Symposium Sessions Information
MLHS 2021 sessions are organized into four tracks according to attendee experience level and current themes in LGBTQ health. These are four tracks for MLHS 2021. Attendees may participate in any of the tracks over the course of the two-day conference.
Clinical: Sessions in the clinical track will prepare physicians, nurses, social workers, and other healthcare professionals for working with LGBTQ patients in primary care. Sessions focus on community medicine essentials, including sexual and reproductive health, providing affirming care to transgender patients in primary care settings, and addressing chronic diseases including HIV and Hepatitis C.
Programmatic: The programmatic track will explore wrap around social services that support and affirm LGBTQ people and their families, community building strategies, antiviolence work, and creation of policies that influence health disparities. Treatment and prevention protocols for HIV and STI’s including routine HIV and STI screening in primary care, same day ART start, PrEP adherence and retention, and addressing social determinants of health in HIV care and prevention are highlighted.
Behavioral: Health equity begins with high quality patient centered approaches in behavioral and mental health. Topics to be explored in the behavioral track include trauma informed care, cultural safety, conceptual frameworks of care, response to sexual trauma, substance use, and TGNC affirming care. These sessions will highlight intersectional approaches to providing culturally humble care to LGBTQ patients and their families.
Research: This track is being powered by the Four Corners, Trans and Nonbinary (TNB) Health Research Advisory Network and our National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) partners. Four Corners will host a 2-day convening focused on sharing findings from TNB research, with day 1 open to all and day 2 closed to a meeting of national researchers. The (NASTAD) will host an all-day session focused on community-based approaches to HIV retention and care on day 2. The NASTAD session is open to all symposium attendees. Please note that while the research track will be comprised of Four Corners and NASTAD presentations only, we encourage research based submissions from all speakers. These presentations will be placed on one of the other three tracks, depending on their topic.
Schedule-at-a-Glance
Midwest LGBTQ Health Symposium 2021 – Virtual Conference |
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Day One – Wednesday, September 29, 2021 |
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9:00-10:00 a.m. |
Symposium Welcome: David Ernesto Munar, Howard Brown Health President & CEO Welcome: Dr. Rachel Levine, Assistant Secretary for Health U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Introduction of Keynote Speakers: Cec Hardacker, Howard Brown Health Director of Education Keynote Address: Bamby Salcedo, President and CEO of the TransLatin@ Coalition, and Adriana Cardona-Maguigad, Education Reporter at WBEZ |
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Break |
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TRACK 1: Clinical |
TRACK 2: Programmatic |
TRACK 3: Behavioral |
TRACK 4: Research – Four Corners |
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10:15-11:00 a.m. |
Expanding Our Understanding of STI Prevention: Doxycycline Prophylaxis for STIs – Anu Hazra |
The Black Queer Equity Index – Jamie Frazier & Alen Womble |
“IF I SAY I'M BISEXUAL, IT'S LIKE, ‘WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?’” Microaggressions, their source, and health consequences among racially diverse bisexual men – Wendy Bostwick & Ariel Smith |
Innovation in Action: Participatory Research BY and FOR Trans and Nonbinary (TNB) People – Bo James Hwang, Christopher Cannon, Robyn Krysiak, Yucca Westrup |
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Break – Sponsored by Gilead |
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11:15 a.m. -12:00 p.m. |
Flipping the Script: A structural response to impact new infection and care disengagement –John Schneider |
Launching Chicago's First Comprehensive HIV HUB : Lessons Learned & COVID-19 – Anthony Guerrero, Jill Dispenza & Brandi Calvert |
Addressing Social Isolation and Loneliness in Elder LGBTQ+ Individuals: The Development of a Telehealth Program at Howard Brown Health – Brenna Barry & Kelly Rice |
Building Language Justice for More Inclusive Health Research - José Eduardo Sánchez & Sasha Simon |
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Lunch Break – Sponsored by AMA |
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12:15-1:15 p.m. |
Welcome: Erik Garcia, Howard Brown Health’s Sexual & Reproductive Health Southside Walk-in & Express Clinics Manager Keynote Address: Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz, MD, MPH, Associate Professor George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health |
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Break – Sponsored by Walgreens |
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1:30-2:15 p.m. TBD |
Intersex 101: The Basics – Susan Stred |
Successful Aging in the LGBTQIA+ Community: Leveraging queer resilience – Michele Battle-Fisher |
Dual Relationships: When Providers and Clients Share Identities – Amy Jacobs & Jennifer Schwartz |
Leading by Example: TNB-Driven Research by TransFORWARD & TRANSARC – John Oeffinger, Robin Knauerhase & Rocky Lane |
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Break - Marissa Miller Spills the ‘T’ |
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2:30-3:15 p.m. TBD |
Fertility Considerations for Transgender and Non-Conforming People - Amanda Adeyele |
Televising the LGBTQ+ Revolution – A Call to Action for Change – Brian Taylor & Shanett Jones |
Addressing Racial Trauma within LGBTQ Mental Health Care – Javon Garcia & Lizz Fynn |
Job Readiness Intervention for Black and Latina Women of Trans Experience – Ava Wells-Quantrell & Hale Thompson |
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3:15-4:15 p.m. |
Meet and Greet – Dr, Frank Dowling, American Medical Association (AMA) Host: Marissa Miller, Founder and Executive Director of Trans Solutions Research and Resource Center |
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Day Two – Thursday, September 30, 2021 |
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9:00-10:00 a.m. |
Symposium Welcome to Day 2 – Brandon Hill, Executive Director Center for Education Research and Advocacy Welcome: Amy Nicole Miller, Howard Brown Health’s Manager of Women’s Health Keynote Address: Dr. Juno Obedin-Maliver, Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Epidemiology, and Population Health at Stanford University School of Medicine |
