About

The 3rd National Ending the HIV Epidemic Partnerships for Research Meeting hosted by UCLA CHIPTS and the UCLA-CDU Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) will take place on April 15-16, 2024, in-person at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. This meeting will convene the CFAR/ARC Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) supplement project teams funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), community and public health partners, and others interested in HIV implementation research and practice to discuss supplement project findings and explore opportunities to advance high-impact HIV implementation research.

The 2024 meeting theme is: “Accelerating Innovations for Equitable Reach and Uptake of HIV Services.” Grounded in this theme, the meeting aims to:

Facilitate the dissemination of innovative implementation strategies and generalizable findings from the EHE supplement projects.
Promote best practices for research-community partnerships in HIV implementation research.
Offer opportunities for networking and exploring new collaborations to accelerate progress towards ending the HIV epidemic.

Registration is free and required for attendance. Scholarships are available to help cover the cost of airfare and/or hotel accommodations.

This meeting is supported by NIH grant number P30AI152501-02S1.

Register

Registration is now closed. If you have any questions, please contact chipts@mednet.ucla.edu.

To attend the 3rd National Ending the HIV Epidemic Partnerships for Research Meeting, you must complete the meeting registration form. Registration is free and required for attendance. Your registration includes meeting admission, breakfast, and lunch for both days and access to meeting resources.

Register early because space is limited. Participants who register by February 16, 2024, will be entered into a giveaway for a chance to win prizes. You will receive a confirmation email after you register.

If you need to cancel your registration, please email us immediately at chipts@mednet.ucla.edu.

Venue

Overview

The window for booking hotel reservations at the group rate for this meeting is closed. See alternative lodging options below.

Meeting venue:

UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center
425 Westwood Plaza
Los Angeles, CA 90095

Meeting dates: April 15-16, 2024

Luskin Hotel Reservations

The UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center is offering a discounted hotel group rate for our meeting attendees. The Luskin hotel reservation deadline for this group rate is March 15, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. PT, while supplies last. Registration for the meeting is required to book with the discounted group rate.

The group rate is $269 per night, plus tax. Current tax is 16% and subject to change. Rates are for standard single or double occupancy. Rooms are available on a first-come, first-served basis, so please book early. If you are required to use federal rates for your hotel, please email chipts@mednet.ucla.edu.

Reserve your room: Reservation Link

Group code: LG2404EHEA

Luskin Conference Center Reservations phone number: 855-522-8252

Please note that the recommended check-in date is April 14 and check-out date is April 16, 2024. The reservation link is pre-set for check-in on April 14 and check-out on April 17 to accommodate those who may need to stay an additional night. Please be sure to adjust the check-out date to April 16 if you will be departing after the conference ends that day. To extend your stay dates, please call Luskin Conference Center Reservations directly at 855-522-8252.

Individuals must identify themselves as members of the group. All reservations must be guaranteed with a major credit card and accompanied by a first night room deposit. The group code or reservation link must be used during initial booking. Group rates cannot be applied retroactively. If you have questions about booking your hotel room, email LCC@ha.ucla.edu.

Alternative Lodging Options

There are many hotels in the area surrounding the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. Some options include:

The W
930 Hilgard Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Distance: UCLA adjacent

Palihotel Westwood Village
1052 Tiverton Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Distance: UCLA adjacent

Kimpton Hotel Palomar
10740 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Distance: About 5 minutes drive from UCLA
Offers for visitors to UCLA: https://www.hotelpalomar-beverlyhills.com/hotels-near-ucla/

Luxe Hotel Sunset
11461 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90049
Distance: About 5 minutes drive from UCLA

Local Attractions

While in Los Angeles, we encourage you to check out a few of our many local attractions.

Agenda

Preliminary Agenda

Schedule is subject to change. All sessions are located in the Centennial Main Ballroom, unless stated otherwise.

MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2024

8:00 AM	Registration and Breakfast Centennial Pre-Function Area
9:00 AM	Welcome, Purpose, and Theme Steve Shoptaw, PhD, UCLA CHIPTS Judith Currier, MD and LaShonda Spencer, MD, UCLA-CDU CFAR Rebecca Mandt, PhD, Division of AIDS, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Chris Gordon, PhD, Division of AIDS Research, National Institute of Mental Health
9:20 AM	Overview and Future Directions of EHE Initiative CDR Michelle Sandoval-Rosario, DrPH, MPH, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, US Department of Health and Human Services
9:30 am	Partnerships in Research: Our Roles in Ending the HIV Epidemic Jazzmun Crayton, APAIT and City of Los Angeles’ Trans Advisory Council Mary Glenshaw, PhD, MPH, NIH Office of AIDS Research Paul Weidle, PharmD, MPH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Pamela Klein, PhD, Health Resources and Services Administration Kristin Roha, MS, MPH, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration Rick Haverkate, MPH, Indian Health Service Mario Perez, MPH, Division of HIV and STD Programs, County of Los Angeles
10:10 AM	Keynote Address – Is the USA on Track to End the HIV Epidemic? Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, LCSW, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAAN, Johns Hopkins University Moderated Discussion Moderator: Steve Shoptaw, PhD, UCLA CHIPTS Panelists: Jazzmun Crayton, Mary Glenshaw, PhD, MPH , Paul Weidle, PharmD, MPH, Pamela Klein, PhD, Kristin Roha, MS, MPH, Rick Haverkate, MPH, Mario Perez, MPH
11:00 AM	Break
11:15 AM	Overview and Progress of NIH-funded Ending the HIV Epidemic Projects Brian Mustanski, PhD, Implementation Science Coordination Initiative (ISCI), Third Coast CFAR at Northwestern University
11:25 AM	Strategy #1 Panel: Successful Outreach Strategies to Empower Communities Moderator: Robin Lanzi, PhD, MPH, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Implementation Science Hub Five Point Initiative (R01): A Cluster Randomized Trial of a Bundled Implementation Strategy to Address the HIV Epidemic in Black Communities Sannisha Dale, PhD, and Glenn Hayward Stepherson Using An Interactive Systems Approach With Community Organizing To Improve PrEP Reach Among Cisgender Women In Metro Atlanta Jessica Sales, PhD The Twists, Turns and Glorious Messiness of a Teen-Guided Social Marketing and Community Mobilization Project Kathryn Macapagal, PhD, and Jim Pickett
12:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM	Strategy #2 Panel: Lowering Barriers to Care through Community Engagement Moderator: Borsika Rabin, PhD, PharmD, MPH, San Diego CFAR Implementation Science Hub FINISHING HIV: A Social Network-Based Outreach Program to Encourage Utilization of HIV Protection, Diagnosis and Treatment Services, Customized for Latinos Mariano Kanamori, PhD, and Stephen Fallon, PhD Mobile Testing to Increase HIV-Testing Uptake in Rural Alabama: a Pilot Implementation Project (MOBILISE) Lynn Matthews, MD, MPH, and DeAndra Tuyishime, MAEd, CHES, RPCV Engagement to Support the Health and Service Needs of Criminal Legal Involved Populations in Illinois Jeannette Webb
2:30 PM	Break
2:45 PM	Breakout Sessions Strategy #1 Breakout: Successful Outreach Strategies to Empower Communities – Laureate Room Moderators: Debbie Humphries, PhD, R3EDI Hub, Yale CFAR, and Robin Lanzi, PhD, MPH, UAB Implementation Science Hub Panelists: Sannisha Dale, PhD, Glenn Hayward Stepherson, Jessica Sales, PhD, Kathryn Macapagal, PhD, Jim Pickett Strategy #2 Breakout: Lowering Barriers to Care through Community Engagement – Legacy Room Moderators: Borsika Rabin, PhD, PharmD, MPH, San Diego CFAR Implementation Science Hub Panelists: Mariano Kanamori, PhD, Stephen Fallon, PhD, Lynn Matthews, MD, MPH, and DeAndra Tuyishime, MAEd, CHES, RPCV, Jeannette Webb Thorny Questions in Implementation Science: What You Want to Ask but Don’t Ask – Illumination Room Moderators: Alison Hamilton, PhD, UCLA CHIPTS Implementation Science Hub Panelists: Prajakta Adsul, MBBS, PhD, MPH, Ana Baumann, PhD, Erin Finley, PhD, MPH ISCI and Hub Tools, Support, and Collaboration to Support Your Success – Enlightenment Room Moderators: Brian Mustanski, PhD, and hosted by ISCI/Third Coast CFAR
3:45 PM	Closing Remarks and Day One Adjourn Nina Harawa, PhD, UCLA CHIPTS and UCLA-CDU CFAR
4:15 PM	Listening Session to Inform the FY26-30 NIH Strategic Plan for HIV and HIV-Related Research – Laureate Room Moderated by CAPT Mary Glenshaw, PhD, MPH, and Amber Wilson, MPH Hosted by the NIH Office of AIDS Research Learn more here and provide feedback
5:30 PM	Networking Reception Open to all registered participants. Light appetizers served.

TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2024

8:00 AM	Registration and Breakfast Centennial Pre-Function Area
9:00 AM	Welcome and Recap of Day One Judith Currier, MD and LaShonda Spencer, MD, UCLA-CDU CFAR
9:10 AM	Strategy #3 Panel: Partnering with Public Health Departments Across the Care Continuum Moderator: Kenneth Sherr, PhD, University of Washington Implementation Science Hub Evaluating the Implementation of an HIV Workforce Training Program in Philadelphia Stephen Bonett, PhD, NP Adaptation of the Mobile PrEP Implementation Strategy for Equitable Scale-Out (AMP-IT-OUT) Susanne Doblecki-Lewis, MD Financially Incentivizing HIV Prevention Among High-Incidence Populations in LA County Raphael Landovitz, MD, MSc, and Wendy Garland, MPH
10:10 AM	Break
10:20 AM	Moving Research to Practice: Community, Agency, and Implementing Partner Perspectives Discussants: Linda Koenig, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Pamela Klein, PhD, HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau Strengthening Community-Academic Partnerships in HIV Implementation Science: An Assessment of Community-Engaged Research Among Ending the HIV Epidemic Awardees Reva Datar, PhD, MPH Research-Public Health Partnerships to Inform LA County’s Response to the HIV Epidemic Mario Perez, MPH California’s Effort to End the HIV Epidemic: A State-Wide Approach LeRoy Blea, MPH
11:20 AM	Network for Implementation Science in HIV: The Potential for Multi-Site Work to Generate Generalizable Knowledge to End the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. Sheree Schwartz, PhD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University, MACC+ Implementation Science Hub
11:45 AM	Our Voice Matters in Research! CAB Presentation and Panel Panelist: Lynnea Railey, Shawn Pleasants, Raul Amezquita, Maria Scott Hosted by the UCLA-CDU CFAR CAB
12:15 PM	Lunch
1:15 PM	Breakout Sessions Strategy #3 Breakout: Partnering with Public Health Departments Across the Care Continuum – Laureate Room Moderators: Kenneth Sherr, PhD, University of Washington Implementation Science Hub and Natalie Cramer, MS, NASTAD Panelists: Stephen Bonett, PhD, NP, Susanne Doblecki-Lewis, MD, Raphael Landovitz, MD, MSc, Wendy Garland, MPH Moving Research to Practice: Community, Agency, and Implementing Partner Perspectives – Legacy Room Moderators: Linda Koenig, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Panelists: Reva Datar, PhD, MPH, Mario Perez, MPH, LeRoy Blea, MPH How to Move Your EHE Projects to the Next Stage of Research: A Consultation Session with NIH Program Officers – Illumination Room Moderated by Chris Gordon, PhD, NIMH Dissemination and Implementation Science Theories, Models, and Frameworks: What They are and How to Select and Apply Them in the HIV Field and Current Projects – Enlightenment Room Moderators: Borsika Rabin, PhD, PharmD, MPH, and Nicole Stadnick, PhD, MPH, San Diego CFAR Implementation Science Hub Panelists: Mariano Kanamori, PhD, Edda Rodriguez, MPH, Erik Storholm, PhD, Kimberly Ling Murtaugh, PhD
2:15 PM	Summary and Report-Out from Strategy Breakout Sessions
2:45 PM	A Call to Action: What Did We Come Away With and Where Do We Go? LT Alberto Pina, MPH, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, US Department of Health and Human Services
3:00 PM	Meeting Adjourn

Committees

Steering Committee

Christopher Gordon, PhD, National Institute of Mental Health (Co-Chair)

Steve Shoptaw, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, CHIPTS (Co-Chair)

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Cheryl Barrit, MPA, Los Angeles County Commission on HIV

Judith Currier, MD, MSc, UCLA-CDU Center for AIDS Research

Wendy Garland, MPH, Los Angeles County Division of HIV and STD Programs

Alison Hamilton, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, CHIPTS Implementation Science Hub

Liz Johnson, San Diego Center for AIDS Research

Uyen Kao, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles, CHIPTS

Linda Koenig, PhD, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Raphael Landovitz, MD, MSc, University of California, Los Angeles, CHIPTS

Rebecca Mandt, PhD, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Brian Mustanski, PhD, Third Coast CFAR and Implementation Science Coordination Initiative

Suzy Pollard, PhD, National Institute of Mental Health

Demetrios Psihopaidas, PhD, MA, Health Resources and Services Administration

Borsika Rabin, PhD, MPH, PharmD, San Diego CFAR Implementation Science Hub

Eric Refsland, PhD, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Eddie Sanders, CHIPTS CAB and Northeast Valley Health Corporation

Annalise Schoonmaker, MS, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases

LaShonda Spencer, MD, UCLA-CDU Center for AIDS Research

Nicole Stadnick, PhD, MPH, San Diego CFAR Implementation Science Hub

Julie Tolentino, MPH, Los Angeles County Division of HIV and STD Programs

Elaine Wong, MS, National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Jerome Zack, PhD, UCLA-CDU Center for AIDS Research

Operations Committee

Uyen Kao, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles, CHIPTS (Operations Lead)

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Bryna Block, San Diego Center for AIDS Research

Kelli Cain, MA, San Diego CFAR Implementation Science Hub

Carrie Geremia, MA, San Diego CFAR Implementation Science Hub

Oluwadamilola O. Jolayemi, MSc, University of California, Los Angeles, CHIPTS

Jina Lee, BS, UCLA-CDU Center for AIDS Research

Rina Lee, BS, UCLA-CDU Center for AIDS Research

Elena Rosenberg-Carlson, MPH, University of California, Los Angeles, CHIPTS

Enrique Sanchez, BS, University of California, Los Angeles, CHIPTS

Kimberly Schoonover, San Diego Center for AIDS Research

Christina Williams, San Diego Center for AIDS Research

Liz Zunshine, San Diego Center for AIDS Research

Partners

Funding for this conference was made possible by P30AI152501-02S1 from NIH. We would also like to acknowledge our federal partners from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for their contributions to planning the 3rd National Ending the HIV Epidemic Partnerships for Research Meeting.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

Past Meetings

2019 National EHE Summit

Hosted by the Third Coast CFAR on October 28-29, 2019, in Chicago, IL, this summit brought together the first 65 funded EHE supplement projects and was a precursor to the National EHE Meetings.

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2021 National EHE Meeting

The first National EHE Meeting was hosted by NIH and the DC CFAR on April 14-15, 2021. Over 300 academic investigators and community and public health partners participated in this virtual event.

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2022 National EHE Meeting

The second National EHE Meeting was hosted by the UAB CFAR in Birmingham, AL, on September 15, 2022. This hybrid meeting also offered a pre-event online implementation science training.

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FAQ

When is the deadline for registration?

The early registration deadline is February 16, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. PT. Participants who register by February 16, 2024, will be entered into a giveaway for a chance to win prizes. The final registration deadline is March 22, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. PT, while supplies last. Registration will close automatically once capacity is reached.

Is there a registration fee?

There is no registration fee. The meeting is free to attend. However, all participants MUST register to be admitted into the meeting.

Are there meals provided with my registration?

Yes, breakfast and lunch are included with registration.

Will I receive an email confirmation after I complete the online registration?

Yes, you will receive an email confirmation after registering for the meeting. If you do not see it in your inbox, check your spam/junk folder. Email chipts@mednet.ucla.edu if you do not receive an email confirmation.

Can I register to attend only one day of the meeting?

No, registration is only available for the full two-day meeting. If special circumstances will impact your ability to attend both meeting days, please email chipts@mednet.ucla.edu.

How do I cancel my registration if I can no longer attend?

Please email chipts@mednet.ucla.edu as soon as possible if you need to cancel your registration. This will allow us to open spots for others.

How can I request accommodations to support my participation in the meeting?

You can request accommodations when you register for the meeting. You can also email us directly at chipts@mednet.ucla.edu.

Is there a call for abstracts?

There is no call for abstracts. The meeting is comprised of plenary and invited presentations. If you are interested in submitting ideas for presentations, email chipts@mednet.ucla.edu.

I would like to stay extra nights at the Luskin hotel. How do I book them?

The UCLA Luskin hotel is offering a special discounted rate for attendees from Sunday, April 14 (check in), through Tuesday, April 16 (check out), while supplies last. The discounted room rate may be applied to early arrivals and late departures (up to 3 days) based on room availability. If you would like to extend your stay, please call Luskin Conference Center Reservations directly at 855-522-8252 and provide them with group code LG2404EHEA.

Is there a federal government room rate at the Luskin hotel?

Yes. Email chipts@mednet.ucla.edu for more information.

Are there scholarships available to help with travel or accommodation costs?

We are offering partial and full scholarships to help cover airfare and/or hotel costs. The scholarship application deadline was January 26, 2024, at 5:00 p.m. PT.

If you do not meet the scholarship eligibility criteria but are involved in EHE research and would need financial support to participate in the meeting, please email chipts@mednet.ucla.edu. We will assess additional requests for support on a case-by-case basis, pending available funding.

Will there be parking for the event?

Yes, there will be parking available in a nearby lot. It is walking distance to the meeting venue. Please indicate your anticipated parking needs when you register for the meeting. Registrants will receive parking and other logistical details via email in early April before the meeting.