About the 2018 Conference
The biennial 2018 National STD Prevention Conference took place at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC from August 27-30, 2018.
The conference focused discussions around “Intersecting Epidemics, Integrated Solutions” by exploring the intersection between STDs not only with one another, but also with HIV, reproductive health, maternal-child health, and substance use. Sexual health professionals, including program staff, scientists, clinicians, youth-serving professionals, and reproductive health care providers were in attendance to learn from state-of-the-art updates and practical, clinically-focused research.
The 2018 STD Prevention Conference Scientific Committee solicited theme suggestions from colleagues and partners and received more than 80 suggestions. After careful review by the committee, we proudly announced the 2018 STD Prevention Conference theme:
STD prevention and control in the U.S. is complex. It involves many diseases, populations, intervention strategies, and stakeholders. The 2018 theme highlights the ways that the epidemiology of different STDs intersect with one another, and also with HIV, reproductive health, maternal-child health, and substance use. Through a program-science lens, the 2018 STD Prevention Conference featured the value of integration and partnerships for effective public health responses to STDs.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
Gail Bolan
Dennis Fortenberry
Sevgi Aral
Lynn Barclay
Gail Bolan
Dennis Fortenberry
Margaret Gale-Rowe
Beatriz Garcia
Massimo Ghindinelli
David Harvey
Amber Herald
Ned Nook
Patricia Jackson
Maeve de Mello
Janice Norwood
Kay Philips
Rachel Powell
Raul Romaguera
Barbara Van Der Pol
Sevgi Aral, Co-Chair
Ned Hook, Co-Chair
ASSESSMENT
Bill Miller
Ninad Mishra
Preeti Pathela
Bill Pearson
Erika Samoff
Mark Stenger
Jeff Stover
Hillard Weinstock
ASSURANCE
Greta Anschuetz
Monique Carry
Marion Carter
Stephanie Cohen
Julie Dombrowski
Travis Gayles
James Matthias
Candice McNeil
PROGRAM DEFINITION / PREVENTION SERVICES
Kathryn Brookmeyer
Gale Burstein
Patricia Dittus
Jennifer Fuld
Will Geisler
Matthew Hogben
Jacky Jennings
Trang Nguyen
CLINICAL AND LABORATORY
Marcia Hobbs
Ellen Kersh
Robert Kirkcaldy
Ina Park
Lara Pereria
Susan Phillips
Olusegun Soge
Barbara Van Der Pol
EVALUATION
Kyle Bernstein
Virginia Bowen
Patrick Chaulk
Patty Kissinger
Brandy Maddox
Karen Schlanger
Kate Washburn
Debbie Wendell
POLICY
Stephanie Arnold Pang
Harrell Chesson
Ryan Cramer
Kendra Cuffe
Amy Nevel
Tom Gift
Dan Wohlfeiler
Jonathan Zenilman
CLINICAL CASE SERIES
Laura Bachmann
Christine Johnston
Natalie Neu
Hilary Reno
Karen Wendel
Kimberly Workowski