HIV/AIDS 2008:
The 20th Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS
“Preparing Tomorrow’s Leaders in HIV/AIDS Social Work…Today”
Hyatt Regency Washington - Capitol Hill
Washington, DC
May 22-25, 2008
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The Boston College Graduate School of Social Work founded the Annual National Conference on Social Work and HIV/AIDS in 1988. This four-day conference, under the direction of Director of Continuing Education, Vincent J. Lynch, has been held on an annual basis since 1989. Each year the event draws more than 500 AIDS-care social workers from across the country and from many nations abroad. This conference continues to be the only oneof its type; that is, a national conference organized by and for AIDS-care social workers. The conference is held in a different city of the country each year, and its location rotates between four regions of the U.S. (Eastern, Western, Midwestern, Southern states).
More than 120 conference presentations on AIDS social work service delivery are given each year in different formats, the vast majority of which are contributed by social workers involved in AIDS-care at hospitals, clinics, universities, AIDS service organizations, community-based 0rganizations and social agencies. Four books on AIDS social work have been published from the proceedings from several past conferences. The conference also offers many networking and social events.
The School has obtained over $1 million in contracts and grants from governmental and corporate sources to expand the offerings of this conference over the years. A partial list of funders includes: HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Gilead Sciences, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute of Mental Health, GlaxoSmithKline, and Agouron Pharmaceuticals. The School has also received awards for this conference’s contributions from the Council on Social Work Education, the Massachusetts Chapter, National Association of Social Workers and Harlem United Community AIDS Center, New York City.
The conference awards 24.0 hours of social work continuing education credits.
For further information regarding the conference, please contact
Vincent J. Lynch, Ph.D., Director, Office of Continuing Education
617-552-4038, lynchv@bc.edu.
