Providing Clinical & HIV Care for Transgender Communities of Color: An Advanced Training for Medical & Behavioral Health Providers and Case Managers
Part of the "NEHEC-MAI" series.
Speaker/Faculty
Shani Dowd, LCSW
Director
Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation-Culture InSight
Alex Gonzalez, MD, MPH
Medical Director
Fenway Health
Ruben Hopwood, M.Div.
Coordinator
Fenway Health-Transgender Health Program
Kevin Kapila, MD
Medical Director of Behavioral Health
Primary Care Provider
Fenway Health
Lina Morales
Cambridge Cares about AIDS-TransCEND
AndreA Neumann Mascis, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist
The Meeting Point
Gunner Scott
Executive Director
Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition
Lee Thornhill
Director of Prevention and Education
Cambridge Cares about AIDS
Bliss Tyler
Health Educator/Interim Coordinator
Cambridge Cares about AIDS-TransCEND
This advance training will provide an overview of the impact of systematic violence and discrimination faced by transgender people of color, including health risk related to HIV, substance abuse, and hormone use. In addition, the strength & resiliency within the community will be discussed. Participants will attend intensive breakout sessions for Medical Providers, Case Managers/Advocacy Providers, and Behavioral Health Providers. The training ends with a consumer panel discussing their experiences with the health care system and suggestions for improving HIV care and services for transgender people of color.
(see brochure for objectives)
Learn more about this event: download
the flyer/brochure.
Sponsorship & Funding
Continuing Education Please see brochure for information about CME/CE credit for physicians, nurses, psychologists, social workers and licensed mental health counselors
For more information, any special accommodations, questions, comments or complaints, please contact:
Giovanni Hernandez at 617.238.2452 or
ghernandez@mac-boston.org
Phone:
(617) 262-5657