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NATIONAL HIV 

PrEP 

SUMMIT 

2016 PROGRAM 

DECEMBER 3-4, 2016 

SAN FRANCISCO, CA 

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Welcome to the first National HIV PrEP 

Summit. The Summit, like its logo, is a collaboration between 

NMAC and community based organizations, health departments, 

researchers, treatment activists and federal agencies. We come 

together to talk implementation, how to bring the promise of 

biomedical HIV prevention to all communities highly impacted by 

HIV. Many believe/hope this science will lead to pathways that end 

the HIV epidemic in America. 

Thank you lead sponsor Gilead, as well as Levi Strauss Foundation, ViiV Healthcare, Texas Health 

Action, Hope Clinic and Wellness Center, Walgreens and Avita Drugs for their support of the 2016 

Summit. Their willingness to take a risk on a new meeting is greatly appreciated. In fact, we 

want to thank everyone who decided to be part of this inaugural summit. 

This meeting would not be possible without the support of 

NMAC staff and a planning committee that curated all the 

workshops and plenaries. The conference is divided into 7 

tracks: Research, Public Policy, Priority Populations, Training 

Programs, Educational Campaigns, Healthcare Providers 

and Program Implementation. Most of the workshops are 

interactive training sessions; however, some are designed 

to elicit conversations that will form a foundation for policy 

recommendations for the new administration. NMAC 

has hired the O’Neill Institute at Georgetown Law to put 

We come together to 

talk implementation; 

how to bring the 

promise of biomedical 

HIV prevention to all 

communities highly 

impacted by HIV. 

together a two-part report, Blueprint for Biomedical HIV Prevention. Part 1 will be released at the 

Summit’s opening plenary. It is an overview of the current state of biomedical HIV prevention 

programs in America. While not comprehensive, the report will look at case studies of health 

departments, and how they are working with community to implement the new science. Part 

2 will be a series of policy recommendations for the new administration. Discussions about 

these issues will happen during the Summit. We encourage your input and feedback for this 

NMAC report. Part 2 is not a document from the Summit. NMAC will look for input and sign-on 

partners, but this document will prioritize for the new administration policy recommendations on 

biomedical HIV prevention that align with NMAC’s mission to lead with race to urgently fight for 

health equity and racial justice to end the HIV epidemic in America. 

This is the first Summit and it was pulled together in 10 months. Given that reality, please be 

kind and understand if we missed something important. The Summit is one of many important 

community discussions on how to effectively implement PrEP and biomedical HIV prevention. If 

we truly are closer to the end than the beginning, then our next steps will determine how long 

it will take. Will we work collaboratively to create solutions that work for all communities highly 

impacted by HIV or will we fall back into old habits that keep us separate? This is our test and 

the reason NMAC is so committed to PrEP and biomedical HIV prevention. 

Yours in the struggle, 

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AGENDA AT-A-GLANCE 

Friday, December 2 

5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Registration Opens 

Saturday, December 3 (full day) 

7:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. Registration 

7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Breakfast 

8:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Opening Plenary: 

State of the State: PrEP and 

the Policy Landscape 

9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Opening Plenary Dialogue 

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break 

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Session 1 

Leveraging Existing Navigation Models to 

Enhance Engagement in PrEP Services 

Location: Golden Gate 4, Lobby Level 

Recognizing and Leveraging Your Current 

Resources: You can provide PrEP! 


Planning and Implementing PrEP Social 

Marketing Campaigns 


PrEP Access, Engagement and Uptake in Black 

Communities 


Engaging Community in Clinical PrEP Research 


12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m.Lunch 

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Plenary Session: 

