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Workshop Agenda
National Academy of Sciences Building
Room 120
2101 Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20418
MONDAY, March 12
8:45 | Welcome |
Admiral Brett Giroir, Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services | |
9:00 | Introductions and objectives |
Carlos del Rio, Planning Committee Chair, Emory University | |
9:20 | Charge to the workshop attendees |
Richard Wolitski, Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, Department of Health and Human Services | |
Nicole Greene, Acting Director, Office on Women’s Health, Department of Health and Human Services | |
Questions and Answers | |
Session 1: The Scope of the Problem | |
9:40 | The geography of infectious diseases related to the opioid epidemic |
Patrick Sullivan, Emory University |
10:15 | Modeling what is required to prevent HIV and HCV among people who inject drugs |
Natasha Martin, University of California, San Diego | |
10:45 | Discussion |
Traci Green, Moderator | |
11:15 | Perspectives of patients and providers |
Oluwaseun Falade-Nwulia, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | |
Veda Moore, Resident of Baltimore, Maryland | |
Todd Korthuis, Moderator | |
12:00 | Lunch |
Note: The cafeteria is on the ground floor, and seating is available in the West Court. | |
Session 2: Opportunities for, and Barriers to, Treatment and Prevention | |
1:15 | The role of public health departments |
Harm reduction programs | |
Matthew La Rocco, Louisville Metro Public Health & Wellness | |
Hepatitis C prevention programs | |
Katie Burk, San Francisco Department of Public Health | |
Discussion | |
Dace Svikis, moderator | |
2:15 | Improving care for hospitalized adults with substance use disorder |
Honora Englander, Oregon Health & Science University | |
2:45 | Challenges and opportunities in rural America |
Nickolas Zaller, University of Arkansas Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health | |
3:15 | Break |
3:30 | Correctional health |
Josiah “Jody” Rich, Brown University | |
4:00 | Economic implications of treatment programs |
Benjamin Linas, Boston Medical Center | |
4:30 | Session 2 panel discussion |
Todd Korthuis, moderator | |
5:30 | Adjourn |
TUESDAY, March 13
Session 3: Opportunities in Correctional Health, Law, and Law Enforcement | |
9:00 | Use of the law as a tool to address the consequences of infectious disease and addiction |
Leo Beletsky, Northeastern University School of Law | |
9:30 | Opportunities for law enforcement and first responders |
Katie Goodwin, Anne Arundel County Police Department | |
10:00 | Discussion |
Dace Svikis, moderator | |
10:30 | Roundtable discussion of research and policy initiatives and needs |
William G. Powderly, Washington University in St. Louis; Immediate Past President, Infectious Disease Society of America | |
Elisabeth Houtsmuller, Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute | |
Anika Alvanzo, Regional Director and Board Member, American Society of Addiction Medicine | |
Sandra Springer, Moderator | |
11:15 | Break |
Session 4: Workshop Highlights | |
11:30 | Presentations by session rapporteurs—Highlights of sessions 1, 2, and 3 |
Jonathan Colasanti, Emory University School of Medicine | |
Anika Alvanzo, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | |
Ellen Eaton, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine | |
12:15 | Discussion |
Carlos del Rio, Moderator | |
1:00 | Concluding remarks |
Carlos del Rio, Planning Committee Chair, Emory University | |
Richard Wolitski, Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, Department of Health and Human Services | |
Nicole Greene, Acting Director, Office on Women’s Health, Department of Health and Human Services | |
1:30 | Adjourn |