2026 USCHA Pathways (Preliminary)

Workshop

Track 2

¿Se pierde en la traducción? Comunicación y derivación a servicios de atención sanitaria para pacientes hispanohablantes que se shacen a pruebas de VIH voluntarias en el servicio de urgencias de un hospital

Annae Saldivar, máster en Salud Pública | Dignity Health – St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center

Workshop

Track 4

«Voces Latinas»: una guía práctica elaborada escuchando las voces de aquellos en la lucha para mantener la atención del VIH a la población latina/a/x en situaciones de presión

Dr. Carlos Saldana | Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad de Emory

Workshop

Track 3

#CelebrateUU: Using Storytelling and Creative Engagement to Advance U=U and Reduce HIV Stigma

Christopher Fuqua, CPP (Certified Professional Photographer) | #CelebrateUU

iPoster

Track 2

2025 Needs Assessment: Ryan White Part A Program of Nashville, TN

Emirrah Sanders, BS, MSPH | Metropolitan Public Health Department of Nashville/Davidson County

Institute

Track 3

45 Years Strong: Storytelling as Power, Healing, and Advocacy Among HIV Survivors

Porchia Dees, MA | Lifetime Survivors Network

iPoster

Track 5

A Scoping Review of Implementation Science Theories, Models, and Frameworks in HIV Research

Nicole Stadnick, PhD, MPH | University of California, San Diego

Institute

Track 3

A Village for the Future: Black Women’s Stories, Art, and HIV Services

Freda Jones, No credentials | LOTUS (Loving Ourselves Through Unity and Strength)

Workshop

Track 1

A Walk in Her Shoes: From Diagnosis to Undetectable…and Everything in Between

Jennifer Moll, MSW, LSW | HOPE at St. Luke's Hospital

iPoster

Track 5

Absent Two Years Running: San Diego HIV Consortium (SDHIVC) WLWH Bring HIV Awareness to UCSD’s Women’s Health Symposium

Norhan E Turki, MS | University of California, San Diego

Workshop

Track 2

Access Is Only the Beginning: Building Unbreakable Bridges Through Language Justice in HIV Prevention and Treatment

Ujuonu Nwizu, MPH | Public Health Alliance

Institute

Track 2

Addressing the Gaps Together: Discussions on the Intersection of HIV & Domestic Violence

Kailey Carter, N/A | National Network to End Domestic Violence

iPoster

Track 1

Advance Whole Person Aging Care in Ryan White Program Through the Positive Aging Collaborative

Danielle Lee, MBA | Virginia Commonwealth University

Workshop

Track 5

Advancing HIV Prevention and Treatment for Women with Emerging and Effective Strategies and Interventions

Jerris Raiford, PhD, MS, MS | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/NCHHSTP/Division of HIV Prevention

iPoster

Track 1

Advancing Whole Person HIV Care Through Insights From NIDA Supported Research and Community Partnerships

Candace Webb, MPH, MCHES | National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse

Workshop

Track 5

Advocating on the State-Level: Lessons Learned and the Way Forward (NEW)

Ashley Holmes, MPH | NMAC

Workshop

Track 5

Aging Well with HIV; Maximizing Health, Benefits and Quality of Life (NEW)

Daniel Wilson, AA, BA | National Council on Aging

Workshop

Track 2

Aging with HIV: Fighting for Dignity in Care Settings (NEW)

Terri Wilder, BSW, MSW | SAGE

Workshop

Track 2

All Access, No Health Action: Examining How Awareness & Education Doesn’t Always Lead to Behavioral Change in Urban Environments

Chantil Thomas, MA | Thomas Collaborative Consulting

iPoster

Track 5

An Exploratory Study of Healthcare Stigma and PrEP Stigma by PrEP Care Setting Among Sexual Minority Men

Gabriel Robles, PhD, LCSW | University of Southern California

iPoster

Track 5

An Integrative Review of PrEP Promotion Strategies at Historically Black Colleges and Universities to Reduce HIV Disparities

Deja Knight, PhD, MPH, MA | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

iPoster

Track 4

An Online Peer Training Curriculum to Strengthen CBO Capacity to Engage Latino MSM for HIV Prevention and Care

Jane Lee, PhD, LMSW | University of Southern California

Workshop

Track 2

Applying Digital Health to Optimize Public Health Operations for Culturally and Geographically Diverse Communities – U.S. Virgin Islands Case Study

Jason Henry | Virgin Islands Department of Health, Communicable Disease Division

Workshop

Track 6

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Literacy in Practice: Exploring Risks and Opportunities in HIV Prevention

Michael Wilson, MA | University of Rochester – Center for Community Practice

Workshop

Track 1

Asking the Unaskable: Building Unbreakable HIV Prevention and Care through Sexual Health Conversations

Scott Brawley, MSW | American Academy of HIV Medicine

Workshop

Track 2

Assessing Parents’ Priorities for Postpartum Education and Support: Strategies to Address Identified Gaps (NEW)

Ciarra Brown, MS, HS-BCP | The Well Project

iPoster

Track 5

Automating Equity: Electronic Health Record-Driven Opt-Out HIV Screening Addresses Provider Bias and Shifts Case Identification Demographics

Melanie Perez, CHW | Dignity Health

iPoster

Track 5

Bang for Your Buck: Comprehensive Modeling of HIV Prevention Funding for Health Departments and Medicaid Expansion from 2008 to 2023

Evan Hall, BS, MPH | AIDSVu – Emory University; National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD)

Workshop

Track 2

Barriers and Facilitators of Positive Peers App Use by Young People with HIV (YPWH)

Jennifer McMillen Smith, MSSA, LISW-S | The MetroHealth System

Workshop

Track 6

BASIC Training: Learning from the Past and Visioning a Just Future for People Living with HIV

Melanie Reese, SME | OWEL. HIV BASIC, PWN-USA, MCOHA

Workshop

Track 6

Before the Next 45 Years: Reimagining HIV Leadership Through Healing, Equity, and Anti-Oppressive Practice

Lladira Aguilar, MSW | University of Houston

Workshop

Track 3

Beyond a Seat at the Table: Advancing Meaningful Involvement of People Living with HIV

Ciarra Brown, MS, HS-BCP | The Well Project

Institute

Track 5

Beyond Approval: Ensuring Long-Acting HIV Prevention Reaches Black Gay and Trans Communities

Michea Ighodaro, MA | Global Black Gay Men Connect

iPoster

Track 1

Beyond HIV: Whole-Person Health for Immigrant Communities

Luis Scaccabarrozzi, MPH | Voces Latinas

Workshop

Track 5

Beyond Status: Immigration Policy, Healthcare Access, and Public Health

Juan Pablo Hernandez, Esq., MBA | NMAC

Institute

Track 6

Beyond the Clinic Walls: Technology, Innovation, and Community-Centered Thinking to Meet People Where They Are

Katy Wendel, DNP, MHA, BSN, RN, ACRN | CAN Community Health

Workshop

Track 2

Beyond the Clinic: Integrating HIV Testing and Harm Reduction for Adolescents and Young Adults in Arizona

Osvin Serrano, BS | University of Arizona

Workshop

Track 4

Beyond the Grant – Leveraging 340B to Strengthen Organizational Capacity and Impact

Dedra Spears-Johnson, MS | Heart to Hand Inc.

