SUNY Downstate Health Science University’s STAR Program is a local performance site of Northeast / Caribbean AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC). https://www.necaaetc.org/ The AETC provides on-site HIV training and technical assistance for multidisciplinary health care providers in Brooklyn, Staten Island and throughout New York State, targeting community-based clinics, hospitals, substance use treatment programs and social service organizations that provide HIV care or are scaling up HIV-related services.

The training population includes physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, nursing assistants, dentists, dental assistants, social workers, case managers and other health care support service professionals. For clinicians who would like experiential training in HIV care, AETC organizes observational preceptorships at the STAR Health Center-Downstate. Funding for this program is provided by HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau through a subcontract with Columbia University.

Site Area of Expertise

• ARV treatment
• Case conferencing around all aspects of HIV care
• Prevention related issues and strategies (PrEP, STI prevention, motivational interviewing)
• Substance use treatment topics
• HIV primary care basics for clinicians new to HIV care
• HCV/HIV coinfection
  Interprofessional communication skills

Catchment Area

Brooklyn and Staten Island AETC Partner since 2002

Contact:
David Odegaard, MPH
Director of Professional Education and Training
Telephone: (718) 270-4752
E-mail: david.odegaard@downstate.edu

Michele Wilson
MPH Senior Program Manager
Telephone: (718) 270-4490
E-mail: michele.wilson@downstate.edu