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NCSD Engage 2017 Agenda

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Sunday – November 12, 2017

 

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Residence Inn

 

US-Affiliated Pacific Island Meeting (By Invitation Only)

 

 

 

Monday – November 13, 2017

 

8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Wright

US-Affiliated Pacific Island Meeting (By Invitation Only)
8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Bell

 

National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers Meeting (By Invitation Only)

 

 

3:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Hopkins Board Room

 

NCSD Board of Directors Meeting (By Invitation Only)

 

 

Tuesday – November 14, 2017

 

 

7:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Edison Ballroom Foyer

 

Registration

 

8:00 – 10:00

Edison BC

 

NCSD Full Member Meeting (By Invitation Only)

 

9:00 – 5:00

Bell

National Network of STD Clinical Prevention Training Centers Meeting (By Invitation Only)

 

Pre-Meeting Workshops

 

10:00 – 12:00

Edison EFG

 

Lean on Me–Education and Health Partnerships for Adolescent Sexual Health Services

Sara Stahlberg, National Coalition of STD Directors

10:30 – 4:00

Edison D

 

Supporting and Building the Capacity of STD Surveillance Systems

          Marvin Fleming, CDC / Division of STD Prevention

Charlie Rabins, National Coalition of STD Directors

 

10:30 AM – 11:30 AM: PRISM

          Kurtis Jungersen, Katy Tucker and Mary White, Advanced Systems Design

          Panelists

          Ryan Kreisberg, Maryland Department of Health

          Brandi Roberts, Arkansas Department of Health

         

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM: Maven

           Michelle Brazel, Conduent Public Health Solutions

Jennifer Loney, Virginia Department Health

 

1:45 PM – 2:45 PM: Chexout

Greta Anschuetz, Philadelphia Department of Public Health

          Lesha Dennis, Kansas City, Missouri

          Thomas Lee, Alabama Department of Public Health

Joseph Paulini, Chexout

 

3:00 PM – 4:00 PM: Nat’l Electronic Disease Surveillance Sys. (NEDSS) Base System

          Elizabeth Kessler, Nevada Dept. of Health & Human Services      

          Thomas Lee, Alabama Department of Public Health

          Jennifer Ward, CSRA  

 

10:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Banneker

 

Training for Policymaker Education

Stephanie Arnold Pang, National Coalition of STD Directors

          David Harvey, National Coalition of STD Directors

          Rebekah Horowitz, National Coalition of STD Directors

          Matt Prior, National Coalition of STD Directors

 

1:00 – 5:00

 

Capitol Hill Visits

 

1:00 – 4:00

Edison EFG

 

The Marriage of Shoe Leather and Modern Technology: A Skills-Building Workshop for DIS

Frank Strona, CDC / Division of STD Prevention

1:00 – 4:00

Edison BC

 

 

Hands-On Quality Improvement Skill-Building Workshop

          Lindsey Clopp, National Quality Improvement Center, CA Prevention Training Center

          Holly Howard, National Quality Improvement Center, CA PTC, & CA Dept. of PH

          Vanessa Lamers, Public Health Foundation

 

1:00 – 4:00

Banneker

 

Nothing About Us Without Us: Building and Sustaining Youth Adult Partnerships

Jessica Anderson, Young Women’s Project

Brittany McBride, Advocates for Youth

          Lillian Pinto, National Coalition of STD Directors      

 

 

 

3:00 – 5:00

Hopkins Board Room

 

NCSD Board of Directors Meeting (By Invitation Only)

 

4:30 – 5:30

Edison ABC

 

DIS Networking Event

 

 

5:30 – 6:30

Wright

 

NCSD Public Policy Committee Meeting (By Invitation Only)

 

 

6:00 – 8:00

Edison Ballroom Foyer

Welcome Reception

Wednesday – November 15, 2017

 

 

7:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Edison Ballroom Foyer

 

Registration
8:00 AM – 8:30 AM

Edison Ballroom Foyer

Sponsored By:

   Atlas Genetics

 

Breakfast
8:30 – 9:30

Edison Ballroom

 

Welcome

David Harvey, National Coalition of STD Directors

          Paul Kawata, NMAC

          Jeff Stover, Virginia Department of Health

         

9:30 – 10:45

Edison Ballroom

 

Engaging our Allies, Building our Future

Jan Hoffman, New York Times

         Dr. Jonathan Mermin, CDC / Nat’l Ctr. for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD & TB Prev.

