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CAPS Training Program for HIV-Prevention Research in Minority Communities

Conference and Reunion

On February 7-8, 2008, CAPS hosted a two-day networking and mentoring conference for the Collaborative HIV Prevention Research in Minority Communities Program. The conference brought together past and current program participants, past and current program faculty, and representatives from federal, state and private agencies that are funding HIV prevention research. The purpose of the conference was to explore the current state of science, community practice, funding and related policy regarding HIV prevention in disproportionately impacted minority communities. The conference provided a structured environment that facilitated idea exchange and promoted further collaborative and mentoring relationships among the participants.

See the profiles of the program faculty.

Agenda

Thursday, February 7th

8:00
Registration, Continental Breakfast and Networking

8:30
Introductions/Opening Remarks/Logistics
Olga Grinstead, Outgoing Program Director
Tor Neilands and Diane Binson, Incoming Program Directors

Steve Morin, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) Director

David Stoff, National Institute of Mental Health, Conference and Program Funder
Susan Newcomer, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Program Funder

9:00

Panel 1: Current Issues in HIV Prevention for Adolescents of Color Sonja Feist-Price, University of Kentucky Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, Columbia University Rocio Rivadeneyra, Illinois State University Laura Romo, University of California Santa Barbara Dexter Voisin, University of Chicago Panel Coordinator: Peggy Dolcini

10:30
Refreshment and Networking Break

11:00

Panel 2: HIV Prevention for Heterosexual Men and Women and Drug Users in Communities of Color Lisa Bowleg, Drexel University E.J. Brown, University of Kentucky Judy Cornelius, University of North Carolina Blanca Ortiz-Torres, University of Puerto Rico Celeste Watkins-Hayes, Northwestern University Larry Gant, University of Michigan Panel Coordinator: Cherrie Boyer

12:30
Networking Lunch (Seating by Topic Areas)
Brief Talk #1: Pursuing Balance in a Research Career (Rafael Diaz, Founding Program Co-Director, San Francisco State University)

2:00

Panel 3: HIV Prevention with MSM of Color George Ayala, AIDS Project Los Angeles Sheldon Fields, University of Rochester Sonya Grant Arreola, San Francisco Department of Public Health Robert Miller, University of Albany Jesus Ramirez-Valles, University of Illinois-Chicago Panel Coordinator: Tor Neilands

3:30
Networking Break (Snacks and Soft Drinks)

4:00

Panel 4: Funding Agency Perspectives on HIV Prevention in Communities of Color Program Funders: Susan Newcomer, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development David Stoff, National Institute of Mental Health Other Agency Representatives: Aria Crump, National Institute of Drug Abuse Kandy Ferree, National AIDS Fund Martha Hare, National Institute of Nursing Research Ann O’Leary, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Monica Ruiz, AmFAR Panel Coordinator: Olga Grinstead

5:15
Scientific Speed Dating

6:00
Dinner
Brief Talk #2: A New Perspective on Behavior Change: What Spirituality and 12-Step Programs Can Teach Us (Barbara Marin, Founding Program Director)

Friday, February 8th

8:00
Continental Breakfast and Networking

8:30
Brief Talk #3: The Role of Policy Research in HIV Prevention (Judy Auerbach, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Director of Policy Research)

8:45
Panel 5: The Context of HIV Prevention in Communities of Color: Stigma, Policy and Institutional Issues
John Chin, City University of New York
Wende Marshall, University of Virginia
Mark Padilla, University of Michigan
Nelson Varas-Diaz, University of Puerto Rico
Kimberly Jacob Arriola, Emory University

Panel Coordinator: Judith C. Barker

10:15
Refreshment and Networking Break

10:30
Panel 6: A Facilitated Discussion of the Future of HIV Prevention in Communities of Color
Peggy Dolcini, Oregon State University
David Malebranche, Emory University
Lynn Roberts, City University of New York
Maria Cecilia Zea, George Washington University
Scyatta Wallace, SUNY Downstate Medical Center

Héctor Carrillo (Presenter and Panel Facilitator), San Francisco State University

12:00
Networking Lunch (Seating with Funders and Speakers)
Brief Talk #4: Dissemination Guidelines for Research Findings in HIV Prevention (Daniel Bao, CAPS Community Advisory Board)

1:30
Town Hall Meeting: Lessons Learned, Next Steps, Dissemination Plan

1:30
Panel Summaries, Panels 1-6: [Five minutes per panel - panels please designate presenters]

2:00
Discussion of Lessons Learned and Future Directions

2:30
Presentation and Discussion of Proposed Conference Dissemination Plan
Next Steps

Session Facilitator: Olga Grinstead

3:00
Closing Ceremony/Adjournment/Evaluation Forms.

For more information about the CAPS Training Program for HIV-Prevention Research in Minority Communities, please contact:

Jackie Ramos
Program Coordinator
50 Beale Street, Suite 1300
San Francisco, CA 94105
tel: (415) 597-4976
email: jackie.ramos@ucsf.edu

For more research opportunities in the area of HIV/AIDS and ethnic minorities, please visit The American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship Program and Office HIV/AIDS Research Training Fellowship Program.

Funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).