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The 5th and FINAL HIV and Aging Scholars Program cohort is now accepting applications. Apply before May 19! https://www.nursesinaidscare.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=4933

Terrific opportunity to highlight your work!!

Abstracts are now being accepted for ANAC2024 in Indianapolis Nov. 14-16. Deadline is April 22. Don't miss it - there will be no extensions. Learn more: https://conta.cc/3IKtEVS

Calling all students!!!!

Join us Feb. 22 at 4 p.m. ET for a NEW Virtual Meet-up Networking Event for students! All levels of students from any any discipline is invited to learn more about ANAC, talk about HIV nursing opportunities and more! Register here: https://conta.cc/494w4tZ

Join us TODAY at 4 p.m. ET for our first Student Networking Meeting! We are looking for all current and future student ANAC members. Prizes, info and fun! Register now: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcsf-2grzkrG9dXYyX0A1j-WFPj51usr5VP #/registration

Some great coverage in this piece. Great to see the amazing work of some of our members highlighted.

2023 Association of Nurses in AIDS Care Many people working in the Indian Health Services are striving to curb a syndemic—i.e., a cluster of epidemics, including HIV—within the communities they serve, but finding solutions is difficult.

ANAC Rhode Island was incredibly honored yesterday to receive the Community Hero Award-Organization from the RI HIV/STI Prevention Coalition! And our very own Diane Dufresne RN, MA, current Board Member, won the Community Hero Award-Individual!! Congratulations Diane!!

Receiving this award the year that UNAIDS and the WHO declared “Let Communities Lead” as the World AIDS Day theme was especially humbling. It truly does take a community to do this work!

Special thanks to Board Member Helen Patterson ACLPN, CCRP for accepting the award on behalf of RIANAC.

Diane and Helen:

On Friday, Sept. 30th, RIANAC, in partnership with Rhode Island College Zvart Onanian School of Nursing, was thrilled to host Teaching Day 2023: Our Work Continues! After a three year hiatus it was wonderful to be back with members, colleagues and friends!

We started off the day with an important “Public Health Update in S*xual Health” by Philip Chan, MD, MS followed by an engaging presentation by the President of ANAC’s Board of Directors Melanie Steilen, RN, BSN, ACRN, “What Does It Mean to Be S*x Positive and Trauma Informed?”

Closing out the morning session was RIANAC’s Director at Large, Ashley Perry, with a thought provoking presentation, “The Battle Continues: Eliminating Stigma in the HIV and Addiction/Recovery Community”

After lunch the education continued with an essential presentation by RIANAC’s founding President-and current national ANAC Director,Patricia Cioe, PhD, RN, APRN on “Tobacco Dependence in People with HIV: A Brief Update on Recent Clinic Trials in the Providence Community”.

Ohio ANAC member. Scott Emory Moore, PhD, RN, APRN, AGPCNP-BC, FAAN provided a valuable introduction and overview of the benefits to researchers, participants and students in his presentation, “All of Us Research Program of the National Institutes of Health-An Introduction”.

Winding up our day was a community panel discussion moderated by Ashley Perry, “How Did the Rhode Island HIV Community Respond to the COVID-19 and Mpox Pandemics”. The panel remarks and observations, coupled with a lively discussion was an incredible way to end our “Welcome Back” teaching day!

Sincere thanks to the Onanian School of Nursing, our presenters and panelists, our vendors, attendees and the support staff at Rhode Island Nursing Education Center. Special thanks to Joanne Costello, PhD, MPH, RN for her invaluable assistance.

We are excited to see you at next year’s RIANAC conference!

Join us in The Big Easy for ANAC2023! ANAC2023 in New Orleans October 26-28.

Congratulations to all the deserving winners!!!

ANAC Awards Winners Announced! 👑 Congratulations to the 2023 ANAC award winners! The following awards will be presented on Oct. 26 at the annual Awards Celebration during the 2023 ANAC annual conference in New Orleans. Congratulation

Documentary Screening "New Nickels" at ANAC2023 Special Showing of "New Nickels" at ANAC2023 Thursday, Oct. 26: 1:15 p.m. New Nickels explores the healing journeys of five Black women in our "Out of the Shadows" program as they emerge from the shad

Join us for a webinar on Aug. 30 at 4 p.m. ET. Topics include treating HTE patients, cultural sensitivity in BIPOC communities, ARV management and long-acting agents. Register here:
https://www.clinicalserieslive.com/app/signup/083023_CSL_IDCL_CME_HIV/formPage/0?refCode=PAR_ANAC_CME_HIV_083023

ANAC celebrates Pride Pride Pride is a time of celebration, and we at ANAC and our allies are proud to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community! In this time of celebration, we look back at the history of Pride Month and the events

ANAC celebrates National HIV Testing Day National HIV Testing Day On June 27, we celebrate National HIV Testing Day to encourage HIV testing to stay healthy. Positive tests can result in quickly starting HIV treatment. Those with negative re

RIANAC meeting with Amy Brotherton and Diane Ayuninjam, Pharmacists at The Immunology Clinic at Lifespan presenting HIV PHARMA 101. We thank you for your expertise and time tonight!

Do you know about PrEP? Do you know someone taking PrEP, or who should be taking it? What about someone who may want it, but is facing barriers to get it?
Are you a nurse, pharmacist, or other healthcare professional who provides care for patients with HIV?
This is the webinar for you!

Register here: https://clinicaloptions.com/events/overcoming-barriers-to-prep-uptake-nursing-perspectives/overcoming-barriers-to-prep-uptake-nursing-perspectives-june-29-2023/10400-10892

RIANAC supports the recent legislation passed by the RI General Assembly to make HIV-prevention medications (PrEP and PEP) free and accessible to qualifying patients. This legislation (S-0563) requires health insurance plans to cover these medications (oral and injectable) with no out of pocket costs to patients. Additionally, it would allow pharmacists to prescribe them to eligible patients in addition to NPs, PAs and MD/DOs. We strongly encourage Governor McKee to sign this bill into law to help !

Rhode Island Chapter meeting “Overcoming Barriers to PrEP Uptake – Nursing Perspectives” with phenomenal speakers Zyra Gordon Smith and Robin Hardwicke. Thanks for sharing your time and expertise with us in the Ocean State!

Registration now open for ANAC2023! Early-bird closes July 15 REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN! ANAC2023 - New Orleans "Connect and feed your soul." Oct. 26-28, 2023 (pre-conference activities Oct. 25) REGISTER NOW Early bird registration for o

that researchers must complete a special training before they can access All of Us Research Program participant data? When you your data is protected and will be used to help shape the future of health. Learn more about other privacy measures at https://bit.ly/3CbHZIt

ANAC celebrates National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month. Each year on May 19, we celebrate National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day t

Applications due May 19th!

Applications are open for the third cohort of the HIV & Aging Scholars Program. This is an interprofessional program open to individuals from any discipline (nursing, social work, pharmacy, medicine, physical therapy, etc.) and people aging with HIV, advocates, peer navigators, case managers and others from community organizations.

Come join us in New Orleans!

Early-bird registration is now open for ANAC2023 in New Orleans. We hope to see you in NOLA Oct. 26-28 (pre-conference activities Oct. 25). Learn more: https://www.nursesinaidscare.org/conference

Apply for the HIV & Aging Scholars Program by May 19! The program is open to all disciplines and includes a six-month virtual learning community with national experts and mentors to help improve HIV & aging services. Learn more: http://nursesinaidscare.org/HIVScholars