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.
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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.