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Current Position Openings at the CAEAR Foundation
Communications Manager
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CAEAR Foundation presented the first of a three part series of fiscal management training in Columbia, SC, May 27-28, 2009
Targeted to Ryan White-funded grantees and sub-grantees through the Communities Learning Together (CLT): Advancing HIV Care and Support through Effective Fiscal Management project. This highly interactive advanced training for organizational and fiscal leaders will increase their skills and lead to enhanced fiscal management infrastructure and systems.
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Free CME offering: Presented by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Chronic hepatitis B (CHB) afflicts 350 million persons worldwide and an estimated 1.25 million individuals in the US. The health and well-being of these patients depends upon their clinician being knowledgeable regarding the signficant advances in the diagnosis and treatment of CHB that have occurred in the past five years. The wide range of clinical manifestations of CHB and the availability of multiple treatment options for CHB significantly increase the importance of clinician education regarding (1) the natural history and epidemiology of CHB, including the effects of genetic diversity of HBV on its natural history, (2) effective strategies for treatment of CHB, including the potential limitations of treatment, for example, the inability to eradicate HBV and the potential for emergence of HBV resistance, and (3) appropriate monitoring strategies for the prevention and early detection of HBV-related complications. This program is designed to provide clinically-relevant education on these and other CHB-related topics in a novel and effective presidential-debate style format which will feature two nationally known and recognized CHB experts.
This tuition-free program is for health care providers who treat CHB patients and there are no prerequisites.
Meetings will be held:
- May 12, 2009: Manhattan, NY
- May 13, 2009: Queens, NY
- May 26, 2009: Hackensack, NJ
- May 27, 2009: Garden City, NY
- June 9, 2009: Falls Church, VA
- June 10, 2009: Baltimore, MD
- June 16, 2009: Seattle, WA
- June 17, 2009: San Jose, CA
- June 18, 2009: San Francisco, CA
- June 23, 2009: Pasadena, CA
- June 24, 2009: San Diego, CA
- June 30, 2009: Chicago, IL
- July 1, 2009: Houston, TX
- July 8, 2009: Miami, FL
- July 14, 2009: Burlingame, CA
- July 15: Anaheim, CA
- August 3, 2009: Honolulu, HI
- August 4, 2009: Honolulu, HI.
Upon completion of this CME activity, the participant should be able to:
- Summarize, discuss with colleagues, and apply clinically the most recent and relevant data on the diagnosis, management and treatment of CHB including the use of new diagnostic and monitoring tools and recently approved therapies
- Assess CHB patients and make an appropriate clinical decision regarding the role of and need for liver biopsy
- Review patient case scenarios and be able to outline and discuss the factors to consider when deciding on when to start CHB therapy
- Be aware of and knowledgeable about the risks and benefits of various CHB therapies currently available
- Assess and explain the potential role of combination therapy in treatment-naïve and treatment-experienced patients
- Evaluate the potential role for HBV resistance testing and the potential for resistance associated with various CHB treatment strategies in the context of clinical case scenarios
For more information and to register, click here. |
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Mark your calendars for the 2009 American Conference for the Treatment of HIV, May 15 - 17, 2009
This state-of-the-science conference is for frontline health care professionals, in scientific collaboration with multiple federal and independent agencies. This biennial conference is designed for all frontline clinicians providing HIV care for adults, adolescents, children and pregnant women.
Who should attend? Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and other health care professionals who care for individuals with HIV.
Visit www.acthiv.org, for more information.
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Free CME offering: Presented by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
This program will review and explain risk assessment, management and potential avoidance of Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) in HIV-positive patients. The program will feature a cardiologist and an HIV expert discussing and exploring the risks associated with CHD in HIV-positive patients and effective strategies and treatments for reducing or avoiding those risks. The most recent data regarding CHD in HIV-positive patients will be presented, including those presented at the 16th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), and a series of highly interactive case studies will explore the clinical importance and application of the data presented.
This activity is intended for physicians, physicians' assistants, and advanced practice nurses and other healthcare professionals involved in the treatment and management of patients with HIV infection. There are no prerequisites.
Meetings will be held:
- May 5, 2009: Miami, Florida;
- May 6, 2009: Tampa, Florida.
