Meeting Proceedings

End the Epidemics (ETE), a statewide coalition that advocates for anti-racist policies and funding opportunities to eliminate health inequities and end the epidemics of HIV, STIs, viral hepatitis, and overdose in California, convened on November 2, 2022. This strategy meeting, with support from the California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers and ViiV Healthcare’s Positive Action Community […]

On June 14, 2022, the Southern California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Center co-hosted a gathering for academic, community, government, and public sector partners led by SCHPRC partner, TruEvolution. Over 50 individuals participated, representing 29 entities/agencies, including Harold Philips, White House Advisor and Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, as well as Riverside Mayor Patricia […]

On November 10, 2021, the California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers (CHPRC) and the statewide End the Epidemics coalition (ETE) convened a community meeting to discuss these challenges and to identify policy and research priorities for improving HIV, viral hepatitis, STI, and harm reduction services. The event brought together over a hundred advocates, researchers, public health […]

On June 4, 2021, the Southern California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Center (SCHPRC) hosted a launchmeeting for San Diego County, organized on the heels of a regional listening session led by the NIHOffice of AIDS Research. During this launch event, we were able to focus on policy research needs in San Diego County and to engage […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant disruptions in California’s efforts to expand and improve services for HIV, hepatitis C, sexually transmitted diseases, and harm reduction. On November 18, 2020, the California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers and the End the Epidemics coalition convened a community meeting to discuss these challenges and to identify priorities for […]

On March 22, 2019, the California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers (CHPRC) convened a group of stakeholders representing public health, community-based organizations and academic sectors to discuss a data-driven approach to Los Angeles County’s plan for Getting to Zero. Leading experts presented a modeling study undertaken by investigators from University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and […]

On November 8 and 9, 2017, the California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers (CHPRC) convened two groups of public health department and community leaders to develop concrete strategies for increasing uptake and retention of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

On April 6, 2017, the California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers convened a statewide group of stakeholders to discuss best practices for HIV prevention and care within transgender communities in California. Presentations by leading experts from academic medical centers and community-based organizations focused on utilizing an intersectionality perspective to identify best practices for serving transgender populations […]

Following the Community Input Meetings in San Francisco and Los Angeles in October and November of 2017, the Executive Committee of the policy centers—consisting of investigators from the academic and community partners at both centers, as well as CHRP project officers—met to review the priority areas, identify commonalities and overlap, consider feasibility, and map out […]