New York HIV Research Centers Consortium
2007 Scientific Conference
"Living with HIV: Challenges for Interdisciplinary Research"
Tuesday, November 27, 2007

Kimmel Center, New York University
60 Washington Square South, New York, NY
KC Eisner & Lubin Auditorium - 4th Floor

Sponsored by:
The New York HIV Research Centers Consortium
The Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) &
New York/New Jersey AIDS Education & Training Center (AETC)

The advent of life-extending antiretroviral medications more than a decade ago has presented new challenges for HIV-infected people and their health care providers in coping with HIV infection, maximizing quality of life, and minimizing unsafe sexual and drug using risk behaviors. This conference will use the multiple perspectives of behavioral/social, clinical, and basic biomedical sciences as well as community models to identify critical areas for interdisciplinary research that address health, risk, access to care, and quality of life for diverse HIV+ populations in the greater tristate New York metropolitan area.

Agenda

8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Registration and Breakfast 9:00 AM - 9:10 AM Welcome, Introduction to the Consortium and Goals of the Day Anke A. Ehrhardt, PhD, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NYS Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University 9:10 AM - 10:40 AM Panel I - Behavioral and Medical Perspectives on HIV Infection • Overview of Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Transmission Risk Behaviors Among HIV+ Adults    Ron Stall, PhD, MPH, University of Pittsburgh • HIV and Aging    Robert S. Klein, MD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center • Cardiac Disease and Cancer Among HIV Infected Persons    Judith A. Aberg, MD, New York University School of Medicine Chair: Jack A. DeHovitz, MD, MPH, HIV Center for Women and Children, SUNY Downstate Medical Center 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Panel II - Access to HIV Care • Delay from Testing HIV Positive until First Receipt of Care and Consequences of Fragmented Care for HIV    Barbara J. Turner, MD, University of Pennsylvania • Access to Care and Health Disparities in New York City    M. Monica Sweeney, MD, MPH, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene • Structural Models of Entry and Maintenance in HIV Care: An Illustrative Example of How Partnership between a Community-Based Organization (CBO) and Primary Medical Care Setting Can Promote the Delivery of Integrated, Wrap-Around Services to Vulnerable Populations    Terri D. Jackson, MA, Gay Men's Health Crisis Chair: Sherry Deren, PhD, Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM Panel III - Adherence and Continuity of HIV Care: Special Populations • Adherence to HIV Care Among Substance Users    Julia Arnsten, MD, MPH, Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center • Transitional Care for HIV and AIDS from Adolescence to Adulthood    Jeffrey M. Birnbaum, MD, MPH, SUNY Downstate Medical Center • Challenges of Adhering to Multiple Treatment and Care Regimens: The Example of Severe Mental Illness    Francine Cournos, MD, NYS Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University Chair: Patricia Warne, PhD, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NYS Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University 3:20 PM - 4:50 PM Panel IV - Trends in Funding Research on HIV-Positive Populations • Rowena Johnston, PhD, amfAR • Christopher M. Gordon, PhD, National Institute of Mental Health • Jacques Normand, PhD, National Institute on Drug Abuse • Nabila Wassef, PhD, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Chair: Jane Silver, MPH, Irene Diamond Fund 4:50 PM - 5:00 PM Closing Anke A. Ehrhardt, PhD, HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, NYS Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University

This conference is also sponsored by:

• Center for Drug Use and HIV Research (CDUHR) (P30 DA11041), National Development and Research Institutes, Inc.
• HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies (P30 MH43520), NYS Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University
• HIV Center for Women and Children, SUNY Downstate Medical Center
• Center for Health, Intervention, and Prevention (CHIP), University of Connecticut
• Center for Health, Identity, Behavior & Prevention Studies (CHIBPS), New York University