Technology used to screen for social needs among people with HIV. WASHINGTON, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Institute for Technology in Health Care have awarded the 2024 Cesar Augusto Caceres Award for Innovations in HIV Prevention and Care to Jessica Ridgway,...
WASHINGTON, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine welcomes the inaugural class of the Dr. Dawn K. Smith HIV Prevention Clinical Fellowship. These Fellows demonstrate the passion and dedication to HIV prevention for which Dr. Smith was well-known. The 2024 class includes: Melissa Chruscinski, PharmD, BCACP, AAHIVP Wren...
Although No-Cost PrEP is Safe for Now, Ruling Still Leaves Free Preventive Care at Risk On Friday, June 21, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals handed down its much-anticipated decision in Braidwood Management v. Becerra. The court’s ruling was mixed. It agreed with the lower court’s...
The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) applauds the choice of Francisco Ruiz as the new Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). Mr. Ruiz will take an instrumental role in supporting and implementing efforts to end HIV and to ensure...
Washington, D.C.: The American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM) yesterday announced the Dr. Dawn K. Smith HIV Prevention Clinical Fellowship, funded by a grant through ViiV Healthcare. The fellowship will provide comprehensive HIV prevention training for non-infectious disease clinicians and will focus efforts in communities...
Transgender care, gender-diverse care, and gender-affirming care is life-saving health care. As an organization whose members are comprised of health care providers and clinicians, the Academy unequivocally supports transgender care, gender-diverse care, and gender-affirming care as well as the professionals who provide it. We uphold...
WASHINGTON, DC: The American Academy of HIV Medicine and the Institute for Technology in Health Care (ITHC) have awarded the 2023 Cesar Augusto Caceres Award for Technology in HIV Practice to Damien Cares in Indianapolis, Ind. The organization and its president and CEO, Alan Witchey,...
As a professional association representing frontline HIV care providers, the American Academy of HIV Medicine strongly supports shared decision making and evidence-based, patient-centered choice on infant feeding options for people with HIV (PWH). This position is in alignment with the latest clinical guidelines issued in...
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Academy of HIV Medicine denounces last week’s court ruling on the Braidwood Management v. Becerra case. Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas ruled that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) violated...
WASHINGTON – Friday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a proposal to update the guidelines on donating blood for men who are gay, bisexual, or who have sex with men. The Academy applauds this step forward in equity for blood donations and calls on...