Women as the Face of AIDS

Friday May 4^th, 2012 and Saturday, May 5^th, 2012

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Online registration will be closed on May 1^st.

Friday, May 4^th, 2012

8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, New York, NY  10029

The opening plenary speaker, Dr. Jessica Justman will provide us with Update on Women, Girls and HIV.

Dr. Jessica Justman's work at the Mailman School is focused on the University Technical Assistance Program (UTAP), which supports HIV care and treatment in four East African countries. UTAP is part of the School's International Center for AIDS Care and Treatment Programs (ICAP), and provides technical assistance in health systems development and HIV programs, such as linking TB and HIV care. Dr. Justman is also Associate Director of CIDER** and supervises doctoral students in their research. Prior to joining the Mailman School faculty, Dr. Jessica Justman was an infectious disease attending at Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center for 10 years, where she gained extensive clinical experience in HIV, TB, and other infectious diseases in an inner-city setting. Dr. Justman has been involved in various clinical research studies. She was the principal investigator of the Bronx-Lebanon HIV Prevention Trials Network (www.HPTN.org) site, which completed two preliminary safety studies of vaginal microbicides in New York. Dr. Justman will continue her work with the HPTN as co-chair of an extended safety microbicide study which will enroll women from the Bronx and from India. Since 1994, Dr. Justman also has worked with the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS http://statepiaps.jhsph.edu/wihs) an ongoing, study of over 2,700 HIV-infected women from six urban sites in the U.S. She has been interested in the metabolic side-effects of HIV and published the first prospective study on the association between protease inhibitors and the incidence of diabetes. She has also co-authored several other recent publications on metabolic side-effects and HIV.

Stay for a luncheon and keynote address featuring Dr. Gail Wyatt, internationally renowned psychologist, sex therapist, one of the world’s leading researchers on the behavior of sero-discordant couples and the developer of the first intervention designed for self identified heterosexual partnerships.

What’s Love Got to Do With It: The Socio-Cultural Context of Women’s HIV Prevention 

Dr. Wyatt is a clinical psychologist, sex therapist and professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA. She was an NIMH Research Scientist Career Development Awardee for 17 years. Her research examines the consensual and abusive sexual relationships of women and men, the effects of these experiences on their psychological well-being, and the cultural context of risks for sexually-transmitted diseases and HIV. She has conducted national and international research since 1980, funded by the National Institutes of Mental Health, the National Institute of Drug Abuse, state and private foundations. The recipient of numerous awards, Dr. Wyatt has to her credit more than 110 journal articles and book chapters, and has co-edited or written five books, including Stolen Women: Reclaiming our Sexuality, Taking Back Our Lives and No More Clueless Sex: 10 Secrets to a Sex Life That Works for Both of You. Dr. Wyatt is an Associate Director of the UCLA AIDS Institute and coordinates a core of behavioral scientists who consult with other researchers to recruit underserved populations and conduct research that effectively incorporates socio-cultural factors into HIV/AIDS research. Dr. Wyatt has received numerous awards and honors for her scientific accomplishments, mentoring, and teaching. She has also testified before the United States Congress eight times on issues related to health policy. She was the first African-American woman to be licensed as a psychologist in the state of California.

Saturday, May 5^th, 2012

10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Community Health Fair, Presentations and Workshops on HIV 101, Hep C and more!
Testing and Screening!  Prizes and Raffles! DJs from Hot 97 and the Street Team! Teen Summit!

On the Plaza at the Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. State Office Building
163 West 125th Street, New York, NY  10027