After completing this educational activity, the participant should be able to
- To be able to clinically assess and utilize risk factors for coronary heart disease (CHD) and predict an HIV-positive patient’s pre-ARV treatment risk of CHD
- To be able to describe, discuss and apply the data from the SMART study on CHD risk associated with ARV treatment interruption and be able to integrate these data into ARV treatment plans and algorithms for HIV-positive patients
- To be able to analyze and apply current data on the risk of CHD associated with certain ARV drugs and/or regimens and use this information to select ARV drugs and regimens that minimize CHD risk for HIV-positive patients, and, in particular, for those patients with increased baseline risk for CHD
- To be able to analyze and use in clinical cases the current clinical trial data on treatment of hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia and other CHD risk factors and use this information to select appropriate therapeutic strategies for HIV-positive patients to mitigate the CHD risk associated with them
For more information and to register, click here. |
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Read the Latest Issue of The Network Newsletter
The Network is the quarterly newsletter of the Supporting Networks of HIV Care by Enhancing Primary Medical Care (SNHC by EPMC) project, produced by the CAEAR Foundation.
Read about our expanded clinical staff, new technical assistance offerings, key deadlines, and more!
Click here, for more information.
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CAEAR Foundation Provides Capacity Building and Technical Assistance on HIV Rapid Testing in Puerto Rico
January 22, 2009 Washington, D.C -- The CAEAR Foundation will be providing technical assistance on HIV rapid testing to the Centro de Servicios Primarios de Salud de Patillas, located in the Ponce region of Puerto Rico. The Centro is a recipient of the Supporting Networks of HIV Care by Enhancing Primary Medical Care project (SNHC by EPMC). The TA to be provided will support Centro in expanding its staff capability to provide rapid HIV testing in the clinic and surrounding community. This will improve identification of HIV positive individuals and links to care. According to Centro, this assistance will lead to improved quality of life for those living with HIV in the community it serves. CAEAR Foundation's Dr. Rebecca Vargas-Jackson, Clinical specialist, and Nicholas Welch, Intensive Capacity Building Coordinator, will be in Patillas on January 27, 2009.
SNHC by EPMC services are available in Spanish to any eligible organizations. For more information, including how to apply to receive these free services in Spanish, please contact the CAEAR Foundation at 1-800-861-5640 or contact Javier G. Salazar, Director of Research & Evaluation by email.
Click here to read release in Spanish.
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS & BEST WISHES FOR A FABULOUS 2009
From the CAEAR Foundation
Pictured left to right, Front: Javier Salazar, Jennifer Silber, Nicholas Welch, Sharron Walker, Christine Stewart, Brian Hujdich. Back: Melanie Ogleton, Robert Warren, Ning Xu, K. Mona Moore, Rebecca Vargas-Jackson.
Not pictured: Peter Gamache, Randel Sinnette, Alisha Stewart.
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CAEAR Foundation Commemorates World AIDS Day at HIV/AIDS Bureau Event
December 1, 2008 Brian Hujdich, CAEAR Foundation Executive Director, participated as a special panelist at the HIV/AIDS Bureau World AIDS Day Event held today in Rockville, MD. The HAB event focused on the power of partnerships in addressing the challenges of HIV. Brian emphasized that HIV organizations at all levels must examine their strengths and shortfalls to develop partnerships, shared objectives, and consolidate resources, if needed, to better serve our communities. This exercise is especially critical in this environment where HIV is only one of many priorities competing for finite resources and greater attention.
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World AIDS Day
On this 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day, the CAEAR Foundation remembers all those whom we have lost to this disease, and celebrates those who are living with HIV and fighting to end this pandemic. We want to recognize and thank the healthcare teams caring for people living with HIV -- from HIV specialists and primary care providers to clinic administrators and allied healthcare professionals. They provide the point of entry to care and serve as the medical home for people living with HIV.
The CAEAR Foundation remains committed to supporting networks of care by providing training, technical assistance and research to providers, communities and organizations throughout the U.S., particularly in medically underserved communities. As the World AIDS Day theme reminds us, together we will keep the promise and stop AIDS.
Sincerely,
Brian Hujdich and the CAEAR Foundation Staff |
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CAEAR Foundation's Researcher Peter Gamache invited to take part in Eighth Annual Transatlantic Young Leaders Conference
The Eight Annual Transatlantic Young Leaders Conference, to be held October 1-3, 2008 in Tremezzo, Italy ,will bring together 30 emerging American and European leaders who have an interest in foreign policy — but who are not necessarily part of traditional foreign policy circles — to discuss the transatlantic relationship and create a lasting network among participants. The conference is sponsored by the Bertelsmann Foundation and German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF). The theme of this year’s conference will be “Transatlantic Goes Global: Why the Atlantic is not Enough.” As with past Tremezzo conferences, it is expected both American and
European participants to move beyond traditional discussions about the state of transatlantic relations and develop new ideas about how the United States and Europe can best cooperate to meet emerging strategic challenges. Issues to be examined at the conference include:
- U.S. Presidential Election 2008: Implications for Transatlantic Relations
- The Future of the West and the Rise of the “Rest”?
