Registration / CEUs Desk    

7:30 am - 12:00 pm      

Breakfast    

7:30 am – 8:15 am      

Plenary    

8:30 am – 10:00 am     

U=U and People of Color: The Road to Viral Suppression

Adapting HIV Behavioral Interventions to Support PrEP Initiation and Adherence   

10:30 am – 12:00 pm    

Track: Other
Location: Platinum I, 3rd Level
Presenters:
George Greene, Northwestern University
Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, George Washington University

For a long time, there has been an intentional separation of prevention and care/treatment work. However, in a world where the prominence and necessity of biomedical prevention and care increases, a natural synergy and need to leverage transferable skills now exists. This session will discuss: (1) lessons learned from providers of biomedical prevention and care; (2) how an integrated approach to biomedical prevention and care benefits clients and the greater community; (3) how to build upon skills that are useful for both biomedical prevention and care work; (4) how to bridge the prevention and treatment divide; (5) how CBOs can transform to meet the needs of a medicalized model; and (6) how to develop a seamless system of care and prevention reflective of a collaborative, interdisciplinary approach.

Community Partnerships to Ensure Holistic Care  

10:30 am – 12:00 pm    

Track: Trans Experience
Location: Diamond 7, 4th Level
Presenters:
Sean Coleman, Destination Tomorrow
Sid Jordan, UCLA

When we say that there needs to be inclusive spaces for everyone, we have to make sure that we are meeting that challenge. How do we adapt and transform our systems and practices to be inclusive of transmen? How do we create and implement systems that can be responsive to their needs and their place in the movement?

Engagement and Empowering Service Providers to Meet Women in Non-Traditional Social Settings  

10:30 am – 12:00 pm    

Track: Women
Location: Diamond 8, 4th Level
Presenters:
Deon Haywood, Women with a Vision
Lisa Diane White, SisterLove

Biomedical strategies will never meet their promise without getting into the lives of the people that need them. In both viral suppression and PrEP use, there is a gender disparity that needs to be addressed with new strategies. What does it mean to create programs that seek to engage and empower through effective conversations about the use of new biomedical strategies? And how can these conversations take place in non-traditional settings?

Leveraging the 340B Program and State Program Funding in a Non-Expansion State  

10:30 am – 12:00 pm    

Track: Other
Location: Diamond 9, 4th Level
Presenters:
Mary Elizabeth Marr, Thrive Alabama
Eric Mayes, Virginia Department of Health

PrEP is an important tool part of the prevention toolkit. Finding funding for programs in non-Medicaid expansion states can be a challenge. This session will focus on how to leverage the 340B program to help fill the needs gap in non-expansion states and sharing stories and challenges in setting up these programs within the settings.

Monitoring Health Plan Policies, Costs, and Barriers to Pay for PrEP for Uninsured Patients in the Non-Expansion States  

10:30 am – 12:00 pm    

Track: Evaluation
Location: Diamond 10, 4th Level
Presenters:
Edwin Corbin-Gutierrez, NASTAD
Dori Molozanov, NASTAD

A PrEP client is facing a cost-spike after the co-pay card ran out? Out-of-options? This workshop will provide a “how to” guide to conduct a PrEP-specific insurance assessment (no insurance expertise is needed, and math skills are not required). The workshop will focus on challenges facing underinsured PrEP clients and discuss creative tactics to overcome cost-related barriers. Presenters will also provide updates on insurance policies impacting PrEP access, including restrictions on how co-pay cards count toward a PrEP client’s insurance contributions, and share strategies to stay updated on these policies to protect clients.

STIs and Sexual Health  

10:30 am – 12:00 pm    

Track: Gay and Bi Men
Location: Platinum F, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Arleen Leibowitz, UCLA
Matthew Golden, University of Washington
David Harvey, National Coalition of STD Directors

A small booklet called “How to Have Sex in an Epidemic” appeared in May 1983. It was written by two HIV-positive patient collaborators. As we make strides in the prevention and treatment landscape, it is time to talk about sex in another epidemic, the STI epidemic. This session will focus on how to shift strategies for combating these epidemics and how to bring about change given the new conditions. What does it mean to work in the era of condom decline, in which there are new condomless protections for HIV and record high levels of reportable STIs? What new strategies need to be embraced to tackle the epidemic?

The Problem of PrEP Persistence  

10:30 am – 12:00 pm    

Track: Gay and Bi Men
Location: Platinum G, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Anthony Mills, Men’s Health Foundation
Pedro Serrano, Hektoen Institute

This presentation will explore emerging research and evaluation data that indicate challenges and disparities in PrEP retention and persistence. The panel will identify factors that may be driving poor PrEP care retention, persistence and consider the implications for programs that aim to sustain and re-engage consumers in PrEP care. Novel strategies for promoting PrEP care adherence and persistence will be described. The audience will have the opportunity to brainstorm their ideas as well.

Addressing mistrust in vulnerable populations so that they engage successfully in public health agencies and endeavors  

10:30 am – 12:00 pm    

Track: Evaluation
Location: Platinum F, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Gina Bonilla, Hunter College

How do we model, address and overcome mistrust within vulnerable communities of public health agencies and endeavors? It is often the elephant in the room when it comes to engaging communities of color. Rarely do we take a hard look at ways to change the paradigm and measure how effective we are at earning the trust of the communities that we serve.

Women of Color & Community Mobilization  

10:30 am – 12:00 pm    

Track: Women
Location: Platinum J, 3rd Level
Presenters:
Tiffany Marrero
Ebony Gordon, Nashville Cares
Naina Khanna, Positive Women’s Network

The Community Mobilization (CM) model calls for the engagement of communities in dialogue and strategic action around shared concerns. This model has been used to promote safer sex and reduce gender-based violence among at-risk individuals. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), should be considered a woman-initiated approach to HIV prevention because it provides the opportunity for discreet use and does not require the consent or knowledge of a male partner. Despite these advantages, PrEP access, uptake, and adherence among cisgender and transgender women have been suboptimal to date. Various gender-based barriers such as intimate partner violence (IPV), reproductive coercion, and financial insecurity can impede the effectiveness of PrEP among women. This workshop will address the components of the CM model as they relate to PrEP uptake among at-risk women.

Lunch  

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm   

Plenary  

1:00 pm – 2:30 pm  

Closing the Racial Inequity Gap in ARV based Prevention