HIV & Infant Feeding Symposium
CHLP Public Health and Advocacy Strategist Kytara Epps will be presenting at the HIV & Infant Feeding Symposium, a Continuing Medical Education (CME) organized by the University of California Law San Francisco/UCSF Consortium.
This half-day online symposium provides information about supporting women and birthing people with HIV in their infant feeding journey. Speakers will share updates on data and guidelines regarding breast/chestfeeding for people with HIV, discuss the nuances of shared decision making and the practicalities of guideline implementation across different settings, and provide materials that participants can use to advance informed free choice in infant feeding decisions, combat stigma, empower pregnant and lactating people with HIV, and change culture and policy in their institution.
Presenters:
- Lisa Abuogi, MD, MPH, Professor of Pediatrics, University of Colorado
- Ifeyinwa Asiodu, PhD, RN, IBCLC, FAAN, Associate Professor, University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing
- Emily A. Barr, PhD, RN, CPNP-PC, CNM, ACRN, FACNM, FAAN, Associate Professor, University at Buffalo School of Nursing, Director of Translational Innovation and Maternal-Child and Family Health
- Ciarra “Ci Ci” Covin, MS, HS-BCP, Director of Programs, The Well Project
- Laura Cox, MS, RN, PHN
- Alyssa Crawford, Informed Decision Making Toolkit, IDT
- Karen Deutsch, FNP, MPH, Mother, Child and Adolescent HIV Program at UC San Diego
- Kytara Epps, MPH, Public Health and Advocacy Strategist, Center for HIV Law and Policy
- Jennifer McKinney MD MPH, Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine
- Heather O’Connor, Certified Breastfeeding Counselor
- Lealah Pollock, MD MS AAHIVS, Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
