96 - Hot Breakfast and Hot Topics: Advocacy in Action

Friday, October 13, 2023

7:30 AM – 9:00 AM US ET

Location: 109 AB

All relevant financial disclosures have been mitigated.

Moderator(s)

Amanda Jezek

Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Government Relations
IDSA
Arlington, VA, United States
AW

Andrea Weddle, MSW

Executive Director, HIVMA
IDSA
Arlington, VA, United States

Panelist(s)

AH

Arash Heidari, MD FACP FIDSA (he/him/his)

Program Director
Dignity Health
Bakersfield, CA, United States
Bonnie Word, MD, FIDSA (she/her/hers)

Medical Director
Houston Travel Medicine Clinic
Houston, TX, United States
Darrell McBride, DO (he/him/his)

Physician
Geisinger Medical Center
Danville, PA, United States
Rabita Aziz, MPH (she/her/hers)

Associate Director of Advocacy
IDSA
Arlington, VA, United States
ST

Speaker TBD

TBD, United States
Jose Rodriguez (he/him/his)

Associate Director of Public Policy & Advocacy
HIVMA
Arlington, VA, United States

Slides

Disclosure(s):

Amanda Jezek: No financial relationships to disclose

Andrea Weddle, MSW: No financial relationships to disclose

Arash Heidari, MD FACP FIDSA: No financial relationships to disclose

Bonnie M. Word, MD, FIDSA: No financial relationships to disclose

Darrell McBride, DO: No financial relationships to disclose

Rabita Aziz: No financial relationships to disclose

Jose Rodriguez: No financial relationships to disclose

CME Credits: Maximum of 1.5 hours of AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
MOC Credits: Maximum of 1.5 hours of MOC Credit
CNE Credits: Maximum of 1.5 hours of ANCC Credit
ACPE Credits: ACPE 1.5 knowledge-based contact hours of pharmacy CE
ACPE Number: JA0007082-0000-23-002-L01-P

Join us for Hot Breakfast and Hot Topics to talk about advocacy in action! While you enjoy your breakfast and meet other advocates, hear from IDSA/HIVMA members about their experiences participating in advocacy and the importance of educating members of Congress about ID and HIV legislative policy priorities. Speakers will share current efforts to advance policies on priorities including the ID and HIV clinical workforce, ID compensation, antimicrobial resistance, HIV/AIDS, public health emergency preparedness, and other ID issues. You’ll also learn how to engage with IDSA/HIVMA advocacy and become more involved in the Member Advocate Program (MAP). Breakfast at 7:30 am, session start time at 8:00 am. You may RSVP for this event here. https://idsociety.quorum.us/sign_up/7142/

Learning Objectives:

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

identify opportunities for educating members of Congress and other key policymakers and advocating for infectious diseases and HIV policy priorities;
discuss strategies to effectively communicate with and develop relationships with policymakers and their staff to advance policy priorities;
describe and utilize the various IDSA/HIVMA-facilitated advocacy opportunities necessary to influence policy development at the federal level.