Making Science Work for the 

Benefit of Us All 

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Plenary Session Dialogue 

2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Break 

2:45 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Session 2 

The State of PrEP Research and Utilization of 

PrEP Among Transgender Communities 


State and Local Best Practices: Innovative 

Policy and Practices 


HIV PrEP Implementation Models: Expanding 

Access to Priority Populations 


Exploring Regional Best-Practices and Barriers 

for Healthcare Providers 


Case Studies in Training PrEP Navigators, 

Counselors, and other Frontline Workers 


Here and Now: The State of PrEP Access and 

Uptake in Distinct Populations 


Making PrEP Work for the People Who Need it 

Most 


4:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Break 

4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Session 3 

Promoting PrEP on Dating Sites and Apps 


Federal Efforts and Opportunities: Finding 

Our Footing in the Federal Policy and Funding 

Landscape 


Who’s at Your Table: A Collective Impact 

Approach to PrEP Planning 


Case Studies in Training Activists, Advocates, 

and Community Leaders 

Location: Golden Gate 5, Lobby Level

AGENDA AT-A-GLANCE 

No Money, No Problem: How to Effectively 

Engage and Mobilize Online Communities 

Without A Dime 


Let’s Talk About PrEP in the South 


Engaging Community in Behavioral and Social 

Science PrEP Research 


Sunday, December 4 (half day) 

7:30 a.m. - 8:15 a.m. Breakfast 

8:15 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Plenary Session: 

What do you mean when you 

say program implementation? 

9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Plenary Session Dialogue 

All the Way Up: Including PrEP in Sexuality 

Education for Young People 


PrEP Access, Engagement and Uptake in Latinx 

Communities 


12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch 

12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Closing Plenary: 

It’s Time to Stop Being a 

Target and Become a Priority 

2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Closing Plenary Dialogue 

*All Plenary Sessions are located in Plaza A and B, 

Lobby Level. 

All breakfasts and lunches are located in Golden 

Gate Foyer, Lobby Level. 

10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break 

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Session 4 

Case Studies in Training Doctors, Nurses, and 

Other Medical Providers 


Coverage and Cost Challenges in Accessing 

PrEP 


Where do we go from here: Expanding on 

Opportunities 


Exploring New Frontiers: Our Next Best 

Opportunities for PrEP Expansion 


Developing and Implementing Trainings for the 

HIV Workforce and PrEP Navigators: PrEPping 

Your Local HIV Workforce for Success 


SESSIONS • SATURDAY DECEMBER 3 

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2016 

Opening Plenary 8:15 - 10:15 a.m. 

State of the State: PrEP and the Policy Landscape 

We know that one pill a day has the power to prevent HIV. 

But do we have the resources and political will to ensure this 

option is a reality for all those in need of additional options 

in their prevention package? This plenary offers a chance to 

hear from the Office of National AIDS Policy on the federal 

government’s efforts around PrEP, coupled with the debut 

of NMAC’s recommendations to the next administration 

about PrEP scale up and needs to help ensure equity and 

prevention. Finally, a tale of two cities-- how PrEP use and 

access can be changed by the political climate. 

Master of Ceremonies: Ken Williams, Ken Like Barbie 

Speakers: Amy Lansky, PhD, MPH, Office of National 

AIDS Policy; Alicia Cooke, MPH, Louisiana Office of Public 

Health, STD/HIV Program; Phoenix Smith, MSW, Office of 

HIV Health Services at Alameda County; Sean Bland, JD, 

O’Neill Institute 

Location: Plaza A & B, Lobby Level 

Session 1: 10:30 a.m. – Noon 

Leveraging Existing Navigation Models to Enhance 

Engagement in PrEP Services 

This workshop, developed in collaboration with NMAC and 

AIDS Project Los Angeles, will use interactive activities to 

demonstrate how to leverage existing PrEP implementation 

resources and the HIV/AIDS Navigation Model to create a 

navigation program specific for PrEP services. This model 

aims to provide a blueprint for providers to assist individuals 

in navigating a complex medical and psychosocial system 

to achieve two goals: 1.) Become fully engaged in PrEP 

services; and 2.) Create self-sufficiency to identify and 

resolve barriers that could prevent them from becoming 

fully engaged in PrEP services. The session will also include 

information on capacity building resources for PrEP 

navigation programs. Target Audience: PrEP navigators; 

Organizations implementing or desiring to implement PrEP 

navigation programs. 

