Within the youth HIV epidemic, prevention and acute health-care services are inequitably accessible and do not meet developmentally-specific needs. The Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) research program aims to defeat the HIV epidemic among adolescents and young adults in the United States through a suite of prevention and treatment studies. This symposium will highlight recent research conducted within the ATN, including the leveraging of technology, self management, and community-based strategies. Sponsored by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the ATN supports over 20 research protocols conducted by investigators committed to adolescents/young adults and their resilience, health and overall well-being.

In order to end the HIV epidemic among adolescents and young adults in the US, the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) recognizes the central role that community members and youth must play in research. In this session, Manuel Ocasio will provide a window into the community of sexual and gender minority youth in New Orleans and three ATN youth representatives - Ron Smalls, Booker Shorter, and Daniel Rodriguez - will share their perspectives on methods for engaging and retaining youth in research.

Within the youth HIV epidemic, prevention and acute health-care services are inequitably accessible and do not meet developmentally-specific needs. The Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) research program aims to defeat the HIV epidemic among adolescents and young adults in the United States through a suite of prevention and treatment studies. This symposium will highlight recent research conducted within the ATN, including the leveraging of technology, self management, and community-based strategies. Sponsored by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, the ATN supports over 20 research protocols conducted by investigators committed to adolescents/young adults and their resilience, health and overall well-being.