Presentations and Posters
This HIV Grand Rounds session featured Dr. Ellen F. Eaton who highlighted addiction medicine as integral to comprehensive medical care. Attendees were able to understand stigma as a barrier to health equity and strategies to create an inclusive HIV treatment environment. Attendees were able to identify opportunities to integrate substance use and infection prevention and treatment in both acute and community settings.
Hosted by our Equitable Injectable PrEP in LA County Initiative, this workshop featured a panel presentation from staff at the Division of HIV and STD Programs on current and future plans to expand PrEP use in Los Angeles County.
This global health seminar featured Dr. Dvora Joseph Davey who focused on research to address equitable delivery of HIV and STI interventions, focusing on a case study of oral and injectable PrEP, and STI management, in pregnant and lactating people, in South Africa.
This HIV Grand Rounds session shared Dr. Solomon’s journey working with PWID in India. He will focus on the evolution of his research from a single cross-sectional study in one city to several multicity cluster randomized trials. He will also describe the lessons learned along the way and how it impacted his own career.
This community workshop hosted by our Equitable Injectable PrEP in LA County Initiative featured a panel of Black and Latino/a cisgender MSM and transgender women (BLMSM/TW) who shared their experiences with injectable PrEP in Los Angeles County.
This presentation described “LA CAB” goals which includes providing input on proposals and study materials as well as promoting CFAR activities and research studies. This presentation also describes “LA CAB” accomplishment in contributing input to RFAs and providing letters of support.
This presentation provides an overview of structure & ongoing studies, highlighting the potential for NISH multi-site research to support EHE goals & advance implementation science. This presentation explores generalizability vs. context, power in numbers, and developing and testing implementation strategies to advance effectiveness & equity.
This presentation by LeRoy Blea, MPH was part of the moving research to practice panel (2024 National EHE Meeting). This presentation described the California Department of Public Health’s efforts to document successes of interventions linked to priority populations, continue community engagement and collaboration linked directly to improving interventions, and share best practices across regions.
This presentation by Mario Perez, MPH was part of the moving research to practice panel (2024 National EHE Meeting). This presentation described the importance of transforming healthcare delivery systems, starting a 10-year national MH/SW/SUD specialist workforce training program, and changing the way we share data with frontline providers.
This presentation by Reva Datar, PhD, MPH was part of the moving research to practice panel (2024 National EHE Meeting). This presentation described successes and challenges in community engaged research among academic- and community-based partners engaged in EHE activities to improve opportunities for future collaborations.
This presentation by Raphael Landovitz, MD, MSc, and Wendy Garland, MPH was part of strategy #3 panel (2024 National EHE Meeting). This presentation highlighted how PrEP use remains suboptimal in populations that could benefit greatly and explores what a conditional cash transfer intervention for HIV prevention should look like for high-need populations in South LA.
This presentation by Susanne Doblecki-Lewis, MD was part of strategy #3 panel (2024 National EHE Meeting). This presentation highlighted lessons learned across multiple EHE supplements, including how mobile clinics can increase equitable reach of HIV prevention services and how social network strategies are promising for further increasing the reach of HIV testing and PrEP.
This presentation by Stephen Bonett, PhD, NP was part of strategy #3 panel (2024 National EHE Meeting). This presentation discusses aims to implement and evaluate a Healthforce Capacity Building Program across 10 PDPH supported agencies to assess changes in service quality and explore participants’ endorsements and recommendations of the program for scale across EHE jurisdictions.
This presentation by Jeannette Webb was part of strategy #2 panel (2024 National EHE Meeting). The presentation provided examples of how we are engaging criminal legal populations in research and shared results from an EHE funded supplement focused on PrEP implementation in jails and following release from the perspective of stakeholders.
This presentation by Lynn Matthews, MD, MPH, and DeAndra Tuyishime, MAEd, CHES, RPCV was part of strategy #2 panel (2024 National EHE Meeting). The presentation examined rural U.S. challenges in accessing HIV testing, mobile HIV counseling and testing as a way to increase testing coverage, and a pilot implementation project that aims to increase mobile testing in rural Alabama.
This presentation by Mariano Kanamori, PhD, and Stephen Fallon, PhD was part of strategy #2 panel (2024 National EHE Meeting). The presentation discussed successful strategies for partnership which included supporting community-based participatory research, recognizing the diversity of the community, and the willingness to learn from partners’ skills.
This presentation by Kathryn Macapagal, PhD, and Jim Pickett was part of strategy #1 panel (2024 National EHE Meeting). The presentation provided background on PrEP4Teens and described the formative research leading to the PrEP4Teens project. The presentation highlighted the challenges in research and implementation, as well as highlighting the success of the creative think tanks and creative workshops.
This presentation by Jessica Sales, PhD was part of strategy #1 panel (2024 National EHE Meeting). The presentation provided background information on PrEP provision in Title X clinics across the south, observing key challenges and understanding public health context. The presentation also highlights successful partnerships with SisterLove and the Georgia Family Planning System in creating sustainable solution and implementing new practices.
This presentation was part of strategy #1 panel (2024 National EHE Meeting) and featured Sannisha Dale, PhD, and Glenn Hayward Stepherson. The presentation provided an overview of the Strengthening Health with Innovation and Engagement (SHINE) Research Program and described successful partnerships with community partners including Empower U, that brings HIV/AIDS awareness to underserved communities.
This presentation provides an overview of the ISCI-Hub Network, capturing ISCI’s and their IS Consultation Hubs activities to creating more generalizable knowledge across EHE-funded projects. This presentation also highlights insightful statistics about ISCI’s 248 EHE-funded supplement projects, including priority populations and implementation partner types.
This presentation examines data from 2010-2021 to discuss whether the U.S. is on track to meet the goals outlined by the EHE initiative by 2030, the data captured is looking at annual HIV infections and viral suppression rates. This presentation also expands on eight opportunities for systems change to end the HIV epidemic, including the elimination of HIV prevention and treatment inequities and the diversification of HIV scientific, clinical, and community workforce.
This workshop part of the Equitable Injectable PrEP Initiative discussed techniques and resources community partners can use to communicate effectively about PrEP to populations disproportionately impacted by HIV in Los Angeles County.
This HIV Grand Rounds session discussed the experience of working with locally trained “peer-leaders” to distribute HIV self-test kits to fellow men in two fishing communities in Uganda, with a focus on HIV testing uptake, linkage to HIV care, and examining associated challenges.
Presentation by Dr. Abenaa A. Jones that focused on substance use, HIV and associated risk behaviors, and experiences of violence are prevalent and often inextricably linked among women who use drugs, particularly those involved in the criminal justice system. The presentation will explore the syndemic of substance use, HIV, and violence, along with the development of an all-female and trauma-informed intervention to reduce the incidence and adverse effects of these syndemic issues.
Presentation by Naira Setrakian that described patterns of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use and switching between event-driven PrEP and daily PrEP regimens in a population of men who have sex (MSM) in
Hanoi, Vietnam. Data from a large PrEP clinic at Hanoi Medical University show that switching PrEP regimens is common and results in longer periods of PrEP use.
Presentation by Dr. Samuel Bunting that examines how patients living with mental illnesses experience disproportionately high HIV incidence and prevalence, while simultaneously experiencing numerous barriers to care. This study was conducted as mixed-methods, pilot study of psychiatrists practicing in the EHE priority jurisdictions about integrating PrEP into psychiatric care given the role as primary points of contact with the healthcare system for people with mental illnesses and HIV risk-factors. Psychiatrists practicing in high-HIV incidence areas were largely interested in prescribing PrEP but need additional training with a specific focus on practical management and integration with existing clinical workflows.
Presentation by Harsh Agarwal and Mark Erwin that examines how telehealth is often touted as a solution to overcome several PrEP barriers. This study explores how PrEP retention compared for clients who accessed it via Telehealth versus In clinic clients. Further, this study examined inequities in each group and then compared those inequities with each other.
Presentation by Lynn Nguyen and William Dyer that examines women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHA) and the additional and unique need to seek sexual and reproductive health services. WLHA’s maternal health journeys can be shaped by the cultural norms and resources that exist in their society. This study sought to understand if and how WLHA’s family planning, pregnancy, and motherhood experiences could be influenced by the patriarchal culture,
gender roles, and HIV stigma in Vietnam, specifically.