Track: Training Programs 

Speakers: Kim Johnson, MD, NMAC; Tamara Combs, 

NMAC; Miguel Chion, MD, MPH, AIDS Project Los Angeles; 

Oscar Márquez, AIDS Project Los Angeles ; Jagadisa- 

Devasri, LMSW, MPhil - New York City Department of 

Health and Mental Hygiene 


Engaging Community in Clinical PrEP Research 

This session will feature community educational leaders 

from the NIH’s HIV prevention trial networks (HPTN, 

MTN, and HVTN) and a leading community advocacy 

and educational organization (AVAC). The importance of 

stakeholder engagement throughout the research process 

and how the use of the Good Participatory Practice (GPP) 

guidelines can frame this work will also be introduced 

and discussed. A substantial portion of this session will be 

dedicated to answering questions that participants have 

about HIV prevention research, particularly related to PrEP. 

Track: Research 

Speakers: S. Wakefield, HIV Vaccine Trials Network; 

Jonathan Paul Lucas, FHI 360; Deirdre Grant, AVAC 


Recognizing and Leveraging Your Current 

Resources: You can provide PrEP! 

With PrEP taking center stage, community based organizations 

(CBOs) and healthcare providers are trying to figure 

out their place. There are numerous uncertainties in this new 

landscape. CBOs not linked to clinics are left wondering 

what their role should be and healthcare providers are contemplating 

how to support and deliver PrEP services in their 

current settings. We offer this piece of advice: Don’t overthink 

it! If you successfully deliver education and/or medical 

care, you are almost there. Though having a PrEP navigator 

is ideal; you don’t have to be a PrEP navigator to navigate. 

Track: Healthcare Providers 

Speakers: Danielle Houston, MSPH, NMAC; Glen 

Pietrandoni, R.Ph., AAHIVP, Walgreens Co.; Harold J. 

Phillips, MRP, HRSA; Jeffrey Kwong, DNP, MPH, ANP-BC, 

FAANP, Columbia University School of Nursing 


Planning and Implementing PrEP Social 

Marketing Campaigns 

Social marketing, which may include social media, as well as 

messaging through any marketing medium (broadcast TV/ 

radio, billboards, transit, posters, palm cards, flyers, digital 

banners and even peer education), is an important tool 

for consumer education. This session considers designing 

a social marketing campaign at any budget level, reviews 

existing campaigns that can be adapted to promote local 

services, and engages the audience in a hands-on activity to 

design mock campaign strategies to develop practical skills.


Track: Education Campaigns 

Speakers: Jim Pickett, AIDS Foundation of Chicago; 

Robbyn Kistler, Kaiser Family Foundation/Greater Than 

AIDS; Rae Oglesby, Black Women’s Health Imperative 


PrEP Access, Engagement and Uptake in Black 

Communities 

This session will be an interactive discussion that will 

address the challenges and opportunities around 

increasing access, engagement and uptake of PrEP in Black 

communities in the United States. 

Track: Priority Populations 

Speakers: David Smith, Black Men’s Xchange; Leo Moore, 

MD, MSHP, Los Angeles County Department of Public 

Health; Valerie Rochester, MPA, Black Women’s Health 

Imperative; Daroneshia Duncan, Living Well Outpatient 

Center 


Plenary Session: 12:30 – 2:30 p.m. 

Making Science Work for the Benefit of Us All 

Since the FDA approved the use of daily oral PrEP for HIV 

prevention, we have done a lot of research to understand 

how to expand its use in all the populations where HIV 

infections need to be stopped. This plenary will review what 

we have learned about what’s working and what still needs 

to be learned to increase awareness, provision, and use of 

PrEP by all who need it in the US. 

Session 2: 2:45 - 4:15 p.m. 

Making PrEP Work for the People Who Need it Most 

The best implementation science tells us how to tailor 

programs that integrate the needs of both clients and 

providers so that the desired outcome is most efficiently 

achieved. We are early in that process for PrEP services 

and need to learn many lessons from early efforts so that 

we can improve rapidly and provide better PrEP care to all 

who need it. This session will allow for sharing of some early 

successes and some barriers still presenting a challenge. 


Speakers: Christopher Gordon, PhD, National Institute 

of Mental Health; Helena Kwakwa MD, MPH, Thomas 

Jefferson University Hospital; Kimberly A. Parker, PhD, 

MPH, MCHES, Texas Women’s University; Tomas A. 

Magana, MD, Public Health Institute 


Exploring Regional Best-Practices and Barriers for 

Healthcare Providers 

In this session we will delve into the political and 

institutional conditions that healthcare providers encounter 

that can either facilitate or create barriers to PrEP access. 

