PACHA March 2008 Agenda

Thirty-Fifth Meeting

Hubert Humphrey Building
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
Washington, D.C. 20201
Room 800
March 24-25, 2009


AGENDA


Tuesday, March 25, 2008

TimeItem
8:00 a.m.Light Breakfast Snacks (Members Only)
8:30 a.m.Meeting Called to Order
PACHA Co-Chair, Marilyn A. Maxwell, M.D.
8:45 a.m.Swearing-In of New Members
Joxel Garcia, M.D., MBA, Assistant Secretary for Health
Robert M. Kaufman, Esq.
Sharon Valenti, R.N.C.S.
9:00 a.m.Welcome
PACHA Co-Chair, Marilyn A. Maxwell, M.D.
9:15 a.m.HIV/AIDS Activities at SAMHSA
H. Westley Clark, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., CAS, FASAM
Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
10:15 a.m.BREAK
10:30 a.m.Update on VISA Waiver
Igor V. Timofeyev, Director of Immigration Policy and Special Advisor for Refugee and Asylum Affairs
Policy Directorate, Department of Homeland Security
11:00 a.m.Domestic AIDS Epidemic
Kevin Fenton, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
NoonWorking Lunch (Members Only)
1:00 p.m.Ryan White Implementation
Steven R. Young, M.S.P.H.
Director-Division of Training & Technical Assistance
HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA)
2:00 p.m.Prevention Initiatives Research
Ellen Stover, Ph.D.
Director, Division of AIDS and Health and Behavior Research and Director, Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS
National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health
ADJOURN


Wednesday, March 26, 2008


TimeItem
8:00 a.m.Working Breakfast – Light Breakfast Snacks (Members Only)
8:20 a.m.Welcome
PACHA Co-Chair
Raymond V. Gilmartin
8:30 a.m.Future Direction in Prevention Research
Carl W. Dieffenbach, Ph.D.
Director of the Division of AIDS
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
National Institutes of Health
9:30 a.m.Women’s Empowerment and Containing the HIV Epidemic
Kathryn Anastos, M.D.
Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology and Population Health
Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York
10:30 a.m.Break
10:45 a.m.Open Discussion
11:30 a.m.PEPFAR Update
William Steiger, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Global Health Affairs and Special Assistant to the Secretary for International Affairs
NoonCouncil Adjourns for Working Lunch (Members Only)
2:00 p.m.Reflections
Beny Primm
2:15 p.m.Council Reconvenes for Motions and Voting
PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TO FOLLOW MOTIONS AND VOTING
ADJOURN

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