HIV and STI Prevention and Treatment Summit: Innovation, Empowerment & Engagement 2026

Charlotte, NC US
April 16, 2026

The Summit will convene multidisciplinary public health professionals, community leaders and organizations, healthcare providers and advocates to explore innovative strategies that drive progress toward ending the HIV and syphilis epidemics. Anchored on the themes of innovation, empowerment and engagement, this year's summit will highlight cutting-edge approaches to prevention, testing and treatment, while celebrating the resilience and leadership of the communities most impacted.

This Summit is funded by Mecklenburg County Public Health, in collaboration with NC. Department of Health and Human Services and UNC Charlotte and jointly provided by South Piedmont Area Health Education Center.

This conference is being held in person at Harris Convention Center, 3216 CPCC Harris Campus Drive, Charlotte, NC 28235

NOTE: Please note this activity will be presented 9:00am - 5:00pm EST

Target Audience

This course is intended for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, pharmacists, social workers and other healthcare professionals.

Learning Objectives

At the end of this session, learners should be able to:

  1. Describe 3 ways to prevent HIV transmission. 
  2. Explain the benefits of Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). 
  3. Identify common signs and symptoms of syphilis. 
  4. Articulate appropriate CDC-recommended treatment for each stage of syphilis. 
  5. Discuss at least 3 public health services that are available for people living with HIV.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.75 American Board of Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
  • 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 6.75 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
    Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Advocate Aurora Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers receiving this course receive 6.75 of ethics, clinical, cultural competence, and/or general continuing education credits.
  • 6.75 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 6.75 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 6.75 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 6.75 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 6.75 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)
    Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 6.75 Physician Associates Credit
    Advocate Health has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 6.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.
Course opens: 
12/23/2025
Course expires: 
12/31/2026
Event starts: 
04/16/2026 - 8:00am CDT
Event ends: 
04/16/2026 - 4:00pm CDT
Cost:
$1.00
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PDF icon HIV STI Prevention and Treatment Summit - Agenda and Faculty.pdf

Harris Convention Center
3216 CPCC Harris Campus Drive
Charlotte, NC 28235
United States

Faculty

  • Ray Anderson, MPH, MEd, ABA | Mecklenburg County Public Health 
  • DeVondia Anthony | Mecklenburg County Public Health 
  • Christine Doidge, RN | Arapahoe County Public Health 
  • Zachary Harris | RAO Community Health 
  • Chaquetta Johnson, DNP, MPH, APRN, WHNP-BC | Mecklenburg County Public Health 
  • Candice Joy McNeil, MD, MPH, FACP, FAAP | Wake Forest University School of Medicine 
  • Douglas Meardon, MD, AAHIVS | Advocate Health & Wake Forest University School of Medicine 
  • Leandro Mena, MD, MPH | Emory University School of Medicine & National Minority AIDS Council 
  • Joshua O'Neal, MA | University of Alabama at Birmingham 
  • Tara Foster Robinson | Mecklenburg County Public Health 
  • Erika Samoff, PhD, MPH | NC DHHS 
  • Kimberly Scott, DPH | Mecklenburg County Public Health 
  • Arlene Sena-Soberano, MD, MPH | UNC School of Medicine 
  • Nicholas Jay Van Wagoner, MD, PhD | University of Alabama at Birmingham 
  • David Wohl, MD | UNC School of Medicine 

 

Disclosure

Faculty disclosures are being reviewed and will be presented to the audience in advance of the program.

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Advocate Health and Mecklenburg County Public Health . Advocate Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Statement(s)
 

American Medical Association (AMA) 
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) 
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.75 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) 
Advocate Health designates this live activity for a maximum 6.75 hours of CPE credit for (pharmacists and pharmacy technicians). CPE credit can be claimed on the AAH CE platform within 60 days of activity completion and information will be provided to CPE Monitor. Participants should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 
Pharmacy UAN: JA0006327-9999-26-013-L01-P

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Advocate Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 6.75  general continuing education credits.

American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA)
Advocate Health has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 6.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

 

Board Recognition Statement(s)

American Board of Surgery (ABS)
Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirement of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Available Credit

  • 6.75 American Board of Surgery
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME and Self-Assessment requirements of the American Board of Surgery's Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.
  • 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    Aurora Health Care is accredited by the Wisconsin Medical Society to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Aurora Health Care designates this activity for a maximum of 6.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
  • 6.75 Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)
    Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB)

    As a Jointly Accredited Organization, Advocate Aurora Health is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers receiving this course receive 6.75 of ethics, clinical, cultural competence, and/or general continuing education credits.
  • 6.75 Attendance
    Attendance Credit
    • 6.75 Approved AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 6.75 Continuing Nursing Education (CE)
    Aurora Health Care is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the Wisconsin Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 6.75 contact hours have been awarded to this activity by the Wisconsin Nursing Association. To receive contact hours, participants must attend the entire activity.
  • 6.75 Continuing Pharmacy Education (CPE)
    Aurora Health Care Department of Pharmacy Services is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
  • 6.75 Physician Associates Credit
    Advocate Health has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 6.75 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Price

Cost:
$1.00
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 FEE
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Cancellation and Refund Policy


Cancelation/Refunds/Substitutions

  • Cancellations must be in writing (email)
  • Registrants cancelling between two weeks and five full business days prior to the first day of the event are "refunded at 70% of the registration fee subject to a minimum $25 cancellation fee."
  • No refunds or credits will be given for cancellations received less than five full business days prior to the event.
  • No refunds or credit will be given for no-shows.
  • No vouchers will be issued in lieu of a refund.

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