Public Health Laboratories
455 1st Avenue
Between 26th and 27th Streets
New York City
All Special Session Participants and Members of the Public are Welcome!
Schedule of Activities |
Monday, June 25 |
9:00 - 10:00 | Breakfast Reception (Provided by the New York City Department of Health) |
10:00 - 10:30 | Welcome (Dr. Neal L. Cohen, Commissioner of Health, and others) |
10:30 - 12:30 | Forum: Monitoring an Urban HIV/AIDS Epidemic (Using case surveillance, targeted serosurveys, cohort studies, and other methods to create a dynamic picture of a complex urban epidemic) |
12:30 - 2:00 | Lunch (Provided) |
2:00 - 4:00 | Forum: Use of Surveillance and Epidemiologic Data for Program Planning (How data can form the groundwork for resource allocation, intervention design, and governmental-community collaborations) |
Tuesday, June 26 |
9:00 - 9:30 | Continental Breakfast (Provided by 1199 SEIU Civil Services Division) |
9:30 - 11:00 | Forum: Models of HIV Counseling, Testing, and Partner Notification (Governmental and community models for encouraging members of high-risk population groups to learn their HIV status and seek care) |
11:30 - 1:00 | Forum: Diagnostic and Laboratory Issues (A public health department's role in providing HIV diagnostic services, with a focus on identifying and providing clinically-useful information on variant HIV strains) |
1:00 - 2:30 | Lunch (Provided by The Civil Service Technical Guild Local 375-DC37) |
2:30 - 4:30 | Forum: Addressing HIV in the Context of Co-Morbidities (Coordinated interventions addressing HIV, STD and TB cross-risks and co-infection) |
Wednesday, June 27 |
9:00 - 9:30 | Continental Breakfast |
9:30 - 11:30 | Forum: Models of HIV Prevention (Community-based intervention models used in New York City, including peer education, prevention case management, and harm reduction) |
12:00 - 2:00 | Lunch (Provided by NYC HIV Prevention Planning Group) |
2:00 - 4:00 | Forum: Models for Governmental/Community Collaboration in HIV Program Planning (How government agencies and community representatives plan for HIV prevention, care and treatment in New York City) |
9:00 - 4:30 each day | Tabling by New York City Department of Health programs (Materials and resources on HIV prevention and treatment, STD and TB treatment, HIV/AIDS surveillance and epidemiology, and diagnostic services) |
Tours of the New York City Department of Health laboratories, sexually transmitted disease clinics, and tuberculosis clinics will be available.
AdvertisementFor additional information, call Amado Punsalang at (212) 447-2864.