Workshop

Track 5

Beyond the Pill: Voices on the Future of HIV Prevention for Black Women

Hanna Tessema, DrPH, MPH, MSW | Black Women's Learning Institute

Workshop

Track 4

Beyond Tokenism: Community Advisory Boards Strengthened Grantmaking & Capacity Building Initiative

Masonia Traylor, AS, BS | Gilead COMPASS Initiative – Emory COMPASS Coordinating Center

Workshop

Track 1

Beyond Viral Suppression: Centering Quality of Life Among Black Same-Gender-Loving Men in HIV Care

DeKeitra Griffin, MSW, MPA, LCSW | Louisiana State University

Workshop

Track 3

Beyond Visibility: Intimacy, Conflict & Care in Black T4T Relationships

Trinitee Wilson, N/A | BLAQLOV3 Incorporated

Workshop

Track 3

Black Joy, Black Power, Black Futures: Reimagining HIV Leadership in the South (NEW)

Marcus Stanley, MPH, MCHES® | Cornerstone Strategy and Advisory, LLC.

Workshop

Track 5

Black Trans Women As Healing-Centered Researchers: Doing Research With Community, Rather Than On Community

Bec Sokha Keo, PhD, MSW | SUSTAIN Wellbeing COMPASS Coordinating Center

Workshop

Track 6

Black Women Are the Movement: Visibility, Leadership, Power & What’s Next

Eugenia (Faye) Marshall, MBA | Ribbon A Center of Excellence

Workshop

Track 5

Breaking Barriers, Saving Lives: Revolutionizing for HIV Equity in Puerto Rico (NEW)

José J. Mulinelli Rodríguez | Coaí, Inc.

Workshop

Track 4

Breaking Glass Ceilings: The Pathway to Black Executive Leadership

Ace Robinson, MHL, MPH | Equity Is the Word

iPoster

Track 5

Breaking Through HIV-Related Stigma Across Prevention, Treatment, and Clinical Research: Toward a Unifying Conceptual Model

Kwanza Price, MPH | Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, USA

iPoster

Track 7

Bridging Clinical Care and Community Support: Improving HIV Outcomes Among Populations Affected by Substance Use

Granies Mongare, Miss | Highland Community Assistance Programme (HICAP)

iPoster

Track 4

Bridging ED to Outpatient Care: Lessons from the South

Piper Duarte, MPH | Parkland Health

Institute

Track 3

Bridging Generations, Building Power: An Intergenerational HIV/Aging Storytelling and Advocacy Bootcamp

Terri Wilder, BSW, MSW | SAGE

Institute

Track 2

Bridging Hope and Care: Community-Led Responses to Substance Use and HIV Disparities

Erick Agwata, Mr | Rescue Hope International

Workshop

Track 4

Bridging Research and Practice: Using Implementation Science to Strengthen HIV Capacity Building (NEW)

Shayla Knighton-Black, MPH | Hands United/ Manos Unidas

Workshop

Track 2

Bridging the Gap: Effective Community Outreach Strategies to Improve Access to HIV Care by Meeting People Where They Are

Rebecca Fils-Aime, MPH | Emory Centers for Public Health Training and Technical Assistance

Workshop

Track 2

Bridging the Gap: Mobile Health Solutions for HIV and STI Care in Rural Kentucky

Courtney Woolfork, PHR | Matthew 25 AIDS Services, Inc.

Workshop

Track 2

Building Community Infrastructure for Status Neutral Care Across Diverse Communities

Maya Green, MD, MPH, FACHE | Onyx Medical & Wellness PLLC

Workshop

Track 3

Building Power for Liberation: A Couch Conversation on Creating a Black-led Future of the HIV Movement

Chioma Nnaji, MPH, MEd | United We Rise, housed under the Multicultural AIDS Coalition

iPoster

Track 2

Building Rural HIV Workforce Capacity Through Community Health Workers

Hailie Arnold, MPH | Community Education Group

iPoster

Track 1

Building Strategies and Solutions that Address Social Determinants of Health

Ofelia Barrios, MA | IRIS HOUSE, Inc. A Center for Women Living with HIV

Workshop

Track 4

Building Track 4 A Transformative Capacity Development Model for HIV-Serving Community Organizations (NEW)

Carol Burton, MSW | Jeweld Consulting

Workshop

Track 1

Building Trust: A Community-Led Latinx HIV Coalition Model for Whole-Person Health

Michael Alonso, MSc | Alanova Solutions

iPoster

Track 2

Building Unbreakable Bridges: Leveraging Academic Detailing to Close Gaps in HIV Care in Miami-Dade County

Nelly Belledent, MPH | Borinquen medical center

Workshop

Track 6

Building Unbreakable Bridges: Leveraging Community Health Workers to Achieve HIV Improved Navigation and Access to Care across the Continuum

Dr. Sharita Ambrose, DHEd, MPH, CHES, CHWI | Allure Alliance Inc DBA Random Black Girls

Workshop

Track 2

Built by Us, For Us: Housing, Dignity & Long-Term Care for Aging People Living with HIV (NEW)

Andrew Gutierrez III, M.Ed | San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Workshop

Track 3

Built on Trust: Storytelling and Community Engagement as a Model for HIV Prevention

DaToria Hobson-Trotter, CCHW, Six Sigma Yellow Belt | Damien Center

Institute

Track 4

Built to Lead: Health Department Staff Advancing HIV Prevention in Uncertain Times

Jonathan Fuchs, MD, MPH | San Francisco Department of Public Health

Workshop

Track 7

Caring for the Caregivers: Sustaining the HIV Workforce for the Future

Tony Mills, MD | Men's Health Foundation

iPoster

Track 2

Centering Lived Experience of Employment as a Structural Factor Driving HIV Vulnerability among Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Latino Sexual Minority Men

Jahn Jaramillo, MPH, PhD | University of Miami

Workshop

Track 2

Characterizing Pharmacist-billed HIV Oral Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Claims Among Commercially Insured Individuals

Yuxin Ni, MPH | Boston University

Workshop

Track 5

Chlamydia Positivity Driving Linkage to HIV Prevention Eligibility for Those Linked to Biomedical HIV Prevention: A Case Study

Adelero Adebajo, MD | Eau Claire Cooperative Healthcare Centers (dba Cooperative Health)

iPoster

Track 5

Clocking the Tea on HIV: Integrating Mental Health, Education, and Adherence-Centered Care

Anthony Lamont Burnette, Public Health Educator | North Carolina Central University

Institute

Track 2

Closing the Distance: Expanding Status Neutral HIV Prevention and Treatment Through Virtual Care in 25 States

Maya Green, MD, MPH, FACHE | Onyx Medical & Wellness PLLC

iPoster

Track 2

Closing the Gap in HIV Care: A Health System and NYC Health Department Partnership to Reengage and Link Out-of-Care Patients

Alexis Fields, MPH | SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

iPoster

Track 1

Clutch City Art Project: Advancing HIV prevention through the arts

Corey Garrett, BA, CHW | Houston Health Department

Workshop

Track 3

Community Catering as Care: Using Food, Fellowship, and Culturally Responsive Outreach to Engage Underserved Populations in HIV/Wellness Services

Teyannah Jackson, CHW | Community Wellness Project

iPoster

Track 7

Community HERO Treatment Survey: Insights into Rapid Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation Patterns and Perceptions Across a Global Population of PWH

Cassandra Esperant, PharmD, AAHIVP | Gilead Sciences

iPoster

Track 1

Community HERO Treatment Survey: perceptions on aging across a global population of people with HIV

Melanie Berry, PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP | Gilead Sciences

Workshop

Track 2

Comparing Patient Outcomes and Retention Between Mail-In Testing and Traditional Laboratory-Based HIV and STI Screening Models

Maya Green, MD, MPH, FACHE | Onyx Medical & Wellness PLLC

iPoster

Track 1

Condom fatigue and PrEP hesitancy: understanding HIV prevention preferences among Black women in New York

Melonie Walcott, DrPH, MPH | University at Albany

Workshop

Track 2

Confío en mis Profesionales de la Salud; no confío en el sistema en general: Las decisiones sobre PrEP y experiencias con el cuidado de la salud entre los hombres latinos MSM

