State of HIV Prevention and PrEP in 2024: Certification Maintenance for HIVPCPs
This 90-minute institute provides an update on the current state of the HIV epidemic, key biomedical advances in HIV prevention, and evidence-based approaches to HIV prevention.
Unveiling HIV: Challenging Assumptions on Molecular Surveillance and Criminalization
Experts will ground attendees in an understanding of HIV criminalization as well as the efforts that attendees can join for modernizing HIV criminalization
laws and eradicating HIV related stigma. Attendees will also have the opportunity to learn more about MHS and why PLHIV and advocates are so concerned with a program whose ostensible purpose is the promotion of public health. Finally, panelists will educate attendees on the interrelationship between different forms of surveillance, focusing on different ways in which reproductive autonomy is targeted as a case study.
HIV PrEP Navigation Certification (HIVPNC) Institute
HealthHIV's HIV PrEP Navigation Certification (HIVPNC) Program is the only certification program offered to providers and allied health professionals focused on preparing providers to guide community members in their use of PrEP over time.
Mobilizing Towards PrEP Access For All
Hosted by PrEP4All, this Institute will focus on several ways that participants can immediately engage in the movement for equitable PrEP access.
Plenary 1 — Today’s Landscape: The State of HIV, HCV, STIs, Harm Reduction and LGBTQ Health
BallroomThis plenary session will feature subject matter experts in each of the five SYNC focus areas to share the current “state of” and future implications in HIV, HCV, STIs, harm reduction and LGBTQ health.
Harm Reduction Track, Session 1
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA, United States- Centering People in the Sex Trade: Harm Reduction Tools for Better Health
- GetaKit.ca: An Online HIV and STI testing service for priority populations
HIV Prevention Track, Session 1
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA, United States
- Spilling the Tea: How Medical Mistrust Impacts HIV/STI Prevention and Treatment for Young LGBTQ+ Black Women and Girls
- Voices of Black Womxn: Exploring, Navigating and Identifying Health Disparities in HIV
STIs Track, Session 1
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA, United States
- Hey CIS, Can We Talk...? Black Women, Sexuality, and PrEP
- STD Crisis: A Case for Rapid POC Testing
- Effects of Targeted Provider Education on HIV and STI Testing Rates at an FQHC
HIV Treatment Track, Session 1: Innovations
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA, United States- Long-Acting Injectables: Improving Team Member Engagement Across Four NYC HIV Clinics
- Implementing a Tailored Approach to Provide Affirming HIV Care to LGBTQIA+ Youth
- Leveraging Medicaid and Hospital BPAs to Link People With HIV to Care
Hepatitis C Track, Session 1: Addressing HCV Through a Syndemic Approach
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA, United States- HIV and HCV Testing and Offering Comprehensive Prevention Services in the Community Health Centers
- Theory to Action: Ending the Syndemic in Tennessee
LGBTQ Health Track, Session 1: Equity
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA, United States- Beyond the Binary: An Innovative Educational Workshop Addressing the Health of Non-Binary and Gender Non-Conforming People
- Leveraging Telemedicine to Increase Access and Adherence to PrEP With Underserved Communities
- Breaking Barriers and Fostering Equity: Mount Sinai's TelePrEP Program in LGBTQ Healthcare
HIV Prevention Track, Session 2
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA, United States
- Prioritizing the Whole Health of Black, Transgender Women through Bundled Interventions and Gender-Affirming Care
- Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges: Combination HIV Prevention for Black Women
- EHE Today: A reflection of the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative in the US - Successes and Progress
LGBTQ Health Track, Session 2
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA, United States- It’s a Start: Online, On-demand LGBTQ+ Mental Health Trainings are a Beneficial Primer for Providers Nationwide
- Understanding LGBTQ+ Health Disparities and Methods for Identifying Them
Plenary 2 — Government Healthcare Agencies Bringing Synchronicity to Healthcare Delivery
BallroomThis plenary session features senior officials from federal government healthcare agencies discussing their strategic goals and activities toward enhancing health equity, optimizing operations, and strengthening program management in addressing today’s public health challenges across HIV, HCV, STIs, harm reduction and LGBTQ health.
Harm Reduction Track, Session 2
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA, United States- Failing Forward: Syringe Service Program Organizing in Charleston, WV
- Impact of a Harm Reduction Program Tailored for Populations Using Crystal Methamphetamine
- Building and Strengthening Syringe Services Programs through E-learning
STIs Track, Session 2
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA, United States- Effectiveness of a Virtual Patient Simulation at Improving Individualized Sexual Health Care
- Understanding Perspectives on Patient-Provider Communication Surrounding Sex, Sexuality, and Substance Use
- Abstract for Express Visits
HIV Treatment Track, Session 2
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA, United States- Engaging People with HIV in a Housing-First Response to an HIV Outbreak
- HIV Treatment & Beyond: SYNCing to Implement Rapid Start as a Jurisdictional Standard of Care
- Expert-led HIV Communications: Prevention, Treatment, and Stigma-Free Strategies for Physicians
Hepatitis C Track, Session 2: Differentiated Service Models
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA, United States- Financing Integrated Hepatitis C Services: Focus on Harm Reduction and Pharmacy Settings
- Advancing Health Equity: Improving the Reentry Experience through Innovative HIV, Hepatitis C Programming
HIV Prevention Track, Session 3
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA, United States
- Prioritizing Medication Adherence of Minority MSM Patients for HIV Prevention
- Syncing Frequent STI Screening and PrEP: “Choose Your Own Adventure” Process Analysis
- Be PrEPared: A Guide to PrEP Program Development in the Primary Care Setting
HIV Prevention Track, Session 4
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA, United States
- HIV in the COVID Era: PCP Capacity Building
- Prevention and Autonomy: Tools from the PrEP Clinic at CHOP
- Beyond Status: Serodiscordant Couples Thrive with TASP & PrEP
Syndemics Track, Session 1
Renaissance Arlington Capital View Hotel 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, VA, United States- Derailing the Train: How to Address the Intersection of HIV, HV, SUD, and Workforce Development in Appalachia
- Quality Improvement is Not Disease Specific