Below is the official 2020 USCHA conference agenda.
For any questions please contact conferences@nmac.org.
Dates Subject to Change.
All Times Eastern Standard Time
11:15 am - 11:35 am EST | Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) Live with Leadership Session Guest: Kaye Hayes, OIDP Acting Director, and Executive Director, Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Topic: Importance of USCHA to EHE |
11:30 am EST | Daily Break (sponsored by Gilead) |
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST | Opening Plenary Session: Family Reunion 2 |
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST | Virtual Exhibit Hall Open |
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST | Virtual Exhibit Hall “Live Hour” |
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EST | Institutes South Institute - COVID Revelations (Presented by AIDS Alabama) Hepatitis in the US: Why is it still a problem? (Presented by The AIDS Institute and NASTAD) Advocate for HOPWA! Modernization and Funding Housing NOW Co-Morbidities and Aging Related Health Challenges Living with HIV Women in Leadership: Checking the Box or Building Power What's the "T" in Sustainabili-T Transmasculine Entanglement: Dismantling the Invisibility Complex Youth Institute - It Starts with YOUth: Demystifying HIV in Modern Times The Blacker the Plan: Where We Are, and Where we’re headed (Presented by Black AIDS Insti-tute) HIV, Aging and COVID-19: Practices and Policies Community Empowerment and Interracial Strategies for Ending the HIV Epidemic Let's Talk About Sex. |
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST | Session 1 Workshops Health Not Prisons Collective Health and treatment satisfaction perceptions among people living with HIV HIV 50+ and Social Media - Building Virtual Communities HIV Prevention Among Asian American Young Adults During COVID-19 Impact of COVID-19 on organizations of color providing HIV/STI/HCV services Apoyando a la comunidad LGBTQ Latinx: estrategias virtuales Health Care Policies Affecting PLWH in the Context of COVID-19 Practicing Antiracism: A framework for the HIV healthcare workforce National Implementation of Interventions to Address Trauma Knowledge = Power: Demystifying Philanthropy for Trans Leaders National Implementation of Interventions for Black MSM with HIV EHE in ATL: Ending the HIV Epidemic in Metropolitan Atlanta Expansion/ Integration: HIV Testing & PrEP During a Pandemic Words Matter: Using non-stigmatizing language in the HIV field Responding to a New Epidemic: Structural Interventions for PWH during COVID Historical Distrust Impact on Infectious Disease Research Community Engagement Efforts HRSA’s Efforts to End the HIV Epidemic Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA): The Fundamentals Advancing Evidence Based Prevention Approaches: Using Innovative and Emerging Technologies |
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EST | Gilead Plenary Session: Creating A Different World |
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm EST | Homecoming Virtual Happy Hour powered by Gilead Sciences, Inc. Exclusive virtual event on Zoom Wear your favorite college/university apparel. *The above link is an exclusive link to join the event as a Zoom attendee. You do not need a Zoom account or the Zoom app to join the party, the link will open on your device via a web browser. The link will be active when the event starts on October 19. By joining the Zoom/virtual event, I verify that I am at least 18 years of age. Furthermore, I agree to be photographed, filmed and/or recorded by Gilead Sciences, Inc. and those acting with Gilead’s authority and permission, in connection with Gilead’s USCHA Virtual Happy Hour. I irrevocably grant Gilead Sciences, Inc. the perpetual, worldwide right, permission and license to: use, reproduce, display, and publish all photographic, video, audio, and other images or likeness in which I may be included. I agree that all right, title, and interest in and to the Material or any portion thereof shall be the sole property of Gilead, free and clear from any and all claims whatsoever by me or any other person on my behalf. |
11:30 am EST | Daily Break (sponsored by Gilead) |
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST | ViiV Positive Action: How Arts and Culture Can Spark Change and Combat Stigma |
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST | Session 2 Workshops Community Engagement and Education: NMAC's HIV 50+ Mini-Grants Project On the Front Lines: Modifying Syringe Services Due to COVID-19 The LA Family AIDS Network Responds to COVID-19 for Women/Children/Youth Impacto del COVID-19 en hombres gay/bi hispanos/latinos viviendo con VIH Taking It To The Screen: Creating Virtual Community Dismantling White Supremacy Work Culture and Anti-Blackness in HIV-Service Organizations Field Testing: Reaching & Engaging Transgender Women of Color Comics as a medium to educate black women on HIV COVID Unmasks Ageism in HIV Communities TRANSforming HIV Research: Systemic Change to Advance Transgender Inclusion The Role of Emergency Departments in Ending the HIV Epidemic Long-Acting Antiretroviral Injectables (LAIs) and Broadly Neutralizing Antibodies (bNAbs) Messaging/Considerations for Women and POC How Do we build #stigma-free systems of HIV care? Trauma-informed Medications for Opiate-Use Disorder (Ti-MOUD): A New Relational Approach Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA) Formula Modernization: Updates from the Fourth Year of Implementation The Intersection of HIV, COVID-19 and Systemic Racism HIV Education, Prevention, and Treatment in Indian Country Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS: Addressing Stigma and Disparities Integrating Social Media in Community Engagement and Programming during COVID-19 |