George J. Greene, máster y doctor | Facultad de Medicina Feinberg de la Universidad Northwestern

Workshop

Track 3

Connecting the Currents: Communicating Complex HIV Epidemiological Interventions Through Storytelling

Claudia Ordóñez, Anthropologist (foreign title), MA, PhD(c) | Emory University

iPoster

Track 3

Critical Partnerships: The OSMe Buddy Navigation Program and the PrEPárate Campaign Story

Pedro Serrano, MPH | CQLC NFP

iPoster

Track 3

De la urgencia a la unidad: Nueve años de experiencia del Grupo de Trabajo sobre el VIH en la comunidad latinx

Carlitos Díaz, Licenciado en Bellas Artes | QLatinx

Workshop

Track 6

Decriminalization in 2026: Ending HIV Criminalization amid Our Current Political Environment

Jada Hicks, JD | The Center for HIV Law and Policy

Workshop

Track 1

Detangling the Roots: A Guided Conversation on HIV Prevention, Sexual Health and Wellness for Women

Deja Knight, PhD, MPH, MA | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Workshop

Track 1

Developmental Predictors of Psychosocial Strengths Among Black Women Living With HIV: The Role of Age and Time Living With HIV

India McCray, B.A. | University of Miami

Workshop

Track 6

Disability justice in HIV organizing: a path to movement sustainability and collective liberation

Gabriel San Emeterio, LMSW | HIV Complexities Project | Strategies for High Impact | US PLHIV Caucus Steering Committee Member

iPoster

Track 2

Disparidades persistentes en materia de VIH entre las comunidades hispanas y latinas de las zonas urbanas de Nueva Jersey: una revisión retrospectiva basada en la comunidad

Christian Méndez-Báez, Doctor en Medicina, Máster en Artes | Iniciativa de Investigación Comunitaria del Norte de Nueva Jersey (NJCRI)

Workshop

Track 1

Displacement Prevention as a Health Intervention: Lessons from Community Transformation and Housing Stability

Traswell C. Livingston III, MBA, Broker | ASD – A Home for Life

iPoster

Track 6

Do It Yourself: A Sex Positive & Kink-Informed HIV Prevention Approach for AMAB People of African Descent

Victoria Frye, MPH, DrPH | Columbia University School of Social Work

iPoster

Track 7

Does Phone Call Appointment Scheduling Impact Anal Cancer Screening Rates in Biological Males Living with HIV?

Nichole Padron, DNP, CRNP, FNP-C | St. Luke's University Health Network

iPoster

Track 1

Don’t Make Assumptions: Sexual Health for People Over 50

Daemon Donigan, BS, and will graduate with MS this summer. | AIDS United

iPoster

Track 5

Early Implementation Considerations for Routine Opt-Out HIV Screening in a High-Volume Emergency Department

Emma Sizemore, MD, MPH | Emory University

iPoster

Track 1

El precio de la invisibilidad: Cómo abordar la epidemia de VIH olvidada en las comunidades latinas

Bryan Orellana, máster en Humanidades | Fundación Hyacinth contra el SIDA

Workshop

Track 3

Empowered to Thrive: Storytelling, Representation, and Human Connection in HIV

Kaitlin Lopez, MBA | CAN Community Health

Workshop

Track 1

Ending Epidemics Together: A Replicable Syndemic Framework Built on Cross-Sector Partnership

Sara Duran, MPH, MCHES | Facente Consulting

Institute

Track 2

Ending the Era of Invisibility: Building a Local Action Plan to Reverse the U.S. Latino HIV Crisis

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, MS, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAAN | Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health (CLAFH), Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

Institute

Track 1

EveryBODY’s Doing It: A New Approach to Sexual Health Conversations

Erica Bostick, MD | University of Rochester

Workshop

Track 7

EveryBODY’s Doing It: A New Approach to Sexual Health Conversations (NEW)

Erica Bostick, MD | University of Rochester Medical Center

iPoster

Track 1

Exploring Internalized HIV-Related Stigma and Care Barriers Among Adults with Perinatally Acquired HIV: A Literature Snapshot

Shayla Knighton-Black, MPH | Florida A&M University

Institute

Track 6

F#ck The System: Leveraging the Political Power of Queer Sex in The HIV Response

Alex Garner, na | Mpact Global

Institute

Track 4

Finding Stability in the Chaos: Strategies for Sustaining HIV Services Organizations

Jacobi Hunter-Wright, PhD | AIDS United

Workshop

Track 1

Finding the Hidden Intersections: HIV, Sex Trafficking, and Survivor-Led Solutions

MonicaLynn Charleston, AAS, QMHP-A | Peace Is Priceless

iPoster

Track 3

For Such a Time as This: Church Hurt, Church Healing & HIV Hope Through Storytelling and Black Heterosexual HIV Advocacy (NEW)

Shawn Tinsley, 2-15 Licensed Health Insurance Agent, HIV Peer Navigator, HIV Tester, National Advocate | God's Creation 4 Fresh Connections Inc. dba HIV POSSIBLE

Workshop

Track 6

From Attendees to Change Agents: Cultivating HIV Convenings Into Catalysts for Action

Lladira Aguilar, MSW | University of Houston

Institute

Track 4

From Data to Decision-Making: A PoWER (Partners Working for Enhanced Results) Evaluation Training by Emory COMPASS

Rebecca Fils-Aime, MPH | Emory Centers COMPASS Coordinating Center

Workshop

Track 5

From Discovery to Community: HIV Vaccine and Cure Science Breakthroughs for Ending the Epidemic

Louis Shackelford, MPH | HIV Vaccine Trials Network

iPoster

Track 5

From Disruption to Recovery: HIV and STI Positivity Trends Across the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Deep South

Josh Bruce, MPH | Birmingham AIDS Outreach, Inc. (BAO)

Institute

Track 5

From Evidence to Action: Practical Implementation Science Skills for the HIV Workforce

Katherine Robsky, PhD, MPH | Georgetown University Center for Global Health Practice and Impact

iPoster

Track 5

From Evidence to Action: Using Surveillance to Care Data Integration to Close HIV Care Gaps

Dhara Dangar, MPH | NASTAD

Workshop

Track 5

From Evidence to Implementation: The RISE Framework for HIV-Inclusive Infant Feeding Policy, Practice, and Health Equity

Ciarra Brown, MS, HS-BCP | The Well Project

Workshop

Track 7

From Exam Room to Action: The Clinician’s Role in Advocacy and Health Equity

Keith Rawlings, MD | National Medical Association

Workshop

Track 2

From Global to Local: Translating PEPFAR Innovations to Close Healthcare Gaps to End the HIV Epidemic in the U.S.

Trena Mukherjee, DrPH | Georgetown University

iPoster

Track 1

From HIV Prevention to Whole-Person Care: Twenty Years of Integrated, Person-Centered Services for Marginalized Communities in South Dallas

Martese Prince, M.Ed, Ed.S | Abounding Prosperity Inc

Workshop

Track 5

From Investment to Impact: Evaluating Philanthropic Strategy to Advance PrEP Access and Policy Change

Karmjeet Kaur, MPH | Elton John AIDS Foundation

Workshop

Track 1

From Outreach to Outcomes: The Build Up LGBTQ+ Care Model

Richard LaBoy, N/A | Iris House Inc

iPoster

Track 6

From Participation to Partnership: Implementing the SMRC Model to Transform Youth Engagement in HIV Research (NEW)

Rahim Miller, BS, EMT-B | Florida State University

iPoster

Track 5

From Principles to Practice: Operationalizing Equity in HIV Program Evaluation

Samuella Buss, MPH, PhD | ETR

iPoster

Track 5

From Risk Identification to Prevention Action: Linking STI Diagnosis to PrEP Uptake in a Community-Based HIV Prevention Program

Jacqueline Hill-Brown, DrPH, MSPH, MBA | Empowerment Resource Center, Inc.