Presentation by Khadesia Howell that aims to better understand intersectional stigma and discrimination and its effects on mental health, as well as to improve intersectional stigma assessment tools. It is a qualitative study executed by doing in-depth semi-structured interviews as a way for Black SMM to ‘think aloud’ and tell their stories and experiences. From this we were able to better understand how this marginalized group responds to stigma and discrimination and how they interact with intersectional stigma assessment tools.
Presentation by Izzy Chiu that highlights how Trans women experience a high burden of HIV and are at high risk for hepatitis C virus (HCV). The interaction between these two diseases and the behavioral risks for HIV/HCV co-infection among trans women are understudied. The presentation shares the results of an analysis of HIV and HCV serological and behavioral data collected among trans women in San Francisco from 2019 to 2020 as part of the CDC’s first National HIV Behavioral Surveillance survey for trans women.
Presentation by Taj Morgan that described how we used human-centered design to develop an innovative mobile app to improve HIV care continuum outcomes and overall well-being among young Black gay and bisexual men living with HIV. This process, which involved co-creating the app with end users and HIV service providers, resulted in a program with high feasibility, acceptability, and likely uptake.
Presentation by Dr. Toluwani Adekunle that highlights the experiences of Black and Latine HIV care consumers that foster medical mistrust. These are experiences as pertaining to care consumers’ perceptions of healthcare provider behaviors that invoked feelings of stigma/discrimination, thereby influencing care consumers’ levels of trust and mistrust.
CHIPTS hosted a community workshop entitled “State of the Science: What we know and what we still need to know about long-acting injectable PrEP” as part of our Equitable Injectable PrEP in LA County Initiative. This workshop occurred on Wednesday, March 8, 2023, from 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM via Zoom, and the primary audience is community members and frontline staff. The workshop was conducted in English with live simultaneous Spanish translation for monolingual Spanish speakers.
The Equitable Injectable PrEP in LA County Initiative presented a workshop with Dr. Raphael J. Landovitz on up-to-date scientific information and clinical considerations for the implementation of long-acting injectable PrEP. The primary audience for this workshop is healthcare providers who serve Black and/or Latina/o transgender women and/or men who have sex with men in Los Angeles County.
TIPS is a recently-funded project (an Ending the HIV Epidemic supplement to CHIPTS) that is using a mixed methods approach to understand how best to design an investigational financial incentives program for PrEP use and HIV prevention among young, Latino, Black and African American, cisgender men who have sex with men in South Los Angeles. This represents a collaborative research endeavor between investigators at UCLA, APLA Health & Wellness, and DHSP; and aims to generate policy- and program-relevant insights.
For this study, we provide a plan on the equity-focused approaches aimed at optimizing engagement of young Black LGBTQ+ individuals across the PrEP care continuum by partnering with House & Ball Community (H&BC) members using social work guiding principles.
Presentation featuring Raiza Beltran (UCLA HHIPP) and Tam Phan (LA LGBT/USC) that provides a short overview of their proposed project that builds community capacity to better examine the facilitators and barriers to pharmacists-furnished HIV services in select priority areas of Southern California.
The project will host 7 informational/educational community workshops to provide up-to-date and relevant information on LAI-PrEP to providers (medical and non-medical) that serve Black/Latino/a MSM and transgender women and potential consumers. Additionally, the project will develop a community-derived and culturally appropriate strategic messaging guide to facilitate ongoing dissemination of LAI PrEP information to our focused populations of providers and consumers.
Presentation featuring Felipe Findley and Vanessa Warri that shares broad perspectives of CHIPTS Community Advisory Board member and community partners engaged in CHIPTS PIC work to address disproportionate health outcomes across communities engaged by carceral systems. Panelists will elucidate pathways for researchers to better capture the effects of criminalization on health outcomes.
Presentation featuring Laura Hoyt D’Anna and Everardo Alvizo that describes their study aims to address the HIV epidemic by improving PrEP linkage, uptake, and retention among Black and Latinx same-gender loving men, transgender women, and other gender-diverse persons in Long Beach, CA. This is a mixed methods study designed to explore barriers and facilitators to engagement along the PrEP care continuum from the viewpoints of community members and current and potential PrEP providers. Findings will inform the following: 1) the Long Beach HIV/STI Strategic Plan, 2) a culturally appropriate PrEP readiness and facilitation tool, and 3) intervention opportunities to be studied in future research.
The purpose of this study is to collaborate with the local Asian Pacific American with HIV (APAWH) community to adapt and evaluate the appropriateness, acceptability, and feasibility of a 4-session, 4-week Social-justice Oriented, Family Informed self-management intervention to promote health among APAWH in Southern California, particularly Orange counties (SOFIAA). The scientific premise is that APAWH experience systematic barriers in healthcare delivery and policies, resulting in poor health outcomes. Additionally, regardless of ethnicity, APAs often prioritize their responsibilities to their families over their own individual needs. Our hypothesis is that APAWH will perceive SOFIAA as acceptable, feasible, and appropriate and a future study will demonstrate SOFIAA may be used to promote family support, decrease the effects of structural racism and HIV-related stigma, and achieve better outcomes in APAWH. This study addresses the critical need to optimize an intervention to promote self-management skills among APAWH by simultaneously addressing the reality and effects of structural racism and discrimination against APAWH from both the mainstream U.S. society and the APA communities.
The UCLA 3R Hub, a supplement to CHIPTS, is one of eight hubs funded by the NIMH to support EHE pilot Implementation studies. This presentation will briefly address the critical role of Implementation science in ending the HIV Epidemic and will describe services and supports that are available to the Southern California community and beyond.
Data for the current project were collected as part of SMART, an ongoing pragmatic trial of an online HIV prevention intervention for adolescent sexual minority youth. Despite higher risk, few Latino youth reported ever having received an HIV test. Results suggest sexual health education and pediatricians are an important, but largely untapped, source of testing and could be further supported with familial support to end the epidemic
PrEP Furnishing shows promise of assisting marginalized peoples living in primary care healthcare shortage areas. Altamed fast tracks furnishing initiatives by placing PrEP navigators in the lead when it comes to Patient initial care and retention.
Prior work suggests substance use is a risk factor for intimate partner violence but limited research exploring this association among MSM exists. We explored associations between substance use and experiences of IPV among MSM participating in the mSTUDY cohort in Los Angeles. Stimulant use was associated with increased odds of experiencing IPV relative to those reporting no stimulant use and the magnitude of this association was greater among MSM living with HIV.
Despite the WHO classifying betel nuts as a carcinogen with a high risk of oral and laryngeal cancer, Myanmar is one of the world’s largest consumers of betel nuts because chewing betel nuts is socially and culturally influenced in Myanmar. The study aimed to examine factors that influence betel nut chewing in people living with HIV (PLWH) in Myanmar. From a secondary analysis of 2020 Myanmar PLWH data, physiological hyperarousal symptoms and loneliness were associated with increased betel nut chewing among PLWH in Myanmar.
A strengths-based telehealth coaching intervention was delivered to youth at-risk for or living with HIV in Los Angeles and New Orleans within the context of several linked HIV prevention and treatment continua studies. We used a choice-based framework and qualitative methods to analyze strengths assessment data, which revealed intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural factors that influenced participants’ sexual health decision-making, including decisions regarding PrEP use, condom use, and other strategies. These results demonstrate the utility of self-determination and choice-based frameworks in sexual health promotion efforts for youth.
Youth enrolled in several linked HIV prevention and treatment continua studies who participated in a telehealth coaching intervention completed a strengths assessment, and qualitative data on mental health strengths was analyzed using thematic analysis and a resilience lens. Youth self-described mental health strengths included intrapersonal resilience assets (protective traits, stress management activities, feeling positive despite current mental health challenges, and no current mental health challenges) and external resilience resources (social/emotional support, therapy/counseling, and use of mental health medication). These results highlight the utility of strengths-based intervention methods and resilience for youth at-risk for and living with HIV.
This presentation will discuss the perspectives of a Community Advisory Board (CAB) on the usability of Discord as a virtual village. We will explore the benefits and drawbacks of this platform for the purpose of this study, based on the opinions expressed by the CAB. Lessons learned from this experience and how to improve future studies will be shared.