This session features programs that are in place and 

providing PrEP services in Jackson, New York City, and 

San Francisco- different landscapes, achieving success. 

These PrEP providers will share their experiences and how 

they support healthcare providers, clients and community 

engagement in their settings. 


Speakers: Ashwini Hardikar, MPH, CHES, Callen-Lorde 

Community Health Center; June Gipson, PhD, My 

Brother’s Keeper, Inc.; Jackie Simpson, FNP-C, Open Arms 

Healthcare Center; Stephanie Cohen, MD, MPH, City Clinic, 

SFDPH 



Speakers: Albert Liu, MD, MPH, Bridge HIV, SFDPH; 

Charlene Flash, MD, MPH Harris Health System’s Thomas 

Street Health Center; Sheldon D. Fields, PhD, RN, FNP-BC, 

AACRN, FNAP, FAANP, FAAN, Nicole Wertheim College 

of Nursing and Health Sciences at Florida International 

University 


HIV PrEP Implementation Models: Expanding Access 

to Priority Populations 

PrEP is a highly effective bio-behavioral intervention that, if 

brought to scale, may reduce HIV incidence among at-risk 

populations. A PrEP package of services extends beyond 

medication prescribing and clinical monitoring to include 

STI screening, benefits navigation, risk reduction and 

adherence counseling, condom provision, partner services, 

and other wrap-around support. PrEP can be delivered 

“under one roof” or involve collaborations between health 

departments (HDs), community-based and health care 

organizations (CBOs/HCOs). This workshop will feature 

four PrEP delivery models that seek to reach MSM of color,


cis- and transgender women, and adolescents: a federally 

qualified health center closely linked to a large city HD 

(Howard Brown Health, Chicago); a municipal STI clinic 

(Fulton County, GA); a reproductive health clinic (HIVE, 

San Francisco); and a community-based AIDS Service 

Organization (Philadelphia Fight). A moderated panel and 

interactive breakout session will encourage participants to 

draw cross-cutting lessons from these programs’ successes 

and ongoing challenges. 

Track: Program Implementation 

Speakers: Bryan Bautista-Gutiérrez, Howard Brown 

Health Center; Caitlin Conyngham, Philadelphia FIGHT 

Community Health Centers; Diakima Thomas, MPH, 

Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness; 

Helen Koenig, MD, Philadelphia FIGHT Community Health 

Centers ; Jonathan Fuchs, MD, MPH, San Francisco 

Department of Public Health/UCSF 


State and Local Best Practices: Innovative Policies 

and Practices 

This session will take a case study approach to examine 

major elements of the PrEP landscape at the state and 

local levels. Panelists from diverse geographic regions and 

policy climates will provide a brief snapshot of their own 

best practices, challenges, and opportunities that exist in 

the context of PrEP access. Following the presentations, 

workshop participants will work in facilitated small groups to 

discuss their own state, local, and regional policy challenges 

to provide universal PrEP access and identify best practices, 

opportunities, and innovative group solutions. The workshop 

will serve as a chance to work collaboratively with others 

across the country to formulate ideas that are key to 

building an effective policy response and build supportive 

structures for getting PrEP to all vulnerable populations. 

Track: Public Policy 

Speakers: Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH, New York 

City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Isaiah 

Wilson, National Black Justice Coalition; Mary Elizabeth 

Marr, Thrive Alabama; Dazon Dixon Diallo, MPH, 

DHL, SisterLove, Inc.; Lori Delaney, Washington State 

Department of Health; Richard Aleshire, Washington State 

Department of Health 


Here and Now: The State of PrEP Access 

and Uptake in Distinct Populations 

This workshop panel and moderated discussion will focus 

on distinct populations, not typically covered in the PrEP 

conversation or mentioned in PrEP guidelines. Join our 

panel discussion for a richer story that is emerging from 

distinct populations around HIV prevention, including PrEP: 

API transwomen, Native Americans, people who access 

abortions or family planning, people who desire conception/ 

safer conception, people who are substance involved, API 

MSM, and people who exchange sex for survival. From a 

strengths based perspective, invited panel participants will 

present background information (5-6 minutes each) on 

facilitators and barriers for reaching distinct populations, i.e. 

those currently left out of the mainstream PrEP dialogue, 

who may benefit from an expanded HIV prevention toolkit. 

