The Kirby Institute is excited to host three presenters from USA, who have just attended the 12th IAS Conference on HIV Science in Brisbane.
Associate Professor Donaldson Conserve will discuss how a community-based ART intervention (cbART) intervention for female sex workers in Tanzania is being adapted and implemented for a community-based PrEP intervention (cbPrEP) for Black adults in Washington, District of Columbia.
Professor Lisa Eaton and Associate Professor Ryan Watson will discuss ongoing efforts to address HIV disparities among adolescent and young adult sexual and gender diverse populations in the United States. Prof Eaton will discuss novel HIV interventions focused on stigma to increase PrEP uptake among Black sexual minority men in the United States (Jumpstart) and addressing barriers to HIV/STI care and depression (LINK). A/Prof Watson will share contemporary data from a large national sample of sexual and gender diverse youth (13-17 years of age) from the United States.
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Associate Professor Donaldson F. Conserve |
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Professor Lisa Eaton Lisa Eaton is a social and behavioral health scholar who is primarily interested in social determinants of disease. Her work focuses on the multi-level impact of stigma on linkage, access, and retention to healthcare among diverse populations. Her most recent work has focused on how systematic changes in providing health care can impact and improve health and well-being. She is mainly interested in how one’s environment creates barriers or facilitators to accessing health care and how these factors impact overall health outcomes. Her work is primarily focused on bridging the divide between medical advances and actual access to these medical advances. This work has included a considerable emphasis on the role of social and structural stigmas as barriers to care. The National Institutes of Health have funded Dr. Eaton’s work in these areas. |
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Associate Professor Ryan Watson Ryan Watson is an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut. His program of research is focused on reducing health disparities among sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth and young adults. Motivated by the urgent need to reduce the inequities in health for vulnerable populations, he has focused his scholarship on SGM youth and young adults, their relationships within family and school contexts, and their health experiences. His research has been featured on CNN, NPR, Washington Post, Live Science, USA Today, and several other media outlets. His current program of research (funded by NIH, K01DA047918) focuses on preventing health disparities (e.g. HIV) through prevention and intervention strategies (e.g. PrEP) attune to intersectionality. |