EHE Regional Learning Collaborative session entitled Community Infrastructures to Help End the HIV Epidemic held on Tuesday, July 19, from 10-11:30 AM PT! This session focused on the development, implementation, and lessons learned of three community infrastructures working to address HIV and related conditions in California. This session featured several fantastic panelists, including Dr. Sami Lubega (East Bay Getting to Zero), Ryan Clary (End the Epidemics), and Julie Tolentino (LA County Department of Public Health EHE Steering Committee). Learn more about the EHE Regional Learning Collaborative: https://chipts.ucla.edu/upcoming-events/ehe-regional-response/
UCLA Ground Round session on July 2022 entitled, “Regenerating T Cell Immunity” The presentation featured David T. Scadden, MD, Gerald and Darlene Jordan Professor of Medicine, Harvard University. The presentation discussed how the accelerated aging of the thymus compromises T cell immune regeneration in settings of AIDS, hematopoletic stem cell transplant or age. Enhancing the thymus function is an unmet challenge that researchers try to achieve by augmenting hematopoietic cell supply.
These slides are from a CHIPTS led workshop by Enrique Sanchez, CHIPT Core Coordinator that covered the NIH Public Access Policy, which requires that NIH-funded research publications be made freely available in the PubMed Central repository. The slides include your options for compliance. The workshop also discusses the UC Open Access Policy, which requires all University of California research publications to be deposited in the eScholarship repository.
Oral presentation by Emily P. Hyle at the HIV Grand Rounds in June 2022 that discusses the life expectancy of people with HIV who are engaged in care and virologically suppressed is near normal, but age-associated co-morbidities are rising. The presentation describes trends in multimorbidity, additional clinical complexity and costs are anticipated in the future. The simulation modeling can be used to project the future burden of co-morbidities among people aging with HIV.
EHE Regional Learning collaborative session entitled Addressing the HIV Epidemic in Asian and Pacific Islander Communities held on Tuesday, May 24, from 10-11:30 AM PT! This session focused on the National Asian & Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, this session focused on tailored strategies and approaches to tackle HIV in Asian and Pacific Islander communities. This session featured several fantastic panelists, including Nan Ding APAIT and Dr. Wei-Ti Chen (UCLA)
EHE Regional Learning Collaborative session entitled Strategies to Engage and Serve Youth held on Tuesday, April 19, from 10-11:30 AM PT! In honor of National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day, this session focused on strategies and approaches for ensuring youth with or at high risk for HIV receive the support and services they need to thrive. Speakers for this session include: Jacob Rowe (Sunburst Projects), Ashia Coleman (3rd Street Youth Center and Clinic), and Miguel Bujanda (REACH LA)
EHE Regional Learning Collaborative session focused on Innovations to Serve Hardly Reached Communities featuring Dr. David Goodman-Meza, Luckie Alexander, and Alejandra Aguilar-Avelino held on Tuesday, March 15, from 10-11:30 AM PST! This session discussed strategies and approaches to ensure hardly reached communities at high risk for HIV receive the services they need to thrive, including individuals experiencing homelessness, individuals with problematic substance use, transmasculine individuals, and more.
Oral Presentation at the CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference featuring Erik Storholm held in January 2022. The presentation examined the associations of multiple latent predictor variables known to be related to HIV outcomes such as socioeconomic distress, intimate partner violence, depression, resilience, and HIV related social support with HIV care engagement among. The presentation discusses test whether healthcare empowerment mediates the impact of these latent predictor variables have HIV care engagement.
Oral Presentation at the CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference featuring Roxana Rezai in January 2022. The presentation discusses marginalized subgroups such as sexual and gender minorities, youth living with HIV, and youth experiencing housing insecurity are particularly susceptible to alcohol use and misuse. The study mentioned examines important factors linked to alcohol misuse during COVID-19 stay-at-home orders in a sample of marginalized youth and young adults at-risk or living with HIV in Los Angeles, CA and New Orleans, LA.
Oral Presentation at the CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference featuring Chenglin Hong held on January 2022. The presentation examines the effect of HIV stigma, which might be pronounced among Black sexual minority men living with HIV due to the Intersectionality and multiple minority stressors. Findings underscore the critical associations between HIV stigma and patient-reported mental health outcomes and quality of life.
Oral Presentation at the CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference featuring Karah Greene held on January 2022. The presentation discusses the lessons learned regarding the technological barriers encountered during the facilitation of focus groups with older people living with HIV.
Oral Presentation at the CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference featuring Dilara Üsküp and Elena Rosenberg-Carlson held on January 2022. The presentation discusses a pilot that aims to use an implementation strategy to increase PrEP awareness and optimize PrEP uptake among Latina cisgender women (LCW) through use of PlushCare. PlushCare is a stand-alone telemedicine “app” that exclusively provides virtual/remote delivery of clinical services, including PrEP.
Oral Presentation at the CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference featuring Drew Mack held on January 2022. The presentation discussed the use of qualitative interviews to explore Black women’s’ perception of using telehealth through an app and using telehealth to access Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis.
Oral Presentation at the CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference featuring Gloria Aidoo-Frimpong, David Adzrago, R. Lorraine Collins, Kafuli Agbemenu, LaRon Nelson held on January 2022. The presentation objective was to examine factors associated with willingness to use PrEP delivery methods (i.e., daily oral pill, injectable, microbicide gel, vaginal ring, subdermal implant, vaginal film) among Ghanaians – a subgroup of African immigrants.
Oral Presentation at the CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference featuring Steven Shoptaw, Thomas J. Coates, Pamina Gorbach, and Dvora Joseph Davey held on January 2022. The presentation focused on alcohol use and HIV describing the interrelated public health issues associated with adverse health outcomes for the mother and fetus. The presentation examined associations between reported alcohol use and HIV risk behaviors among pregnant women in Cape Town, SA
Oral Presentation at the CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference featuring Omar Nieto and Ronald Brooks held on January 2022. The presentation examines the additional benefits of using PrEP specifically among Latino GBM PrEP users. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants to identify feelings and emotions experienced, plus any additional benefits gained from using PrEP.
Oral Presentation at the CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference featuring Juan C. Jauregui held on January 2022. The presentation describes how gay social and sexual venues are important targets for HIV prevention engagement and how GBMSM continued to remain connected through gay geosocial networking apps throughout the pandemic. The presentation examines the impact of COVID-19 on GBMSM’s social and sexual venue attendance.
Open plenary presentation at the CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference featuring Dr. Gary W. Harper held on January 2022. The presentation examines how resistant ecosystems show little impact due to repeated disturbances over time and resilient ecosystems are often immediately impacted by even low intensity disturbances.
Panel discussion by Deja Cabrera (The San Diego LGBT Community Center), Antonia D’orsay (Borrego Health), and Victoria Castro (El/La Para TransLatinas) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 15. The presentations discussed how to provide culturally competent and inclusive HIV services for the trans community.
CHIPTS and the San Diego CFAR hosted a Worlds AIDS Day event in December 2022. Researchers from CHIPTS and the SD CFAR came together to reflect on the WAD2021 highlighting their innovative research and community perspectives on how we can work together to address inequities and end the HIV epidemic. Described in this presentation are three research studies to test the effectiveness of interventions in improving health outcomes among populations at-risk or currently living with HIV who have experienced incarceration (LINK2, MEPS, and BARS).
Panel discussion by Erin Antunez (San Francisco Department of Public Health), Guillermo Ramos (DAP Health), April Cruz (DAP Health), Tiana Monteilh (APLA Health), Ruben Garcia (APLA Health) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 14. The presentations highlighted each organizations efforts to link and engage community members in HIV care.
Oral presentation by Susan Buchbinder, MD from the San Francisco Department of Public Health at the November 2021 UCLA HIV Grand Rounds. The presentation describes the successes, challenges, and future strategies of the Getting to Zero, San Francisco initiative. The challenges include are patient readiness, need for preparation (often voiced by individual providers and the practice transformation needed for RAPID is often difficult (often voiced by larger clinics/HCOs).
Panel discussion by Alejandro Chavez, Dr. Alicia Morehead-Gee, Jacqueline Nazarian (AltaMed Health Services), Christopher Artalejo-Price (San Francisco AIDS Foundation), and Wendy Garland (Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Division of HIV and STD Programs) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 13. The presentations highlighted each organizations public health communications and media campaign strategies to disseminate HIV-related information and connect community members to HIV services.
Oral presentation by Steffanie A. Strathdee, PhD from UC San Diego School of Medicine at the October 2021 UCLA HIV Grand Rounds. The presentation describes how bacteriophage therapy can be used to treat multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. She talks about the importance of translational studies, determine efficacy of clinical trials, and genetic engineering to optimize natural phage or develop synthetic phage.