Workshop

Track 3

From Stigma to Strength: Centering Advocacy and Lived Experience in HIV Education (NEW)

Meyonna SwaVaye Jabbaar, BA, ABS | Sugar Honey Iced Tea

Workshop

Track 4

From Surviving to Governing: Reimagining HIV Leadership Through Survivor-Led Power

Derinthia Williams, Co Executive Director | Dandelions Inc

Institute

Track 3

From Surviving to Strategizing: Building Sustainable Community Leadership in the HIV Movement

Kim Moon, BA | Ribbon – A Center of Excellence

Workshop

Track 3

From Testimony to Transformation: Building HIV Advocacy Through Community Storytelling (NEW)

Hope Giselle, N/A | AllowMe

iPoster

Track 1

From the Ball to the Clinic: Six Years of HIV Prevention and Care Integration with the Midwest Ballroom Community

Imani Sloan, NA | Vivent Health / Imani Sloan Consulting & Design LLC

Workshop

Track 4

From the Prison Cell to the Boardroom: Elevating Peer Leadership Through Intersectional Transformation

Victor Velazquez, CPSS-T | National HIV and Aging Advocacy Network (NHAAN) / NMAC

Workshop

Track 3

From the Stroll to the Boardroom: Survival and Power in Trans Leadership

Ronnie Taylor, MS | FreeState Justice, Inc.

iPoster

Track 3

From Urgency to Unity: Latinx HIV Taskforce Nine-Year Journey

Carlitos Diaz, BFA | QLatinx

iPoster

Track 6

Good Intentions Are Not Enough: Service Providers’ Preparedness to Assist Black Same-Gender-Loving Men (NEW)

JASON DOTSON, Ph.D., MHS, MHD, LPC, LCADC, ACS | Wellness with Jason Dotson, LLC

iPoster

Track 4

Got MIPA? Reclaiming Authentic Leadership by and for People Living with HIV (NEW)

Barb Cardell, SME | PWN USA

Workshop

Track 4

Growing From Within: Building Communal Readiness in HIV/AIDS Service Organizations

Gabriel Matthews, MA | EquiVant Strategies

Workshop

Track 3

Harm Reduction: Helping Us Make Healthier Choices Through Storytelling (NEW)

Tori Cooper, MPH | Human Rights Campaign

Institute

Track 6

Healing-Centered Leadership: Building Sustainable HIV Organizations and Movements

Marcus Stanley, MPH, MCHES® | Cornerstone Strategy and Advisory, LLC.

iPoster

Track 1

Health Access Points (HAPs): A Whole-Person, Syndemic Model for Integrated HIV, HCV, STI, and Overdose Prevention in San Francisco (NEW)

Emily Valadao, MPH | San Francisco Department of Public Health, getSFcba, Community Health Equity & Promotion Branch

Workshop

Track 7

Heart Health in HIV: Moving Beyond REPRIEVE (listed in Submittable as: Keeping with the Rhythm: Practical Approaches to Cardiovascular Prevention Guidelines in HIV Primary Care) (NEW)

Doug Meardon, MD; Jack Ledford, PharmD | ViiV Healthcare

Institute

Track 7

HIV PrEP and Treatment Injections and Clinic Implementation 101

Rupa Patel, MD, MPH, FIDSA | Whitman Walker Health

iPoster

Track 1

HIV Service Provider Responses to Employment Needs of People Living with HIV

Mark Misrok, MS | National Working Positive Coalition

iPoster

Track 4

HIV, STI, and Hepatitis Public Health Workforce Engagement in Addressing Racism as a Public Health Crisis: Results of WINS 2021

Gregory Gross, PhD, MSW | Washington University in St. Louis

Workshop

Track 1

Housing As Prevention: Ending the HIV Epidemic by Addressing Homelessness and Housing Disparities: An Entrance to Holistic Care

Maria'h Foster, MA | Life Is Work

Workshop

Track 2

I Trust My Providers; I Don’t Trust the Broader System: PrEP Decisions and Healthcare Experiences Among Latino MSM

George J. Greene, MA, PhD | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

iPoster

Track 4

Implementation of an Electronic Medical Record in a Community-Based HIV/STI Testing Center: A Continuous Quality Improvement Approach

Matthew Erdos, MPH | GMHC

iPoster

Track 5

Implementing a Peer-Led Surgery Doula Program to Support Gender-Affirming Care Among Transgender and Gender Non-Binary Members

Pedro Botti Carneiro, PhD, MPH | Amida Care

Workshop

Track 5

Information Environments and HIV Stigma: Examining News Media as a Structural Determinant of Health

Wyatt Deihl, MPH | CAN Community Health

Institute

Track 2

Insured but Not Covered: Access to HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Affordability

Nick Armstrong, MPH | The AIDS Institute

Workshop

Track 4

Integrating AI Tools into HIV Services Organizations Workflow: A Foundational Skills Building Workshop

Sophia Zamudio-Haas, DrPH, MSc | University of California, San Francisco

iPoster

Track 1

Integrating NCD Service Management in the HIV Clinic at Kisumu County Referral Hospital in Kisumu, Kenya

Brenda Luvembe, MS. | Ministry of Health / CIHEB Kenya

Institute

Track 4

Investing in Leadership Development for Non-White Executives and Managers

Isaiah Webster, BA | NASTAD

iPoster

Track 5

Invisible in the Data: Women of Color Living with HIV Across California’s 58 Counties — A 2026 Surveillance Landscape Analysis

Jason Cuneo, BA | The San Diego HIV Community Consortium

iPoster

Track 3

Invisible in the Room: Women Living with HIV (WLWH) and the Women’s Health Agenda

Wanda L London, SW | San Diego HIV Community Consortium

Workshop

Track 1

Keeping Our Elders Whole Through the OUTSafe Anti-Violence Program

Jeffery Erdman, MPH | Illinois Public Health Association

Institute

Track 3

KISS (Keeping It Safe Is Sexy) & TELL: Bridging Generations and Advance HIV Prevention, Care, and Reproductive Justice through Storytelling

Dr. Sharita Ambrose, DHEd, MPH, CHES, CHWI | Allure Alliance Inc DBA Random Black Girls

Institute

Track 5

LA RED NACIONAL DE LÍDERES EN SALUD HISPANA/LATINA PRESENTAN EN EL INSTITUTO DE LIDERAZGO EN SALUD HISPANA/LATINA DE LA USCHA 2026

Rosy Mota, MPA | Comisión Latina sobre el SIDA

Workshop

Track 6

Language Matters in Care and Prevention: Results from a Community-Based Survey Among Women and Nonbinary Adults Living with HIV

Olivia G. Ford | The Well Project

iPoster

Track 3

Lights, Camera, Advocacy: Using Film to Build Future HIV Leaders at Southern HBCUs

Stephanie Woodson, MPH | Emory COMPASS Coordinating Center

Workshop

Track 1

Living Pono: Traditional Hawaiian Cultural Healing for People Living with HIV

Raymond Pono Alejo, RN | Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center

Workshop

Track 2

Lost in Translation? Communication and Care Linkage for Spanish-Speaking Patients Engaging in Opt-Out HIV Testing in a Hospital Emergency Department

Annae Saldivar, MPH | Dignity Health- St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center

iPoster

Track 5

Making Every ED Visit Count: Advancing Adolescent HIV Screening and Prevention in Emergency Care

Sandy Francois, MSc | Emory University

Workshop

Track 3

Making Space at the Table: How Gen Z Is Reshaping Public Health (NEW)