The use of storytelling as a method for overcoming stigma 

and including people from distinct backgrounds will be 

described. The moderated panel discussion will include 

the lived experience of audience members as participants, 

providing a highly interactive and engaging format. 

Resources will be shared. The panel discussion will be 

summarized with best practices for moving forward with an 

inclusive PrEP implementation agenda. 


Speakers: Jenna Rapues, MPH, UCSF Center of 

Excellence for Transgender Health; Kurt Begaye, Begaye 

Consulting; Ben Cabangun, Asian and Pacific Islander 

Health Forum; Dominika Seidman, MD, UCSF; Yamini 

Oseguera -Bhatnagar, HIVE Clinic 


The State of PrEP Research and Utilization of PrEP 

Among Transgender Comunitites 

Although trans women are one of the populations most 

impacted by HIV globally, PrEP clinical trials have not 

meaningfully included trans women. Furthermore, drug-drug 

interactions between PrEP and feminizing hormones are 

relatively unknown. Even less is known about PrEP and trans 

men. As PrEP is launched nationally, care should be taken 

to ensure gender affirming clinical environments for trans 

populations. This workshop will provide an overview of the 

current research and literature on PrEP use among transgender 

communities from investigators at the Center of Excellence 

for Transgender Health at the University of California, San 

Francisco. A moderated panel will follow with trans consumers 

of PrEP and physicians who have prescribed PrEP for trans 

patients. Next steps and recommendations will be discussed. 


Speakers: The Center of Excellence for Transgender 

Health, UCSF 


Case Studies in Training PrEP Navigators, 

Counselors, and other Frontline Workers 

Frontline workers are, in many respects, the unsung heroes 

of HIV prevention. How do we train these leaders to


become effective champions for PrEP in the communities 

most in need of it? This session will highlight three 

programs that have found success training navigators, 

counselors, and other front line workers in the United States 

about PrEP. Each panelist will share lessons learned from 

their respective program, and workshop participants will 

have the opportunity to ask questions, as well as brainstorm 

how they might put into practice some of what they hear. 


Speakers: Ann Schwartz, MPH, University of Rochester 

Medical Center; Charles Fann, San Francisco Department 

of Public Health; Dashawn Usher, Project Achieve, New 

York Blood Center 


Session 3: 4:30 – 6:00 p.m. 

Promoting PrEP on Dating Sites and Apps 

Dating sites and apps provide access to millions of individuals 

who can benefit from PrEP. They’re ideal for conveying 

accurate, user-friendly information and links to resources 

including HIV/STI testing sites and PrEP provider directories. 

In addition, through their design – in particular, profile 

options – they allow individuals to both disclose and search 

for partners according to their sexual health preferences, 

including PrEP, condoms, and treatment as prevention. 

In this session, we will describe Building Healthy Online 

Communities’ (BHOC) successes – and challenges – in 

promoting PrEP through these strategies by strengthening 

collaboration between health departments and CBOs 

and the owners of sites/apps. We will also show a sneak 

preview of a new webseries and PSAs promoting PrEP and 

other sexual health strategies, created by Daddyhunt in 

collaboration with BHOC. We also want to hear from you 

about your ideas, successes, and challenges working on 

apps, and how we can best serve your needs. 

Speakers: Dan Wohlfeiler, Building Healthy Online 

Communities; Jen Hecht, San Francisco AIDS Foundation 

and Building Healthy Online Communities; Carl Sandler, 

Daddyhunt 


No Money, No Problem: How to Effectively Engage 

and Mobilize Online Communities Without A Dime 

The Internet, mobile technology, and social media allow us 

to amplify our advocacy and outreach efforts by providing 

the ability to reach communities and networks around the 

world in an instant. But how do you compete with 24-hour 

news cycles, fortune 500 company budgets in advertising 

and a constant barrage of kitty videos? This interactive 

session will share tips, tools, and hard life lessons learned 

from those who have created PrEP informational campaigns 

with nothing but a keyboard, a camera, and the passion and 

drive to create real change and make a difference. Come 

prepared to create and take action for building your own 

platform to help others and change the world. 