Innovations in Digital Health Strategies for Engaging Youth in HIV Treatment and Prevention – Slides
Oral presentation by Lisa Hightow-Weidman from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill at the September 2021 UCLA HIV Grand Rounds. The presentation describes the importance of digital health intervention trials, the trials want to target users dropping out before completion or that stop using the apps. Incorporating “youth focused” engagement strategies can support acceptability, usability, and adherence.
Oral presentation by Tracey Veal (Los Angeles County Department of Public Health) that discusses the concern of the general public for COVID-19 vaccine safety due to the historical contexr of medical mistrust, the quickness of the vaccine development process, the problems in fertility, and the alteration of DNA.
COVID-19 Roundtable: Provider Summit that shared COVID-19 updates, best practices and strategies for increasing vaccine access and uptake, approaches for community engagement and lessons learned for the future. The guiding discussion were related to the current state of COVID-19, best practices/lessons learned, and education and information sharing (Providers).
Panel discussion by Khloe Rios-Wyatt (Alianza Translatinx), Gerald Garth & Jamar Moore (Arming Minorities Against Addiction & Disease (AMAAD) Institute), and Richard Zaldivar (The Wall Las Memorias (TWLM)) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 11. The presentations highlighted each organizations efforts to End the HIV Epidemic through grassroot approaches. These approaches and efforts further describe the populations they serve, the services they are providing, and the limitations they encounter.
El objetivo de esta cumbre es compartir la información más reciente sobre COVID-19, las variantes y las vacunas disponibles para adultos y niños en el condado de Los Ángeles (sur de Los Ángeles). La discusión principal estuvo relacionada con las variantes de COVID-19, la vacunación información para adultos y niños, y la importancia del alcance comunitario.
Panel discussion by California EHE Phase 1 Counties Steve Gibson (Alameda), Matilde Gonzalez-Flores (Orange), Carol Barrera (Riverside), Kyle Lafferty (Sacramento), Heather Cockerill and Cynthia Turk (San Bernardino), Felipe Ruiz (San Diego), Hanna Hjord (San Francisco), and Saron Selassie (Los Angeles) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 10. The presentations provided EHE activity updates from the California Department of Public Health Office of AIDS and California’s eight county health departments serving our EHE Phase 1 jurisdictions.
The goal of this summit is to share the latest information about COVID-19, the variants, and available vaccines for adults and children in the Los Angeles County (South Los Angeles). The guiding discussion were related to the COVID-19 variants, vaccination information for adults and children, and the importance of community outreach.
Oral presentation by David Boulware, MD, MPH, CTropMed Professor of Medicine at the University of Minnesota. The presentation highlighted challenges on a recent trial that included challenges in assessment comprehension, user acceptable testing beforehand, and reliance on honest participation.
Federal partner update on PrEP awareness and engagement efforts by Michelle Sandoval-Rosario (PACE Region 9) and panel discussion by Reina Hernandez (San Francisco AIDS Foundation), Terry Smith, (Sexual Health and HIV Prevention Services, and Sergio Velasquez (APLA Health) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 9. The presentations focused on strategies to engage, support, and retain communities at risk for HIV in PrEP care.
Oral presentation by Kimberly A. Kisler at the Delivery of Telehealth in Clinical Care and Research Interventions: Challenges, Barriers, Success, and Future Considerations conference on June 2021. The presentation described the challenges, barriers, successes, & future considerations of the BUILDING BROTHERS UP (2BU) project which aims to reduce HIV transmission and acquisition and the risks that can result from substance use among BMSM living with HIV, ages 18-65 years.
Oral presentation by Ruanne V. Barnabas at the Delivery of Telehealth in Clinical Care and Research Interventions: Challenges, Barriers, Success, and Future Considerations conference on June 2021. The presentation describes a multi-site, double-blind, controlled, house-hold level randomized trial of Hydroxychloroquine for Post-exposure Prophylaxis to prevent SARS-CoV-2 acquisition. Recruitment for this study was done through health systems, social media recruitment focused on high incidence areas, website sign-up, eConsent, telehealth, self collection, courier/mail transport.
Oral presentation by David Solomon from Venice Family Clinic at the Delivery of Telehealth in Clinical Care and Research Interventions: Challenges, Barriers, Success, and Future Considerations conference on June 2021. The presentation discusses the success of telehealth from a patients and provider perspective which include better access, avoiding public transit, and improved geographic reach. The presentation also discusses challenges in telehealth that include patients not wanting to come in, the difficulty of setting up video visits, and Fewer lab draws.
Oral presentation by Miguel Bujanda from REACH LA at the Delivery of Telehealth in Clinical Care and Research Interventions: Challenges, Barriers, Success, and Future Considerations conference on June 2021. The presentation discusses the importance of developing a strong partnership with in-person PrEP providers, establish a strong remote and internal linkage to care program, and increasing treatment referral network for nonlocal clients.
Key note presentation by Brian R. Wood from UW & Mountain West AETC at the Delivery of Telehealth in Clinical Care and Research Interventions: Challenges, Barriers, Success, and Future Considerations conference on June 2021. The presentation discusses the benefits of telemedicine that include avoiding public transportation, waiting rooms, etc and preventing missed work, child or other family care needs. The presentation further introduces the idea of telemedicine needs – social determinants of digital health, these determinants include device with sufficient data, reliable broadband, technical literacy, etc.
Oral presentation by Sunil Suhas Solomon at UCLA HIV Grand Rounds on June 2021. The presentation describes a research trial that examines the impact of integrated delivery of HIV prevention and treatment services in a non-discriminatory setting on uptake of HIV testing among PWID and MSM in India.
Panel discussion by Tenesha J. Lewis (Black AIDS Institute), Aunsha Hall-Everett (California Prevention Training Center), Ernelyn J. Navarro (St. Mary Health Center) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 8. The presentations discussed strategies to build capacity and address burnout in our HIV workforce serving California’s EHE Phase 1 counties.
Oral presentation by Raphael J. Landovitz at the HPTN Annual Meeting in May 2021. The presentation provided a rapid overview of the HPTN 083 study, the study describes the CAB as the first long-acting injectable agent to demonstrate robust HIV prevention efficacy. The result of this study shows that The PrEP regimen containing CAB-LA was superior to a daily oral regimen of TDF/FTC.
Oral presentation by Steve Shoptaw at the HPTN Annual Meeting in May 2021. The presentation provides an epidemiology understanding of intertwining epidemics of HIV and opioid use disorder in the United States. The presentation also provides an overview of HPTN 094, a study designed to reduce HIV transmission among people who inject drugs in the United States.
Oral presentation by Samhita Llango & Tatyana Brown at the COVID-19 Community Leadership Summit in May 2021. The presentation discussed Vaccinate the States efforts to build the most comprehensive list of vaccination sites in the US. in partnership with Vaccines.gov and other orgs, ensuring that those with historical disadvantages have equitable access to all the information we report.
Oral presentation by Liz Schwandt at the COVID-19 Community Leadership Summit in May 2021. The Get Out the Shot: Los Angeles organization aims to support the work of CBOs and CHOs who were trying to increase equitable access to vaccine. The presentation discussed the efforts to expand and continue their work with the neighbors with ongoing and systemic barriers to access, also doing outreach and staffing of mobile clinics in partnership with Kedren Vaccines (and other community health orgs) and HACLA.
Oral presentation by Dessie Brown, Jr. at the COVID-19 Community Leadership Summit in May 2021. Pull Up Neighbor has partnered with Black Men Vote which now goes by Black Men Vax in order to provide information about the vaccine and how and where to get the vaccine in black and brown communities across the nation.
Oral presentation by Brenda Cruz and Michelle Tabajonda at the COVID-19 Community Leadership Summit in May 2021.The COVID-19 Vaccine Volunteer Crew, funded by the UCLA Health Innovation Challenge: Health Equity Grant provides clinical, data, and logistical volunteer support for Federally qualified health centers and COVID-19 vaccine clinics. Discusses is how they recruit volunteers and the types of volunteers available.
Oral presentation by Christopher Blades, Community Program Manager at the COVID-19 Community Leadership Summit in May 2021. The presentation describes the UCLA Center for Behavioral and Addiction Medicine effort to address the spread of HIV among meth using populations in Los Angeles and how it has since evolved into a multidisciplinary clinical trial site focusing on clinical and behavioral research.
Oral presentation by Rev. Kamal Hassan, M. Div. Faith Ambassador at the COVID-19 Community Leadership Summit in May 2021. The presentation describes the CoVPN Faith Initiative Team’s effort to establish and enhance networks of faith leaders to conduct COVID & CoVPN educational activities. This includes hosting 4 quarterly meeting in their regions annually to educate their communities about COVID-19 and CoVPN trials.
