OVERCOMING HEALTH DISPARITIES IN THE BAY AREA: FOCUS ON HIV & HCV
February 3, 2015 - UCSF Laurel Heights Auditorium
Opening & Conference Goals
Veronica Miller, Forum for Collaborative HIV Research
Paul Volberding, University of California, San Francisco-Gladstone Center For AIDS Research
Keynote Address
Phill Wilson, Black AIDS Institute
SESSION 1: BREAKING DOWN BARRIERS
Moderators: Carmen Portillo, University of California, San Francisco
Sheri Weiser, University of California, San Francisco
A convergence of risk: The association between homelessness, food insecurity, and HIV risk behaviors in Oakland, CA.
Monica Chowdary, University of California, Berkeley
Identifying the complex care and treatment needs of African American men who have sex with men and women (AAMSMW) and who are living with HIV: Lessons from Bruthas Cohort.
Emily Arnold, University of California, San Francisco, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
Structural barriers to vocational rehabilitation outcomes with HIV-positive persons.
Walter Gomez, University of California, San Francisco
Social, structural, and behavioral determinants of overall health status among HIV-infected unstably housed men.
Elise Riley, University of California, San Francisco
SESSION 2: INTERSECTIONS AND SYNDEMICS
Moderator: Andrew Reynolds, Project Inform
Criminal justice involvement, HIV, HCV, and health among people who inject drugs or smoke crack cocaine in Oakland, CA, 2011-2013.
Alex Kral, RTI International
Characteristics and predictors of naloxone recipients, refillers, and reversals in a community-based naloxone distribution program.
Christopher Rowe, University of California, Berkeley
Herding Birds – The recruitment and retention of a highly disenfranchised population.
Caycee Cullen, University of California, San Francisco
Reduced access to gender affirmation is associated with increased drug, alcohol, and hormone abuse among transgender women; “I am not a man”: Disaggregating transgender women from MSM in PrEP research is imperative to improve HIV prevention efforts.
Jae Sevelius, University of California, San Francisco, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
Using Twitter as a survey of alcohol use in the S.F. Bay Area.
Nathan Kim, University of California, Berkeley
SESSION 3: PREVENTION AND BARRIERS TO TESTING
Moderator: Veronica Miller, Forum for Collaborative HIV Research
Rapid hepatitis C screening and diagnostic testing in an urban emergency department
Douglas White, Alameda Health System-Highland Hospital
Acceptability of a mobile phone based hepatitis C intervention at an urban community social services center.
Jacob Levine, University of California, San Francisco
Patient misunderstanding of HIV and hepatitis C testing in an emergency department with an integrated public health screening program.
Erik Anderson, Alameda Health System-Highland Hospital
Nursing barriers with implementation of a public health screening program in an urban emergency department.
Virat Madia, Alameda Health System-Highland Hospital
Reaching women through their HIV-positive male partners: The PRO Men Initiative.
Shannon Weber, University of California, San Francisco, Bay Area Perinatal AIDS Center
Fighting HIV stigma through Photovoice: An innovative tool for patient education and empowerment.
Monica Hahn, University of California, San Francisco, Bay Area Perinatal AIDS Center
Special Session: The Role of Community Voices in A Changing Research Landscape
Moderators: E. Maxwell Davis, California State University, East Bay
Sandi McCoy, University of California, Berkeley
Ifeoma Udoh, Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation
Panelists: David Carter, CRUSH Project CAB
Nadji Dawkins, CRUSH Project CAB
SESSION 4: TREATMENT LINKAGE AND OUTCOMES
Moderator: Michael Silverberg, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
Differences in response to antiretroviral therapy by sex and hepatitis C infection status.
Julia Marcus, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
The continuum of HIV care in Alameda County, California.
Richard Lechtenberg, Alameda County Public Health Department
The policy implications of differences in HIV-positive Californians’ capacity to access and maintain private health insurance through the assistance of California’s Office of AIDS Health Insurance Premium Payment Program (OA-HIPP).
Valerie Kirby, University of California, San Francisco, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
Geospatial analysis of HIV prevalence & population characteristics in Santa Clara County.
Jennifer Lin, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center - PACE Clinic
Screening and treatment for HCV in HIV co-infected patients in primary care.
Amanda Hutton Parrott, University of California, San Francisco
Piloting hepatitis C treatment in the Mission District.
Jennifer Huggans, Mission Neighborhood Health Center
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Perceived barriers to HCV testing by first-generation Myanmar immigrants.
Aung Win, Notre Dame de Namur University
