Save the Date: Public Health Grand Rounds on Tuesday, August 21 (1 p.m. EDT)

High-Impact HIV Prevention
Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 1 p.m. – 2 p.m., EDT

This session of Grand Rounds will explore High-Impact HIV prevention. In the United States, prevention has already averted more than 350,000 HIV infections. There are nearly 1.2 million people living with HIV in the United States. Current approaches are designed to maximize the impact of prevention efforts for all Americans at risk for HIV infection.
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CDC - Grand Rounds

Please plan to attend the August session of CDC’s Public Health Grand Rounds, “High Impact HIV Prevention.” This session will be available via live webcast from CDC headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia on Tuesday, August 21, at 1 p.m. (EDT) at www.cdc.gov/about/grand-rounds.

Presented By:

Jonathan Mermin, MD, MPH

Director, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention

National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC

“Science of Optimizing HIV Prevention”

Irene Hall, PhD, FACE

Chief, HIV Incidence and Case Surveillance Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention

National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC

“New Directions in Monitoring the Burden of HIV”

Stephanie Sansom, MPP, MPH

Commander, U.S. Public Health Service

Lead, Prevention Economics Team

Quantitative Sciences and Data Management Branch, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention

National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, CDC

“Modeling to Identify Optimal Allocation of HIV Prevention Resources in a City Health Department”

Grand Colfax, MD, MPH

Director, Office of National AIDS Policy

The White House

“Ongoing Implementation of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy to Improve HIV Prevention and Care”

E-mail your questions about this topic before or during the session.

Facilitated By:

Tanja Popovic, MD, PhD, Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

John Iskander, MD, MPH, Deputy Scientific Director, Public Health Grand Rounds

Susan Laird, MSN, RN, Communications Manager, Public Health Grand Rounds

Grand Rounds is available for Continuing Education. Learn more about continuing education on the Grand Rounds website.