SYNC 2026 will feature more than 100 in-depth track sessions, covering tailored topics that align with evolving SYNChronicity in healthcare.
Late Breaker Sessions
Bodies in SYNC: Upstream Prevention and Community Healing to Address the Policing and Stigma of Adolescent Bodies in BIPOC Communities
Breaking Barriers in HIV Prevention: Advancing PrEP Research While Rebuilding Trust in Black Communities
Bridging Mental Health Equity and HIV Prevention for LGBTQ+ College Students: A Systematic Review and Public Health Framework for Appalachia
Bridging the Gap Between Medical and Homeless Services through Patient Navigation: The NYU Langone Community Medicine Program Model
Bridging the Gap: Sexual Health Education as Prevention for Older Adults
Cool Kids Carry Narcan: A Rural Community Model for Equitable Naloxone Access and Overdose Prevention
Development and Implementation of an Expedited HCV Treatment Program During Hospitalization
Doxycycline versus Benzathine Penicillin G for Treatment of Syphilis: A Retrospective Analysis from a Large Sexual Health Organization
Expanding Treatment Access: Implementing a Pharmacist-Led Hepatitis C Treatment Program through Collaborative Drug Therapy Management
Frequent Participation in Ryan White Services Improves Time to HIV Viral Suppression Among Persons with HIV Monoinfection and Persons with HIV and HCV Coinfection in Philadelphia
From Harm Reduction to Gender Joy: Advancing LGBTQ Health Equity through Affirming Care for Transgender Youth
From Position Paper to Advocacy: The Kentucky Nurses Association LGBTQ+ SNIPg (Special Nursing Interest Practice Group): Leadership through Advocacy
Harm Reduction in Cruising Sites: Improving Access to Condoms, Lubricants, and Sexual Health Services
Integrated Data Management Systems Accelerate HCV Elimination: Evidence from a US-based Patient Re-engagement Program
Learning Across Borders: What the U.S. Can Learn from LMIC Contraceptive Rollouts for Injectable PrEP Implementation
Making the Uncomfortable Routine: Transforming Sexual Health Conversations in Rural Settings
Michigan’s Approach to Eliminating Hepatitis C Through Telehealth
Peer Navigation Amid Chaotic Substance Use in Rural and Suburban Appalachia: Lessons from the Virginia Harm Reduction Coalition
Project CIRCUIT: Community-Inspired Research and Change for Ultimate Impact in the Tenderloin
Reaching Her: Evaluating PrEP Uptake and Engagement Strategies for Cisgender Women in Florida Specialty Clinics
Reframing Herpes Prevention, Treatment, and Care Through a Strengths-Based Lens: A Call to Normalize Herpes and Advance Stigma Informed Communication
Research to Practice to Capacity Building: Implementing Partner Treatment for Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) in a Public Sexual Health Clinic
Scaling Inpatient HIV and HCV Screening Across Hospital Service Lines: Advancing Early Diagnosis, Health Equity, and System Efficiency in High-Risk Communities
Sustaining Visibility: Rural LGBTQ Harm Reduction in the Face of Funding Loss
SYNCing Integrated Care: Advancing LGBTQ+ Health and HIV Prevention through the CCBHC Model in a Community Behavioral Health Setting
Test UP! PrEP! Level Up!
Testing and Treatment Services for HIV, STIs, and Hepatitis C at Substance Use Treatment Facilities Serving Clients in the Ending the HIV Epidemic Priority Jurisdictions of the U.S.
Threats to Reduce STI and HIV Prevention Funding: An Analysis of the Immediate Effects on Partner Services at the Houston Health Department
Transgender Empathy Training
Understanding Social Drivers of Health Among People Living with HIV with Unsuppressed Viral Loads Visiting the Emergency Department
Unhoused and Unheard: Addressing Structural Racism and STI Risk in Queer Youth Care
Working with Black Queer Men Who Use Crystal Meth: Culturally Responsive and Affirming Clinical Approaches
“Sniffies”: Not just for Hook-ups. How Your Prevention Department Can Expand Outreach in Real Time
A Group Level Approach to Reduce HIV and STIs in Women of Color Residing in Low-Income and Transitional Housing in the Urban South
A Simulation Exercise to Improve Sexual Health and Wellness Training for Nurse Practitioner Students
Beyond the Red Ribbon: Prevention Through the Lens of Pleasure
Blueprint for Expanding HIV Testing in Your Community
Borderless Prevention
Bridging Systems: Integrating HIV and Aging Services to Address Behavioral Health and Social Isolation
Building Bridges: A Community-Based Institution’s PrEP Program Success Story
Building Systemwide Capacity for Syndemic Screening: Baptist Health’s Expansion Across Miami-Dade County
Building Trust Through Culture: Vivent Health and the Ballroom Scene’s Role in Advancing PrEP Uptake
Design and Early Findings from the Empower Theater Arts Peer Educator Program
Developing Linkage to Comprehensive Prevention Services in an Emergency Department Setting
Did You Forget to Ask About Sex and Drugs Again? Integrating Sexual Health, HIV, and Harm Reduction Into Mental Health Care
From Cell to Clinic: Connecting Returning Citizens to HIV Prevention and Care
Getting Spicy: Sex Positivity for Older Adults Living with HIV
Have GOOD Sex: Promoting Sex Positivity, Empowerment, and Inclusivity with Community Engagement for Home-Based HIV Testing
High Retention and Acceptability of Long-Acting Injectable PrEP among Underserved Urban Populations: Findings from a Community-Based Health Center in Newark, NJ.
