From Hawaii to the Midwest:Strategies for Effective Hep B & C Response
Event Highlights

October 3, 2016 (3 – 5 PM)
Mount Sinai – Beth Israel: 10 Union Square East

In attendance: See Below

Reaching Out, Lifting Up: Hepatitis in Hawaii

Thaddeus Pham, MPH, Viral Hepatitis Prevention Coordinator, Hawaii Department of Health (Thaddeus.Pham@doh.hawaii.gov)

Thaddeus discussed the burden of hepatitis in Hawaii and local coalition efforts to increase awareness and access to hepatitis education, testing, immunizations, and treatment by leveraging partnerships and opportunities.

Responding to the Hep C Outbreak in the Midwest

Emma Roberts, Director of Capacity Building Services, Harm Reduction Coalition (roberts@harmreduction.org)

Emma discussed the recent increase in injection drug use and hepatitis C infection rates in the Midwest and South. She presented on lessons learned and best practices in addressing this new wave of the hepatitis C epidemic.

Emma shared a video on the public health response to an epidemic of heroin and opioid abuse in West Virginia. View the video.

In attendance

Alan Timothy Lunceford Stevens Chief Executive Officer and Advocate End AIDS Now timothynyc4@gmail.com
Andrea Perez Treatment Adherence Coordinator Amida Care aperez@amidacareny.org
Ann Winters Medical Epidemiologist DOHMH awinters@health.nyc.gov
Anne Brenner Health System Executive AbbVie brenner@abbvie.com
Cinthia Castro Patient Navigator Harlem United Ccastro@harlemunited.org
Clifton Garmon Policy Analyst VOCAL-NY clifton@vocal-ny.org
Courtney McKnight Assistant Director of Research Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai cmcknigh@chpnet.org
Daniel Calder Outreach Coordinator DOHMH dcalder@health.nyc.gov
Emma Roberts Director of Capacity Building Harm Reduction Coalition roberts@harmreduction.org
Frank Winter External Affairs Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services winter@cms.hhs.gov
Henrich Boahene Program Specialist BronxWorks hboahene@bronxworks.org
Julia Phillips Public Health Educator/CBO Liaison DOHMH STD Control jphillip@health.nyc.gov
Leanne Demery Program Specialist BronxWorks ldemery@bronxworks.org
Luis Perez Pharmacy Specialist/Advocate AIDS Healthcare Foundation r.perez@aidshealth.org
Naili Kheladze Health Educator Services for the Underserved nkheladze@sus.org
Nirah Johnson Director of Program Implementation & Capacity Building DOHMH njohnso2@health.nyc.gov
Patricia McDarby Nursing Director Center for Comprehensive Health Practice pmcdarby@cchphealthcare.org
Paul Bolter Health Education American Liver Foundation pbolter@liverfoundation.org
Perminder Khosa Epidemiologist DOHMH – Viral Hepatitis pkhosa@health.nyc.gov
Rebecca Curtis Social Work Intern Harm Reduction Coalition rebecca@harmreduction.org
Ronni Marks Founder/ED HCMSG-The Hepatitis C Mentor and Support Group, Inc. ronnimarks24@gmail.com
Ryan Duerme Program Planner DOHMH-Viral Hep rduerme@health.nyc.gov
Shale Maulana Evaluation Coordinator DOHMH-Viral Hep smaulana@health.nyc.gov
Stacy Irozuru Patient Navigator Harlem United sirozuru@harlemunited.org
Stephanie Weiner NYC Health Department Intern DOHMH – Viral Hepatitis sweiner3@health.nyc.gov
Thaddeus Pham, Viral Hepatitis Prevention Coordinator, Hawaii Department of Health, Thaddeus.Pham@doh.hawaii.gov