Click on each date/tab below to reveal the schedule of AETC Program sessions and poster presentations planned for the 2026 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment. The National AETC Support Center will also be exhibiting and promoting AETC Program training materials, services, and clinical resources.
| Panelists/Presenters | Session Title | Session Type | Session ID# | Time |
| Jennifer Burdge; Sherise Stogner | Driving Regional Practice Transformation in HIV Care | Poster | 34757 | Pending |
| Debra Winters; Scott Hebert | Transformation Driving Measurable Improvements Across the HIV Care Continuum | 90-minute Group Session | 34560 | 4:30-6:00 PM |
| Catherine Farquharson; Bob Tafoya | Evidenced-Based Interventions to Improve Routine Screening and Testing of Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infections | Panel | 34649 | 4:30-6:00 PM |
| Kathryn Burklund | Leveraging Data for Smarter Recruitment: A Structured Framework for Engaging High-Impact Clinics | Group Session* | 34569 | 4:30-6:00 PM |
| Bob Tafoya; Catherine Farquharson; Kathryn Burklund; Dominic Stanislaus, Minerva Layug-Gomez | From Testing to Viral Suppression: Quality Improvement Through AETC Program Practice Transformation | Group Session* | 34767 | 4:30-6:00 PM |
| Panelists/Presenters | Session Title | Session Type | Session ID# | Time |
| Helene Bednarsh; Scott Hebert | From Gap to Growth: Innovation to Increase the HIV Workforce Capacity | 60-minute Session | Pending | 9:45-10:45 AM |
| D. Boccher-Lattimore; N. West; L. Morgan; S. Weigl | Leveraging Collaborative Partnerships to Strengthen HIV Care and Treatment Systems and End the HIV Epidemic | 60-minute Session | 34645 | 9:45-10:45 AM |
| John Nelson; Bashirat Olayanju; Jenevieve Opoku | Integrating Technical Assistance, Systems Coordination, and Clinical Capacity Support to Accelerate EHE Progress | Hybrid Group Session | 34842 | 9:45-10:45 AM |
| Helene Bednarsh; Scott Hebert | Strengthening the HIV Workforce: Innovative Interprofessional Oral Health Training through the New England AETC | Poster | 34535 | 3:30-4:00 PM |
| Karen Curd Harris | Improving Access to HIV Prevention and Care by Strengthening the Clinical Workforce | Poster | 35109 | 5:00-5:30 PM |
| Panelists/Presenters | Session Title | Session Type | Session ID# | Time |
| Linda Rose Frank; Ilias Hossain; Toan Ha | Longitudinal Assessment of Practice Transformation Training Among Healthcare Providers in HIV Clinics – A Four-Year Observational Study | Poster | 34878 | 2:15-2:45 PM |
| Jennifer Burdge; Sarit Golub | Tools to Jumpstart a Long-Acting Injectable HIV Treatment Program | Group Session | 34756 | 4:15-5:45 PM |
| Panelists/Presenters | Session Title | Session Type | Session ID# | Time |
| Malinda Boehler | Improving Cervical Cancer Screening at a Ryan White Funded Clinic | Poster | 34957 | 10:45-11:15 AM |
| Debra Winters; Urusa Sheikh | Building Primary Care Capacity for HIV Prevention Through a Virtual PrEP Mentorship Learning Collaborative | 60-minute Session | 34568 | 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM |
| T'Keyah Grier, PhD, CHES | Increasing HIV Education in Federally Qualified Health Centers through AIDS Education Training | In-Person Group Session | 33011 | 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM |
| Minerva Layug-Gomez; Dayna Morrison; Alysa Bush | Strengthening Rural HIV Care through an Academic Detailing Approach: Healthcare Workforce Engagement and Toolkit Development | In-Person Group Session | 33011 | 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM |
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Minerva Layug-Gomez, MSN, RN, PCCN
Minerva Layug-Gomez, MSN, RN, PCCN, joined the AETC NCRC in 2023, as a Nurse Education Specialist.
Minerva has a BSN from Seton Hall University and an MSN in nursing education from Thomas Edison State University. After providing services as a Registered Nurse for 8 years in a Magnet Recognized and High Reliability Organization, Minerva gained expertise in post open-heart management, cardiac interventional procedures, medical surgical telemetry, and level III neonatal intensive care. In 2019, Ms. Layug-Gomez became a Nurse Professional Development Practitioner at the Center for Professional Development Innovation and Research at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center. In this role, Minerva promoted the professional development of nursing personnel, organized orientations, in-services, continuing education, annual competencies, fostered preceptor and mentor development, and generated evidence-based material for diverse educational programs and courses.
As the Nurse Education Specialist of the AETC NCRC, Minerva is an active member of the communities of practice and learning to assist with development of needed training materials.