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Coordinate state-wide training program, “HIV Prevention Strategies for At-Risk Populations.”  Duties include monthly and quarterly reporting, establishing training schedule, developing course components, and conducting workshops for prevention providers.  Responsible for publication development, meeting the requirements of the scope of work, and supervision of MPH intern, graphic designer, and administrative assistant.

       Also a counselor, group facilitator, and trainer for outreach staff and counselors for a NIDA-funded study of crack smokers, commercial sex workers, and drug-using men who have sex with men (MSM).  Staff trainer for the CDC replication grant, “Community PROMISE” and provider of state-wide technical assistance to local community HIV planning groups. Also contracted as a trainer for the State Office of AIDS Mobile Testing Program.           

             Program Coordinator, HIV Prevention Programs

Duties included coordinating Ready For Action and Listo para acción, multi-level HIV prevention interventions for gay and bi men.  Presented projects at World AIDS Conferences, Geneva 1998, Durban 2000, and Barcelona 2002.

AIDS Research and Education Project, Long Beach, California

Interventionist/Interviewer                                                                                                                                                  

Counselor and interviewer for Project RESPECT, a CDC-funded research study of STD clinic patients.  Piloted various interventions and worked with clinic staff to integrate the study into clinic flow. Study required the implementation of client-centered counseling while maintaining strict adherence to research protocols.

       Also conducted field-based interviews and site observations for the CDC Community AIDS Demonstration Project, a study of non-gay-identified men who have sex with men in public sex environments. Certified as an expert witness on public sex by Los Angeles and Orange County Superior Courts.

PAPERS AND PRESENTATIONS

Universitywide AIDS Research Program                                                                    February 24, 2006

Sexual Risk Behavior Chain Analysis in Persistently High-Risk Gay Men (Co-author)

Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation                                                                            Vol. 22 No. 2, 2005 p95-103

Tailoring a vocational rehabilitation program to the needs of people with HIV/AIDS: The Harbor-UCLA experience. (Co-author)

2004 United States Conference on AIDS                                                                       October 21 - October 24, 2004

Workforce Reentry for People with AIDS: The Harbor-UCLA Experience (Workshop)   

6^th Annual LGBT MBA Student Conference                                                                 April 2 - April 4, 2004

HIV in the Workplace (Panel Member)       

14^th International AIDS Conference                                                                               July 7 - July 12, 2002

Reducing Risk in Field-Based Settings: Moving Beyond Health Education (Workshop)

5^th Annual Conference on AIDS Research in CA                                                        February 21 - February 22, 2002

Relations between smoking and HIV risk behaviors (Co-author)

129^th Annual Meeting of the APHA                                                                                October 23, 2001

HIV risk perceptions related to HAART among MSM (Co-author)

Universitywide AIDS Research Program                                                                      February 16, 2001

Translating the AIDS Community Demonstration Project into Practice: Local and International Experience (Co-author)

13^th International AIDS Conference                                                                               July 9 - July 14, 2000

Increasing the Provision of Therapy in Resource-Poor Settings: The Creation & Implementation of a Medicine Recycling Project (Presentation)

Orange County Healthcare Agency                                                                                February 23, 1999

The Integration of HIV Prevention with Care Services (Presentation)

Planned Parenthood of San Diego                                                                                   January 27, 1999

HIV Risk-Reduction for Women of Child-Bearing Age (Workshop)

HIV: New Perspectives Conference                                                                                November 21, 1998

Accessing HIV Treatment Information on the Internet (Presentation)

Bi-National Latino Health Conference                                                                           September 24 - 25, 1998

Individual and Group Counseling to Reduce HIV Risk (Workshop)

Los Angeles County Prevention Planning Committee                                                August 7, 1998

Conducting Bathhouse Outreach (Presentation)

12^th World AIDS Conference                                                                                           June 26 - July 3, 1998

Creating a Culturally Appropriate Intervention for Spanish-Speaking Gay Men (Presentation)

California State Office of AIDS, HIV Counseling and Testing Section                   June 16, 1998

Neighborhood Intervention High-risk Testing Program (Presentation)

Long Beach Care Consortium                                                                                         April 15, 1998

One-on-One Office-Based Counseling (Presentation)

National Overcoming Barriers to Condom Use Conference                                      February 19 - 20, 1998

Condom Use Behaviors by Non-Gay-Identified Men Who Have Sex with Men (Presentation)

    Using Small Media in Condom Promotions (Panel Member)