258 - Cutting-Edge Public Health to End the HIV Epidemic

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM US ET

Location: Thomas B. Murphy Ballroom 1

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.25 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.25 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1 CE broker credit hours

Moderator(s)

Aadia Rana, MD (she/her/hers)

Professor of Medicine
University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL, United States
Kathleen McManus, MD, MSCR (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA, United States

Faculty(s)

Clover Barnes, RN, BSN (she/her/hers)

Senior Deputy Director
DC Department of Health
Washington, DC, United States
Dazon Diallo, DHL MPH (she/her/hers)

Founder/President
SisterLove Inc, GA, United States
Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH (he/him/his)

Principal
Dr. Demetre Consulting LLD
Atlanta, GA, United States

Disclosure(s):

Aadia Rana, MD: No financial relationships to disclose.

Kathleen A. McManus, MD, MSCR: No financial relationships to disclose.

Clover L. Barnes, RN, BSN: No financial relationships to disclose.

Dazon Dixon Diallo, DHL MPH: Gilead Sciences: Advisor/Consultant, Grant/Research Support, Honoraria; GSK/ViiV Healthcare: Advisor/Consultant, Grant/Research Support, Honoraria; Merck and Company, Inc.: Advisor/Consultant, Honoraria

Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose.

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

describe the role the public health system can play to inform strategies to end the HIV epidemic;
identify ways to optimize HIV care in changing systems of law and public health;
describe ways to engage key community populations in co-designing prevention and care strategies.

Presentations:

3:15 PM - 3:40 PM US ET

Ending the HIV Epidemic: National View from Public Health
Speaker: Demetre Daskalakis, MD, MPH (he/him/his) – Dr. Demetre Consulting LLD
3:40 PM - 4:05 PM US ET

Optimizing HIV Care in Changing Systems of Law and Public Health
Speaker: Clover L. Barnes, RN, BSN (she/her/hers) – DC Department of Health
4:05 PM - 4:30 PM US ET

Engaging Community in Interventions to End the HIV Epidemic
Speaker: Dazon Dixon Diallo, DHL MPH (she/her/hers) – SisterLove Inc