 

10:45 – 11:00

Edison Ballroom Foyer

Sponsored By:

   Orasure Technologies

 

Break

 

 

  Concurrent Sessions
11:00 – 12:15

Edison D

Combating Congenital Syphilis throughout the US and Territories

           Dan George, Florida Department of Health

Chaquetta Johnson, Louisiana Department of Health

          Mary Kamb, CDC / Division of STD Prevention

          Irina Tabidze, Chicago Department of Public Health

 

11:00 – 12:15

Banneker

Strengthening the Capacity of STD Programs to Use Program Science Through Partnerships with STD Prevention Training Centers (PTCs)

Dr. Laura Bachmann, Wake Forest University Health Sciences

         Alice Gandelman, California Prevention Training Center

         Dr. Katherine Hsu, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

          Dr. Hilary Reno, St. Louis STD/ HIV Prevention Training Center

         Dr. Kees Rietmeijer, Rietmeijer Consulting, LLC

11:00 – 12:15

Edison ABC

Better Together: Exploring STD Partnerships Across Jurisdictional Lines

Anne Rhodes, Virginia Department of Health         

          Kathleen Roosevelt, Massachusetts Department of Public Health

 

11:00 – 12:15

Edison EFG

 

Let’s Talk About SEXual Health Education

Laurie Bechhofer, Michigan Department of Education

         Jasmin Delgado, California Department of Public Health

         Divonica Kight, Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services

 

12:15 – 1:45 PM

   Edison Ballroom

Lunch Session – Proximity: To Better Understand Communities, You Got to Get Close!

          Dr. Suzanne M. Dolwick Grieb, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center

          Triana Kazaleh Sirdenis, Center for Sexuality and Health Disparities

 

1:50 – 3:15

Edison Ballroom

Town Hall with Dr. Gail Bolan

          Dr. Gail Bolan, CDC / Division of STD Prevention

 

3:15 – 3:30

Edison Ballroom Foyer

Sponsored By:

   Chembio

 

  Break

 

 

 

3:30 – 4:15

Edison Ballroom

NCSD Business Meeting (NCSD Members Only)

All NCSD Full, Associate and Affiliate Members Welcome.

 

4:30 – 8:30

 

Capitol Hill Reception

 

 

 

Thursday – November 16, 2017

 

 

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM

Edison Ballroom

Sponsored By:          

   Ctr. for Disease Detection

 

Breakfast Session – Jeffersonian Style
9:00 – 10:00

Edison Ballroom

PrEPping for a Brave New World: Innovations in Delivery

Dr. Christine Heumann, Detroit Public Health STD Clinic         

          Shannon Wood, Iowa Department of Public Health

          Dr. Karen Wendel, Denver Public Health

 

10:00 – 10:20

Edison Ballroom Foyer

 

Break
Concurrent Sessions

 

10:20 – 11:30

Banneker

 

Building STD Program Evaluation Capacity: Introducing STD PETT (Program Evaluation Tools & Trainings)

Nicole Olson Burghardt, California Department of Public Health

          Dr. Marion Carter, CDC / Division of STD Prevention

Samantha Feld, Cardea Services

          Wendy Nakatsukasa-Ono, Cardea Services

          Charlie Rabins, National Coalition of STD Directors

10:20 – 11:30

Edison EFG

 

Understanding and Implementing the New Syphilis Case Definition

          Robin Hennessy, New York City Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene & CDC / DSTDP

          Sarah Kidd, CDC / Division of STD Prevention

          Dr. Lynn Sosa, Connecticut Department of Public Health

                   

10:20 – 11:30

Edison ABC

You’re Going to Swab Me Where? STD Field Testing Outside the Clinic (and Urethra) in Colorado

Jennifer Donnelly, Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment

          Melanie Mattson, Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment

          Kacie Taylor, Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment

          Emily Travanty, Colorado Dept. of Public Health and Environment 

 

10:20 – 11:30

Edison D

MSM Sexual Health: Tackling the Disparities

Beth Butler, Pennsylvania Department of Health

          Chad Hendry, Howard Brown Health

          Dr. Leo Moore, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

 

11:45 – 1:15

Edison Ballroom

 

Lunch  – STD Smack Down!

