What are the Options  

2:45 pm – 4:15 pm     

Track: Women
Location: Platinum G, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Oni Blackstock, NYC Department of Health

In the world of PrEP and U=U are women hearing conversations about PEP? Are these important intervention options being heard by women or have they been lost in the shuttle? If biomedical prevention promises are to reach their true potential, there must be a full display of options, and we must give people the opportunity to choose what they need at their movement in time for their prevention choices. This session will focus on “Where does PEP make it into our discussion”?

Social Determinants of Health in Immigrant Communities  

2:45 pm – 4:15 pm     

Track: Immigration
Location: Platinum H, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Oscar De La O, Bienestar Human Services
Bamby Salcedo, Trans Latin@ Coalition

Migration between countries is at higher levels than ever before. It is increasingly recognized that health and social policies within and between countries can influence the health of immigrants, their families, and population health patterns. Understanding the influence of immigration on health and health-seeking behavior is critical to making certain that there is access to and uptake of biomedical strategies. This session will explore how to address policies that create limitations to health access among immigrants.

Social Media Strategies for Outreach engagement and retention  

2:45 pm – 4:15 pm     

Track: Youth
Location: Platinum I, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Michelle Kipke, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles

With the web 2.0 generation taking charge, the use of social media has become a powerful staple for. Sharing information between groups and communities. Instantaneously, any message has the power to go viral, reaching a massive amount of people. This enables reaching people that would otherwise not traditionally engage in public health efforts. Making messages go viral can reach those that have not been engaged traditionally in public health. This session will focus on strategies and efforts that can bring the prevention message to the larger untapped community. How do we break through all of the other traffic in order to access the people that need to hear updated messages about HIV?

Transgender Equity, Healthcare Rights and HIV treatment  

2:45 pm – 4:15 pm     

Track: Trans Experience
Location: Platinum J, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Sophia Kass, Positively Trans

60% of trans people lack employer-based health insurance, 50% have to educate their providers, 19% have been denied healthcare – or worse. These statistics add up to a crisis in access to healthcare for the 1.6 million Americans who identify as transgender. But what do we mean when we say “access?” Transgender stigma and discrimination experienced in healthcare can influence transgender people’s healthcare access and utilization. Thus, understanding how stigma and discrimination manifest and function in healthcare encounters is critical to addressing health disparities for transgender people. What are best practices for creating a gender-affirming environment that can improve access to and retention in biomedical strategies for people of trans experiences?

Who to Test and Where to Refer? Looking at the Outreach and Linkage Strategies for Biomedical Interventions  

2:45 pm – 4:15 pm     

Track: Evaluation
Location: Platinum F, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Ronellis Tunstill, The Brothers United Network
Aaron Siegler, Emory University

As models for prevention become more steeped in biomedical care, how we track that response and needs of the community? What new models exist for early intervention around retention and care with the most vulnerable? And how do we respond to what we learn from evaluation to create meaningful impact? How can we assess and track each piece that is critical to making a difference along both the prevention and the treatment continue? And how do we make sure that this happens in real time?

Access to Biomedical Prevention for Women in the South    

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm    

Track: Women
Location: Diamond 7, 4th Level
Presenters:
Erika Sugimori, Louisiana Health Department
Anar Patel, George Washington University

As biomedical interventions access expands, we are still missing a vital element in reaching those in need of another option. Women in the South have not been able to find their place in this new option. This presentation will explore how different kinds of data are used to target HIV prevention interventions in women and give examples of how readily available public data can be used for the purpose of supporting efforts such as data to care.

Access to Biomedical Prevention for Women in the South    

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm    

Track: Other
Location: Diamond 8, 4th Level
Presenters:
Jonathan Fuchs, San Francisco Department of Public Health
Cathy Reback, UCLA

Automated telecommunication interventions, including short message service and interactive voice response, are increasingly being used to promote adherence to medications. The session will focus on a variety of text-based strategies and how to optimize them for specific populations

Federal Strategies for Biomedical Interventions  

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm    

Track: Federal
Location: Diamond 9, 4th Level
Presenters:
Antigone Dempsey, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
Nathan Fecik, Department of Health and Human Services
Dawn Smith, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Given the shifting policy climate around PrEP since its 2012, FDA approval and the new focus on the inclusion of viral suppression message, this session will be chance to hear from key stakeholders the exact nature of the federal government’s response to these topics. This session will provide an opportunity to sit down with members of the federal partner's a to answer questions regarding the government’s plans for biomedical interventions? What are the Goals for PrEP and the future of U=U?? Presentations from representatives from key federal agencies and offices including HRSA, CDC, OHAIDP, SAMSHA, among others will open a group discussion on the key federal strategies.