Implementation of Routine Opt-Out HIV Testing across the University of California-San Diego Health System
Integration Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis in Emergency Medicine: A Single-Center Model at Tampa General Hospital
Intercourse: Sex Ed for Congress
Justice Is the Intervention: Redesigning Harm Reduction within Black Communities
Learning Across Borders: What the U.S. Can Learn from LMIC Contraceptive Rollouts for Injectable PrEP Implementation
Leveraging Health Promotion Advocates in the Emergency Department to Expand HIV Testing: Findings from a Clinical Program
Linking Syphilis Surveillance to HIV Prevention: A Workflow Model to Promote PrEP Uptake in Marginalized Communities in Texas
Lived Experiences of Black Men Who Have Sex with Men in Washington, DC: Survival and Seroadaptation
MSM Perspectives on Hypothetical Novel HIV Testing and Linkage Technology in South Carolina
Person-Centered Learning in HIV Prevention: Leveraging Instructional Design
Powering Change: Community Engagement Strategies to End the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. South
PrEP Talk: Building Virtual Community Action in Hillsborough County, FL
PrEP, PEP & Pleasure: Tools of Sexual Liberation
PrEPared RN: Bridging Health Equity Gaps through Nurse-Delivered PrEP
Public-Private Partnerships: A Cost-Saving Model to Efficiently End Multiple Public Health Epidemics
Reaching the Unreachable: Strategic Street Outreach for HIV Prevention and Treatment
Reentry as Harm Reduction: Centering Public Health in the Transition from Incarceration
Reimagining the Pharmacy Workforce: Training the Next Generation for Public Health Impact
Response to Syndemics
Scaling PrEP in Women’s Health: Findings from a Pilot on OBGYN Practices in Mississippi
Self Imposed HIV and LGBTQ Stigma
Serving with Intention: A Sisterhood Built in Meaningful Involvement
Supporting Syndemic Approaches to Care in a Hostile Political Environment
Taking the Test Home: NKY Health’s Inclusive Approach to HIV Self Test Access
The Church Needs HR: Healing and Health Resources for Queer Faith Spaces
The Provision of STI Education and HIV Testing among Incarcerated Youth in Alabama
Unconventional Community Engagement Approaches
Understanding the Facilitators of and Barriers to Community Engagement among Faith-Based Organizations in New York City
Unifying HIV Service Delivery: Pharmacy-Based HIV Prevention and Treatment Services
We All Have A Role—Ruby’s Realm Interactive Community-Based Theater: Engaging Audiences to Broaden HIV Awareness, Education, and Prevention with PrEP
“I’m Not a Monster”: Examining Media Bias and Stigma in Florida News Coverage of HIV-related Arrests
“My STEPS to Care”: Adaptation and Pilot-testing of StC (STEPS to Care) Intervention to Improve HIV Health Outcomes among Black Sexual Minority Men, Black Cisgender Women, and Trans Women Living with HIV in Washington, DC
Aging Adolescents and Young Adults with HIV: Navigating the Second Transition in HIV Care
AI Ready: Establishing a Responsible and Practical Approach to Artificial Intelligence in HIV Care and Prevention
Are You PrEPared? Using Innovation to discuss PrEP
Community at the Core: Building Trust and Linkage to HIV/STI Care Among Marginalized Populations in the Memphis TGA
Community Mental Health Project
HIV and Cognitive Decline: The Power of Partnership
HIV and Cognitive Decline: Understanding HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder
Impact of a Multidisciplinary Healthcare Program on Healthcare Engagement of Young Adults Living with HIV
Improving HIV Treatment Adherence Through Long-Acting Injectables: A Comparative Study of Cabenuva and Oral ART at a Ryan White-Funded Clinic
Integrating Harm Reduction into Primary Care
Language Justice and Accessibility: Navigating Services for Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and DeafBlind People Living with HIV
Navigating HIV in Pregnancy: Clinical Scenarios and Guideline-Based Management for Infants and Pregnant People
Patient-reported Outcomes in Clinical Trials Assessing the Effectiveness of Cabotegravir + Rilpivirine Long-Acting Injections as Antiretroviral Therapy: A Systematic Review
Understanding the Sociocultural Context of HIV Outcomes for Transgender Women of Color Age 50+: A Secondary Analysis of the Transgender Women of Color Initiative Evaluation and Technical Assistance Center (TETAC) Dataset
Using Community Health Workers to Overcome Obstacles to Care Engagement as a Southern CBO
