Opening Plenary: Reimagining Public Health through Scientific Communication (Continuing Education: CE)

4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. EDT    Monday, September 16

Moderator: TBD

  • Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, MPH

Katelyn Jetelina, PhD, MPH is an epidemiologist, data scientist, and internationally renowned scientific communicator. She is the Director of Population Health Analytics a nonprofit, non-partisan health policy think tank. She is also a Senior Scientific Advisor to a number of government and non-profit agencies, including the White House, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Resolve to Save Lives, and Make-A-Wish Foundation. On the side, Dr. Jetelina is the publisher of Your Local Epidemiologist– a public health newsletter that “translates” ever-evolving science to the general public, which has reached over 300 million views. Dr. Jetelina has received several national and international awards for her work, including being named TIME100 most influential people in health. Katelyn resides in San Diego, California with her husband and two toddlers.

Plenary 1: Understanding and Leveraging Socio-cultural Context for Prevention (Continuing Education: CE)

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. EDT    Tuesday, September 17

Moderator: TBD

  • Advancing Health Equity in the Early 21st Century: Key Considerations – Chandra Ford
  • Community Engagement and Community-Based Participation in STI Prevention and Sexual Health Research – Carmen Logie

Clinical Case Series 1: (Continuing Education: CE)

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EDT    Tuesday, September 17

Moderator: TBD

  • Necrotizing Facial Mpox Infection Complicated by Paradoxical Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome and Concomitant Cutaneous CMV Infection in a Person with HIV – Jacqueline Sherbuk
  • Mycoplasma genitalium Oral Ulcer Diagnosed by PCR-RT in a Patient Using Prep: Case Report – Isabelle Nisida

Panel: Principled Community Engagement: Tools, Activities and Partnerships to Promote Sexual Health & Wellness within Communities

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EDT    Tuesday, September 17

Moderator: TBD

  • From Theory to Action: Practical Strategies to Ensuring the Right Ingredients for Authentic Community Engagement – Lilli Mann
  • Community Engagement Lessons Learned: Prioritizing STI Interventions for Rural and Tribal Communities – Hannah Gumlickpuk
  • Engaging with Communities to Share and Interpret Data Using Data Parties – Maisha Drayton

Debate 1: Antimicrobial Resistance Issues Should Prevent Use of DoxyPEP (Continuing Education: CE)

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EDT    Tuesday, September 17

Moderator: TBD

  • Jonathan Mermin
  • Colleen Kelley

Debate 2: Direct-to-Consumer STI Testing will Increase Sexual Health Equity (Continuing Education: CE)

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EDT    Tuesday, September 17

Moderator: TBD

  • Yukari Manabe
  • Khalil Ghanem  

Plenary 2: Key Advances in STI Prevention Research for Population Impact (Continuing Education: CE)

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. EDT    Wednesday, September 18

Moderator: TBD

  • Advances in STI Diagnostics and Therapeutics – Carolyn Deal
  • Concept: Structural Barriers to Optimizing STI Testing and Prevention among Gay Men and other MSM in US – Stefan Baral

Clinical Case Series 2: (Continuing Education: CE)

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EDT    Wednesday, September 18

Moderator: TBD

  • A Case of Secondary Syphilis with Retinitis and Laryngeal Involvement – Katherine Frasca
  • Spirochetes In Sight: Public Health Response to Ocular Syphilis – Kaitlin Nichols

Mini-Plenary: Operationalizing Health Equity in Research and Practice (Continuing Education: CE)

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EDT    Wednesday, September 18

Moderator: TBD

  • Health Equity and Stigma Prevention in Healthcare Facilities – LaRon Nelson
  • Health Equity in Health Department Settings – Matifadza Hlatshwayo Davis

Debate 3: Heterosexual Men Should Be a Higher Priority in STI Control Activities (Continuing Education: CE)

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EDT    Wednesday, September 18

Moderator: TBD

  • Ina Park
  • David Bell

Debate 4: All STI Prevention Resources Should Be Focused on High Priority Populations (Continuing Education: CE)

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. EDT    Wednesday, September 18

Moderator: TBD

  • Ian Spicknall
  • Christine Khosropour