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Hepatitis C Virus Elimination in Rural NYS: What Will It Take?

October 9, 2025
Hepatitis C Virus Elimination in Rural NYS Slides

Hepatitis C Virus Elimination in Rural NYS Slides 
09.16.2025 Emerging Issues Committee Minutes  September 16, 2025
12:15 – 1:30 PM: Harm Reduction Policies for Protective Factors 
  • Alexis Pleus, Executive Director, Truth Pharm & NYSHRA Co-Chair
  • Julie Ritzler-Shelling, M.Ed., Senior Director of Community Prevention and Harm Reduction Services, Trillium Health & NYSHRA Board Member
10:20 – 11:10 AM: Breakout 3C: Planning for Impactful Opioid Settlement Fund Utilization: Lessons Learned from Suffolk County 
  • Alyse Marotta, MPH, Coordinator of Community Based Programs, Division of Community Mental Hygiene Services, Suffolk County Department of Health
  • Cari Faith Besserman, MS, CRC, CASAC-M, Director, Division of Community Mental Hygiene Services, Suffolk County Department of Health
  • Tina Wolf, Executive Director, Community Action for Social Justice
  • Melissa Wettengel, MPH, NYCPS, Chief Executive Officer, Hands Across Long Island
10:20 – 11:10 AM: Breakout 3B: Bridges of Trust: Weaving Harm Reduction Into Community Hubs 
  • Tyler Gilyard, Program Coordinator, Onondaga County Health Department
  • Julie Gilbert, Program Coordinator, Onondaga County Health Department
10:20 – 11:10 AM: Breakout 3A: Peers, Data, and Partnership: Integrated Harm Reduction in Dutchess County, NY 
  • Lori Levine, MSPH, Quality Improvement Coordinator, Dutchess County Department of Health
  • Allison M. Smith, MPH, Chief Epidemiologist, Dutchess County Department of Mental Health
  • Gregory Gallo, LCSW, Clinical Program Manager, Dutchess County Department of Mental Health
9:15 – 10:05 AM: Breakout 2C: Monroe County C.A.C.T.U.S. (Community Action Coalition Committed to Uprooting Stigma): Changing the Conversation Around Substance Use Disorder 
  • Jessica O’Connor, MPH, Addiction Services Program Manager, Monroe County Department of Public Health
  • Kelly Robinson, Addiction Services Outreach Supervisor, Monroe County Department of Public Health
9:15 – 10:05 AM: Breakout 2B: Beyond the Clinic Walls, Treatment Without Borders 
  • Ashley Spaulding, Director of Community Outreach, Baywood Center

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