Speakers: Damon L. Jacobs, PrEPFacts; Jennie Anderson, 

Kaiser Family Foundation/Greater Than AIDS; Chris 

Richey, San Francisco AIDS Foundation; Ken Williams aka 

Ken Like Barbie, AIDS Foundation Houston 


This session will be filmed. 

Engaging Community in Behavioral and Social 

Science PrEP Research 

The session will feature government and community-based 

social science researchers to inform and lead a discussion 

on psycho social factors that influence PrEP awareness, 

acceptance, and delivery among the groups within 

communities of color at highest risk of HIV transmission 

(e.g. cisgender and transgender MSM and transgender 

and cisgender women. The importance of stakeholder 

engagement throughout the research process, and how 

the use of the Good Participatory Practice (GPP) guidelines 

can frame this work, will also be introduced and discussed. 

Presenters will discuss challenges to ensuring adequate 

representation of racial and ethnic groups in social science 

about PrEP, and emerging solutions. This interactive session 

will be dedicated to answering questions that participants 

have about HIV prevention social science research, 

particularly related to PrEP. 


Speakers: Michael Stirratt, PhD, National Institute of 

Mental Health; Sheldon Morris,MD, MPH, UCSD Antiviral 

Research Center; CRUSH Project, East Bay AIDS Center 


Who’s at Your Table: A Collective Impact Approach 

to PrEP Planning 

This session will use a collective impact framework to look 

at how to plan and coordinate community resources to 

maximum PrEP uptake, roll out and sustainability. We will 

explore how to think about planning with other entities to 

strengthen and support each other. 


Speakers: Barry Callis, Massachusetts Department of 

Public Health, Office of HIV/AIDS; Albert Liu, MD, MPH, 

Bridge HIV, SFDPH; Shannon Weber, MSW, HIVE Clinic 


SESSIONS • SUNDAY DECEMBER 4 

Federal Efforts and Opportunities: Finding 

Our Footing in the Federal Policy and Funding 

Landscape 

Given the shifting policy climate around PrEP since its 2012 

FDA approval, key stakeholders may have uncertainty about 

the exact nature of the federal government’s response to 

PrEP. This session will provide an opportunity to sit down with 

members of the federal interagency PrEP subcommittee and 

other key federal partners to answer questions regarding the 

government’s plans for reaching the goals for PrEP access 

highlighted in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. Presentations 

from representatives from key federal agencies and offices 

including HRSA, CDC, ONAP, SAMSHA, among others 

will open a group discussion on the key federal strategies, 

policies, and resources of which key stakeholders should be 

aware. The session will also be an important opportunity 

for government representatives to hear from community 

members and key stakeholders regarding the challenges they 

are experiencing in providing universal access to PrEP. 


Speakers: Richard Wolitski, PhD, Office of HIV/AIDS and 

Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. DHHS; Eugene McCray, 

MD, CDC National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, 

STD, and TB Prevention; Cecilia Chung, Transgender Law 

Center ; Guillermo Chacon, Latino Commission on AIDS; 

Antigone Dempsey, MEd, HRSA, HIV/AIDS Bureau 


Let’s Talk About PrEP in the South 

New Orleans remains one of the cities with the highest 

HIV rates in the South. Faced with some of the most 

problematic health disparities (such as homelessness and 

income inequality), we will use New Orleans as a case 

study for highly impacted, Southern cities. The goal of our 

session is to discuss the barriers Southern people of color 

experience when accessing PrEP. 


Speakers: Miguel Diaz Martinez, Brotherhood Inc.; Yves 

Conseant, Brotherhood Inc. 

Location: Golden Gate 7, lobby Level 

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2016 

PLENARY SESSION: 8:15 - 10:15 a.m. 

What do you mean when you say program 

implementation? 

This plenary will be a combination of shared experiences, 

with panelists exploring multiple perspectives on program 

implementation. Panelists will discuss their experiences in 

PrEP programming at various levels, opening the discussion 

to some of the most nuanced interplays of learning about 

PrEP, taking PrEP, staying on PrEP, administering PrEP, 

stopping PrEP use and staying adherent to PrEP. 

