This virtual event is the third in the series entitled "Intersecting Epidemics in the Context of Ending the Epidemic:  Tackling HIV, Substance Use, and HCV". This series is co-sponsored by the MidAtlantic AIDS Education and Training Center (MAAETC), the National Alliance for HIV Education and Workforce Development (NAHEWD), the Opioid Response Network (ORN), the Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center, and the Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center (ATTC).

Session Title: Medication Assisted Treatment Centers, Substance Use Disorders, and HIV

Audience: health care providers and staff working at HIV clinics, infectious disease clinics, substance use disorder treatment programs, opioid treatment programs, case managers, addiction counselors and therapists.

• 11:30am ET – Attendees sign on and will be put in the waiting room
• 11:40am ET - Attendees are admitted to the webinar from the waiting room. 
• 11:45am ET – technical/logistics overview
• 11:55am ET – speaker introduction
• 12:00pm ET-12:50pm ET – didactic PPT presentation by Ingrid McDowell 
• 12:50pm ET-1:00pm ET – Audience full group Q&A
• 1:00pm ET-1:45pm ET – Panel discussion featuring different MAT centers
• 1:45pm ET-1:58pm ET – Final summary/questions
• 1:58pm ET-2:00pm ET– Concluding remarks, evaluation

Session objectives:

By the end of the session, participants will be able to:

• Discuss how to screen for HIV minimizing stigma as a barrier to care and engagement
• Identify opportunities to offer HIV treatment and HIV prevention such as PrEP in conjunction with treatment for substance use disorder
• Describe methods to provide HIV treatment and HIV prevention such as PrEP in facilities that focus on treating substance use disorder