FREE! Closing the Gap: Rapid Testing for Syphilis, HIV & HCV in Correctional Settings
Made possible by an independent educational grant from OraSure Techonologies, Inc.
Live Broadcast: Monday, June 9, 2025 at 11 am - 12a pm Central Time
Correctional settings present a critical opportunity for public health intervention, especially given the high prevalence and co-infection rates of syphilis, HIV, and HCV among justice-involved populations. This webinar will explore the benefits of implementing rapid point-of-care testing in jails and other short-term facilities, including timely diagnosis, immediate linkage to care, and reduced disease transmission. Attendees will review the public health implications of missed testing opportunities and learn how POC testing supports both individual and community health. The session will also highlight practical strategies and available resources for launching rapid testing programs, as well as the importance of collaboration among correctional health care providers, facility staff, and community partners to ensure successful implementation and follow-up.
Learning Objectives
-Review the high prevalence and co-infection rates of syphilis, HIV and HCV in short-term correctional/jail settings, along with the public health implications and the need for rapid POC testing
-Discuss the benefits of implementing syphilis, HIV and HCV rapid testing, including timely diagnosis and treatment, and explore resources available for implementing rapid testing programs
-Recognize the critical role of collaboration among health care providers, correctional staff, and community organizations in supporting testing and treatment initiatives
Presenter
Alysse G. Wurcel, MD, MS Alysse G. Wurcel, MD, MS is a nationally recognized clinician investigator with over 20 years of expertise in infectious diseases and experience working with people with HIV, people who are incarcerated, and people who use drugs. She joined the faculty of Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine in October 2024 as a clinician investigator in the Section of General Internal Medicine. Additionally, she provides patient care at Boston Medical Center’s Section of Infectious Diseases. Dr. Wurcel received her MD from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in 2008 and completed a residency in internal medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital. After completing a fellowship in Infectious Diseases (ID), she graduated with a master’s degree in clinical and transitional science from Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in 2014. Dr. Wurcel’s research portfolio is characterized by a commitment to health equity, the development of systems-based strategies to improve healthcare, and the engagement of a broad array of stakeholders. She is a Multiple Principal Investigator on two National Institutes of Health R-level grants: a research project to improve equitable access to penicillin allergy de-labeling and an exploratory/development grant to improve systems of infectious disease care in Suffolk County jails. She has published over 115 peer-reviewed manuscripts advancing the science of health services research. Over the past decade, Dr. Wurcel has delivered clinical care as an ID physician across various institutions, including Tufts Medical Center, Lemuel Shattuck Hospital, and several Massachusetts county jails.
AKeem Rollins is a public health professional from Cleveland, OH with over 10 years of experience in sexual health education, HIV care navigation, and HIV prevention work. Starting as a volunteer at 15 with The Street Crew, a group of young queer men who educated other queer men of condom use, STIs and HIV prevention, he went on to work in Kaiser Permanente’s education theater program as a teen, receiving formal training in STI and HIV basics to teach back to other high school students in 2005, 2006, and 2007. After, AKeem became a volunteer for Americorps’ City Year program and the LGBT Community Center’s presenting on sexual health, including condom demonstrations. After a brief hiatus as an English Teacher and Special Education Intervention Specialist, AKeem returned to sexual health in 2016 at the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland in their teen pregnancy prevention and sexual health education program, Recovery Resource’s Safe on the Scene program as an HIV test counselor, and eventually landed at MetroHealth, where he has been for 6 years, now the Lead PrEP Navigation Specialist. When not engaging community members in PrEP education and navigation, AKeem works with the Rustbelt Center for AIDS Research as a Research Specialist and is currently completing his graduate degree in Health Policy and Management at Case Western Reserve University.
Webinar Fee:
$0 fee - registration required. Registration includes access to the PPT slide presentation, webinar recording, and CE credit – 1.00 hour for ACCME, ANCC, APA, and CCHP.
Continuing education credit (1.00 hour) available for:
Nurses: The National Commission on Correctional Health Care is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. NCCHC designates this educational activity for 1.0 contact hour. Nurses must attend the entire program to receive credit.
Physicians: The National Commission on Correctional Health Care is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
NCCHC designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Psychologists: The National Commission on Correctional Health Care is approved by the American Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. NCCHC maintains responsibility for this program and its content. This educational activity has been approved for up to 1.00 hour of credit.
CCHPs: Certified Correctional Health Professionals may earn up to 1.00 contact hour of Category I continuing education for recertification.
Social Workers, counselors and others: When evaluating the presentation, select the “General” category, print your certificate, and use it to report directly to your certifying board.
Disclosure Statement
In accordance with the disclosure policy of the National Commission on Correctional Health Care, everyone who is in a position to control the educational content of the Closing the Gap: Rapid Testing for Syphilis, HIV & HCV in Correctional Settings webinar (including planners, speakers, and moderators) has been asked to disclose all relevant financial interests, all affiliations, or other financial relationships within 24 months (1) with the manufacturers of any commercial product(s) and/or provider(s) of commercial services discussed in an educational presentation and (2) with any ineligible companies. Such disclosure is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation but rather is elicited to provide information that attendees might deem important to their evaluation of an educational presentation. All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated prior to this activity. No individuals have disclosed a relevant financial relationship with any ineligible companies/commercial interests.
Financial Disclosure:
Faculty Disclosures
None of the speakers listed above have any financial relationships with ineligible companies/commercial interests to disclose.
NCCHC Education Committee
The NCCHC Education Committee members have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
Sylvie Stacy, MD, MPH, CCHP-CP (Chair)
Joel Andrade, PhD, LICSW, CCHP-MH
Sharen Barboza, PhD, CCHP-MH
David Dawdy, MA, LLP, CCHP
LaToya Duckworth, RN, BSN, MHA, CCHP-RN
Keith Ivens, MD
Kenya Key, PsyD, CCHP-MH
Andrea Knittel, MD, PhD
Susan Laffan, RN, CCHP-RN, CCHP-A
Marci MacKenzie, PhD, LCSW, CCHP
Jim Martin, MPSA, CCHP
Pauline Marcussen, DHA, RHIA, CCHP
Rebecca Rock, PsyD, CCHP-MH
Lori Roscoe, PhD, DNP, CCHP-RN
Deborah Shelton, PhD, RN-C, CCHP
Nancy White, LPC, MA
Alysse Wurcel, MD
Staff Liaisons: Toyin Alaka, Kim Sterling, MBA, CAE