# 2020 USCA Meeting

> **NIH NIH R13** · GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · 2021 · $74,823

## Abstract

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
In 1996, a group of national HIV organizations came together to create the United States Conference on AIDS
(USCA). Led by NMAC, this coalition understood the value of bringing together the diverse communities
impacted by the disease to be educated on the latest science, build support and bring hope to people facing an
epidemic. As one of the largest domestic HIV/AIDS conferences with a community focus, USCA brings
together around 3,000 people each year including case managers, representatives from local, state and
federal government, capacity building providers, researchers, representatives from national AIDS services
organizations, pharmaceutical representatives, peer navigators and people living with HIV. Skills building takes
place in the form of over 100, 2-hour workshops, 25 posters and 4 plenary sessions. USCA is held every other
year in Washington, DC to ensure the maximum possible participation by federal representatives. The 2020
USCA will be held in San Juan, PR at the Puerto Rico Convention Center from October 10-13.
USCA focuses on a range of HIV/AIDS issues and there are a number of ways content is developed and
organized for the conference including pathway sessions, conference tracks and through the submission of
abstracts. Over the past 7 years, the conference has moved from a program developed mainly through
abstract submissions to include curated content through the addition of pathway sessions. Pathway sessions
include 3-5 workshops on a particular topic that are created by recognized leaders in that area. The conference
includes 18-20 pathway sessions on a variety of topics, such as aging, structural interventions, and youth.
Additionally, several federal agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health
Resources and Services Administration and HHS’ Secretary’s Minority AIDS Initiative Fund, have partnered
with USCA to conduct pathways on prevention, care and treatment, hepatitis, PrEP, viral suppression and
stigma in minority communities. Other workshops and poster sessions are filled through a call for abstract
submissions, which are reviewed by several track committees comprised of experts in their respective fields. In
addition to pathways, the conference is organized by Conference Tracks, which feature workshops and poster
sessions in the areas of biomedical HIV prevention, gay men, leadership, people living with HIV, stigma and
public policy. Each year, Tracks and Pathway topics are reviewed and are changed, as needed, to reflect
current issues and OAR HIV/AIDS Priorities. For the past 3 years, NMAC has partnered with the DC CFAR to
host a pathway of workshops on HIV treatment and cure research. Conference support from the NIH R13 grant
will be used to support this collaboration and to fund scholarships that will include people living with HIV over
50, cis and trans women, emerging youth leaders and people of color. As collaborators, the DC CFAR
leadership and HIV inves...

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10082629
- **Project number:** 1R13AI155174-01
- **Recipient organization:** GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
- **Principal Investigator:** Alan Edward Greenberg
- **Activity code:** R13 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2021
- **Award amount:** $74,823
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-11-10 → 2021-10-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10082629

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10082629, 2020 USCA Meeting (1R13AI155174-01). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10082629. Licensed CC0.

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