The West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute will host a special virtual event titled “HIV in Rural America” March 18 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. During this event, researchers and state and national health experts will discuss research presented in The Lancet’s recent issue: HIV in the United States.
The event will kick off with brief research presentations from authors published in The Lancet issue with Dr. Sally Hodder, WVCTSI director and associate vice president for clinical and translational research at WVU, moderating.
Presenters and topics include:
Patrick Sullivan (Emory University), Epidemiology of HIV in the USA: Epidemic Burden, Inequities, Context, and Responses
Tonia Poteat (University of North Carolina), HIV and Women in the USA: What we Know and Where to go from Here
Dr. Kenneth H Mayer (Harvard University), The Persistent and Evolving HIV Epidemic in American Men who have Sex with Men
Dr. Judith Feinberg (West Virginia University), The Opioid Crisis and HIV in the USA: Deadly Synergies
Jennifer Kates (Kaiser Family Foundation), Insurance Coverage and Financing Landscape for HIV Treatment and Prevention in the USA
Dr. Chris Beyrer (Johns Hopkins), Call to Action: How Can the US Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative Succeed?
In follow-up, Dr. Gary Stein, from the University of Vermont, and Dr. Louis Ortenzio, director of the Clarksburg Mission, will provide responses to the presentations.
For additional context, state and national health experts will provide commentary on what is needed from the state government and the NIH.
This discussion will include William Crouch, West Virginia Division of Health & Human Resources secretary; Maureen Goodenow, director of the NIH Office of AIDS Research; Michele McGuirl, branch chief with the NIH NIGMS Research Advancement Programs; and Dr. Clay Marsh, vice president and executive dean for health sciences at WVU.
The event will close out with a moderated question and answers session.
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