A Biobehavioral Approach to HIV Management and Prevention
Among Adolescents and Young Women
Thursday, May 9, 2013
14th Floor, Biomedical Research Building II/III, 421 Curie Blvd., 19104
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8:30 – 8:50 a.m.
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:50 – 9:00 a.m.
Welcome :
Jim Hoxie, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Director of Penn CFAR
Anne Teitelman, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN, School of Nursing
Cori Schreiber, M.D., MPH, School of Medicine
Introduction of Keynote Speaker: by Loretta Sweet Jemmott
9:00 – 9:40 a.m.
Judith Auerbach, Ph.D.
Independent Science & Policy Consultant, San Francisco, CA
Adjunct Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Optimizing Research on Women and HIV: Some Interdisciplinary Priorities
Rapporteur: Amanda Webb
Panel 1: Biological strategies for HIV prevention: Innovations and challenges in implementation.
Moderator: Anne Teitelman
Rapporteur: Timothy Sowicz
9:45 – 9:55 a.m.
Cynthia Mollen, M.D., MSCE
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Scientific
Director of PolicyLab, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Expedited Partner Therapy
9:55 – 10:05 a.m.
Courtney Schreiber, M.D., MPH
Assistant Professor of OB/GYN, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Empowering Women to Protect Themselves: Microbicides and Family Planning
10:05 – 10:15 a.m.
Sarah Wood, M.D. FAAP
Lead Investigator, Project PrEPare, ATN 110, Attending Physician, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Bridging the Gaps: Encorporating PrEP into HIV Prevention for Heterosexual Women
Q&A
10:25- 10:40
BREAK
Panel 2: Behavioral strategies for HIV prevention: Individual and social determinants of HIV prevention
behaviors.
Moderator: Cori Schreiber
Rapporteur: Dare Henry-Moss
10:40 – 10:50 a.m. Loretta Sweet Jemmott, PhD, RN, FAAN
van Amerigen Professor in Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Director, Center for Health Equity
Research, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
Designing and Evaluating Evidenced-Based HIV Prevention Interventions for African
American Female Adolescents: Challenges and New Questions
10:50 – 11:00 a.m.
Anne Teitelman, PhD, FNP-BC, FAANP, FAAN
Patricia Bleznak Silverstein and Howard A. Silverstein Endowed Term Chair in Global Women’s Health,
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
HIV Prevention Adherence: Challenges and Opportunities among Adolescent Girls and
Young Women
11:00 – 11: 10 a.m.
Bridgette M. Brawner, PhD, APRN
Assistant Professor of Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
The Social and Structural Context of HIV Risk
Q&A
Panel 3: Community strategies for HIV prevention.
Moderator: Rashidah Abdul-Khabeer
11:20 – 11:30 a.m. TJ Ghose, Ph.D.
Rapporteur: Grace Olamijulo
Assistant Professor, School of Social Policy and Practice, University of Pennsylvania
11:30 – 11:40 a.m.
David Metzger, Ph.D.
Research Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania
11:40 – 11:50 a.m.
Jasmine Oglesby, MSW; and Erica Smith, MEd.
Adolescent Case Managers, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Preventing Sexually Transmitted Disease Acquisition among High Risk Youth
Q&A
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.
LUNCH: Working Groups
Working Group #1 (Biological strategies)
Moderator: Annet Davis-Vogel
Rapporteur: Timothy Sowicz
Working Group #2 (Behavioral strategies)
Moderator: Nadia Dowshen
Rapporteur: Dare Henry-Moss
Working Group #3 (Community strategies)
Moderator: Rashidah Abdul-Khabeer
Rapporteur: Grace Olamijulo
Panel 4: Biological approaches for HIV treatment: Innovations and challenges in implementation.
Moderator: Loretta Sweet Jemmott
Rapporteur: Susan Wilson
1:00 – 1:10 p.m.
Carrie Kovarik, M.D.
Associate Professor of Dermatology, Director of Telemedicine and Informatics Program, BotswanaUPenn Partnership
Innovative Approach to Cervical Cancer Prevention in Women with HIV
1:10 – 1:20 p.m.
Laura Bamford, M.D., MSCE
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine; Staff Physician, The
Jonathan Lax Treatment Center
Barriers to Adherence Among HIV Positive Young African American Women
1:20 – 1:30 p.m.
Karam Mounzer, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine of Medicine/ID at Penn, Medical Director of Philadelphia
FIGHT, The Jonathan Lax Treatment Center
Safe Conception in HIV Serodiscordant Couples
Q&A
Panel 5: Behavioral issues in HIV Treatment: Adherence innovations and challenges.
Moderator: Bridgette Brawner
Rapporteur: Chelsea Quintus
1:40 – 1:50 p.m.
Nadia Dowshen, M.D., FAAP, AAHIVS
Director of Adolescent HIV Services, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children's Hospital of
Philadelphia; Faculty, PolicyLab; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania
Using Mobile Technology and Social Media to Improve HIV Treatment, Testing, and
Prevention among Youth
1:50 – 2:00 p.m.
Elizabeth Lowenthal, M.D., MSCE, FAAP, AAHIVS
Attending Physician, Special Immunology Family Care Center; Faculty, Center for Pediatric Clinical
Effectiveness and Global Health, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
and Epidemiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Adherence: Voices of HIV+ Adolescent Females in Botswana: Thoughts on Adherence
2:00 – 2:10 p.m.
Robert Gross, M.D., MSCE
Associate Professor of Medicine (ID) and Epidemiology; Senior Scholar, Center for Clinical
Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Co-Director, CFAR Clinical Core; Perelman School of Medicine,
University of Pennsylvania
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy: are women better (or worse) than men?
Q&A
2:20 – 2:30 p.m.
BREAK
Panel 6: Community issues for young women living with HIV.
Moderator: Nadia Dowshen
Rapporteur: Janaiya Reason
2:30 – 2:40 p.m.
Angela Norris, CRNP
Provider, Adolescent Initiative, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Clinical Perspective on Challenges and Opportunities among Young Women Living with
HIV
2:40 – 2:50 p.m.
Rashidah Abdul-Khabeer, RN, MHS, Ph.D.
Director, HIV Services at Family Planning Council
Q&A
3:00 – 3:45 p.m.
Working Groups to discuss afternoon panel discussions
Working Group #4 (Biological approaches)
Moderator: Cori Schreiber
Rapporteur: Susan Wilson
Working Group #5 (Behavioral issues)
Moderator: Loretta Sweet Jemmott
Rapporteur: Chelsea Quintus
Working Group #6 (Community issues)
Moderator: Bridgette Brawner
Rapporteur: Janaiya Reason
3:45 – 4:15 p.m.
Summary; Wrap Up Session; Action Items
Moderators: Anne Teitelman, Cori Schreiber and Judy Auerbach
Rapporteur: Amanda Webb
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Sponsors:
Penn Center for AIDS Research
The Center for Health Equity Research of the School of Nursing