Biomedical Services for the Previously Incarcerated Returning to the Community  

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm    

Track: Other
Location: Diamond 10, 4th Level
Presenters:
Sonali Kulkarni, Los Angeles County Department of Health
Nina Harawa, UCLA

Incarceration is a crisis among African-Americans, and the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in incarcerated men and women is three to five times that of the general population. These factors contribute to numerous racial/ethnic health disparities, including HIV/AIDS. These factors call for an understanding on the part of service providers who are working with returned citizens in order to optimize care for prevention and treatment in this biomedical era.

Medical-Legal Partnerships to Address Healthcare and Unmet Needs among Documented and Undocumented Immigrants  

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm    

Track: Immigration
Location: Platinum F, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Alonso Batista, AltaMed Health Services
Conner Cory, Whitman Walker

This workshop will provide guidance and introduce models for advancing clinic-based Medical-Legal Partnerships to address the legal needs of immigrants as well as other communities living with HIV. Medical-Legal Partnerships embed the provision of legal assistance within the provision of healthcare to help clients meet fundamental needs like access to housing and protection from discrimination. Best practices and lessons learned from organizations that have engaged with Medical-Legal Partnerships will be provided.

Navigating Services for Black Transwomen  

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm    

Track: Trans Experience
Location: Platinum F, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Teyanna Veasy, Howard Brown
Dana Hines, George Washington University

Patient navigation plays an important role in improving health outcomes for racial and ethnic minorities, as well as other underserved populations. Patient navigators not only facilitate improved healthcare access and quality for underserved populations through advocacy and care coordination but also help strengthen critical components of the healthcare system by being working with clinic staff to resolve gaps identified by patients that can improve their care. This session will look at models to support the lives of black women of trans experience and will explore how to adopt patient navigation techniques can to best support the needs of this group.

PrEP-ception: PrEP and Reproductive Health  

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm    

Track: Women
Location: Platinum H, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Yamini Oseguera-Bhatnager, HIVE
Naina Khanna, Positive Women’s Network
Lashonda Spencer, USC
Alice Stek, USC

Research shows a strong desire to have a child among HIV serodiscordant heterosexual couples (where one is HIV-positive, and the other is not). But what does is encompassed to have a discussion of reproductive justice in an HIV context? One of the many uses for PrEP is to make reproduction possible for those in serodiscordant couples. This session will explore not just PrEP-ception but also what does reproductive justice mean for the HIV community.

The Lesson from HPTN 073 Uptake and Access in Black Gay and Bisexual Men  

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm    

Track: Gay and Bi Men
Location: Platinum I, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Wilbert Jordan, Charles Drew University
DaShawn Usher, Mobilizing Our Brothers Initiative

Drawing on qualitative data, quantitative data, and popular culture, this talk will explore community awareness of and attitudes toward biomedical prevention strategies such as PrEP, PEP, and Treatment as Prevention. What lesson can be drawn from HPTN 073? The conversation will also shed light on emerging threats to, and opportunities for universal uptake of these powerful prevention tools, especially among the communities hit the hardest by the HIV/ AIDS epidemic

The Importance of PrEP Workgroups to Ensure Success     

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm    

Track: Evaluation
Location: Platinum J, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Gary Daffin, Multicultural AIDS Coalition
Craig Pulsipher, AIDS Project Los Angeles
Sable Nelson, NMAC
Raul Quintero, JWHC Institute

One of the driving forces behind PrEP work in some jurisdictions has been the establishment of PrEP Working groups. Committed collectives of individuals from multiple agencies that have worked to push PrEP priorities and systematize PrEP work across the jurisdiction. This will be a chance to hear from NMAC’s project of working with distinctions in their PrEP workgroups. Also, other PrEP workgroups will present about their findings and their continued work.

Youth and TASP, PrEP and PEP, the Importance of a Sexual History    

4:30 pm – 6:00 pm    

Track: Youth
Location: Diamond 6, 4th Level
Presenters:
Helen Burnside, Denver Training Center
Sabrina Cluesman, JASMYN

Given the primary prevention needs of young people, discussing what is happening is critical to understanding this population. This session will be a roundtable with youth-serving organizations that will examine practices and strategies that are proving effective/working in the field of biomedical prevention. Also, they will discuss transitioning youth out of a youth-specific program youth-serving program as they age out of that population.