10th Annual Women as the Face of AIDS Summit Program

Thank you for a fabulous 2015 Summit!  Downloadable versions of most presentations will be online by May 15, 2015.

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CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST in the Fellowship Hall

WELCOME REMARKS, Ingrid Floyd, Iris House Executive Director in the Main Sanctuary

UPDATE ON WOMEN, GIRLS AND HIV, Gina Brown, M.D., National Institutes of HEalth

ENDING AIDS BY 2020: THE GOVERNMENT RESPONSE, Demetre Daskalakis, M.D., M.P.H., NYC Department of Health, Assistant Commissioner for HIV/AIDS; Dan O'Connell, Director, New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute, other speakers TBA

BREAKOUT SESSION ONE  (Click on the title to open a .pdf description of each title)

Food is Medicine and Prevention: The Importance of Good Nutrition in Treatment and Policy; Lisa Zullig, MS,RDN,CSG,CDN, Director of Nutrition Services, God’s Love We Deliver and Alissa Wassung, Director of Policy & Planning, God’s Love We Deliver

Impact of Age on Retention in HIV Care; Jeffrey M. Birnbaum, MD, MPH SUNY Downstate Medical Center, HEAT Program;  Betsy Eastwood, PhD, Brooklyn College and CUNY School of Public Health; and  Jennifer E. Lee, MPH, Executive Deputy Director, HEAT Program

Keepin’ it 100 with My Lady Parts; Jessica Samboy, Health Educator, BOOM! Health

Maintaining a Successful Partnership to Promote HIV Prevention Education; Audria Russell, Iris House; Debra Bosier, Iris House and Michael Spadoola, Irvington High School

Nothing About Us without Us: An Introduction to Advocacy by and for Women Living with HIV; Asha Molock and Olivia Ford, Positive Women's Network – USA

Project SHaRE (Safety Harm Reduction for Everyone) Learning Skills For A Healthier Life;  Keirstin Zahirovice, LMSW, Social Worker, Project SHaRE, Mount Sinai Beth Israel and Dina Franchi, LCSW, Social Work Manager, Peter Krueger Clinic, Mount Sinai Beth Israel

The Hidden Bars of the HIV Health Care Continuum; Martha Cameron MPH, Policy & Advocacy Manager, The Women's Collective and other speakers

BREAKOUT SESSION TWO  (Click on the title to open a .pdf description of each title)

HIV and AIDS: a Woman's Perspective; Cynthia Taylor, Board Member / Peer Navigator, Iris House and Maria D. Nogueira Harm Reduction Counselor, Iris House

Eliminating Stigma from the Language of HIV Communications; Vickie Lynn, MSW, MPH, Doctoral Student/Instructor,  University of South Florida and Valerie Wojeciechowicz,  Speaker, Facilitator, Peer Navigator, Trainer and Advocate

Merge, Grow ...we are here to stay; Martha Cameron MPH, Policy & Advocacy Manager, The Women's Collective and other speakers

Panel Discussion on the Intersection of HIV and Domestic Violence: Cross Training Advocates; Deloris Dockrey, Chair, ICW NA and Karen Marcinczyk, Regional Coordinator, ICW NA, and other speakers

Starting from the Bottom, Now we are Here: Technology and the Future of HIV Prevention; Fay Barrett, M.P.H., Director of Support Services and Peter Freeman, M.P.H., Senior Director of Chronic Disease & Population Health, William F. Ryan Community Health Network

Where Do Women with HIV Fit in the Reproductive Justice Movement? Claire Caldwell, Vice President, Center for Reproductive Rights Young Professionals Alliance and Emma Kaywin, Program Manager of Development, Communications, and Peer Programs, Institute for Advanced Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System

You Are Here: A Multi-media Presentation of Women's Ongoing Contribution to the HIV/AIDS Movement; Theodore Kerr, organizer and writer

LUNCHEON CELEBRATION, Honoring Ten Women Who've Made an Impact on HIV/AIDS, in the Fellowship Hall

BREAKOUT SESSION THREE  (Click on the title to open a .pdf description of each title)

Engaging Women Who Have Sex With Women: Our Vision and Model Approach to Ending AIDS by 2020; Ofelia Barrios, Iris House, Antionettea Etienne, Iris House, Stephanie Zapata, Iris House and Gabby Santos, In Our Own Voices, Inc.

Findings from the SHAPE (Sexual Health and Aging Program) Pilot Study; Tonya N. Taylor, PhD., M.S., Michelle Llopez, Yolanda Diaz, Russelle Miller-Hill, CASAC-T, CCAR, Patricia McNeill Shelton and other speakers

Helping Women Understand HIV: The Results of a National HIV Health Literacy Project for HIV Workers at ASO and CBSs who Serve Women Living with HIV; Vanessa Johnson, National Women's AIDS Collective

"Our Bodies Is So Totally Different":  Stories of HIV Positive Women over 50; Chelsea Miller, GMHC Community Coordinator and Avodah Fellow, Sarah Glasser, Harlem United Treatment Adherence Specialist - Access To Care and Women of the Action Center Members

PrEP and Women: Join the Fight!; Oni Blackstock, MD, MHS  Assistant Professor of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of  Medicine,   Kimberleigh J. Smith, MPA  Vice President, Policy and Advocacy, Harlem United and Terri L. Wilder, MSW  Director, HIV/AIDS Education and Training, Mt. Sinai Institute for Advanced Medicine,  Spencer Cox for Health

The Intimacy Project: Bringing Sexy Back through Condom Decoration; Emma Kaywin, Program Manager of Development, Communications, and Peer Program, Institute for Advanced Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System

Women Leadership Workshop: Meeting with your Legislators; Deloris Dockrey, Director of Community Organizing, Hyacinth AIDS Foundation and other speakers


POSTER PRESENTATIONS and NETWORKING RECEPTION in the Fellowship Hall