- Can Europe and the U.S. Continue to Govern the International Economic System?
- Security Challenges and Foreign Policy Hot Spots
- Climate Change: Will New Policies in 2009 Save the World?
- Global Grassroots Activism
- Blogs in Public Discourse
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U.S. Healthcare Providers Are Challenged to Show the Way in HIV Testing
CAEAR Foundation Partners on July 21 Capitol Hill Event to Kick Off 1st National Clinicians HIV/AIDS Testing & Awareness Day
Washington, D.C. – Challenging healthcare providers to become personally involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS, the National Minority AIDS Education and Training Center (NMAETC) and its partners, the CAEAR Foundation and the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA), are asking clinicians across the U.S. to take a few minutes’ time to test themselves for HIV/AIDS, personally demonstrating the importance as well as the ease of regular testing. Click here to read more.
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Therapeutic Strategies for
Antiretroviral Treatment Experienced Patients: A Case Based Update
The Therapeutic Strategies for Antiretroviral Treatment Experienced Patients program is a CME-sponsored program
for health-care professionals caring for ARV-experienced patients.
This program includes:
- Three unique talks which can be delivered to your clinic or
center by one of the internationally acclaimed faculty in a live or online webinar format. It is also possible for an
individual to join and participate in one of the live webinar
events by going to the list of these programs posted at
the Viraled Therapeutic Strategies site and joining at the
designated time.
- A faculty round table with Drs. Cal Cohen, Ian Frank Rick
Elion, Graeme Moyle, and Paul Sax discussing their clinical
strategies regarding the management of ARV-experienced patients.
- 6 patient cases in which specific patient issues - including
multi-drug resistance, use of new antiretroviral agents and
adherence - are discussed and clinical strategies for
addressing them are provided.
GOAL:
The goal of this overall program is to provide participants
an opportunity to increase their knowledge around the
antiretroviral (ARV) therapies for treatment-experienced
patients, how to maximize success in creating potent ARV
regimens and reinforce the importance of driving HIV-RNA to
<50 copies/mL and maintaining patients at that level for as
long as possible.
For more information and to register click
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Free CME/CE offering:
Preserving the Integrity of Future Treatment – CME/CE credit for on-demand Webinar
In this series of CME/CE Consult with
the HIV Experts Webinars, a panel of experts
discuss and interpret the findings
of recent clinical trials that focus on
the following topics:
- initial ARV regimens in terms of “preserving
the integrity” of future agents
- viable first-line regimens for HIV-infected
patients including the advantages and
disadvantages of NNRTI-based and PI-based
initial therapy
- minimizing the risk of maintaining patients
on nonsuppressive “holding”
regimens
- optimizing treatment for patients experiencing
early virologic failure
Each webinar features:
- dynamic discussion by a panel of
three HIV experts
- patient case studies with
polling and expert panel interpretations
- 1 hour of CME/CE credit for physicians,
nurses, and pharmacists
For
more information and to register click here>
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Foundation
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Supporting Networks of
HIV Care by Enhancing Primary Medical Care
(SNHC by EPMC) provides technical assistance,
intensive capacity building and training
to a broad range of organizations that provide
primary medical care to develop, improve,
and expand HIV primary medical care in communities
of color. There is a complete, extensive
website detailing eligibility requirements,
services available, and application materials.
Click here to visit the SNHC by EPMC website. |
Advancing HIV Care and
Support through Fiscal Management and Organizational
Development |
Communities Learning Together (CLT)
is group training in fiscal management and
organizational development for Ryan White
Program funded grantees and sub-grantees.
CLT is provided through a creative approach
to adult learning and skills building called
Learning Communities. Click
here to visit the CLT page on the website
and learn more about the CLT program> |
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The CARE Resource Center is the repository
for materials, curricula, templates and
other resources to support organizations,
health care professionals, and government
to better serving individuals and communities
living with HIV disease. For more information
click here. |
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