Oral presentation by Robbyn Kistler, Kaiser Family Foundation at the COVID-19 Community Leadership Summit in May 2021. The presentation describes a public information campaign to dispel myths and provide accessible facts about COVID-19 vaccines. These campaigns involve quick and honest videos featuring doctors, nurses, and researchers targeting young and ethnic minority communities.
Oral presentation by Jim Mangia, St. John’s Well Child & Family Center at the COVID-19 Community Leadership Summit in May 2021. The presentation describes the commitment to ending the COVID pandemic in South (and East, and Central) Los Angeles which includes efforts to mobilize tests and provide an inequitable distribution of test kits. Along with the testing and vaccination efforts the center provided triage services to prevent and monitor disease progression.
Oral presentation by Robert Contreras, Bienestar Human Services at the COVID-19 Community Leadership Summit in May 2021. The presentation describes The Center’s effort in identifying and addressing emerging health issues faced by the Latino and LGBTQ populations. These efforts include partnering with Covid-19 vaccine providers to increase vaccination and testing rates in the Latinx community.
Oral presentation by Tracey Veal, LA County Department of Public Health at the COVID-19 Community Leadership Summit in May 2021. The presentation describes the COVID Vaccine Equity Collaboration/Strategy that includes selecting an equity committee, establishing vaccine course correction, beginning mobilization, and measuring outcomes of interventions.
Oral presentation by Raphael J. Landovitz at the UCLA HIV Grand Rounds in May 2021. The presentation discussed the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) 083, a randomized, active-controlled, double-blind clinical trial that began in December 2016. The study has compared the safety and efficacy of two drugs for use as PrEP among a population at increased risk of HIV infection that included MSM ages 18+.
Panel discussion by Gabriel Maldonado (TruEvolution), Dr. David Gere (UCLA Art & Global Health Center), Alejandra Aguilar and Karla Morales (East Los Angeles Women’s Center) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 7. The presentations discussed strategies and approaches to address HIV stigma from expert panelists serving communities in California’s EHE Phase 1 counties. HIV stigma negatively affects the health and well-being of people with HIV, and it stops people at-risk for HIV from seeking prevention and testing services.
Flyer for an upcoming UCLA HIV Grand Rounds on October 8, 2021, featuring Steffanie A. Strathdee, PhD from UC San Diego School of Medicine. The presentation describes how bacteriophage therapy can be used to treat multi-drug resistant bacterial infections. She talks about the importance of translational studies, determine efficacy of clinical trials, and genetic engineering to optimize natural phage or develop synthetic phage.
Oral presentation by Terry L. Smith (APLA Health) that discusses sexual health services post COVID-19, highlighting the importance of routine testing for HIV and STD and prioritize PEP services and linkage to care for newly diagnosed HIV+ persons.
Watts Healthcare – Impact of Systemic Racism on PrEP Uptake in Black and Latinx Communities – Slides
Oral presentation by Larry Banda (Watts Healthcare) that discusses the impact of systemic racism on PrEP uptake in Black and Latinx communities and exploring solutions-oriented approach for future service delivery.
Oral presentation by y Miguel Bujanda (REACH LA) that discusses barriers to link to PrEP including limited funds to recruit for HIV Testing/PrEP referrals and low uptake of PrEP among priority populations. The presentation also discusses best practices and the impact of telehealth.
Oral presentation by Nina T. Harawa (UCLA DGSOM) that describes PrEP awareness and usage among Black/Latino MSM and TGP through 2020, the ratio of the number of PrEP users to the number of people newly diagnosed with HIV, and low prescriptions rates across racial/ethnic groups.
Oral presentation by Felipe Findley (WATTS Health Center) that discusses the history of race and racism in the United States and the impact on medicine/healthcare system. The presentation describes how Systemic racism is a contributing factor to unequal risk of HIV infection and access to care.
Vaccine Confidence and Black Communities townhall that shared lessons learned about COVID-19 vaccine messaging and access, in order to reduce inequities. Experts share the impact of disseminating transparent and clear information and providing opportunities for open dialogue with trusted messengers.
Workshop presentation by Bethany Myers, Research Informationist at UCLA that discussed power searching through PubMed Advanced Search MeSH, Embase special search interfaces, and getting full text of articles from PMC and UCElinks.
Flyer for workshop on “Tips for Conducting Effective Literature Searches” presented by Bethany Myers on April 28, 2021, from 11am-12pm PT/ The event will discuss power searching through PubMed Advanced Search MeSH, Embase special search interfaces, and getting full text of articles from PMC and UCElinks.
Workshop presentation by Bethany Myers, Research Informationist at UCLA in April 2021. The workshop discussed how to effectively use citation management software’s such as Endnote and Zotero for grants and publications. This workshop is part of a series that includes “NIH Public Access Compliance” and “Tips for Conducting Effective Literature Searches Workshop.”
The HIV Prevention Review Meeting 2021 will take place in June 2021 as a virtual meeting. The Prevention 2021 Review Meeting aims at bridging this gap to consolidate the implications of the new data on PrEP presented, and thus extrapolates the impact of the latest emerging data.
Panel discussion by Jorge A. Diaz (Bienestar Human Services), Charilyn Quarto, Robert Arnold, Doston Ganiyev (San Francisco Community Health Center), Brett J. Feldman (Keck School of Medicine of USC) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 5. The presentation discussed how mobile health units can help bring critical services directly to communities in need. This session discusses recommended strategies and best practices for mobile HIV service delivery from expert panelists implementing mobile health services in California.
Oral presentation by Denise Lopez that describes harm reduction during Covid-19, and the critical need during COVID-19 to prevent overdoses. The presentation also discussed the response by making more Fentanyl Test Strips and Narcan readily accessible, making sure folks can have it with them at all times.
Oral presentation by Andrew A Herring (Alameda Health System) that describes Alameda systems efforts to identify patients with substance use disorders, provide the patients with treatment options, and link patients with MAT follow-up care.
Oral presentation by Wayne Rafus, PROP for All that describes the importance of contingency management to address stimulant use disorders referencing the work of the 6th Street Harm Reduction Center as an example. The strengths-based practice at 6th Street Center is a collaborative process between the person supported by services and those supporting them, allowing them to work together to determine an outcome that draws on the person’s strengths and asset.
Oral presentation by Ricky Bluthenthal, Keck School of Medicine University of Southern California that describes the growing overdose mortality crisis during the pandemic, overdose prevention strategies (syringe service programs), and implementation challenges for distribution and overdoes reversal studies.
Panel discussion by Michelle Sandoval-Rosario, Jose Ortiz (Region IX PACE), and Alonso Bautista (AltaMed Health Services), Demisha Burns (WORLD), Adriana Kimbriel (CRIHB), Jason Norelli (GLIDE Foundation), and Mallery Jenna Robinson, (The LGBTQ Center Long Beach) that discusses the importance of community engagement in hardly reached communities to reduce viral suppression rates, reduce HIV Transmission rates, and improve linkage/retention in care.
Flyer for session 4 of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative entitled “Community Engagement Part 2 – Reaching Hardly Reached Communities” on Tuesday, January 19, 2021 from 10-11:30 a.m. PST Join this session to learn about community engagement in hardly reached communities in order to reduce viral suppression rates, reduce HIV Transmission rates, and improve linkage/retention in care.
Post session question and answer document of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative entitled “Community Engagement Part 2 – Reaching Hardly Reached Communities.” This session discusses at-home HIV testing as a critical strategy for HIV prevention, particularly during COVID-19. This discussion will examine implementation stories, best practices, and lessons learned from organizations currently implementing at-home testing in California.
Panel discussion by Obiel Leyva (Contra Costa Public Health), Lucia Franco (San Ysidro Health0, Jazmine Arias (San Ysidro Health), Jen Hecht (TakeMeHome Program) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 3. The panel focused on at-home HIV testing as a critical strategy for HIV prevention, particularly during COVID-19. This discussion examined implementation stories, best practices, and lessons learned from organizations currently implementing at-home testing in California.
Flyer for session 3 of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative entitled “Community Engagement Part 2 – Reaching Hardly Reached Communities” on Tuesday, December 15, 2020 from 10-11:30 a.m. PST Join this session to learn about at-home HIV testing as a critical strategy for HIV prevention, particularly during COVID-19. This discussion will examine implementation stories, best practices, and lessons learned from organizations currently implementing at-home testing in California.