Case Studies in Training Activists, Advocates, and 

Community Leaders 

Often lost in conversations about HIV prevention are the 

activists, advocates, and community leaders who do the 

important work of educating their peers, sharing their 

personal stories, and agitating for change. How do we 

leverage their influence to increase PrEP uptake in the 

United States? This session will highlight three programs 

that have found success training activists, advocates, and 

community leaders in the United States about PrEP. Each 

panelist will share lessons learned from their respective 

program, and workshop participants will have the 

opportunity to ask questions, as well as brainstorm how 

they might put into practice some of what they hear. 


Speakers: Erica Lillquist, Black AIDS Institute; Isaiah 

Wilson, National Black Justice Coalition; Daroneshia 

Duncan, Living Well Outpatient Center 



Speakers: Brandon A. Harrison, Primary Care 

Development Corporation; Rob Newells, AIDS Project 

East Bay; Robert Grant, MD, MPH, Gladstone/UCSF 

Laboratory of Clinical Virology; Pedro Carneiro, Callen- 

Lorde Community Health Center; Nala Simone Toussaint, 

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center 


Session 4: 10:30 a.m. - Noon 

Case Studies in Training Doctors, Nurses, 

and Other Medical Providers 

According to the Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention, one in three healthcare providers in the United 

States have not heard about PrEP. This is problematic given 

how few people are currently using this safe and highly 

effective HIV prevention strategy. This session will highlight


three programs that have found success training doctors, 

nurses, and other medical providers in the United States 

about PrEP. Each panelist will share lessons learned from 

their respective program, and workshop participants will 

have the opportunity to ask questions, as well as brainstorm 

how they might put into practice some of what they hear. 


Speakers: Darpun Sachdev, MD, San Francisco Health 

Department; Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH, New York 

City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; Paul 

Sacamano, PhD, Johns Hopkins University 


Exploring New Frontiers: Our Next Best 

Opportunities for PrEP Expansion 

Many of the places that may be considered non-traditional 

spaces, will need to become part of the status quo in order 

to achieve the goal of zero new infections. This session will 

explore the opportunities and challenges of expanding PrEP 

points-of-access in the communities that need it most. We 

will explore a variety of missed opportunities, including but 

not limited to, reproductive health centers, communities of 

color, universities/colleges, and drug rehabilitative centers. 


Speakers: Marty Bond, Office on Women’s Health; Jessica 

Terlikowski, AIDS Foundation of Chicago; Hyman M. Scott, 

MD, MPH, Bridge HIV, SFDPH; Claire Simeone, DNP, FNP, 

Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma 

Center; Noel Gordon, Jr., Human Rights Campaign (HRC); 

Maggie Chartier, PsyD, MPH, VA Medical Center 


Where do we go from here? Expanding on 

Opportunities 

Are there implementation opportunities that we are 

missing? While we think of what PrEP looks like now it’s is 

equally important to plan for the future. Asking ourselves 

where at the gaps and other places for growth in our new 

biomedical landscape. This session will focus on forward 

thinking towards what options and opportunities can be 

developed and used to increase PrEP and biomedical 

prevention. While we sit in this moment in time it’s 

important to think of where we go next. 


Speakers: Gary Daffin, Multicultural AIDS Coalition, Inc. ; 

Deirdre Grant, AVAC 


Coverage and Cost Challenges in Accessing PrEP 

Who pays for PrEP and the healthcare services required to 

access it? This workshop will delve into the out of pocket 

and systemic financial costs of Truvada, provider visits, 

associated testing and possible social support services 

required for an individual be successful in accessing and 

adhering to PrEP. What coverage exists for services, and 

how do we create, expand, and sustain coverage systems 

to minimize or eliminate out of pocket costs for this 

new prevention strategy? This session will focus on the 

challenging area of U.S. payers and payments in supporting 

PrEP work and services. 


