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Penn Center for AIDS Research

HIV Management and Prevention Among Adolescents and Young Women

The Penn CFAR and the Center for Health Equity Research hosted an all day retreat focused on a Biobehavioral Approach to HIV Management and Prevention Among Adolescents and Young Women on Thursday, May 9, 2013 on Penn's campus on the 14th floor of BRB II/III, 421 Curie Blvd. The keynote speaker was Judith Auerbach, Ph.D.

8:30 a.m. Registration & Breakfast
9:00 a.m.

Keynote: Judith Auerbach, Ph.D.
Optimizing Research on Women and HIV: Some Interdisciplinary Priorities
Independent Science & Policy Consultant, and
Adjunct Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco

9:45 a.m. Panel 1: Biological strategies for HIV prevention: Innovations and challenges in implementation
10:40 a.m. Panel 2: Behavioral strategies for HIV prevention: Individual and social determinants of HIV prevention behaviors
11:20 a.m. Panel 3: Community strategies for HIV prevention: Preventing sexually transmitted diseases acquisition among high risk youth
12:00 p.m. Lunch: Working Groups
1:00 p.m. Panel 4: Biological approaches for HIV treatment: Innovations and challenges in Implementation
1:40 p.m. Panel 5: Behavioral issues in HIV treatment: Adherence innovations and challenges
2:30 p.m. Panel 6: Community issues for young women living with HIV
3:00 p.m. Working Groups to discuss afternoon panel discussions
3:45 p.m. Summary; Wrap Up Session/Action Items