Panel discussion by Leroy Blea (Facente Consulting), Dr. Sophy Wong (East Bay Getting to Zero), David Coleman (Black AIDS Institute), Reyna Perez (CAL-PEP), Dr. Toni D’orsay (Borrego Health), Karla Torres (San Ysidro Health) part of the Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 2. The panel focused on effective strategies to engage hardly reached communities as we work together to end the HIV epidemic.
Oral presentation by Oluwadamilola Jolayemi that discusses the LAI treatment study. The presentation discusses the aims of the study that relate to developing partnerships and assessing the barriers of the rollout of LAI ART in Los Angeles County. The presentation also focuses on sharing the qualitative methods of the study and key considerations for implementation based on findings.
Technology-Based PrEP Delivery and Retention Services for Priority Populations in Los Angeles County
Oral presentation by Dilara Üsküp, Omar Nieto, and Elena Rosenberg-Carlson at the CHIPTS Next Generation Conference in January 2021. The presentation discusses the acceptability and feasibility of utilizing technology-based PrEP delivery to facilitate greater PrEP uptake, adherence, and persistence among LA County’s priority populations.
Oral presentation by Elena Rosenberg-Carlson at the CHIPTS Next Generation Conference that describes regional coordination of EHE Phase 1 Counties and examines implementation strategies to increase the impact of efforts to address the HIV epidemic. The presentation discusses the Key Areas of Need for the EHE phase 1 counties which include funding, addressing social determinants of health, community engagement, workforce development, etc.
Oral presentation by Austin Nation at the CHIPTS Next Generation Conference that describes how LGBT individuals experience significant health disparities and discusses the importance of examining health care and mental health care experiences of LGBT community and identify gaps. The presentation highlights the ongoing quantitative cross-sectional study utilizing survey data.
Oral presentation by Jaih Craddock, University of Maryland School of Social Work that describes latent class analysis, a method used to provide insight into patterns of behaviors. The presentation describes the importance of understanding who (besides partners) YBW may communicate with about sexual health topics or how it may be associated with YBW’s HIV prevention behaviors.
Oral presentation by Joanna L. Barreras that discusses HIV-related inequities affecting Latinx communities, especially Latina transgender women (LTGW), the experiences they face are related to violence, stigma, and discrimination, which may lead to increased HIV risk behaviors. The presentation describes proposed intervention that relate to linking LTGW to resources through law enforcement and create spaces for positive interactions between LTGW + LAPD, to build trust.
Oral presentation by Chenglin Hong, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs that describes an on-going study that aims to determine past 6 months STI testing and diagnoses, identify sociodemographic and behavioral correlates of recent STI testing, and examine the association between recent STI testing and HIV serostatus among Chinese MSM.
Oral presentation by Raiza Beltran that describes an increasing number of HIV infections detected among military personnel each year, especially among active duty Black gay and bisexual men. The presentation also highlights the Military Acceptance Project that captures providers’ negative beliefs or knowledge gaps regarding PrEP, lack of a system-wide approach to PrEP access, and confidentiality concerns through focus group interviews.
Oral presentation by Angel B. Algarin that’s examines regional differences in the HIV care cascade among MSM in Mexico, some of the variables that measures care cascade are related to HIV counseling at diagnosis, linkage to care, lab results, access to ART, currently on ART. The presentation also describes how lower resources, increased stigma, and accessibility issue could be driving regional disparities.
Oral presentation by Joan Christodoulou, PhD, Assistant Professor, Palo Alto University that discusses the impact of visual aids to increase knowledge and adherence to Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) among at-risk youth during the COVID-19 Pandemic. The presentation then shared findings from the study in which more intervention youth answered knowledge questions correctly than control group.
Oral presentation by Alejandro Chavez, AltaMed Health Services and Charlie De Lira-Zepeda, AltaMed Health Services that discusses the challenge of COVID-19 in changing the way life functioned, especially in-person healthcare practices halting due to the pandemic. The presentation described their social media strategy to maintain prevention activities in Latinx and Black population living in East LA.
Oral presentation by Angela Castillo, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Division of HIV and STD Programs (DHSP) that discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted medical care access (including HIV care) and how medical outpatient utilization during COVID-19 among Ryan White Program patients and examine differences in telehealth utilization by patient characteristics.
Oral presentation by David Goodman-Meza, UCLA Division of Infectious Diseases that discusses substance use treatment and harm reduction strategies, examines gaps in retention in care, and highlights the impact of syringe services programs and safe consumption sites.
Oral Presentation by Laura Thomas, Director of Harm Reduction Policy, San Francisco AIDS Foundation that describe policies affecting the health and well-being of people who use drugs, examines the harm reduction policy landscape, and policy gaps and opportunities in California.
Oral presentation by Jenna Haywood, National Harm Reduction Coalition that discusses a brief history in CA of syringe access and HIV growth of syringe access. The presentation discusses current barriers to services including opposition and harassment and funding and capacity. The presentation also examines strategies for organizing change and the change the CASEP Coalition is seeking.
The presentation gathered ideas, feedback, and consensus from counties on collaborative opportunities to support EHE efforts, helped identify resources, capacity building, and infrastructure needs to support these collaborations, and helped identify research and policy questions to support counties in the implementation of best practices and strategies to reach the EHE goals.
Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 3 – kick off part 3 hosted on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, from 10-11:30 a.m. PST. The third session of this series describes the EHE initiative, current and future EHE efforts in California, and opportunities to engage. The session discusses the integrated HIV surveillance, prevention and care plan. The presentation also describes EHE strategies and planning in San Bernardino, San Diego, and San Francsico County.
Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 1 – kick off part 2 hosted on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020 from 10-11:30 a.m. PST. The first session of this series describes the EHE initiative, current and future EHE efforts in California, and opportunities to engage. The session discusses the integrated HIV surveillance, prevention and care plan. The presentation also describes EHE strategies and planning in Alameda, Orange, and Riverside County.
Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) Regional Learning Collaborative session 1 – kick off part 1 hosted on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020 from 10-11:30 a.m. PST. The first session of this series describes the EHE initiative, current and future EHE efforts in California, and opportunities to engage. The session discusses the EHE’s Key Strategies (diagnose, treat, prevent, and respond) and how to track progress through the AHEAD: America’s HIV Epidemic Analysis Dashboard.
Oral presentation by Oni J. Blackstock (Health Justice) that addresses medical mistrust in Black Communities and describes the implications for COVID-19, HIV, Hepatitis, STIs and other conditions. The presentation provides an understanding of the racist policies and practices that have contributed to medical mistrust in the Black community and characterizes the relationship between medical mistrust and select health care outcomes.
Oral presentation by Sheldon D. Fields, National Black Nurses Association, Inc. that discusses provider’s issues with medications and experimental treatment related to Covid-19 and understand how to approach these issues with their clients to foster trust. The presentation discusses the impact of medical mistrust on poor health outcomes in Black communities specifically with Covid-19 and the context of telemedicine and mistrust.
Oral presentation by Laura M. Bogart, RAND Corporation that discusses the background, definition, and examples of medical mistrust, the contribution of mistrust to health outcomes (including HIV and COVID-19) and future recommendations for healthcare providers, healthcare organizations, and communities.
Oral presentation by Gifty-Maria Ntim, Division of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics (MedPeds) that discusses the importance of acknowledging the historical context of medical mistrust, practicing empathy – understanding the patients’ needs, and using social networks and community-based interventions to build trust and diversify healthcare.
Slide presentation for the NIH Public Access Policy on March 24, 2020. This workshop discussed options for investigators for compliance and the procedure for submitting a paper for compliance. The workshop also discusses the UC Open Access Policy, which requires all University of California research publications to be deposited in the eScholarship repository.
Oral presentation by Kimon L.H. Loannides discussing the importance of constructing a personal social media brand, being able to use communication conventions of twitter to engage in debate and gain influence and being able to avoid major ethical issues with social media use in health care.
Oral presentation by Goodman Sibeko, Head of Addiction Psychiatry, University of Cape Town that discusses the importance of capacitation of non-specialists in mental health and substance use, training providers to improve detection and early intervention, and policy implementation as a key driver for success.
The purpose of this conference is to Introduce attendees to the variety of mobile technology products available to support PrEP delivery and maintenance. Conduct breakout sessions to explore how community-based organizations, clinics and other agencies might implement digital technologies (e.g., mobile applications, telehealth, text messaging services) to support PrEP uptake and maintenance among high-risk populations in LA County
Oral presentation by Sona Oksuzyan, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Division of HIV and STD Programs at the 2020 CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference that describes the association between unmet support service needs among MCC program clients and unsuppressed viral load by gender and to tailor interventions, which may help reaching the goals of Ending the HIV Epidemic national initiative.
