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2022 National HIV and Hepatitis Technical Assistance Meeting

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Washington, DC

NASTAD’s 2022 National HIV & Hepatitis Technical Assistance Meeting allowed ADAP coordinators, Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Part B coordinators, prevention managers, and hepatitis coordinators from states and CDC directly-funded jurisdictions to participate in various conversations about HIV and hepatitis policy, clinical developments, and innovative programming. The theme was “Responding to Shifting Public Health Challenges,” and focused on health department efforts to address a confluence of challenges including COVID-19, MPV, reproductive health, and the politicization of public health work. The meeting, which took place in-person and included a virtual participation option, was formatted to include plenary sessions, breakout discussion sessions and affinity sessions; more than 500 participants attended over the course of the three-day event.

October 12, 2022

Plenary Session: Advancing Comprehensive Sexual Health for People and Movements

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Thaddeus K. Pham
  • Stephanie Pineiro
  • Lakeesha Harris
  • Chibundo Egwuatu
  • Naina Khanna 

Breakout Session: Who’s Watching the Baby? Perinatal Hepatitis B and C 

Speakers:

  • Bethany Reynolds
  • Donna Sheler
  • Prabhu Gounder

Breakout Session: Health Coverage in Flux: Priorities for Uninterrupted Access to Care and Treatment in 2023 

Speakers:

  • Cindy Boerger
  • Joanna Whitmore
  • Myriam Polanco-Allen
  • Amy Killelea
  • Molly Tasso

Breakout Session: Drug Decrim as a Public Health Tool: Rethinking Drug Criminalization Laws and the Public Health Response to HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, and Drug User Health 

Speakers:

  • Reagan Dunham
  • Mary Beth Campbell, MSPH
  • Amir Sadeghi

Breakout Session:  Coordinating Hepatitis Services with Drug Treatment Programs in Collaboration with Behavioral Health Agencies and Treatment Providers 

Speakers:

  • Mehvish Bhatti
  • Jon Stockton
  • Dr. Kirk E. James, MD
  • Jessica K. Blose, LMHC, SUDP, NCC, CCMHC
  • Nadine Kela-Murphy

Breakout Session: Maximizing ADAP Engagement and Utilization in EHE Implementation 

Speakers:

  • Ricardo Fernandez

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Breakout Session: Best Practices for Implementing Long-Acting Injectables and Other Provider-Administered Drug Products 

Speakers:

  • Tim Horn
  • Gordana Cokrlic
  • Sharisse Kemp
  • Chris Unzueta
  • Mitchell Namias

October 13, 2022

Plenary Session: Federal Partners Roundtable

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Dr. Stephen Lee, MD
  • Harold Phillips, MA
  • Dr. Laura Cheever, MD
  • Dr. Carolyn Wester, MD
  • Michelle Van Handel, MPH

Plenary Session: The Changing Tide of Public Health: Impacts to State Public Health Practice  

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Nicole Elinoff, MPH
  • Moderator: Nicole Holmes
  • Jeff Crowley, MPH
  • Liljana Baddour, MPH
  • Johanne Morne, MPH
  • Andrew Gans, MPH

Breakout Session: Criminalized Substance Use of Pregnant People and Parents: Navigating Health and the Criminal Justice System

Speakers:

  • Dr. Avon Hart-Johnson

Breakout Session: Developing a Hepatitis B Case Management and Surveillance System: Views from the Pacific Island Jurisdictions and Hawaii

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Alexis Charpentier
  • MaryVic Abrenilla
  • Laling Pangilinan
  • Thaddeus K. Pham

Breakout Session: NASTAD’s Leadership Development Portfolio 

Speakers:

  • Moderator: Vrushabh Shah, MPH
  • Matthew Willis

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Breakout Session: Post PCN 21-02: Implementation and Health Equity

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Breakout Session: Updates on Hepatitis Testing and Treatment in Correctional Settings  

Speakers:

  • Dr. Robert T. Lawrence, MD, MA, MEd
  • Mandy Altman
  • Prabhu Gounder
  • Erin Fratto

 

Breakout Session: Improving Comprehensive Care and Quality of Life for People Living with HIV: Lessons Learned from Two Projects Coordinating Care Across HIV, HCV, and OUD

Speakers:

  • Molly Higgins-Biddle
  • Juli Powers
  • Seyha Ros
  • Aminah Habib
  • Rachel Grinstein
  • Biz McChesney

Breakout Session: Thinking Outside the Box: Partnering with Non-Traditional Partners to Increase Client Engagement 

Speakers:

  • Katrease Hale
  • Lindsey Kinsinger
  • Megan Dieterich

Breakout Session: Hepatitis at NASTAD (HepNET, HepTAC, PLA) and DVH

Speakers:

  • Dr. Neil Gupta, MD, MPH
  • Dr. Holly Fisher, PhD, MS
  • Clarisse Tsang, MPH
  • Jasmine West, MPH
  • Zakiya Grubbs, MPH
  • Dr. Rita Isabel Lechuga, MD, MPH
  • Julio Contreras

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Breakout Session: Advancing Pharmacoequity: ADAP Formulary Design to Meet the Comprehensive Treatment Needs of People Living with HIV/AIDS 

Speakers:

  • Tim Horn
  • Tayiana Reed
  • Darnell Barrington
  • Jimmy R. LLaque

October 14, 2022

Breakout Session: Person-Centered Approaches for Addressing the Syndemics  

Speakers:

  • Sylvia Dziemian
  • Amber Coyne
  • Irina Tabidze
  • Ashley M. Becht

Breakout Session: Trauma-Informed and Equitable Approaches to Treatment Adherence

Speakers:

  • Lydia Guy Ortiz
  • Yehoshua Ventura
  • Mahelet Kebede, MPH

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Breakout Session: Expanding Access to Biomedical HIV/AIDS Prevention Tools

Speakers:

  • Camilla Stanley
  • Grace Lee Parr, JD
  • Mike Weir, MPH

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