Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine asks all individuals involved in the development and presentation of Accredited Continuing Education activities to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. This information is disclosed to all activity participants prior to the start of the educational activity. Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine has procedures to mitigate all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. In addition, faculty members are asked to disclose when any unapproved use of pharmaceuticals and devices is being discussed. 

In accordance with the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all relevant financial relationships that faculty, planners, authors, and anyone who may be in control of content have with ineligible companies have been mitigated.

No faculty has any financial relationships to disclose. Faculty members do not plan on discussing unlabeled/investigational uses of a commercial product.

Faculty 

 Dr. Stephen Brady

 Associate Professor

 Boston University School of Medicine

 Dr. Stephen Brady is currently an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the Boston University School of Medicine with a longstanding interest in the LGBTQI community. He is a Psychologist who received his B.A degree from the University of Florida and MA. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the founding Director of the Mental Health Counseling and Behavioral Medicine Program at the School of Medicine which he directed for over 20 years. His teaching interests have focused in the areas of human sexuality, psychotherapy skill development and career development with a focus on emotional intelligence. He has maintained a private psychotherapy practice primarily with Gay male professionals. He was Chair of the American Psychological Association’s Council on Psychology and AIDS and serves on the advisory board for the New England AIDS Education and Training Center. Dr. Brady’s clinical, teaching and research interests have focused on the psychosocial and sexual needs of marginalized groups including men who have sex with men, mentally ill and homeless individuals, and people at risk for HIV and other sexually transmitted infections. He is a frequent guest lecturer and teacher in the area of Human Sexuality and has served as Principal Investigator for a number of NIMH and SAMHSA studies and training grants including his current training grant “Enhancing Training for Clinical Mental Health Counselors in Substance Use Disorders Assessment and Treatment."

Erin Sivak, MSN, BSN, RN 

 Assistant Director, BU SHIELD

Speaker, Course Advisor 

Beverly Heinze-Lacey, MPH, BSN, RN

Director, BU SHIELD

Nurse Planner 

CNE Program Manager: Lesly Zapata