Using Public Health Policy to Reduce the Morbidity, Mortality & Incidence of HIV, Viral Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Diseases & Tuberculosis

August 17, 2020, 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern

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ASPPH will host a national webinar on the Public Health Reports special issue promoting policy research, creation, and implementation as key to addressing complex, multisectoral factors that influence the population-level morbidity, mortality, and health disparities of HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and tuberculosis. Join us as we discuss two of the featured articles from this special issue.

Dr. Jared Stokes (Editorial Fellow, Public Health Reports) will host the webinar and Ms. Sara Zeigler (Associate Director for Policy at CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention) will facilitate the panel discussion with lead authors Mr. Marcelo H. Fernández-Viña, and Ms. Kelly Thompson.

Marcelo H. Fernández-Viña, JD, MPH

• Law and Policy Analyst, Center for Public Health Law Research @Beasley School of Law, Temple University
• Lead author of “State Laws Governing Syringe Services Programs and Participant Syringe Possession, 2014-2019.” This study measures the current status of, and 5-year change in, state laws governing SSP operations and possession of syringes by participants.

Kelly Thompson, JD

• The Research & Evaluation Group Policy Analyst @Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC)
• Lead author of “Using Mixed-Methods and Multidisciplinary Research to Strengthen Policy Assessments Focusing on Populations at High Risk for Sexually Transmitted Diseases”.