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what's new in hiv conference
Slides from the 2009 conference:
Drug Interactions and Pharmacology
Relationships, Stigma, Disclosure
What's New in HIV?
5th Annual Conference
September 12, 2009
8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Ambridge Conference Center
1333 NE Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Portland, OR 97232
A dynamic one-day conference that provides up-to-date and accurate information on advances in HIV prevention, care and treatment. The conference offers critical educational and networking opportunities for both individuals living with HIV and for service providers. Presentations include both consumer voices and service providers from some of Oregon's top medical and care facilities.
Keynote address: HIV Vaccine Update
Presented by:
Shelly Karuna, MD, HIV Vaccine Trials Network, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA
To register, click here. For sponsor information, click here.
For questions: contact Alicia Toenniges at (503) 223-5907, ext 3843
2009 Conference Agenda
9:15am Welcoming Remarks
Graham Harriman, MA, LPC with Multnomah County Health Department's STD, HIV and Hepatitis C Program
County Chair Ted Wheeler, Multnomah County Health Department
Jennifer Jako, Cascade AIDS Project's Board of Directors
9:30 Session One
1. Treatment Update for Providers
Mike McVeigh, MD, Medical Director with Multnomah County HIV Health Services
2. Mental Illness and HIV
Josh Boverman, MD, Psychiatrist affiliated with OHSU
3. Epidemiology of Specialized Communities
Sean Schafer, MD, Oregon Department of Health and Human Services
Erin Nortrup, MSW, Clackamas County Community Health
4. Relationships, Stigma, and Disclosure
Josh Ferrer, Cascade AIDS Project
Kurt Hunter, OHSU's Partnership Project
10:30 Break
10:45 Session Two
Speakers' Panel, Facilitated by Toni Kempner, RN, BSN, CCRC, ACRN, Research and Education Group
Maria Kosmetatos, HIV Nurse Practitioner (FNP), Multnomah County HIV Health Services with patient
Melissa Nyendak MD, VA Medical Center with patient
11:45 Break
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Keynote Address
HIV Vaccine Update
Shelly Karuna MD, HIV Vaccine Trials Network, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
1:45 Break
2:00 Session Three
1. Drug Interactions & Pharmacology
Debby Parrish, RPH MPA:HA, Multnomah County Health Department
2. What's New in Prevention (PeP, PReP, Sexuality Education, Microbicides)
Panel: Joseph Sedillo, Cascade AIDS Project; Shelagh Johnson, Cascade AIDS Project; and
Heidi Printz, OHSU
3. Silence = Death: A Brief History of AIDS Activism
BJ Cavnor, Cascade AIDS Project
4. Treatment Update for Consumers
Diana Antoniskis, MD, Infectious Disease Specialist, affiliated with Kaiser Permanente
3:00 Break
3:15 Session 4
Substance Abuse and HIV
Todd Korthuis, MD, affiliated with Oregon Health and Sciences University and
David Eisen, OMD, Director, Quest Center for Integrative Health
4:15 Closing/Call to Action
Jack Cox, Jennifer Jako, BJ Cavnor
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