99 - Hot Breakfast and Hot Topics: Advocacy in an Election Year

Friday, October 18, 2024

7:30 AM – 9:00 AM US PT

Location: 304 ABC

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

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: JA0007082-9999-24-002-L01-P
PACE Credits: Maximum of 1.5 of PACE contact hours
CE Broker: Maximum of 1.5 CE broker credit hours

Moderator(s)

Rachel Bender Ignacio, MD MPH

Associate Professor
University of Washington/Fred Hutch Cancer Center
Seattle, WA, United States
Vanessa Yesufu

Policy and Program Coordinator
HIVMA

Faculty(s)

Andrea Weddle, MSW

Executive Director, HIVMA
IDSA
Arlington, VA, United States
Amanda Jezek (she/her/hers)

Senior Vice President, Public Policy & Government Relations
IDSA
Arlington, VA, United States
Bismarck Bisono Garcia, MD (he/him/his)

Infectious Diseases Fellow
Mayo Clinic
Rochester , MN, United States
Carmen Rexach, PhD (she/her/hers)

Professor
Mt San Antonio College
Garden Grove, CA, United States
Jose Rodriguez (he/him/his)

Associate Director of Public Policy & Advocacy
HIVMA
Arlington, VA, United States
Rabita Aziz, MPH (she/her/hers)

Associate Director of Advocacy
IDSA
Arlington, VA, United States
Raul Ruiz, MD, MPP, MPH (he/him/his)

Congressman
United States House of Representatives
Alice Kim, MD, MBA

President and CEO
ID CARE
Morristown, NJ, United States

Disclosure(s):

Rachel A. Bender Ignacio, MD MPH: AbbVie Inc: Advisor/Consultant (Ongoing)

Vanessa Yesufu: No financial relationships to disclose

Andrea Weddle, MSW: No financial relationships to disclose

Amanda Jezek: No financial relationships to disclose

Bismarck S. Bisono Garcia, MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Carmen Elisabeth Rexach, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Jose Rodriguez: No financial relationships to disclose

Rabita Aziz, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Raul Ruiz, MD, MPP, MPH: No financial relationships to disclose

Alice I. Kim, MD, MBA: No financial relationships to disclose

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;
describe strategies to effectively communicate with and develop relationships with policymakers and their staff to advance policy priorities;
describe and utilize the various IDSA-facilitated advocacy opportunities necessary to influence policy development at the federal level.

Presentations:

7:45 AM – 8:00 AM US PT

IDSA & HIVMA Policy Overview
Speaker: Amanda Jezek (she/her/hers) – IDSA
Speaker: Andrea Weddle, MSW – IDSA
8:00 AM – 8:25 AM US PT

Advocacy in Action
Speaker: Bismarck S. Bisono Garcia, MD (he/him/his) – Mayo Clinic
Speaker: Alice I. Kim, MD, MBA – ID CARE
Speaker: Carmen Elisabeth Rexach, PhD (she/her/hers) – Mt San Antonio College
8:25 AM – 8:40 AM US PT

Congressional Engagement
8:40 AM – 8:45 AM US PT

Member Advocacy Program
Speaker: Rabita Aziz, MPH (she/her/hers) – IDSA
Speaker: Jose Rodriguez (he/him/his) – HIVMA
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM US PT

Q&A