Conversations with CEI

In this episode of Conversations with CEI, Dr. Steven Fine unpacks some of the latest developments and research presented at the 2025 International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Science, held …

Live from Canandaigua…it’s the 11th Annual NYS Sexual Health Conference!

The CEI Sexual Health Center of Excellence hosted the 11th Annual NYS Sexual Health Conference in-person on Friday May 2, 2025…

New York drug overdose deaths and death rates are on the decline, but with significant disparities and the current, toxic drug supply is partially to blame. Harmful additives like fentanyl analogues,…

In this episode of Conversations with CEI, we engage with CEI’s clinicians, researchers, and public health experts to explore current and emerging issues in HIV primary care, sexual health, Hepatitis…

In light of the increase in measles cases within the United States, this episode features Dr. Steven Fine, an infectious disease expert, who offers a comprehensive exploration of the history and prog…

In May 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its annual HIV surveillance reports. The new data show a continuation of year-over-year reductions through 2022 in the estim…

Let’s dive in!

This month, we welcome new hosts Patrick Passarelli, MD, an infectious diseases fellow at the University of Rochester, and Nicholas Gerbino, a public health professional at the Monroe …

Between 2010 and 2022 (the latest year for which data are available), 194,375 New Yorkers were diagnosed with hepatitis C (HCV) and of those, 53% (103,213 individuals) are known to have cleared their…

This podcast outlines some of the data presented at the 25th International AIDS Conference from HPTN 084 as it pertains to using injectable cabotegravir for HIV PrEP during pregnancy. Related Content…

Research suggests that LGBTQ adults have higher rates of substance use and mental health issues, compared to their heterosexual cisgender peers.  These health disparities are often related to minorit…

For the first time since 2018 and since the COVID-19 pandemic, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hosted
their biennial STI Prevention Conference in-person in Atlanta, GA from September 1…

Are current guidelines failing chronic pain patients with a history of substance-use disorders? Find out why Dr. Wang and Dr. Kelly are calling for urgent policy changes and how updated guidelines ca…

“This podcast discusses the recent presentation of data for lenacapavir, a potent capsid inhibitor for HIV that was 100% effective in preventing HIV infection in cis-gender woman at risk for HIV. If …

Providers calling into our CEI hotline often ask me what to do when their patient's HIV test results are unclear. These ambiguous or discordant test results can be a source of anxiety and confusion f…

“Nobody goes into adolescent medicine or into a field of medicine that serves adolescent patients because it’s simple and straightforward, right?”

In May 2024, the New York State Department of Health…

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a pathogen spread by contact with blood from a person with HCV infection. Prevalence among the US obstetric population rose nearly 10-fold over the past 20 years and approx…

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a pathogen spread by contact with blood from a person with HCV infection.
Prevalence among the US obstetric population rose nearly 10-fold over the past 20 years and approx…

Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a pathogen spread by contact with blood from a person with HCV infection. Prevalence among the US obstetric population rose nearly 10-fold over the past 20 years and approx…

In this episode, Dr. Steven Fine discusses some of the latest data that might be used to support starting
patients who are unable to take oral antiretroviral medications on long acting, injectable AR…