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Break – Sponsored by Merck |
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TRACK 1: Clinical |
TRACK 2: Programmatic |
TRACK 3: Behavioral |
TRACK 4: Research – NASTAD |
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10:15-11:00 a.m. |
Optimizing Sexual Health Assessment with Expansive and Inclusive Language – Meghan Kilmer |
Development of LGBTQ2S+ Advisory Body for Health Department – Jorden Laducer |
Safety Optimization (Harm Reduction) for Sexual and Gender Diverse People Who Participate in Chemsex - Jona Tanguay |
Enhancing Health Service Delivery for People with HIV through Howard Brown Health’s Empowering to Improve Pilot Replication Project – Rosy Galvan & Milanes Morejon |
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Break - Sponsored by Janssen |
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11:15 a.m.-12:00 p.m. |
Paps and Pronouns: A introductory peer-to-peer webinar for best practices in transgender healthcare – Sloane Brazina & Simona Martin |
The Power of LGBT Elders’ Voices as a Force for Advocacy and Change – Kim Hunt, Nic Weststrate & Terri Worman |
The intersections of Islamophobia and anti-LGBTQ+ stigma: An analysis of health disparities experienced by Muslim LGBTQ+ refugees and asylum seekers in the US – Sana Ali |
Use and Acceptability of Telemedicine among African Americans Living with HIV – India Willis & Willie Love |
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Lunch Break - Marissa Miller Spills the ‘T’ |
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12:15-1:15 p.m. |
Welcome: Jory Zhang, Training Specialist II, Dept. of Education Keynote Address: Miriam Yeung, Former Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum |
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Break - Sponsored by The Center for Gender Confirmation Surgery at Weiss Memorial Hospital |
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1:30-2:15 p.m. TBD |
Learning Environment and Well-being among LGB Medical Students of Color – Sabina Spigner |
PrEP Retention: Who needs it, and does it work? |
1:30-1:50 - Using community perspectives to inform PrEP social marketing campaign concepts designed by and for LGBTQ+ adolescents in Chicago – Jim Pickett & Sylvia Valadez-Tapia 1:50-2:10 - Centering the Community in the Development of an HIV-Risk Reduction Intervention for Transgender Women Who Experience IPV – Janessa Garcia & Nicole Fogwell |
HIV Care Retention and Re-Engagement: Does One Size Fit All? – Katie Wright & Tracy Barfield |
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Break - Marissa Miller Spills the ‘T’ |
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2:30-3:15 p.m. TBD |
Structural U.S. Racism and the History of Women’s Health - Jodi Abbott |
Trauma Informed Care With LGBTQ+ Older Adults –Jacqueline Boyd |
Virtual Behavioral Health Training as a Radical Act – Ashley Molin & Melisa Bailey |
Utilizing Bilingual Bicultural Care Teams to Improve the Health Outcomes of Howard Brown Health’s Latinx Patient Community – Mike Gutierrez |
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The Four Corners: Trans and Nonbinary Health Research Advisory Network
The Four Corners: Trans and Nonbinary (TNB) Health Research Advisory Network is a diverse network of health care providers, TNB community members, and researchers in the U.S. committed to participant-driven health research that is relevant, beneficial, and accessible to the TNB community. This year, Four Corners will be hosting The Next STEP Convening alongside Howard Brown’s Annual Midwest LGBTQ Health Symposium (MLHS).
The Next STEP Convening is a two-day gathering of TNB community leaders, patients, clinicians, and researchers to connect, build relationships, share findings from patient-centered research projects in TNB health, and collaboratively identify innovative practices for TNB community engagement in research. Four Corners will organize a community-engaged, TNB-led health research track on the first day of the Symposium. This track is in close harmony with this year’s MLHS theme, “Community Informed Care is a Radical Act”, which emphasizes the power of the alliance between health professionals and the communities they serve. Four Corners will also host closed sessions on the second day of the Symposium.
This Next STEP Convening was funded through a Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute® (PCORI®) Engagement Award Initiative (EAIN-20022). The content does not necessarily represent the views of the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI), its Board of Governors, or Methodology Committee.
Continuing Education (CE) Information
In support of improving patient care, Rush University Medical Center is jointly accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Rush University Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 9.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
ANCC Credit Designation – Nurses
The maximum number of hours awarded for this CE activity is 9.75 contact hours.
This activity is being presented without bias and without commercial support.
APA Credit Designation – Psychology Rush University designates this live activity for 9.75 Continuing Education credit(s) in psychology.
Rush University is an approved provider for physical therapy (216.000272), occupational therapy, respiratory therapy, social work (159.001203), nutrition, and speech-audiology by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation.
Rush University designates this live activity for 9.75 Continuing Education credit(s).
Special Event: NASTAD Convening
Community-Informed Strategies to Link, Reengage, and Retain People Living with HIV (PLWH) in Care
Hosted by NASTAD (National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors)
Howard Brown Health, in partnership with NASTAD, Northwestern University, and Impact Marketing + Communications, has collaborated on the launch of the Center for Innovation and Engagement (CIE), a project that identifies, catalogs, disseminates, and supports the replication of evidence-informed approaches and interventions to engage people living with HIV (PLWH) who are not receiving care.
Through this track, we will spend the day highlighting key community-based and -placed approaches to link, retain, and reengage PLWH served by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. Topics to include: Bi-Lingual and Bi-Cultural Care Teams, Public Health Surveillance, Telehealth and HIV: Prescribing and Access to HIV Care.
This track is made possible through a partnership with the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) and funding from the Health Resources & Services Administration’s (HRSA) Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Program.