6th Annual HIV & Aging Conference

39000 Bob Hope Drive,Rancho Mirage CA 92270

18 September, 2021

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Please join us for the 6th Annual Aging Positively - Reunion Project Conference in Palm Springs Topics & Speakers: Meditation with Daniel Lee, MD from UCSD's Owen Clinic HIV & The Media: Karl Schmid is the entertainment reporter for ABC7 LA. He recently revealed his HIV status and has been an advocate for U=U as well as breaking down HIV stigma, etc. HIV research update panel: • Palmtree: Carlos Martinez, MD, • Eisenhower Health: Ken Lichtenstein, MD • Borrego Health: Clayton Barbour, MD • DAP Health: Tulika Singh, MD • HARP-PS: Jeff Taylor Caregiving with Perry Wiggins from The Center and Richard Bass/PALS Let’s Kick ASS—sustaining and making new friendships late in life with Brian DeVries Keynote Speaker: Andy Bell from Erasure Schedule: Opening/welcome (5min) 9:05 Honoring our Experience (30 min) 9:10 Meditation (30 min) 9:40 HIV & The Media (30min) 10:10 Research update (45min) 10:40 Caregiving (45 min) 11:25 Friendship (45min) 12:10 Keynote Speaker 1:00 Wrap-up 2pm Founded in 1984 by a group of community volunteers in the face of the AIDS crisis, Desert AIDS Project, now DAP Health, has been the Coachella Valley’s primary not-for-profit resource for those living with, affected by, or at-risk for HIV or AIDS. Today, we are a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with the goal of improving the overall health of our entire community, especially the disenfranchised. DAP Health provides comprehensive, culturally competent, quality primary and preventative health care services including; primary medical care, HIV and Hepatitis specialty care, dentistry, behavioral health and social services all-under-one-roof.