Princess Jauan Durbin, MS | Southern Legal Center for Youth

iPoster

Track 1

Making the Aging Network HIV-Inclusive: Foundational Strategies for Modernizing Aging Services

Victor Velazquez, CPSS-T | National HIV & Aging Advocacy Network / NMAC / Seattle TGA HIV Planning Council / Seattle Roots Board of Directors

Workshop

Track 3

Many Wars, One Body: The Violence We Breathe — HIV, Migration, and Survival Among LGBTIQ Immigrants in the United States

Akom Nya, N/A | Refugee and Immigrant Assistance Center

Workshop

Track 2

Mapping Preventive Care Access at the State Level: A Nationwide Scan of Coverage Mandates

Hannah Simon, MPH | National Network of Public Health Institutes

Workshop

Track 5

Mapping the Gaps: Using Rural Data to Strengthen HIV Access and Partnerships

Kelli Keith, PhD, MPH | Community Education Group

iPoster

Track 3

Meeting Black Men Where They Are: Expanding HIV and Hepatitis C Screening Through Community Partnerships

Jermaine Wyatt, MSW, DSW, LICSW | Us Helping Us People Into Living, Inc.

iPoster

Track 1

Meeting People Where They Gather: Rural HIV Outreach in Trusted Community Settings

Kelli Keith, PhD, MPH | Community Education Group

iPoster

Track 7

Meeting providers where they are: Using hospital huddles for community collaboration and perinatal HIV prevention education in Southern Nevada (NEW)

Cheryl Radeloff, PhD | Southern Nevada Health District

Workshop

Track 1

Mind, Body and Soul: A Holistic Wellness Model for Black Same-Gender-Loving Men

Pride Pews, Master of Divinity | Toward Pride

Workshop

Track 4

Mission & Margin: The Eight Domains of Organizational Sustainability for Mission-Driven Organizations (NEW)

Kia Colbert, MPH | Emory University COMPASS Coordinating Center

Workshop

Track 4

Mississippi Learning: Driving Systemic Change in HIV Service Delivery Through Strategic Partnerships and Capacity Building

Ryan Derni, MPH | Guidehouse

iPoster

Track 1

More Than a Meal: A Pantry-to-Prevention Model Addressing HIV, Food Insecurity, and Healthcare Access in Southwest Atlanta

Dash Daggs, BBA | Power Atlanta

Workshop

Track 1

More Than Risk: Exploring Intimacy, Sexual Pleasure, and Autonomy for Lifetime Survivors

Alyssa Crawford, BS | Lifetime Survivors Network

iPoster

Track 3

Moving the Middle: A Masterclass in Media, Storytelling, and Narrative Change for HIV Advocacy (NEW)

Dr. Elijah Nicholas, DBA | The Global Trans Equity Project

iPoster

Track 5

My STEPS to Care: Evaluation of the Feasibility, Acceptability, and Appropriateness of STEPS to Care to Support HIV Care Engagement

Temitope Oke, PhD, LGSW | Us Helping Us People Into Living Inc.

Workshop

Track 4

Network is Net Worth: The Power of Community Among Lifetime Survivors

Alyssa Crawford, BS | Lifetime Survivors Network

iPoster

Track 2

NightWave: A Novel Population Specific HIV Prevention Model Integrating Community Mapping, Social Psychology, and Clinical Care to Increase PrEP Uptake

Youssef Motii, PhD, PA-C | Oceana Community Health Inc

Workshop

Track 1

No Wrong Door: Re-Engaging People Living with HIV Through Integrated Social Service Pathways

David Closs, MPH | Friends for All

Workshop

Track 3

No! Why Don’t YOU Disclose? — Assessing the Burden and Desires to Share Your Serostatus

Juan Michael Porter II, N/A | Positive Women's Network and U.S. People Living With HIV Caucus

iPoster

Track 1

One Encounter, Multiple Prevention Opportunities: Integrating Naloxone Distribution into Community-Based HIV Testing

Shalonda Pellam, MPH | Carolinas CARE Partnership

iPoster

Track 5

One Message, Four Americas: Regional U=U Evidence for Policy and Scale-Up

Bethel Kebede, MPH | Prevention Access Campaign

Workshop

Track 2

Orientación y apoyo sobre PrEP para hombres MSM en Puerto Rico: Perspectivas de informantes clave (NUEVO)

Tahilin Sánchez Karver, doctora, máster en Salud Pública | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Workshop

Track 3

Our Stories Are Evidence: Building the Next Generation of HIV Leaders Through Storytelling and Mentorship

Julio Flores, N/A | Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago

Workshop

Track 3

Our Stories, Our Voices: Using Storytelling to Advance HIV Prevention, Reduce Stigma, and Elevate Black Women’s Voices

Lisa Frederick, BA | Black Women's Learning Institute

Workshop

Track 4

Our Way Forward: Engaging Staff, Patients, and Stakeholders to Create An Organizational Strategy to End the Syndemics—Regardless of Funding (NEW)

John Sapero, MIL | CAN Community Health

iPoster

Track 1

Overcoming Barriers to Care for HIV, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Hepatitis C Among People Who Inject Drugs

Cassandra Maybury, MSW | Vivent Health

iPoster

Track 6

Overview of the NIH Office of AIDS Research: Coordinating and Advancing the NIH HIV Research Agenda

Amber Wilson, MPH | NIH Office of AIDS Research

Workshop

Track 3

PAPI: The Power of Us

Jose Aguilar, N/A | AGUILAR SALUD

Workshop

Track 6

Passing the Torch Without Dropping the Flame: Intergenerational Leadership, Storytelling, and Knowledge Transfer in the HIV Movement

Jason Ivan, Amber Black, Prater, David, NA | The Golden Circle

Workshop

Track 2

Paying for PrEP: Understanding State and Federal Legal Protections and What You Can Do (NEW)

Aliyah Ali, MPH | Courage Forward Strategies

iPoster

Track 2

Persistent HIV Disparities Among Hispanic/Latine Communities in Urban New Jersey: A Community-Based Retrospective Review

Christian Mendez-Baez, MD, MA | North Jersey Community Research Initiative (NJCRI)

Institute

Track 5

PLWH Can Guide HIV Prevention Research: Analytical Treatment Interruption Studies for Preventive Vaccine Development and an HIV Cure

Gail Broder, MHS | HIV Vaccine Trials Network

Institute

Track 2

Poner fin a la era de la invisibilidad: Diseñar un plan de acción local para revertir la crisis delVIH entre la población latina de los EE. UU.

Vincent Guilamo-Ramos, PhD, MPH, MS, LCSW, RN, ANP-BC, PMHNP-BC, FAAN | Centro para la Salud de los Adolescentes Latinos y sus Familias (CLAFH), Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

Workshop

Track 3

Por qué la adicción debe formar parte de la discusón: el uso del programa «Chasing» para abordar el consumo de metanfetamina y el VIH en las comunidades latinas

Hilda Sandoval, PhD., LMFT | Self

iPoster

Track 1

Positive Self-Management: An Empowering, Holistic, Whole-Person Program for People Living with HIV/AIDS age 50 and Beyond

Patrick Piper, CACII | California Prevention Training Center

Workshop

Track 5

Post-Election Advocacy Training Federal Edition: Political Scenario Interactive Session

Laurie Rubiner, JD | Rubiner Strategies

Workshop

Track 6

Power, Not Participation: Reclaiming MIPA for the Next Generation of HIV Leadership

Marcus Stanley, MPH, MCHES | Cornerstone Strategy and Advisory, LLC.