Oral presentation by Jesse B. Fletcher, Friends Research Institute, Inc at the 2020 CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference describes the current pilot study that tests the effects of supplementing intensive outpatient MA treatment for GBM with a pre-existing, low-cost, low intensity, automated depression intervention. GBM who newly enrolled into the Getting Off MA treatment program at Friends Community Center were offered the chance to co-enroll in the computerized MoodGym intervention to reduce depression symptoms.
Oral presentation by Chunqing Lin, UCLA CHIPTS at the 2020 CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference examining the presence of mental health and substance use issues, documenting service reception and service gap, and identifying the factors associated with service fulfilment in MSM in China.
Oral presentation by Brandon A. Harrison, Primary Care Development Corporation at the 2020 CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference providing an understanding of the importance of integrated HIV prevention and sexual health within primary care. Providing knowledge of best practices for how to integrate HIV prevention and sexual health within primary care. and providing an understanding of how capacity building assistance (CBA) can support this integration, including how to access CBA.
Oral presentation by Nicole Cunningham, Los Angeles LGBT Center at the 2020 CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference describing RCTs significant decrease in time to viral suppression (TVS) with ‘Rapid -Start ART’ and evaluating real-world impact of a rapid -start ART program on TVS in a large, community-based clinic in LA.
Oral presentation by Heather J. Gunn, UCLA CHIPTS at the 2020 CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference that describes an intervention study designed to test effectiveness of different interventions on increasing preventive measures for youth at high risk of acquiring HIV, examining the reliance on voluntary participation and access to a mobile device capable of SMS.
Oral presentation by Sam Calvetti, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles at the 2020 CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference that describes the experiences and profound disparities across many social determinants of health among Transgender and gender minority youth (TGMY). The presentation explores how community informed research is needed to understand contributing factors to the physical and mental wellbeing of TGMY.
Oral presentation by Alicia Morehead-Gee, UCLA CHIPTS at the 2020 CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference that explores the thoughts, feelings, and actions regarding dating and sex among black female cosmetologists’ and estheticians. Also explored is their awareness and acceptability of PrEP and acceptability of a PrEP-related intervention within the Black beauty salon environment.
Oral presentation by Jessica Saleska, UCLA CHIPTS at the 2020 CHIPTS HIV Next Generation Conference that examines the role of race/ethnicity and place on PrEP use among adolescent cisMSM. The presentation discusses the impact of racial/ethnic disparities in PrEP use and if these disparities would persist if there were an adjustment for care access & socioeconomic factors.
Adapting Data Systems to Support Integrated STD/HIV Field Investigations at the Local Level – Slides
Oral presentation by Ryan Murphy, CDPH STD Control Branch at the CHIPTS Regional Response to End the HIV Epidemic in California meeting in 2020 that provides an overview of the CalREDIE STD/HIV Field Investigation Incident (SHFII) and Local Interventional Surveillance Access (LISA) that supports integrated STD/HIV Field investigations at the local level.
Oral presentation by Philip Peters, Office of AIDS California Department of Public Health at the CHIPTS Regional Response to End the HIV Epidemic in California meeting in 2020 that describes the importance of secure HIV trace programs that analyzes HIV pol sequences, standardizing aggregate data summary and line list, and providing assistance and capacity building for molecular data.
Oral presentation by Patrick Loose, County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency at the CHIPTS Regional Response to End the HIV Epidemic in California meeting in 2020 that discusses the direction of the health agency if funded which include more focus on community engagement, leadership development, rapid linkage to care and support, alternative forms of medical care delivery, and community-informed molecular epidemiology.
Oral presentation by Lea Morgan, Riverside University Health System-Public Health (RUHS) at the CHIPTS Regional Response to End the HIV Epidemic in California meeting in 2020 that highlights the plan to end the HIV epidemic (EHE) in Riverside County, addressing social determinants and mental health and substance use disorder comorbidities in our EHE plan. Additionally, the presentation describes thoughts on opportunities for regional coordination to help support/enhance our proposed EHE plan and thoughts on needed infrastructure and resources to incorporate regional response with our local county efforts.
Oral presentation by Natalia Silva, OC Health Care Agency at the CHIPTS Regional Response to End the HIV Epidemic in California meeting in 2020 that describes existing plans including the Orange County Integrated HIV Prevention and Care Plan, CDPH Laying a Foundation for Getting to Zero and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Then exploring ways to incorporate these exisitng plans into EtHE plan goals that include reducing new HIV Infections, increasing access to care and improve health outcomes, reducing HIV-related disparities.
Oral presentation by Cynthia Turk, San Bernardino DPH at the CHIPTS Regional Response to End the HIV Epidemic in California meeting in 2020 that describes San Bernardino’s Mobile Rapid Response Team efforts in taking HIV care and PrEP services to the community, with focus on underserved areas with transportation barriers. Additionally, the Response Team will expand on outreach by peer educators to reach PLWH, those experiencing homelessness, and those who are former substance user.
Oral presentation by Mario Perez, LA County DHSP at the CHIPTS Regional Response to End the HIV Epidemic in California meeting in 2020 that describes 4 key takeaways in their department’s efforts to End the HIV Epidemic which include identifying new funding and resources, building on innovation and capacity, and increasing multisector commitment to achieve the federal goal. Additionally, maximizing the use of data, tools, and leadership is a critical step in the process.
Oral presentation by Andrew Forsyth, California HIV/AIDS Research Program at the CHIPTS Regional Response to End the HIV Epidemic in California meeting in 2020 that discusses key planning and strategy goals that lead the direction of efforts to End the HIV Epidemic. Some identified strategies include addressing unmet needs for HIV research by prioritizing areas that are missed by other major funders and supporting implementation science designed to generate actionable knowledge for averting HIV associated morbidity and mortality.
Oral presentation by Benjamin Ayers, US Department of Housing and Urban Development at the CHIPTS Regional Response to End the HIV Epidemic in California meeting in 2020 that describes the department’s consolidated plan to develop a framework for a community-wide dialogue to identify housing and community development priorities and to design an assessment for affordable housing and community development needs and market conditions.
Oral presentation by Michelle Sandoval-Rosario, PACE at the CHIPTS Regional Response to End the HIV Epidemic in California meeting in 2020 that describes the goals for PACE including establishing and enhance partnerships to identify ongoing challenges and needs to achieve the final goal of Ending the HIV Epidemic and identifying resources and subject matter experts at the federal level to increase the initiative.
Oral presentation by John F. Moroney, HRSA at the Ending the HIV Epidemic Priorities & Investments to Support Regional Coordination meeting in 2020 that discusses HRSA strategies in diagnosing and linking people with HIV to effective care, in HIV care and treatment, and in expanding access to PrEP for prevention among those populations at the greatest risk of acquiring HIV.
Oral presentation by Paul Weidle, CDC at the Ending the HIV Epidemic Priorities & Investments to Support Regional Coordination meeting in 2020 that discusses the importance of diagnoses among people with HIV as early as possible, treatment among people with HIV, prevention of new HIV transmissions, and response too early to potential HIV outbreaks.
Slide presentations by commissioners of the LA County Commission on HIV that discuss new and current funding, proposals, efforts, frameworks, directions, and timelines aimed at Ending the HIV Epidemic. The commission meeting allows guests and the public into a space where people of all opinions and backgrounds are able to contribute. The meeting strives to be introspective and understand and clarify our assumptions, while appreciating the complex intersectionality of the lives we live.
Oral presentation by Alicia. D. Bonaparte, Pitzer College at the Addressing Medical Mistrust in Black Communities: Implications for HIV and Other Conditions, Los Angeles meeting on November 19, 2019 that discusses the medicalization of birth and pathologization of pregnancy that led to the removal of autonomy and legitimacy of grandmother midwives and led to a legacy of scientific racism that persists against Black people.
Oral presentation by Marino A. Bruce, Vanderbilt University at the Addressing Medical Mistrust in Black Communities: Implications for HIV and Other Conditions, Los Angeles meeting on November 19, 2019 that discusses the era of distrust and mistrust, the misadventures in medical practice and research, and the importance of repairing breaches and building bridges.