Speakers: Edwin Corbin-Gutierrez, NASTAD; Ramon 

Gardenhire, AIDS Foundation Chicago; Anne Donnelly, 

Project Inform 


All the Way Up: Including PrEP in Sexuality 

Education for Young People 

Are we listening to what young people say they need? Are 

we integrating their voices and experiences into our HIV 

prevention efforts? And are we considering the unique 

opportunities and challenges to educating and counseling 

young people about PrEP as a tool to supporting their 

sexual health? Come listen and learn directly from young 

people about the gaps in their sexual health education, their 

challenges to accessing information about PrEP and PrEP 

itself, and what they want you, as adult allies, advocates, 

and providers, to know to help address their PrEP and 

sexual health needs and rights. 


Speakers: Amber Broaden, The Hilltop; Denzel 

K. Cammon, JPete Production Company; Juan Villela, 

Texas Freedom Network; Wesley Thomas, MPH, MEd, 

Advocates for Youth 


PrEP Access, Engagement and Uptake in Latinx 

Communities 

The Latinx community is one of the fast growing 

populations, with a diverse set of challenges and 

opportunities when it comes to the interactions of their 

lives and prevention strategies around HIV. This session 

will snapshot of a variety of viewpoints about the state 

of integrating biomedical strategies into the prevention 

landscape. Though not a monolithic community, there are 

some shared experiences and considerations for making 

PrEP work for the Latinx community.



Speakers: Bryan Fiallos, AltaMed; Miguel Diaz Martinez, 

Brotherhood, Inc.; Giovan Henandez, HIV, STD & Hepatitis 

Branch of Public Health Services County of San Diego 

Health & Human Service Agency 


Developing and Implementing Trainings for the HIV 

Workforce and PrEP Navigators: PrEPping Your 

Local HIV Workforce for Success 

The session will share best practices and models for 

training the HIV workforce in general and PrEP navigators 

in particular. Through examples from different regions, 

participants will consider the various building blocks of 

a successful PrEP training – including pre/post testing 

and evaluations, scientific information, programming/ 

implementation-related information, local access issues, 

local opportunities and barriers, and local societal/cultural 

filters. They will learn about tailoring to specific populations 

and geographic needs, and think through strategies to 

keep trainees interested and engaged. After presentations 

from three geographically and demographically diverse 

presenters, the second half of the session will focus on 

small group work where participants will be tasked with 

developing fresh, entertaining, interactive ways to deliver 

PrEP related content to diverse, local, HIV workforces. Each 

group will report back and share their creativity with the 

entire group. At the end, participants will be ready to develop 

and implement their own (fun!) localized trainings. 


Speakers: Bryan Bautista-Gutiérrez, Howard Brown 

Health Center; Jonathan Fuchs, MD, MPH, San Francisco 

Department of Public Health/UCSF; Katherine Buchman, 

Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville; Melissa 

Morrison, Tennessee Department of Health, Nashville 


Closing Plenary Session: 

12:30 – 2:30 p.m. 

It’s Time to Stop Being a Target and Become a 

Priority 

Former Surgeon General Dr. Koop wisely stated, “Drugs 

don’t work in patients who don’t take them.” At present, 

the promise of biomedical prevention is not equitably 

distributed. We are in a liminal moment; one where we 

could end the HIV epidemic in some communities while 

half of others seroconvert. As we rightfully promote PrEP 

and a broader HIV science agenda, we cannot afford to 

ignore factors that matter in determining risk, care, access 

and health outcomes, including race, gender identity, sexual 

orientation, geography, and economics. At the same time, 

“targeting” individuals by race or gender or class cuts 

against the very progress we are trying to make. To properly 

make the health and wellness of certain populations a 

priority, we must view their lives as being inclusive of HIV, 

but not exclusively defined by it. How do we reimagine 

an agenda that prioritizes rather than targets? How do 

we change the conversation – and our very language 

– to reflect deep knowledge, profound respect, and a 

commitment to justice? How can we infuse these values 

and this approach into our work in research, policy, training, 

capacity building, and implementation? There are choices 

that need to be made quickly. Are we willing and able to do 

things differently? 


Speaker: Sarit A. Gloub, PhD, MPH, Hunter 

College and Graduate Center, City University 

of New York 

Location: Plaza A & B, Lobby Level

EMPATHY. COURAGE. EQUALITY. PROGRESS. 

These values fuel our drive to make a positive difference in 

the world and our communities and we are proud to support 

the National HIV PrEP Summit in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

2016 NHPS Program Book

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