         

         Should We Continue to Prioritize Partner Services in STD Programs? 

               Proponent: Scott Strobel, Kansas Department of Health & Environment

               Opponent:  Melanie Mattson, Colorado Dept. of Public Health & Environment

 

1:15 – 2:30

Edison Ballroom

 

Sustainability of STD Services: Leveraging Other Funding and Political Forces

          Dr. Susan Blank, New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene         

          Whitney Engeran, AIDS Healthcare Foundation

          Jeremiah Johnson, Total Access Group

          Michael McKany, AIDS Healthcare Foundation

          David Peyton, Mississippi Department of Health    

         

2:30 – 2:45

Edison Ballroom Foyer

 

Break

 

 

Concurrent Sessions

 

2:45 – 4:00

Edison D

 

New Frontiers in DIS and the STD-HIV Interface

          Mary Grace Brandt, Michigan Department of Health & Human Services

          Zandt Bryan, Washington Department of Health

          Darryl Fields, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

          Scott White, Utah Department of Health

 

2:45 – 4:00

Edison ABC

 

Leveraging Likes, Links, and Texts about Sex: Lessons Learned from Using Social Media to Promote Safer Sex

          Stephanie Craig, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

          Caitlin Hoffman, Philadelphia Department of Public Health

          David Stephens, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board

          Brittany Wardle, Wyoming Department of Health

 

2:45 – 4:00

Edison EFG

 

Strange Bedfellows:  The Value of Public/Private Partnerships

Jen Hecht, Building Healthy Online Communities

          Dr. Barbara Van Der Pol, University of Alabama School of Medicine

          Bruce Weiss, Church & Dwight

 

2:45 – 4:00

Banneker

Unwrapping Successful STD Program Condom Partnerships

Thomas Aloisi, Vermont Agency of Education

          Dr. Joan Chow, California Department of Public Health

          Daniel Daltry, Vermont Department of Public Health

          Taija Revels, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

 

4:00 – 4:15

Sponsored By:

Alere

 

 

Break

 

4:15 – 5:30

Edison Ballroom

Sexual Health Frameworks & STD Prevention – What & How

Dr. Carey Roth Bayer, Ctr. of Excellence for Sexual Health, Morehouse School of Med.

6:30 – 10:00

Sponsored By:

Hologic

Annual Reception

This reception will take place at the Alexandria waterfront on the Cherry Blossom cruise ship.  Buses will begin loading at 6:30 in front of the hotel. We will stay docked for approximately an hour while dinner and drinks are served and then the boat will go out on the Potomac River where you will have an opportunity to see some the of DC monuments and other buildings lit up at night.  If you do not wish to stay on the boat for the duration there will be transportation back to the hotel around 8:00 PM.

 

 

Friday – November 17, 2017

 

 

8:00 AM – 8:45 AM

Edison Ballroom

Sponsored By:

   Gilead

Breakfast Session – “Of Like Minds” 

Please see details and specific topics to determine how you would like to participate.  If you have a topic in which you would like to facilitate discussion please see someone at the registration desk.

 

8:45 – 9:45

Edison Ballroom

Keeping it Real: The Challenges of Syphilis Prevention, Screening, and Partner Services in Adults with Growing Rates and Less Funding

          Jeffrey Hitt, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

          Dr. Anne Rompalo, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine / JHU PTC

Dr. Eli Rosenberg, University at Albany School of Public Health

George Walton, Iowa Department of Public Health

 

9:45 – 10:00 Break

 

Concurrent Sessions

 

10:00 – 11:00

Edison D

 

Show me the Money: A Discussion About Investments Needed to Change STD Rates in the US

Dr. Harrell Chesson, CDC / Division of STD Prevention

          Jessica Frasure-Williams, National Coalition of STD Directors

     

10:00 – 11:00

Edison ABC

Beyond the Rainbow: Strategies for Supporting LGBTQ and Gender Expansive Youth             

          Becca Mui, Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network

 

11:00 – 11:15 Break

 

 

11:15 – 12:15

Edison Ballroom

 

The Art of Storytelling: Weaving Diverse Narratives into STD Prevention

          Dr. Nikki Lane, American University

          Louis Ortiz-Fonseca, Advocates for Youth

 

12:15 – 12:30

Edison Ballroom

Closing Remarks

David Harvey, National Coalition of STD Directors

 

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