Ending the HIV Epidemic through a Health Equity Lens

Webinar Information

Ending the HIV Epidemic (EHE) is a national initiative launched in 2019 that aims to reduce new HIV infections by 75% by 2025 and 90% by 2030. Despite the recent advances in testing, treatment, and prevention, communities of color continue to be impacted significantly by HIV. Structure barriers such as poverty, stigma, and systemic racism have contributed to HIV inequalities. The Office of Infectious Disease HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) has implemented strategies to end the HIV epidemic through a health equality lens. Community engagement efforts and listening sessions focused on marginalized communities of color have informed national federal strategies aimed at addressing systemic barriers impacting health inequalities. This webinar will highlight national approaches for ending HIV and recommendations to address HIV inequalities. 

The Health Equity Webinar Series is a free online webinar series designed to showcase dynamic work being accomplished to enhance health equity opportunities. This series discusses different innovative implementations, strategies, best practices, success stories, and experiences impacting health equity in communities served with public health professionals around the nation. This Health Equity Webinar course contains 5 modules: 

Health Equity Webinars are hosted live on the third Friday of each month at 10am PST.   

To join the live session, please enroll in the course before 10am PST on the day of the webinar. All Health Equity sessions are recorded. If you enroll after the live webinar session has ended, the course will contain a video recording of the live session you can watch instead. Please note, it may take up to one month for the recording to become available.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completing this webinar, participants will be able to 

  1.  Develop an understanding of Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States
  2. Describe the burden of HIV and national/regional efforts to end HIV inequalities
  3. Describe approaches and recommendations toward ending HIV inequalities 

Target Audience:

  • Public health professionals
  • Community members 
  • Students

Duration: ~ 1 hour 

Continuing Education: N/A

Speakers: CDR Michelle Sandoval-Rosario, DrPH, MPH, PACE Region 9 Director

About the Speaker


CDR Michelle Sandoval-Rosario, DrPH, MPH, PACE Region 9 Director

Commander Michelle Sandoval-Rosario is currently the PACE Director for Region 9, covering Arizona, California, and Nevada with the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy (OIDP) within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), where she supports efforts to end the HIV epidemic across the region.  Prior to joining the OASH, CDR Sandoval-Rosario was with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for 13 years assigned to the Arizona Department of Health Services and the Indiana State Department of Health, where she provided critical leadership during high-profile infectious disease investigations, including one of the largest rural community outbreaks of the HIV infection among inject drug users. She has extensive experience working with state/local government entities and other partners both in the US and overseas.She has worked on a variety of public health initiatives ranging from HIV, polio, chronic diseases, women and children’s health, to the implementation and evaluation of collaborative programs.  


CDR Sandoval-Rosario received her MPH in Epidemiology from Boston University School of Public Health and her DrPH from the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health.



 

   

Course Content

  1. 01

    • Calendar Invite

    • Health Equity Series Welcome

    • Demographic Survey

    • Webinar Description and Presenter Bios

    • Webinar Replay

    • Course Evaluation

    • Save the Date for Next Month's Health Equity Webinar

This webinar is sponsored by:

  • NPHA
  • NVPHTC