Bios of speakers presenting at the Addressing Medical Mistrust in Black Communities: Implications for COVID-19, HIV, Hepatitis, STIs and Other Conditions conference that will take place on August 29, 2020. The conference aims to improve understanding of the historical foundations of medical mistrust in Black communities, describe the effects of medical mistrust on health care behaviors, HIV and other health outcomes in Black communities, and discuss clinic and system level changes that foster patient trust.
Agenda for the the Addressing Medical Mistrust in Black Communities: Implications for COVID-19, HIV, Hepatitis, STIs and Other Conditions conference that will take place on August 29, 2020. The conference aims to improve understanding of the historical foundations of medical mistrust in Black communities, describe the effects of medical mistrust on health care behaviors, HIV and other health outcomes in Black communities, and discuss clinic and system level changes that foster patient trust.
From 2015 to 2017, death rates for drug overdoses involving any opioid and synthetic opioids increased across all racial/ethnic groups in each metropolitan area. In large central metro areas, blacks experienced the largest absolute and percentage increases in rates of drug overdose deaths involving any opioid or synthetic opioids.
Workshop led by Bethany Myers, UCLA Biomedical Library that discusses he NIH Public Access Policy ensures the public has access to the published results of NIH funded research to help advance science and human health. The policy aims to archive a central collection of NIH-funded research publications preserves vital published research findings for years to come. Advance the information resource for scientists to research publications and for NIH to manage better its entire research investment. Access public research publications resulting from NIH-funded research.
Oral presentation by Wendy Garland, LA County Department of Public Health Division of HIV and STD Programs at the “HIV and Meth in Los Angeles County: The Crisis Continues,” conference on May 22, 2019. The presentation uses NHBS data to describe trends in methamphetamine use in Los Angeles County among Men who have sex with men, People who inject drugs (PWID), and heterosexuals at increased risk for HIV. The presentation also describes the importance of monitoring HIV prevalence and trends in behavior among the populations at highest risk for HIV infection in the US.
Oral presentation by Steve Shoptaw, UCLA CHIPTS at the “HIV and Meth in Los Angeles County: The Crisis Continues,” conference on May 22, 2019. The presentation discusses the functions of meth in MSM and describes the MStudy which finds that meth Increases depression symptoms in Both HIV+ and HIV- MSM. Additionally, the presentation describes the impact of contingency management (CM) in boosting nPEP outcomes in at-risk stimulant using MSM.
Oral presentation by Lello Tesema, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control at the “HIV and Meth in Los Angeles County: The Crisis Continues,” conference on May 22, 2019. The presentation provides epidemiological data in relation to methamphetamine seizures, overdose-related deaths, and fatal crashes. Additionally, the presentation discusses meth-related hospitalizations and ED visits in LAC and client characteristics of methamphetamine admissions.
Oral presentaion by Cathy J. Reback, Friends Research Institute, Inc at the “HIV and Meth in Los Angeles County: The Crisis Continues,” conference on May 22, 2019. The presentation provides an overview on an ongoing study that tracks methamphetamine use and other substance use trends among MSM who have used a substance. The presentation discusses the intervention model which includes establishing trust and build rapport and introducing risk reduction strategies.
Workshop led by Ryan Cook, Fielding School of Public Health that examines the use of inverse probability of treatment weighting for control of confounding in observational studies. Participants learned why IPTW works and how to apply it in their own research.
Oral presentation by Porter DeLaney, Kyle House Group that describes the organization of U.S. government that lead global health efforts, the disease-specific and population-based programs they focus on, and global health successes (e.g. vaccines, Polio/Malaria, PePFAR).
Oral presentation by Kate Powis, Harvard University at the Learning Session: HIV Exposed Children and Early Child Development on March 7, 2019 that describes the evolving epidemiology of HIV exposed uninfected children. The presentation provides information regarding HEU children in global context, HEU child risk factors, HEU child outcomes, and the long-term view.
Oral presentation by Catherine Sandhofer at the Learning Session: HIV Exposed Children and Early Child Development on March 7, 2019 that discusses the impact of parent-child interactions in child development. The presentation describes a large variation in language environments that affects development and the positive results in the mathematical ability of children due to frequency of math talk between mothers and preschoolers.
Oral presentation by Lisa Bohmer at the Learning Session: HIV Exposed Children and Early Child Development on March 7, 2019 that discusses the 5 year strategy of The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation which is to identify, test, and deliver program approaches that have the potential to improve developmental outcomes of all children affected by HIV and AIDS in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, and Zambia. They are currently supporting efforts to field test approaches to improve care giving and child development outcomes as part of health systems and within local communities, with focus on areas with high HIV prevalence.
Poster presentation by Melissa Medich, UCLA DGSOM Department of Family Medicine that describes a growing interest in engaging men and boys in health and development programs targeting the intersection of HIV risk, substance abuse, and violence. Masculinities or masculine identities shape both behaviors and provide opportunities for interventions. This paper examines an intervention using soccer and job training to engage and deliver activities for HIV prevention, substance abuse, and gender-based violence in a South African township in the Western Cape.
Poster presentation by Loc Q. Pham, Center for Community Health, the University of California, Los Angeles that provides an overview on a cross-sectional study was used to investigate the association between social support and motivation to change among people who use drugs (PWUD) living in community. The poster presentation also discusses methadone treatment status, and how social support is correlated with PWUD’s motivation to change.
Poster presentation by Jesse Goldshear, Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, USC that describes how chronic malnutrition can lead to negative health sequelae and can exacerbate comorbidities such as HIV. The presentation explores nutritional differences and food consumption habits among a sample of people who inject drugs.
Poster presentation by Diep Bich Nguyen, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior that provides an overview of a cross-sectional study reports risk factors of perceived occupational risk and confirms its positive association with negative attitude towards people who use drugs (PWUD) among community health workers (CHW) in Vietnam.
Poster presentation by Carla Del Cid, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences that provides an overview of HIV among youth, a significant and increasing problem. The poster presentation describes how more than half of adolescent MSM report having condomless sex in the past 12 months and one-third of MSM use gay dating applications to meet sexual partners. Internet sex-seekers have more frequent anal intercourse, more previously diagnosed sexual transmitted infections, and are twice as more likely to engage sexual encounters without a condom.
Poster presentation by Benjamin Jones, Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Sciences that examines the effectiveness of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in preventing HIV infection when used as prescribed; however, PrEP uptake among high-risk youth has been suboptimal. The presentation discusses the many public health interventions have focused on raising awareness of PrEP, particularly among high-risk groups, including youth at risk for HIV
Oral presentation by Siddharth Raich, Center for Health Justice that discusses information retention barriers which include mental health challenges, literacy issues, language barriers that impact inmates and juveniles’ awareness and understanding of co-infections of HIV and STIs, unsafe sex while under the influence of drugs or alcohol, and of anti-retroviral treatments.
Oral presentation by Sabrina Smiley, UCLA CHIPTS that discusses YBGBM motivations to use Jack’d, the experience meeting sexual partners on Jack’d, including partner preferences (i.e., age, physique) and offline sexual encounters, and how the experiences reflect HIV risk behaviors.
Oral presentation by Michael J. Li, UCLA CHIPTS that discusses MCC patients’ trajectories of VS from 12-months prior to MCC enrollment to 36 months following MCC enrollment, these trajectories differed by stimulant use housing instability, and depressive symptom severity as reported by participants at MCC enrollment.
Drew Wood-Palmer STD/STI presentation at HIV Next Generation Conference 2019
Oral presentation that reviewed evidence-based interventions and PHS for people living with HIV, provided an overview of ARTAS (linkage to care) and personalized cognitive counseling, and lastly reviewed interventions related to medication adherence.
Oral presentation that reviewed the need for prevention with positives and major components used in cognitive- behavioral theories. The training discussed effective interventions targeting People Living with HIV (PLH) that can be used in full or partially adapted for a variety of populations and settings. The training practices selected exercises from effective interventions and provides tools to assess agency capacity and readiness to adapt and tailor existing intervention.
Oral presentation by Ronald Brooks at the Los Angeles County Commission on HIV September 13, 2018 that shares findings from a sub-study done with Latino MSM non-PrEP users who were participants in “Project Protect Yourself/Proyecto Protégete,” a study that assessed the use of gay-oriented social/sexual networking apps to identify and link Latino MSM to HIV testing, prevention and medical services.
Oral presentation by Shoshanna Scholar, Office of Diversion and Reentry that discusses the importance of determining need for overdose prevention and response training (OPR) for inmates in Los Angeles County Jails.