Workshop

Track 5

Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Services Across US HIV Service Organizations: Findings from a National Survey

Brandon Watanabe, BS | Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Workshop

Track 2

PrEP as a Poverty Issue: Rethinking HIV Prevention Through an Economic Justice Lens

AJ Abrams, PrEP Navigator | St. John's Community Health – Los Angeles, CA

Workshop

Track 2

PrEP Navigation and Support for MSM in Puerto Rico: Perspectives from Key Informants (NEW)

Tahilin Sanchez Karver, PhD, MPH | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Workshop

Track 1

PrEP, Pages, and People: Brothers Who Read as Black LGBTQ+ HIV Prevention and Whole-Person Care

Brian Ragas, BA, PGDip | San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Workshop

Track 3

Preserving Trans Power: Increasing Trans Leadership in the HIV Workforce

Terra Campbell, Associate Director of Community Relations & Outreach( Dept of Population Health at Howard Brown Health) Currently enrolled no BA in process. | Howard Brown Health

iPoster

Track 1

Project TRANSition: 2 Weeks to Change a Lifetime

Soleil Rodriguez, B.A. | San Francisco Community Health Center

Workshop

Track 1

Promoviendo la confianza: un modelo de coalición latinx en la lucha contra el VIH lideradopor la comunidad para la salud integral de la persona

Michael Alonso, MSc | Alanova Solutions

iPoster

Track 7

Pruebas combinadas de detección de VIH y hepatitis C en el Sistema de Salud de Puerto Rico (NUEVO)

Dra. Ruth Moro, máster en Salud Pública | Centros para el Control y la Prevención de Enfermedades / División de Prevención del VIH / Sección de Desarrollo e Implementación de Programas

Workshop

Track 2

Race Does NOT Equal Risk: Dismantling Race-Based Medicine to Close the HIV Care Gap

Louis Shackelford, MPH | HIV Vaccine Trials Network

Workshop

Track 6

Radical Philanthropy: Dandelions Funding Dandelions (NEW)

Antoinette Jones, Co-Executive Director | Dandelions, Inc.

Workshop

Track 1

Rapid Human Immunodeficiency Virus Linkage and Treatment in a Community-Based Whole-Person Health System

Darya Fridman, B.A. | The LGBTQ+ Center of Southern Nevada

Workshop

Track 2

Re-Centering Community: From Development to Operationalization – Population-Specific Needs Assessments to Strengthen Public Health Systems and Response

Matthew Helton, N/A | NASTAD

Institute

Track 4

Re-Imagining Ending the HIV Epidemic through Braided, Blended, and Sequential Funding

Aunsha Hall-Everett, MA, EdD | California Prevention Training Center

Workshop

Track 6

Ready for Business? A Partnership Playbook for HIV Organizations

Steven Levine, MBA | U.S. Business Action to End HIV

Workshop

Track 5

Reaffirming the Policy and Health Impacts of Harm Reduction Strategies in Times of Crisis

Zakiya Grubbs, MPH | NASTAD

Workshop

Track 3

Reflect & Reveal: Unmuted, Utilizing Storytelling to Amplify SGL Men of Color and the Importance of Comprehensive Sexual Health (NEW)

John Rowell, MPH | Alliance of AIDS Services – Carolina

Workshop

Track 2

Reimagining HIV Investment through a Multi-Sector Partnership Model

Candace Meadows, MPH | Emory COMPASS Coordinating Center, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University

Workshop

Track 4

Reimagining Mentorship for Gay Men in HIV: Building Culturally Responsive Leadership Pathways

Juan Pablo Zapata, PhD | Northwestern University and NMAC

iPoster

Track 1

Remote Diagnosis, Testing, Care & Prevention. Changing the Paradigm to Build Patient Centric Care Models in Public/Community Health

Nick Malhomme, BA, MA | Diagnostics (Dx) Your Way

iPoster

Track 5

Report from Women Living with HIV (WLWH) in San Diego: Community-Identified Research Priorities

Ellen Wu, MS | UCSD

Workshop

Track 6

Rising to Meet the Moment — Civil Resistance in Defense of Health, Democracy, and Human Dignity (NEW)

Toni Newman, PhD | NMAC Coalition for Justice and Equality Across Movements

iPoster

Track 1

Routinizing HIV Testing and Prevention Through Partnerships in the South Texas Border Region

Makayla Tey, MBA | University Health

Workshop

Track 2

Rx for Change: Mobilizing Pharmacies and Communities to Expand PrEP Access

Leisha McKinley-Beach, MPH | Black Public Health Academy

Institute

Track 3

Sanctuaries of Story: Faith, Storytelling, and Community Leadership in the HIV Movement at 45

Cary Goodman, DMin | The Balm In Gilead, Inc.

iPoster

Track 2

Se centra en la experiencia laboral como factor estructural que contribuye a lavulnerabilidad al VIH entre los hombres latinos inmigrantes de habla hispana de minoríassexuales.

Jahn Jaramillo, máster en Salud Pública, doctor | Universidad de Miami

iPoster

Track 1

See and Serve: A Syndemic Approach to MOUD, PrEP, and HIV Care in Black Communities

William King, MD, JD, FACP, AAHIVS | W King Health Care Group

Workshop

Track 3

See Us Trans: Elevating Trans Voices to Strengthen HIV Prevention and Community Connection

Kaniya Walker, Lead Community Engagement Coordinator | HAHSTA

iPoster

Track 1

Seen, Heard, Valued: Humanizing HIV Prevention and Care to Reduce Disengagement

Rodney Washington, EdD | Consulting Plus, LLC

iPoster

Track 3

Sex and Pleasure in the Time of Surveillance and Criminalization – An Intergenerational Conversation (NEW)

Kytara Epps, MPH | Center for HIV Law and Policy

Institute

Track 1

Sex Never Gets Old Cafe: Where pleasure is preferred, not deterred, particularly among older adults

Kenric Ware, PharmD | Mercer University College of Pharmacy

iPoster

Track 2

SHE MATTERS: Rebuilding HIV Prevention and Care Access for Black Communities in Mississippi Following Sexual Health Service Reductions

Mauda Monger, PhD, MPH | The SHE Project

Workshop

Track 3

Shifting the Paradigm: Deconstructing and Re-Storying HIV Narratives in Faith Communities

Stacy Smallwood, PhD, MPH | Faith COMPASS Center, Wake Forest University School of Divinity

iPoster

Track 5

SmartDaaS: Machine Learning Platform for HIV Treatment Interruption Prediction and Programme Intelligence in Sub-Saharan Africa

Lakshmi Kalyani Chinthala, MS, Independent Researcher | SmartDaaS — Independent Research

Workshop

Track 3

Son, Rise, Son, Shine– Faith, Stigma, and Self-Worth: Reimagining HIV Conversations in Black Communities

Gerald Garth, MBA | AMAAD Institute

Workshop

Track 5

Southern Tea: Community Voices Shaping HIV Solutions Across Georgia

Danielle Campbell, MPH, PhD | PrEP In Black America

iPoster

Track 6

Southern Tea: Community Voices Shaping HIV Solutions Across Georgia (NEW)

Daniel Driffin, MPH, DrPH | Public Health Innovation Lab (PHIL)

iPoster

Track 5

State Differences in LAI-PrEP Utilization in Medicaid by PrEP Clinic Density (2022 to 2024)

Vishakh Unnikrishnan, MPH | Georgetown University

Institute

Track 6

State of the South: Political Power as HIV Prevention in the U.S. South

Vienna Mbagaya, MPH | AIDS United

Workshop

Track 3

Stay Humble: Queerness and Social Systems

Felix Zeid, None | UNM Truman Health Services

Workshop

Track 3

Steeped in Care: A Creative Wellness Experience

Geneses Abril, MPH, MS | California Black Women's Health Project

Workshop

Track 3

Step Through History: From Interest to Initiative

Dexter Davis, BA, CHW | Urban League of Hampton Roads

iPoster

Track 5

Strategies to Sustain HIV Services in Resource-Constrained Settings: Findings from a Global Crowdsourcing Open Call

