HIV Conference in Orange County, California

Program Agenda
(as of January 19, 2012)

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8:00 A.M.

REGISTRATION, CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST, EXHIBITS

8:30 A.M.

Welcome and Introductions

Moderator: Jeremiah G. Tilles, MD [bio]

Site Director, Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center
University of California, Irvine

8:35 A.M.

State Office of AIDS Update

Karen E. Mark, MD, MPH
Office of AIDS
California Department of Public Health

9:00 A.M.

Plenary Session I:

HIV/AIDS Commemoration / Conference 25th Anniversary

TBA

10:00 A.M.

Plenary Session II:

Global Epidemiology

Thomas Coates, PhD
Professor Hematology/Oncology
University of California Los Angeles

11:00 A.M.

Coffee Break and Exhibits

11:30 A.M.

Plenary Session III:

HIV Update

Calvin Cohen, MD
Director of Research
Community Research Initiative (CRI)

12:30 P.M.

LUNCHEON

1:30 P.M.

Plenary Session IV:

HIV Global Prevention

Brian D. Lew, MA
Office of AIDS
California Dept. of Public Health

2:40 P.M.

BREAKOUT SESSION I

A: Cultural Stigma and Discrimination

Tim Vincent, MS, MFT
Training Coordinator
California STD/HIV Prevention Center

B. Gonorrhea and Syphilis in HIV

Heidi Bauer, MD, MS, MPH
Chief, Program Development
California STD Control Program

C. The Role of the Pharmacist in HIV

Michelle Sherman, RPh, FASCP
HIV Pharmacist Specialist
Laguna Beach, CA

D. Biomedical Prevention