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Agenda: May 2nd, 2023, Chicago, IL

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TOPIC Presenter Time
Registration 8:00 AM
Opening Remarks Syndemics:
Future Vision for the Bureau
David Kern
Deputy Commissioner
Syndemic Infectious Disease Bureau
Chicago Department of Public Health
8:30 AM
Opening Remarks: Syndemics at CDPH

Allison Arwady, MD, MPH
Commissioner
Chicago Department of Public Health

Video Remarks

8:35 AM
A Syndemic Approach to HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STI, and TB Prevention

Michelle Van Handel, MPH
Associate Director — Program and Performance Improvement
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Presentation: A Syndemic Approach to HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STI, and TB Prevention

8:40 AM
Syndemic Approaches: A National Overview

Boatemaa Ntiri-Reid, MPH, JD
Senior Director — Syndemic Approaches
National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD)

Presentation: Syndemic Approaches A National Overview

8:55 AM
Syndemics and Illinois

Graham L. Briggs, MS
State Epidemiologist
Illinois Department of Public Health

Presentation: Syndemics and Illinois

9:05 AM
Chicago Healthcare System Coordination: Bridging Public Health and Healthcare

Jennifer Seo, MD, JD, FAAP
Chief Medical Officer
Chicago Department of Public Health

Presentation: Chicago Healthcare System Coordination: Bridging Public Health and Healthcare

9:20 AM
The Resurgence of Syphilis: What do we do now?

Hilary Reno, MD, PhD, FIDSA
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Disease
Washington University in St. Louis

Medical Consultant
Division of STD Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Presentation: The Resurgence of Syphilis What do we do now?

9:35 AM
BREAK 10:35 AM
Syphilis Elimination Taskforce Recommendations

Irina Tabidze, MD, MPH
Director of Program Operations
Syndemic Infectious Disease Bureau
Chicago Department of Public Health

Aniruddha (Anu) Hazra, MD
Assistant Professor — Infectious Diseases and Global Health
Director of STI Services at the Chicago Center of HIV Elimination
Department of Medicine
University of Chicago

Andrew Trotter, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Division of Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago

Presentation: Syphilis Elimination Task Force Recommendations

 10:50 AM
Bringing the Testing to Patients: Syphilis Screening in the Emergency Department

Kimberly Stanford, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor — Section of Emergency Medicine
Director of ED HIV and STI Screening
Chicago Center for HIV Elimination (CCHE)
University of Chicago

Presentation: Bringing the Testing to Patients: Syphilis Screening in the Emergency Department  

11:20 AM
Demystifying 340B: What Providers Need to Know

Stephanie Arnold Pang
Senior Director — Policy and Government Relations
National Coalition of STD Directors

Presentation: Demystifying 340B: What Providers Need to Know 

11:50 AM
LUNCH & LEARN
Advancing Best Practices in
Routine Screening and Linkage to
Care for HIV and Hepatitis C in Chicago
Presented by Gilead Sciences

Monique Rucker, MPH
Lora Branch, MS
Nancy Glick, MD

12:10 PM
Syndemic Approaches: Ending the HIV Epidemic

Moira McNulty, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of Medicine — Section of Infectious Diseases and Global Health
Chicago Center for HIV Elimination
University of Chicago Medicine

Presentation: Syndemic Approaches: Ending the HIV Epidemic

1:25 PM
Alarming Shift in STIs

Danucha (Danny) Brikshavana, MPH
Section Chief
Illinois Department of Public Health

Presentation: Alarming Shift in STIs

1:55 PM
Surveillance and Reporting in the City of Chicago

Ashley Martell Becht, MPH
Director of Disease Investigations
Syndemic Infectious Disease Bureau
Chicago Department of Public Health

Eric Warren, MPH
Public Health Advisor at Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Assigned to Syndemic Infectious Disease Bureau
Chicago Department of Public Health

Presentation: Surveillance and Reporting in the City of Chicago

2:05 PM
Treatment Advances for Tuberculosis

Kathleen Ritger, MD, MPH
Medical Director
Syndemic Infectious Disease Bureau
Chicago Department of Public Health

Presentation: Treatment Advances for Tuberculosis

2:20 PM
Integrating Mpox Care and Prevention into STI Services

Hilary Reno, MD, PhD, FIDSA
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Disease
Washington University in St. Louis

Medical Consultant
Division of STD Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Presentation: Integrating Mpox Care and Prevention into STI Services

2:35 PM
Mpox Next Steps

Patrick Stonehouse, MSW
Director of Public Health Operations
Syndemic Infectious Disease Bureau
Chicago Department of Public Health

Presentation: Mpox Next Steps

3:35 PM
CLOSING REMARKS 3:45 PM