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Vol 3: Presented by the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Vol 3: Supported by educational grants from Gilead Sciences, Inc. and ViiV Healthcare
The opinions and recommendations expressed by faculty and other experts whose input is included in this program are their own. This enduring material is produced for educational purposes only. Use of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine name implies review of educational format design and approach. Please review the complete prescribing information of specific drugs or combination of drugs, including indications, contraindications, warnings and adverse effects before administering pharmacologic therapy to patients.
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Volume 3, Issue 8: In The Clinic: Improving Outcomes in At-Risk Populations
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Volume 3, Issue 7: Improving Outcomes in At-Risk Populations
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Volume 3, Issue 6: New Advances in ART
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Volume 3, Issue 5: New and Emerging ART
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Volume 3, Issue 4: Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis: Addressing Provider and Patient Barriers
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Volume 3, Issue 3: Addressing Barriers to Provider and Patient Engagement in PrEP
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Volume 3, Issue 2: HIV: Management of Concomitant Conditions
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Volume 3, Issue 1: HIV and Lung Disease: What Every Clinician Should Know
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Volume 2, Issue 12: HIV and Alcohol
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Volume 2, Issue 11: HIV and Alcohol
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Volume 2, Issue 10: Current Issues in HIV/HCV Coinfection
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Volume 2, Issue 9: Current Issues in HIV/HCV Coinfection
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Volume 2, Issue 8: HIV-associated Cardiovascular Disease: An Update
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Volume 2, Issue 7: HIV-Associated Cardiovascular Disease: An Update
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Volume 2, Issue 6: Treating Youth and Young Adults With HIV Infection
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Volume 2, Issue 5: Treating Youth and Young Adults with HIV Infection
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Volume 2, Issue 4: New Recommendations for HAART in HIV
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Volume 2, Issue 3: New Recommendations for HAART in HIV
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Volume 2, Issue 2: Women and HIV PODCAST
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Volume 2, Issue 1: Women and HIV
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Allison L. Agwu, MD, ScM, FAAP, FIDSA
Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Adult Infectious Diseases
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland
Allison L. Agwu, MD, ScM, FAAP, FIDSA is an Associate Professor of pediatric and adult infectious diseases at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Her clinical and research interests include HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases, with a particular emphasis on co-morbidities and strategies to optimize engagement and treatment outcomes for youth with HIV. Her overarching research goal is to optimize outcomes for youth by deciphering health disparities and optimal strategies both to treat HIV infection and identify and prevent and manage complications and co-morbidities for youth with HIV.
Dr. Agwu earned her medical degree from the University of Maryland School of Medicine. She completed a combined residency in pediatrics and internal medicine at Case Western Reserve University (University Hospitals of Cleveland/ Rainbow Babies and Children’s Hospital), fellowship in pediatric and adult infectious diseases at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, as well as Masters of Science from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. She sees patients both in the pediatric and adult HIV clinics and as the founder and medical director of the Accessing Care Early (ACE) Clinic and the Program Director of the Pediatric/Adolescent HIV/AIDS Program, has been integral to the transition of YLHIV from pediatric to adult care. Her clinical patients range from babies to senior citizens. She also attends on the inpatient consultation service. Dr. Agwu has worked with the HIV Research Network spearheading the pediatric/adolescent working group agenda. Dr. Agwu is the Principal Investigator of the Johns Hopkins sites of the International Maternal Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials' Group (IMPAACT) and the Adolescent Trials’ Network (ATN). She chairs the IMPAACT complications working group and has chaired protocols, including clinical trials, examining strategies to address antiretroviral treatment (ART) and co-morbidities in youth with HIV. Dr. Agwu is NIH-funded to examine an intervention to improve nonadherence among youth.
She is American Board of Internal Medicine-certified in infectious disease and American Board of Pediatrics-certified in infectious diseases. She is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the HIV Medical Association, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Dr. Agwu is a voting member of both the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Pediatric and Adult Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines.
Dr. Agwu discloses that she serves on an expert advisory board for Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Alysse G. Wurcel, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Division of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts
Dr. Wurcel completed her undergraduate education at Tufts University. She is a graduate of University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. She completed internal medicine residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, and Infectious Diseases fellowships at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital and Tufts Medical Center. She received a Masters in Clinical Research from the Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences at Tufts University School of Medicine. In addition to her faculty position in the Department of Geographic Medicine and Infectious Diseases, she is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Community Medicine and Public Health at the Tufts University School of Medicine. She works on the inpatients services treating people with infectious diseases. She has treats people with HIV and HCV mono-infection in the outpatient clinic at Tufts Medical Center as well as in local county jails.
Prior to medical school, Dr. Wurcel worked on several research projects aimed at characterizing the immune response to HIV and HCV. In ID fellowship and as an attending, her research interests include treatment of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) in people considered "tough to treat" including people who inject drugs (PWID), people in the criminal justice system and people with HIV (PLWH). Most recently, she has published research and implementation science manuscripts on improving screening for HCV in PLWH . She has received institutional grants from Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center, as well as industry funding to support her research and is currently pursuing grant opportunities offered by the National Institute of Health.
Dr. Wurcel has disclosed that she is a site principle investigator for a ViiV Healthcare study.
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The eHIV Review series will consist of a monthly review of journal literature on key, pertinent topics, emailed as either a newsletter or podcast, to clinicians caring for patients with HIV. The timely commentary on current research, best practices and clinical management issues is provided by an expert panel of HIV specialists. The activities are delivered as four bi-monthly newsletters and four alternating podcasts. Participants will have up to two years to complete the four newsletters and four podcasts in order to earn CME credit.
Date of release: August 3, 2017
Expiration date: January 24, 2020
Estimated time to complete each activity: 60 minutes per newsletter, 30 minutes per podcast
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Volume 3 supported by educational grants from Gilead Sciences, Inc. and ViiV Healthcare.
To receive credit, participants must (1) read the learning objectives and disclosure statements, (2) complete the educational activity, and (3) complete the post-test and activity evaluation form, including the certificate information section. Physicians must attest to the amount of time they spent on the activity.
A passing grade of 70% or higher on the post-test/evaluation is required to receive CE credit.
The target audience (clinicians) for this initiative includes clinicians treating patients with HIV including infectious disease (ID) specialists, primary care physicians (PCPs), nurse practitioners (NPs), physician assistants (PAs), and others.
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Allison L. Agwu, MD, ScM, FAAP, FIDSA discloses that she has served as an expert on an advisory board for Gilead Sciences, Inc.
Alysse G. Wurcel, MD, MS discloses that she is a site principle investigator for a ViiV Healthcare study.
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