Conference Presentations 2013

“Smoking Cessation in the Oncology Setting – How Smoking Adversely Affects Cancer Treatments and Outcomes” Ellen R. Gritz, PhD

“Non-AIDS Complication:Malignancies Among HIV-Infected Patients” Roger Bedimo, MD, MS

“Assessing Cancer Programming Needs and Resources of ASOs and their Clients:Using Qualitative Findings to Develop a Quantitative Survey” Erica Lubetkin, MD, MPH

Day 2 – Keynote Speaker

“Lessons Learned About Health Disparities and BioBehavioral Mechanisms of Treatment Efficacy  or  Smoking Sessation in Persons Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA): What Works?” Ray Niaura, PhD

Session 2: Public Health Perspectives

“Cigarette Smoke Exposure and HIV-Related Neurologic Disease Progression – Basic Mechanisms and Clinical Consequences” Walter Royal, III, MD

“Psychosocial Mechanisms of Smoking Abstinence among Smokers of Low Socioeconomic Status” Yessenia Castro, PhD

“Smoking and Cervical Cancer Health Disparity” Subhash C. Chauhan PhD 

Session 3: Best Practices

“Brief Counseling Interventions for High-Risk Behaviors” Scott T. Walters, PhD

“Smoking Cessation Treatment: A Critical Component of HIV/AIDS Management” Damon J. Vidrine, DrPH

“Where Do We Go From Here? Next Generation Treatment Interventions” Ray Niaura, PhD

2013 Poster Session

2013 Health Disparities Poster Session