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Updates in Public Health and HIV/HCV/STI Care and Prevention

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The Providence Center
520 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906
Starts at: June 11, 2026 9:00am ET
Ends at: June 11, 2026 10:00am ET
Free Admission
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Description

Philip Chan, MD, a board-certified addiction medicine physician at the Brown University Health Recovery Center, clinical assistant professor of family medicine at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and Chief Medical Officer of Open Door Health, and Michaela Maynard, NP, Senior Director of Clinical Operations at Open Door Health, provided a didactic presentation to staff at The Providence Center, during which they discussed updates in public health pertaining to HIV/HCV/STI care and prevention. Topics discussed included: epidemiology of HIV, HCV, and other STIs; current advances in the care and prevention of HIV, HCV, and other STIs; and the future direction of public health efforts to address HIV, HCV, and other STIs.

Intended Audience

Medical Providers, Public Health Professionals, and other Community Members

Contact

Person: Matthew Schiavo
Email: mschiavo@brownhealth.org

Topics

A variety of the listed topics will be discussed at this event.

  • Post-exposure Prophylaxis (PEP, occupational and non-occupational)
  • Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)
  • Sexual Health History Taking
  • Treatment as Prevention
  • Other Prevention
  • Adult and adolescent antiretroviral treatment
  • Antiretroviral treatment adherence, including viral suppression
  • HIV diagnosis (i.e. HIV testing)
  • HIV epidemiology
  • HIV monitoring lab tests (i.e. CD4 and viral load)
  • Linkage to Care
  • Retention and/or re-engagement in care
  • Hepatitis C
  • Mental health disorders
  • Opportunistic Infections
  • Sexually transmitted infections
  • Stigma
  • Social determinants of health
  • Care coordination
  • Case management
  • Community linkages
  • Organizational infrastructure
  • Patient-centered care
  • Team-based care (i.e. interprofessional training)
  • Adolescents (ages 13 to 17)
  • Young adults (ages 18 to 24)
  • Older adults (ages 50 and over)
  • People who inject drugs