“I Have Put This Off for Decades; You Remembered Me” – Improving Hepatitis C Linkage to Care Across a Health System
Development and Implementation of a Toolkit to Improve Access to Hepatitis C Treatment in a Community-Based Clinic Setting
Findings from a Formative Evaluation of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Care and Treatment Co-Located in Non-Traditional Service Settings for People Who Use Drugs in New York State
HCV (Testing, Linkage and Treatment) in the Time Before and After COVID in Alabama
Hep C Crash Course: Managing Hepatitis C Treatment in Primary Care Settings
Iowa ReLink: Lessons Learned and Informing Future Directions for Ending HCV with a Syndemic Response
No Missed Opportunities: A Client-Centered Telehealth Model for Hepatitis C in Inpatient Substance Use Treatment Programs
Resilience in the Margins: Empathy, Leadership, and the Power of Partnership in Building Health Infrastructure
Social Support Limitations and Hepatitis C Diagnosis Among High-Risk Adults in the U.S.: An Analysis of NHANES 2017–March 2020 Pre-Pandemic Data
Treating Hepatitis C in Syringe Service Programs in Kentucky
Maximizing STI Prevention: Addressing Missed Opportunities for Testing in Contraceptive Care
No-Cost, High Impact: The Power of Free STI Clinics in Driving PrEP Usage
Rapid Syphilis Point-of-Care Testing in New York City: A Novel Approach to Providing STI Testing at Syringe Service Programs and Venue-based Outreach
Stigma-Free History Taking: A Herpes-Informed Model for Sexual Health Providers
Advocacy in Action: Legal and Medical Allies Working for People Living with Substance Use Disorders
An Indictment of US Public Health Policy on Pain and Addiction Management
Beyond Narcan and Clean Needles: An Integrated, Harm Reduction Approach to the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Underserved Communities
Beyond Narcan: A Black Health Equity Approach to Opioid Capacity Building in Washington, DC
Breaking Barriers: Increasing Safety for Special Populations
Bridging Gaps in Overdose Data
Diverse, Low Barrier MAT Programs: Case Studies for Increasing Access to Prevent Overdose
Empowerment Circle: A Peer-Led Recovery Support Group Integrating HIV Prevention, Harm Reduction, and Whole-Community Wellness
Harm Reduction: Getting It Right
Inaugural Year Highlights from the Harm Reduction Services Program: San Diego County’s First Government-Run Syringe Service Program
Participant Centered Recommendations for Contingency Management Program Implementation
Radical Rapport: Trauma-Informed & Culturally Rooted Harm Reduction
Successes in Diagnosis and Linkage where HIV and Viral Hepatitis Testing Programming Occurs Within a Syringe Service Program (SSP)
The Healing Room: Yoga and Other Alternative Healing Modalities as Tools for Harm Reduction
Affirming, Inclusive Reproductive Healthcare for LGBTQ+ Populations
Aging While Black and LGBTQ+/SGL: Legacy, Equity, and the HIV Long-Term Survivor Experience
Beyond the Clinic: How Holy Cross Health is Transforming LGBTQ+ Health through Outreach and Advocacy
Bridging the Gap: Social Innovation and Community-Centered Interventions to Improve LGBTQ+ Healthcare Access
Chem Sex: New Horizons
Deconstructing Intersectional Trauma: Empowering Black LGBTQIA+ Men in Therapy and Behavioral Health Services
Empowering Health Professionals to Advocate for Gender-Affirming Care: A Multi-Level Approach
Fostering Community within the Community: The Long-Term Survivors Hub for Older Adults Living with HIV
From Neglect to Respect: Ending the HIV Endemic with Affirmation
LGBTQIA+ Health and Community Engagement in a Politically Charged Climate
OUTSafe: LGBTQ+ Older Adult Violence Prevention Program
The Future is Gray and Gay: Building Inclusive HIV Systems for LGBTQ+ Older Adults
The San Francisco Principles 2020: Centering Long-Term HIV Survivors in Research, Care, and Advocacy
An Emerging Model for Advancing HIV Equity Across Marginalized Populations
Conversations: Out Of Gender
Critical Thinking and Cultural Affirmation (CTCA) Intervention
Enhancing Service Delivery by Improving Referral Completion Rates for SDOH Needs
Hartford Employment Initiative: Addressing Critical Employment Gaps for Persons Living with HIV (PLWH)
Project GROWTH: A Culturally Responsive Workforce Development Program for Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Youth Experiencing Homelessness in Washington, DC.