Empowering Cisgender Women: Inclusion and Awareness of PrEP
Shobha Swaminathan, MD, FIDSA
Professor and Director of HIV Services, Division of Infectious Diseases
Department of Medicine, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Newark, NJ
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Dr. Shobha Swaminathan is Professor of Medicine and Director of HIV Programs at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School. She is also the clinical research site leader At Research With a Heart, the NIH-funded clinical trials unit at New Jersey Medical School. Dr. Swaminathan is the principal investigator of many clinical grants to provide HIV testing, care and treatment. Her research interests include clinical trials for HIV treatment and Prevention, and she is the site PI for multiple HIV testing grants. She also leads a very active community engagement team dedicated to increasing awareness about HIV and the importance of clinical research in helping to address the HIV epidemic.
At the completion of this educational activity learners will:
1. Understand PrEP eligibility and benefits in cisgender women.
2. Be able to navigate the PrEP prescription process.
3. Know how to monitor adherence strategies.
4. Be aware of the pipeline for new PrEP options.
Policies and standards of the Medical Society of the State of New York and the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education require that speakers and planners for continuing medical education activities disclose any relevant financial relationships they may have with commercial interests whose products, devices, or services may be discussed in the content of a CME activity.
- Dr. James F. Braun (Course Director/Planner) has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
- Dr. Kristen Marks (Moderator) has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
- Dr. Shobha Swaminathan (Presenter) has had the following relevant financial relationships in the past 24 months with manufacturers of the products or services that may be presented in this CME activity: Advisory Board to ViiV. Dr. Swaminathan submitted her slides in advance for adequate peer review and supported her presentation and clinical recommendations with the best available evidence from the medical literature. All relevant financial relationships were mitigated.
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