Conversations with CEI
Conversations with Clinical Education Initiative (CEI) features clinical experts in HIV Primary Care and Prevention, Sexual Health, Hepatitis C and Drug User Health. Our episodes feature CEI clinicians’ experience and insight on the current health issues, alongside the latest news and guidelines on our areas of expertise.
This podcast is produced by the CEI, a New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute program.
- Update frequency
- every 27 days
- Average duration
- 29 minutes
- Episodes
- 54
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Where are we with an HIV vaccine and cure?
Despite the existence of medications that can control HIV and even reduce viral transmission, HIV is still a leading cause of death and a health threat to millions worldwide. The goal of this episode…
Check Yourself! Bringing STI Home Testing to Your Patients
The COVID-19 pandemic substantially impacted the capacity of sexual health clinics across the nation. It also provided insight into the availability and demand for at-home health testing.
The Nationa…
There is Love in the Overdose Prevention Center
The number of drug overdose deaths in the US more than quadrupled between 2000 and 2019, and opioid overdose was declared a national public health emergency in 2017. Nationally, overdose deaths were …
Exciting Injectable PrEP for HIV; No More Pills!
Access to PrEP is a pillar of the NYSDOH End the Epidemic initiative, that emphasizes the safety and effectiveness of PrEP as a method to prevent HIV infection. However, structural and individual bar…
Where Are We Now With HIV and COVID-19
As we enter year three of the COVID-19 pandemic, we would like to review the latest updates about HIV and COVID-19.
In the first segment we will speak with Dr. Robert Fullilove, EdD, about the social…
Behind the Scenes: A Look at the 2021 CDC STI Treatment Guidelines
In July 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released new evidence-based guidelines for the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of sexually transmitted infections. This is the first …
One Step Closer: Introducing the New York State Hepatitis C Elimination Plan
Hepatitis C is a major public health issue responsible for more deaths in the US than all 60 reportable infectious diseases combined, including HIV and tuberculosis. It infects about 25,000 people ea…
Simplified HCV Treatment for treatment naive patients: Anyone can do it!
According to the updated HCV guidelines, initial treatment of HCV infection includes patients with chronic hepatitis C who have not been previously treated with interferon, peginterferon, ribavirin, …
Addressing the Intersections of HIV and Health Inequities: Considerations for Providers
It has been 40 years since the first known case of HIV was documented and we have come a long way in the past 40 years. HIV is now a chronic disease, we have highly effective HIV prevention options l…
The Intersection of Drug User Health and Infectious Diseases
Join us for the fifth and final episode of Any Positive Change, a Drug User Health Podcast. Dr. Margie Urban from the University of Rochester and the Clinical Education Initiative’s Sexual Health Cen…
Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP): What Clinicians Need to Know
[The following episode was initially recorded as part of "Any Positive Change", which has since merged with Conversations with CEI]
Pre-exposure prophylaxis, also known as PrEP, is a highly effective…
Updates in Sexually Transmitted Infections and Sexual Health
[The following episode was initially recorded as part of "Any Positive Change", which has since merged with Conversations with CEI]
In this episode, Dr. Linda Wang interviews Dr. Margie Urban, an inf…
“Where they feel honored as a human being.”
[The following episode was initially recorded as part of "Any Positive Change", which has since merged with Conversations with CEI]
The medical clinic at New York Harm Reduction Educators (NYHRE) pro…
”It‘s already rough out here.”
[The following episode was initially recorded as part of "Any Positive Change", which has since merged with Conversations with CEI]
Syringe service programs play a critical role in the lives of peopl…