The National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center
Howard University College of Medicine
presents a Symposium on

Emerging HIV/AIDS Issues &
Challenges in Specific Populations Seminar

Saturday, March 29, 2008
8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Four Points Hotel by Sheraton
1201 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20005

8:00 AM – 8:45 AM
Registration & Breakfast
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM
Welcome: Goulda Downer, PhD, RD
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM
Plenary Session: John McNeil, M.D.
  • Overview of Emerging HIV/AIDS Issues
  • Rapid Testing Provider Utilization and CDC HIV Testing
  • Recommendation Implementation
9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Migrant and Cross-Border Populations and HIV:
Terrance Doran, MD
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
An Assessment of the Attitudes, Awareness and Opinions of Muslims about HIV/AIDS: Rosemary Theriot, EdD, MSPH
10:30 AM – 10:45 AM
Break
10:45 AM – 11:15 AM
Bridging Traditional Medicine and Western for the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS: Ron Lessard
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM
HIV Care in the Physically and Mentally Challenged: Faira Farhart, MD
11:45 AM – 12:15 PM
Panel Discussion: Moderator: I. Jean Davis, PhD,  PA, AAHIVS
  • Panelists: McNeil, Downer, Theriot, Lessard, Farhat
12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
NETWORKING LUNCH

1:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Challenges Associated with Provision of Care to HIV/AIDS Infected Transgendered African-American Patients: Emphasis on Male to Female (MTF) Transgender Persons: Tina Ogbuokiri, BSc, RPh, PharmD, FASCP

1:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Women Of Color: Emerging Concerns in HIV/AIDS Treatment & Care:
I. Jean Davis, PhD,  PA, AAHIVS
2:00 PM – 2:15 PM
Break
2:15 PM – 2:45 PM

Minority Adolescents with HIV: Minorities within Minorities: Terrance Doran, MD

2:45 PM – 3:15 PM

The Use of Emerging Informatics to Evaluate the Delivery of National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center Training Programs in Addressing HIV/AIDS Disparities: Bradley Boekeloo, PhD

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM
Panel Discussion: Goulda Downer, PhD, RD
  • Panelists: Ogbuokiri, Davis, Doran, Boekeloo
3:30 PM – 4:00 PM
Evaluation and Closure
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Network Reception

>> Also see information on
HIV and Minorities: Cultural Competence
and the Quality of Care Symposium

Friday, March 28, 2008. Learn more here.

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