November 23, 2015
HIV/AIDS experts gather at U-M; video available
The event brought together many who study or work in HIV/AIDS issues
On November 5, dozens of HIV/AIDS experts from the University and the community gathered at the Michigan League for a first-of-its-kind event called “Michigan Innovations in HIV Prevention and Treatment: A Symposium of Research, Practice and Community.”
It was designed to increase awareness of research, practice, and community efforts to improve HIV prevention and treatment led by U-M HIV investigators, and by surrounding academic and community organizations.
Okeoma Mmeje, M.D.
IHPI member Okeoma Mmeje, M.D., who led the organizing of the event, says the gathering allowed participants to learn in person and online about what is being done regionally in HIV prevention and treatment. Feedback from the event was so positive that the organizers are considering making it an annual or semi-annual event.
In addition to Mmeje and her fellow IHPI members Jose Bauermeister, Ph.D., MPH, and Golfo Tzilos, Ph.D., the event featured speakers and attendees from many areas of U-M, as well as Wayne State University, the Henry Ford Health System and community-based organizations and regional public health departments from southeast Michigan.
To view recordings of the event's sessions, visit http://obgyn.med.umich.edu/HIV-Symposium
Golfo Tzilos, Ph.D.
Technology-delivered, brief interventions for health promotion and risk reduction
