2024 Annual Meeting
NASTAD's 2024 Annual Meeting was held in Washington, DC, from May 19-22, 2024. The meeting addressed the challenges and opportunities health departments are currently facing in administering HIV and hepatitis programs. There were many opportunities during the meeting for meaningful exchange among peers, partners, and federal agency representatives on issues of importance to programs.
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Sessions on Monday, May 20
Plenary Sessions
Federal Partner’s Plenary Part 1: Syndemic Response to Drug User Health
Speakers:
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Stephen Lee, NASTAD (Moderator)
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Laura Cheever, HRSA
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Jonathan Mermin, CDC
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Allison Arwady, CDC
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Cara Alexander, SAMHSA
Federal Partner’s Plenary Part 2: Syndemic Response to Address Disparities Among Key Populations
Speakers:
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Stephen Lee, NASTAD (Moderator)
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Robyn Neblett Fanfair, CDC
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Neil Gupta, CDC
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Michael Kharfen, HRSA
Affinity Session
Inflation Reduction Act Medicare Prescription Drug Reforms: Opportunities and Challenges for Syndemic Care Systems
Speakers:
- Tim Horn, NASTAD
- Jeffrey Maras, NASTAD
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Sessions on Tuesday, May 21
Plenary Sessions
Centering Community Engagement in Syndemic Approaches
Speakers:
- Boatemaa Ntiri-Reid, NASTAD (Moderator)
- Amber Coyne, Tennessee
- Leroy Blea, California
- Dave Kern, Chicago
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Synergizing Leadership Development & Professional Accountability Among the Public Health Workforce
Speakers:
- Beatriz Acevedo, NASTAD (Moderator)
- Lorlette Moir, New Hampshire
- Thomas Knoble, San Francisco
- Matthew Rose, Human Rights Campaign
- Arlis Jenkins, Arizona
Immunization Equity
Speakers:
- Isabel Lechuga, NASTAD (Moderator)
- Sharday Lewis, NASTAD (Moderator)
- Brandie Wilson, Transforming Reentry Services
- Sean Cahill, The Fenway Institute
- Chioma Nnaji, Multicultural AIDS Institute
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Breakout Sessions
Syndemic Approaches Towards Care for Pregnant People Who Use Drugs
Speakers:
- Libby Harrison, Washington
- Julie Karr, NACCHO
- Chelsea Frand, Houston
Integrated Data to Support the Implementation of Syndemic Programming
Speakers:
- Linda Goldman, Massachusetts
- Robert Winstead, North Carolina
- Anthony Hannah, North Carolina
- Susan Major, Connecticut
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What Happened to You? Trauma Informed Approaches to Address the Syndemic
Speakers:
- Mahelet Kebede, NASTAD (moderator)
- Maria Jackson, Colorado
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“It Takes All of Us”: Embedding DEI Throughout Health Department Programs
Speakers:
- Andre Brown, Cuyahoga County
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Toward a Syndemic Provider Network: Expanding Access, Fostering
Collaboration, and Diversifying Funding Strategies
Speakers:
- Edwin Corbin-Gutierrez, NASTAD (Moderator)
- Isabel Evans, Arizona
- Carri Comer, Washington
- Martha Grimm, Washington
Communities of Care for the Syndemics Workforce: Addressing Grief, Loss,
and Turnover While Cultivating Mutually Supportive Responses
Speakers:
- Laura Pegram, NASTAD (Facilitator)
Leveraging the HIV Response for Hepatitis C: Envisioning Rapid Start for
Hepatitis C
Speakers:
- Thaddeus Pham, Hawaii (Moderator)
- Andy Dillehay, Nebraska
- Biz McChesney, Iowa
- Jessica Forsyth, Colorado
- Tim Horn, NASTAD
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Community First: Strategies to Utilize Health Equity Staff to Reach Tribal
Communities
Speakers:
- Jorden Laducer-Dix, North Dakota
- Sonya Abe, North Dakota
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Sessions on Wednesday, May 22
Plenary Session
A Call to Action: Black Women and BIPOC Leaders: Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges
Speakers:
- Clover Barnes, Senior Deputy Director of CARE, Housing, and Support Services, DC Department of Health
Affinity Session
Technical Assistance Model that Explores the Syndemic Needs of RWHAP
Systems of Care
Speakers:
- Jeffrey Maras, NASTAD
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NASTAD 's 2024 Annual Meeting would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. We thank them for allowing us to provide scholarships, meals, and support all of the logistics necessary to produce a great meeting experience. Make sure to visit their booths in the exhibit hall.
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