3rd National Ending the HIV Epidemic Partnerships for Research Meeting

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General Information

CHIPTS and the UCLA-CDU Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) were honored to co-host the 3rd National Ending the HIV Epidemic Partnerships for Research Meeting on April 15-16, 2024, at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center. The meeting welcomed over 300 participants from 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.

Grounded in the meeting theme, “Accelerating Innovations for Equitable Reach and Uptake of HIV Services,” the meeting aimed 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.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our esteemed partners, inspiring speakers, and dedicated attendees for making the meeting an outstanding success. Your insightful contributions and active participation enriched the experience for everyone involved. Together, we’ve created meaningful connections, exchanged invaluable knowledge, and charted new pathways for partnerships to end the HIV epidemic.

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

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Email us at chipts@mednet.ucla.edu for available slides presented at the meeting.

Agenda

MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2024

Registration and Breakfast – 8:00 AM

  • Location: Centennial Pre-Function Area

Welcome – 9:00 AM

  • Speaker(s):
    • Steve Shoptaw, PhD, UCLA CHIPTS
    • 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

Overview and Future Directions of EHE Initiative – 9:20 AM

  • Speaker(s): CDR Michelle Sandoval-Rosario, DrPH, MPH, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, US Department of Health and Human Services

Partnerships in Research: Our Roles in Ending the HIV Epidemic – 9:30 AM

  • Speaker(s):
    • 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

Keynote Address – Is the USA on Track to End the HIV Epidemic? – 10:10 AM

  • Speaker(s): 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 and Mary Glenshaw, PhD, MPH and  Paul Weidle, PharmD, MPH and Pamela Klein, PhD and  Kristin Roha, MS, MPH and Rick Haverkate, MPH and  Mario Perez, MPH

Break – 11:00 AM

Overview and Progress of NIH-funded Ending the HIV Epidemic Projects – 11:15 AM

  • Speaker(s): Brian Mustanski, PhD, Implementation Science Coordination Initiative (ISCI), Third Coast CFAR at Northwestern University

Strategy #1 Panel: Successful Outreach Strategies to Empower Communities – 11:25 AM

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

Lunch – 12:30 PM

Strategy #2 Panel: Lowering Barriers to Care through Community Engagement – 1:30 PM

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

Break – 2:30 PM

Breakout Sessions – 2:45 PM

  • 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 

Closing Remarks and Day One Adjourn – 3:45 PM

  • Speaker(s): Nina Harawa, PhD, UCLA CHIPTS and UCLA-CDU CFAR

Listening Session to Inform the FY26-30 NIH Strategic Plan for HIV and HIV-Related Research – Laureate Room – 4:15 pm

Networking Reception – 5:30 PM

  • Open to all registered participants. Light appetizers served.

TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2024

Registration and Breakfast – 8:00 AM

  • Location: Centennial Pre-Function Area

Welcome and Recap of Day One – 9:00 AM

  • Speaker(s): Judith Currier, MD, UCLA-CDU CFAR and Francisco Ruiz, MS, White House Office of National AIDS Policy

Strategy #3 Panel: Partnering with Public Health Departments Across the Care Continuum – 9:10 AM

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

Break – 10:10 AM

Moving Research to Practice: Community, Agency, and Implementing Partner Perspectives – 10:30 AM

Moderator: 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

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. – 11:20 AM

  • Speaker(s): Sheree Schwartz, PhD, MPH, Johns Hopkins University, MACC+ Implementation Science Hub

Our Voice Matters in Research! CAB Presentation and Panel – 11:45 AM

  • Panelist: Lynnea Railey, Shawn Pleasants, Raul Amezquita, Maria Scott
  • Hosted by the UCLA-CDU CFAR CAB

Lunch – 12:15 PM

Breakout Sessions – 1:15 PM

  • 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

Summary and Report-Out from Strategy Breakout Sessions – 2:15 PM

A Call to Action: What Did We Come Away With and Where Do We Go? – 2:45 PM

  • Speaker(s): LT Alberto Pina, MPH, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, US Department of Health and Human Services

Meeting Adjourn – 3:00 PM

Committees

Steering Committee

  • Christopher Gordon, PhD, National Institute of Mental Health (Co-Chair)
  • Steve Shoptaw, PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, CHIPTS (Co-Chair)
  • 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)
  • 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

Resources

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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.

Learn more: https://www.thirdcoastcfar.org/imp-sci-summit-ehe-supplements/

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.

Learn more: https://hivimpsci.northwestern.edu/project/2021-national-ehe-meeting/

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.

Learn more: https://hivimpsci.northwestern.edu/project/2nd-national-ehe-meeting/