Progress Agboola, MD | INSPIRE

Workshop

Track 4

Strengthening Organizational Capacity through the Responsible and Ethical Integration of Artificial Intelligence for Program Evaluation (NEW)

Julio Arnaldo Rolon Mendez, DrPHc, MBA | Latino Commission on AIDS

Workshop

Track 4

Strengthening the HIV Workforce: Best Practices for Employing People Living with HIV

Mark Misrok, MS | National Working Positive Coalition

Workshop

Track 4

Strengthening Training Capacity Through Technical Assistance: Lessons from the Houston Health Department and CAI CBA Partnership

Julie Commisso, BS | Cicatelli Associates, Inc. (CAI)

iPoster

Track 3

Students Still Think You Can Get HIV from a Toilet Seat: What Campus Conversations Reveal About HIV/STI Education in 2026

Von Biggs, NA | Holy Cross Health & Broward County Health Services HIV Planning Council

Workshop

Track 4

Supporting Trans Leaders Within Cis-Led Organizations: Trauma-Informed Capacity Building

Jordan Olsen, BS in Public Health | Transgender Strategy Center

iPoster

Track 1

Surviving Twice: The Realities of HIV and Cancer Survivorship

Grissel Granados, MSW | UCI Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

iPoster

Track 5

Sustaining DREAMS: Translating HIV Prevention Evidence into Care for Adolescent Girls and Young Women

Catherine Quinto, MS | University of Illinois College of Medicine

Workshop

Track 1

Syndemic burdens among women require multilevel solutions! Mobile app technology and peer navigation for HIV care and mental health outcomes

Jamila K. Stockman, PhD, MPH | University of California, San Diego

iPoster

Track 7

Syndemic HIV and Hepatitis C Testing in the Puerto Rico System (NEW)

Ruth Moro, MD, MPH | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention / Division of HIV Prevention / Program Development and Implementation Branch

Workshop

Track 1

Syndemics in Action: Training the HIV Workforce for What’s Next (NEW)

Alexandra Bonnet, LMSW | JSI

iPoster

Track 5

TB-HIV Co-Infection Burden and Health System Response Gaps in Nigeria: A State-Level Analysis

Asha Odo, MPH | Meharry Medical College – School of Global Health

Workshop

Track 7

Testing for Everyone: Reaching Every Age, Every Community, Every Opportunity (NEW)

Keith Rawlings, MD; Nada Fadul, MD; Tamara McCants, PharmD | University of Nebraska Medical Center; National Pharmaceutical Association; National Medical Association

iPoster

Track 2

Testing on Her Terms: Reducing HIV Stigma Through Free Self-Test Distribution for Black Women

Nakesha Powell, MPA | The Black Women's Health Imperative

Workshop

Track 3

The 2026 State of HIV Stigma: Community Storytelling, Media, and Action

DaShawn Usher, BS | Mobilizing Our Brothers Initiative (MOBI)

Workshop

Track 6

The 5 Senses of Advocacy: Building the Next Generation of HIV Leaders

Haneen Elfaki, MPH | Emory COMPASS Center at the Emory Centers for Training and Technical Assistance

Workshop

Track 4

The Architecture of Resilience: How SFAF’s Strategy Team is Strengthening Organizational Capacity to End the HIV Epidemic

Maria Martens, MSW | San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Workshop

Track 3

The Body Speaks in Stories: Illness and Individuation in the Human Experience

Joseph SOLIS, MA | EL ESPACIO QUE TE DOY

Workshop

Track 1

The co-occurring impact of violence and mental health on long-acting injectable PrEP adherence among gender and sexual identity diverse patients

Robert Pitts, MD, Sahnah Lim, PhD, Brandi Moore, PhD, Jason Felder, MPH, Maria Medvedchikova, MPH, Ofole Mgbako, MD, MS | NYU Langone Health and Health + Hospitals/Bellevue

Workshop

Track 5

The Development of Localized Social Media Campaigns to Increase Registry Engagement in Early-Phase HIV Prevention Clinical Trials

Michele Andrasik, PhD, EdM | HIV Vaccine Trials Network; Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Division

Institute

Track 6

The Future Is Ballroom: Community-Led Lessons for the HIV Movement

Jennifer Lee, PhD, MPH | House Lives Matter

Workshop

Track 6

The Future of the HIV Movement: Leadership, Innovation, and the Next Generation of Activists

Julio Roman, AA | Pacific Pride Foundation

Institute

Track 3

The HIV in Entertainment Playbook: Community-Led Storytelling to Reduce Stigma and Shift Culture

DaShawn Usher, BS | Mobilizing Our Brothers Initiative (MOBI)

Institute

Track 2

The Impulse Engage-Support-Connect Model: Elevating Social Advocacy, Health Literacy, and Advancing the HIV Care Continuum for Gay Men

Jammie Hopkins, DrPH, MS, MSCR | Morehouse School of Medicine

iPoster

Track 5

The Informed Decision-Making Toolkit: Exploring the implementation of the policy, community, clinic triad.

Alyssa Crawford, BS | Lifetime Survivors Network

Workshop

Track 4

The Journey Toward a Trauma-Informed HIV Organization

Heather Lusk, LCSW | Hawaii Health & Harm Reduction Center

iPoster

Track 1

The Lifing Framework: Centering Black Men’s Wholeness in HIV Prevention, Care, and Healing

DeAndre Pickett, Ed.D., Ph.D. | NAESM, Inc.

Institute

Track 6

The Louisiana Coalition on Criminalization and Health: Building and Sustaining a Movement to Decriminalize HIV in the South

Jazmine Carroll, MPH | The Louisiana Coalition on Criminalization and Health (LCCH)

Institute

Track 5

THE NATIONAL HISPANIC/LATINE HEALTH LEADERSHIP NETWORK PRESENT AT USCHA 2026 Hispanic/Latine Health Leadership Institute

Rosy Mota, MPA | Latino Commission on AIDS

Workshop

Track 7

The Next Era of HIV Care: Long-Acting Therapies, Cure Science, and What’s on the Horizon (NEW)

David Hardy, MD | University of Southern California

iPoster

Track 4

The Pinocchio Effect: Organizational Transformation as a Strategy for Sustainable HIV Services

Tori Placona, MA | Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health

Workshop

Track 6

The Power of Mapping & Mobile Outreach

Tamara Oyola-Santiago, MA, MPH, MCHES | Bronx Móvil

Workshop

Track 3

The Power of Presence: Lived Experience and the Future of HIV Leadership (NEW)

David "Jax" Kelly, JD, MPH, MBA | Aging and HIV Institute

iPoster

Track 5

The Power of Prevention: HIV Housing Investments Are Associated with Fewer New HIV Diagnoses

Matthew Patterson, MSW, MNM | Broward House

iPoster

Track 1

The Price of Invisibility: Addressing the Overlooked HIV Epidemic in Latino Communities

Bryan Orellana, MA | Hyacinth AIDS Foundation

Workshop

Track 6

The San Francisco Model of HIV Care: A Guide for All Aging Services (Finding Meaning and Purpose Beyond Present Circumstances)

Vincent Crisostomo, Not Applicable | San Francisco AIDS Foundation

Workshop

Track 3

The Sound of Healing Experience

Jason Clanton, MPH | Howard Brown Health

iPoster

Track 1

The South Got Something to Say: Building BIPOC HIV Prevention in New Orleans

Glenis Scott, Jr., MPH | CrescentCare, The S.H.E.R. Lab

iPoster

Track 3

The Story of Us: How the HIV Criminalization Modernization Movement in Louisiana has Evolved

