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CAPS Conference

Friday, April 23, 2010

Our conference registration website is temporarily down. Please check back in one week.

We invite you to attend the CAPS HIV Prevention Conference: “Making a Difference.” Spend a day meeting CAPS scientists, networking with colleagues and learning about the latest CAPS research.

The deadline for registration is April 9, 2010. You must pre-register. Space is limited and there will be no on-site registration the day of the conference.

Keynote Speakers

Ambassador Eric Goosby serves as the US Global AIDS Coordinator, leading all US Government international HIV/AIDS efforts. In this role, Ambassador Goosby oversees implementation of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), as well as U.S. Government engagement with the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Ambassador Goosby served as CEO and Chief Medical Officer of Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation from 2001 to June 2009. At present, he is also Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCSF.

Ambassador Goosby has over 25 years of experience with HIV/AIDS, ranging from his early years treating patients at San Francisco General Hospital when AIDS first emerged, to engagement at the highest level of policy leadership. As the first Director of the Ryan White Care Act at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Ambassador Goosby helped develop HIV/AIDS delivery systems in the United States.

Gregorio Millett MPH is the Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of National AIDS Policy where he coordinates the Office’s policy and research activities, including HIV prevention policy. He is also the staff lead for the HIV interagency working group that is tasked with developing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Mr. Millett was a Senior Behavioral Scientist in the Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) at CDC in Atlanta, where he authored numerous peer reviewed papers that explored racial/ethnic disparities in HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM), correlates of HIV risk behavior among bisexual men of color, and the relationship between circumcision and HIV acquisition among MSM. Prior to his tenure with CDC, Mr. Millett was a lecturer of lesbian and gay health at Duke University and Bowman Gray schools of medicine, and a board member of the Piedmont HIV Health Care Consortium.

Preliminary List of Workshop Topics (subject to change)

 

Track 1: Research to Practice

  1. Lessons learned from research for providing effective capacity-building assistance
  2. The Center of Excellence for Transgender Health
  3. Global response: Adapting research to practice

 

Track 2: MSM Across the Globe

4. Using MSM research to implement provider trainings in South Africa
5. Emerging HIV epidemics among MSM in the developing world: Context and evidence
6. TBD

 

Track 3: Test, Treat and Link to Care

7. Enhancing HIV testing, linkage to care and partner services in San Francisco
8. Living with HIV: Adjustment, adherence and beyond
9. Panel on HIV prevention policy

 

Track 4: Reducing Disparities

10. Addressing disparities in Black MSM communities
11. Incarceration and health disparities: Possible connections and emerging questions
12. HIV epidemic among IDU in Iran

Agenda Friday, April 23, 2010 (subject to change)

8:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast and Registration
9:00 – 9:15 am Welcome: Steve Morin, Director, CAPS
CAPS Community Advisory Board
John Greenspan, Director, AIDS Research Institute
9:15– 10:30 am

Keynote Speakers - Ambassador Eric Goosby, US Global AIDS Coordinator; Greg Millett, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of National AIDS Policy
10:30– 10:45 am Break
10:45 – 12:00 pm Workshops
12:00 – 1:00 pm Lunch
Roundtables
CAPS Innovative Dissemination Award
1:00– 2:30 pm Workshops
2:30– 3:00 pm Break
3:00 – 4:15 pm Workshops
4:15 – 5:00 pm Party

Conference Venue

The 2010 CAPS Conference will once again be held at UCSF’s Mission Bay Conference Center. The Mission Bay Conference Center is easily accessible by public transportation. From BART, MUNI or CalTrain, take the T line INBOUND. Trains run every 8-10 minutes. Parking is available on site for a fee.

Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF
1675 Owens Street, San Francisco, CA 94143-3008

Registration

Our conference registration website is temporarily down. Please check back in one week.

We are proud to offer FREE ADMISSION to our conference this year. The deadline for registration is April 9, 2010. You must pre-register. Space is limited and there will be no on-site registration the day of the conference.

Presenting a Greener Conference

Reduce

  • We have no printed registration materials this year. All marketing is done electronically.
  • Registration is online only.
  • Our conference folders will contain fewer paper materials.

Reuse

  • Conference nametags and folder materials are printed on recycled paper.

Recycle

  • We will provide trash, recycling and compost bins at the conference.

Focus on Wellness

We will focus on the wellness of the persons at the conference with

  • Quiet space
  • Natural light
  • Longer breaks
  • Healthy food options

Mission Bay is a non-smoking building.

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