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST | Virtual Exhibit Hall Open |
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm EST | Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) Live with Leadership Session Guest: Leisha McKinley-Beach, Community Advocate and Public Health Consultant Topic: Updates from the Community on EHE |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST | Virtual Exhibit Hall “Live Hour” |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST | Job Fair |
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST | Session 3 Workshops HIV 50+ Peer Education Project. The Role of Healthy Living in Preventing and Managing Co-Morbidities Inequidades en las pandemias de COVID-19 y VIH en poblaciones latinxs y la adaptación de proyectos virtuales para enfrentarlas Documenting the impact of COVID-19 on older adults with HIV Follow the Money - Advocating for Federal HIV/AIDS Funding Preventing HIV Infections in Asian and Pacific Islanders Nothing About Me Without Me: Centering the Voices of PLWH Meet Me Where I Am: Mentoring Youth to Champion Health Using lessons learned in THRIVE to guide success in EHE Ending AIDS Through Jobs: Employing PLWH as CHW's during COVID-19 TelePrEP: The Nuts and Bolts A New Normal: HIV, HCV and STI Screening during Covid-19 Seeking Racial Justice: A Case for Prioritizing Structural Interventions Voices from Stolen Land in the Time of COVID-19 Sex during COVID: Keeping it hot while isolating Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States Through Community Engagement: The Impact of the Stories We Tell Fearlessly Forward: Journaling to Fuel Mind, Body and Spirit The Impact of NIH HIV/AIDS Research and Discovery– Follow on Conversations from AIDS 2020 AHEAD: A Dashboard for Ending the HIV Epidemic Plan for America |
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EST | Institutes E pae pū ana: Rising Together - Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Institute (Presented by NMAC CAP) Fierce D.I.V.A.S - The Change Black Women are looking for (Presented by NMAC CAP) African American Institute: “Ain’t No Stimulus Coming this Way” (Presented by NMAC CAP) Living & Surviving with Indigenous Resilience (Presented by NMAC CAP) Asian Institute: The Invisible Struggle (Presented by NMAC CAP) Latinx Institute: Addressing health inequities and the repercussions of colonialism in Latinx communities: A public health imperative? |
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm EST | Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) Live with Leadership Session Guest: NMAC’s Paul Kawata, Executive Director & Ace Robinson, Director of Strategic Partnerships Topic: NMAC Update from USCHA |
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST | Session 4 Workshops The National Agenda to End HIV. Who is advocating for the HIV 50+ Community? Adapting HIV Prevention Activities to COVID-19 Restrictions in Tennessee Social Media Support Group: Implementation, Evaluation, and COVID-19 Response Burnout & Self-Care: Sustaining Young Queer Leaders in the Movement Strategies to Address Systemic Racism within State Health Departments PrEP Uptake among MSM and Transgender Persons - Project PrIDE (CDC) Culturally Sensitive Services Guide for HIV Care Link & Retention Not enough funding: Latinx-Serving Organizations Barriers in the Deep South DAART Program Evaluation: Solutions to Barriers in Rapid HIV Treatment Novel Rapid HIV Testing Strategies During the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic Let's Expand and Improve Telehealth: A Dialogue With You Peer education as a tool for advocacy, empowerment and HIV prevention The Impact of COVID-19 on NIH HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials Networks Research From Zero To Zoom: Notes From The Field On Telehealth Services NIH Stakeholder Engagement in the Era of COVID-19 and Social Justice Movements – Priorities for FY2021 Affirming Life: Self-Advocacy against Implicit Bias in Clinical Settings Delivering HIV Services Providing for the Provider: Approaches to Enhancing Joy & Reducing Burnout Viremia, Vulnerability and Victory: The Black experience living with HIV |
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST | Virtual Exhibit Hall Open |
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST | Closing Plenary Session: Federal Perspectives on EHE Efforts in the Era of COVID-19 |
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