Jazmine Carroll, MPH | The Louisiana Coalition on Criminalization and Health

Workshop

Track 7

Thriving as We Age: Building Resilience, Function, and Quality of Life with HIV (NEW)

Wanda Brendle-Moss, RN, Gregory Curtis, Larry Bryant, Rutha Grace

Workshop

Track 1

Transforming HIV Systems of Care: Washington DC’s Integrated Whole-Person Ryan White Program Model

Ashley Price, MS, CPH | DC Department of Health

Workshop

Track 2

Transforming She’s Well into Mahogany Blue: Reimagining a CDC PrEP Campaign to Create an Intentional, Equity-Centered PrEP Provider Toolkit

Kyra (MHAC) Sanders, MSW | MDHHS

Workshop

Track 2

Transportation as Access: Using Geospatial Mapping to Visualize Service Deserts for PLHIV Across the Southern United States

Marija Pritchard, MPH, MTS | Emory University's COMPASS Coordinating Center (ECCC)

Workshop

Track 5

Turning Local Evidence into HIV Impact: Lessons from Community-Led Policy and Implementation Research

Richard Mounde, Mr | Rescue Hope International

Institute

Track 3

U = YOU: Undetectable But Visible—Storytelling, Media, Leadership, and the Future of the HIV Movement

Maliek Powell, HIV Advocate, Media Producer, Community Educator | MIB Production House, LLC / Independent HIV Advocate

iPoster

Track 4

Un plan de formación en línea entre pares para reforzar la capacidad de las organizacionescomunitarias de base (CBO) para involucrar a hombres latinos MSM en la prevención y laatención del VIH

Jane Lee, PhD, LMSW | University of Southern California

Institute

Track 4

Unbreakable Advocates: Combating Attrition and Fighting for Health Equity in a Hostile Environment (NEW)

Chauncey McGlathery, JD | American Academy of HIV Medicine

Workshop

Track 5

Undetectable Pussy: Turning Evidence into HIV Justice and Bodily Autonomy

Antoinette Jones, Co-Executive Director | Dandelions, Inc.

Workshop

Track 2

Unequal Conditions, Unequal Outcomes: Social Determinants of Health and Viral Suppression Among People Living with HIV in New York State

Lilian Lee, MPH | New York State Department of Health, AIDS Institute

Workshop

Track 4

United and Unbreakable: Advancing Black Women’s Leadership, Organizations, and Communities in the HIV Response

Shauna R. Cooper, MPH | Ribbon – A Center of Excellence

Workshop

Track 3

United and Unbreakable: Advancing Inclusive HIV Criminalization Reform Across the African Diaspora (NEW)

Waheerdah Shabazz-El, CMHS | The Reunion Project

iPoster

Track 1

United and Unbreakable: Building Hands-On Community Skills to Promote Person-Centered Care for Older Adult Women Living with HIV

Eugenia Rogers, MLS | Duke CFAR- Collaborative Community Council (D3C)

iPoster

Track 5

United and Unbreakable: Systematic Review and Conceptual Mapping of HIV-Related Stigma Measures in Clinical and Community Settings

Kwanza Price, MPH | Gilead Sciences, Inc., Foster City, CA, USA

Workshop

Track 5

Us Against the System – Keeping People with HIV Covered Despite Medicaid Work Requirements

Rachel Klein, MA | The AIDS Institute

Workshop

Track 5

Using HIV Modeling Tools to Inform Funding, Policy, and Program Decisions

Patrick Sullivan, DVM, PhD | AIDSVu

iPoster

Track 2

Using the Science to Meet the Patient Where They Are; Patients Are Not Algorithms

Immirne Monet Ouwinga, MD | CCI Health and Wellness

iPoster

Track 6

Utilizing a Traditional Board Game to Facilitate Sex Education Among Youth (NEW)

Ayanna McIntosh, PharmD | National Pharmaceutical Association

iPoster

Track 2

Utilizing Electronic Health Records in the Emergency Department to Re-Engage Patients Lost to Follow Up in HIV Care

David Hudon, MPH | Prisma Health

iPoster

Track 5

Viral Suppression Among Rural and Urban People Living with HIV in Wyoming

Sarah Hendricks, MPH | Wyoming Department of Health

Workshop

Track 4

Vital Signs: Assessing Organizational Health and Mitigating Trauma in Mission-Driven Nonprofit Spaces (NEW)

Shawnte' Spriggs, M.A., M.S. | Impel Coaching and Consulting LLC

Workshop

Track 4

Voces Latinas: A Field Guide Built from Frontline Voices for Sustaining Latino/a/x HIV Care Under Pressure

Carlos Saldana, MD | Emory University School of Medicine

iPoster

Track 2

We Don’t Have a Health Equity Problem. We Have a Power Problem

Von Biggs, NA | Community Advocate, NHAAN Policy & Advocacy Co-Chair, Broward Regional Health Planning Council, EHE Committee

iPoster

Track 1

Wealth, Worth & Wellness: Financial Empowerment for People Living with HIV 50+

Arlene Frames, Peer Navigator Consultant | Positive Women's Network USA

Workshop

Track 4

What We Weren’t Taught: Building HIV Organizations That Can Survive the Future

MARSHA JONES, Dr | Women's Health & Evolutionary Wellness

Workshop

Track 6

When a Sexologist and an Infectious Disease Researcher Walk Into a Room: Reimagining Sexual Health Conversations for Black Women

Marissa Robinson, DrPH, MPH, RPCV | Real Health Impact, LLC

iPoster

Track 1

When Access Is Not Enough: Gaps Between Healthcare Access and HIV Prevention Engagement in High-Burden Mississippi Communities

Pablo Williams, Jr., MPH | The University of Mississippi Medical Center

Workshop

Track 1

When Perceived Safety Masks Prevention Need: Whole-Person HIV/STI Prevention for Women in Maryland EHE Jurisdictions

Brenice Duroseau, PhD, MSN, FNP-C, RNC-OB, AAHIVS | Duke University

iPoster

Track 5

When Prevention Systems Shift: Temporal Trends in PrEP Awareness and Uptake During Policy and Service Delivery Disruptions in Metro Atlanta

Jacqueline Hill-Brown, DrPH, MSPH, MBA | Empowerment Resource Center, Inc.

Workshop

Track 2

When the Narrative Becomes the Environment: Immigration Fear and the HIV Care Continuum

Will Ramirez, MPA | Southern AIDS Coalition

Workshop

Track 3

Who Advocates for Her? Centering Women’s Leadership, Care, and Collective Healing in the HIV Response (NEW)

Alicia Diggs, BSW, MPH, PhD | UNC-CFAR/WOCRU

Workshop

Track 7

Whole-Person HIV Care: Integrating Behavioral Health, Substance Use, and Social Support

Sandy Springer, MD | Yale School of Medicine

Workshop

Track 3

Why Addiction Needs to Be Part of the Conversation: Using Chasing to Address Meth Use and HIV in Latinx Communities

Hilda Sandoval, PhD., LMFT | Self

iPoster

Track 3

Women Talking: Lessons Learned from Co-Facilitating a Community-Based Wellness and Leadership Retreat for Black Women

Phronie Jackson, PhD, MPH | WALK Ward 5 Health Coalition

iPoster

Track 1

Workshop: Al Mal Tiempo, Buena Cara/Receiving Challenging Time with Good Attitude

Sebastian Jorge Zepeda, LCSW, MPH | San Francisco AIDS Foundation – Latinx Health Services

iPoster

Track 3

Youth at the Table: Strengthening HIV Prevention Through Coalition Building and Youth Leadership in Memphis

Karrie Reed, MPH | St. Jude Children's Research Hospital