WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18

11:00am – 6:00pm: INSTITUTES
1:00 – 5:00pm: HIV PNC INSTITUTE
3:00 – 5:00pm: HIV PCP INSTITUTE
4:00 – 5:30pm: TRACK SESSIONS

THURSDAY, MARCH 19

9:00 – 10:30am: PLENARY SESSION
10:30am – 12:15pm: TRACK SESSIONS
12:30 – 2:00pm: LUNCH PLENARY
2:15 – 3:45pm: TRACK SESSIONS
4:00 – 5:30pm: TRACK SESSIONS

FRIDAY, MARCH 20

9:00 – 10:30am: PLENARY SESSION
10:45am – 12:15pm: TRACK SESSIONS
12:30 – 2:00pm: LUNCH PLENARY

This schedule is preliminary and subject to change.

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Responding to Rapid PrEP Need: Integrating Teams, Streamlining Workflows, and Equipping Clinicians

Responding to Rapid PrEP Need: Integrating Teams, Streamlining Workflows, and Equipping Clinicians

Power of PreventionAs demand for rapid-start PrEP continues to grow, healthcare teams need practical, scalable models that support timely access while fitting real clinical workflows. This live, in-person institute will focus on the real-world implementation of rapid-start PrEP across clinical and pharmacy settings, with an emphasis on team-based care and operational readiness. Through an interprofessional lens, faculty will explore how clinicians, pharmacists, and care teams can work together to integrate rapid-start PrEP using streamlined workflows, standing orders, lab reflex panels, and clinician-facing tools that support consistent, efficient delivery of care.

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Elevating the PrEP Navigation Workforce through Certification

Power of PreventionWhile disparities in PrEP uptake and need persist and PrEP demand remains high, experienced PrEP navigation staff are key to realizing the benefits of PrEP.

This institute equips participants with the practical knowledge, communication strategies, and clinical context needed to guide individuals through their PrEP journey.

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Expanding the National HIV Prevention Workforce through Certification

Power of PreventionExpanding the HIV prevention workforce is more important than ever: biomedical prevention is advancing rapidly and the HIV workforce is shrinking.

This institute offers a comprehensive foundation for providers to: 1) identify individuals who may benefit from HIV prevention services; 2) implement high-impact PrEP interventions; and, 3) apply a framework of cultural humility to improve engagement and retention in care.

Forward in SYNChronicity for HIV Prevention

Borderless Prevention

HIV Prevention Track

Power of PreventionThis comparative analysis explores HIV prevention, PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis), and health equity across two critical border regions: San Diego–Tijuana and Brownsville–Matamoros. These binational corridors reflect unique public health dynamics shaped by migration, resource allocation, stigma, and cross-border collaboration. While San Diego and Brownsville benefit from robust U.S. public health infrastructure, their Mexican counterparts often face limitations in consistent access to HIV testing, PrEP availability, and stigma-free services.

Forward in SYNChronicity for HIV Prevention

PrEP, PEP & Pleasure: Tools of Sexual Liberation

HIV Prevention Track

Power of PreventionThis interactive presentation explores the intersection of sexual pleasure, HIV prevention, and liberation for communities of color. The Science of Sexuality and Pleasure, it reframes PrEP and PEP not just as biomedical tools, but as instruments of sexual agency, protection, and empowerment. Drawing on the imagery of chains, whips, handcuffs, and doxycycline, we assert that protection and pleasure are not mutually exclusive, but deeply intertwined. Through storytelling, case-based dialogue, and visual metaphors, we invite attendees to challenge conventional narratives that separate safety from desire.

Forward in SYNChronicity for HIV Prevention

MSM Perspectives on Hypothetical Novel HIV Testing and Linkage Technology in South Carolina

HIV Prevention Track

Men who have sex with men (MSM) in the U.S. South face a disproportionate burden of HIV yet remain underserved in traditional prevention and care pathways. Stigma, structural inequities, and limited access to culturally competent services contribute to poor engagement across the HIV care continuum. These barriers are exacerbated by resource-constrained settings such as the rural South.

Forward in SYNChronicity for HIV Prevention

Self Imposed HIV and LGBTQ Stigma

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Stigmatizing ourselves can be the biggest obstacles, in healing ourselves from the harm caused by the STIGMA imposed by those not educated on HIV and LGBTQ issues. The presentation gives a birds-eye view into my experience as a PLWA in the early days. How my life has evolved into a long-term survivor, and how anyone can heal from the STIGMA caused by ignorance.

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From Cell to Clinic: Connecting Returning Citizens to HIV Prevention and Care

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Power of PreventionImagine a world where every individual, regardless of their past, has access to essential healthcare services and the support they need to thrive. For returning citizens living with HIV, this is not just a dream—it’s a necessity. The Intervention Services Program (ISP), part of the DC Health’s HIV AIDS Hepatitis STD Tuberculosis Administration (HAHSTA), is on a mission to transform this vision into reality.

Forward in SYNChronicity for HIV Prevention

Understanding the Facilitators of and Barriers to Community Engagement Among Faith-Based Organizations in New York City

HIV Prevention Track

Power of PreventionBlack Health’s Outreach Enhancement: Faith Based Organization Program (OEF) collaborates with faith-based organizations across the five boroughs of New York City to provide high impact HIV prevention services in geographical hot spots in communities of color where HIV infections are most heavily concentrated (as defined by the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH).

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Response to Syndemics

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Power of PreventionStayWell Health Center serves as a leading responder to the overlapping syndemics of HIV, hepatitis C, STIs, and social determinants of health in the Waterbury, Connecticut metro area. Through a status-neutral approach, StayWell ensures that all individuals—regardless of HIV status—are connected to comprehensive prevention or treatment services without stigma or delay.

Accreditation, Credit, and Support

Information on credits offered to SYNC participants for attending institutes, sessions, and plenaries — live or in-person — is available here.

Commercial Support Acknowledgement

This conference is supported, in part, by independent educational grants from ineligible companies. A full list of supporters is available here. All accredited content has been developed and delivered in accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence and the criteria of Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education™, and is free of commercial bias.