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All training is free
The Center's mission is to provide relevant and critical information on HIV/AIDS that will: support health and human service professionals caring for people living with HIV/AIDS; promote quality care and target resources needed to meet the needs of underserved communities; promote HIV prevention education and harm reduction; influence public policy and facilitate research relevant to the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
The Center for Public Health Education (CPHE) is a Local Performance Site (LPS) of the Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education & Training Center Program located at Stony Brook University. This grant’s mission is to provide training opportunities and clinical consultations to healthcare clinicians working with people living with HIV in Nassau, Suffolk, and Queens counties. This program is able to provide a whole host of specialized trainings. Please call the Center at 631-444-3209 if you have any questions, need a consultation with one of our Infectious Disease Specialists or would like a training.
CPHE is an HIV/STI/Hepatitis C Regional Training Center for the Long Island and New York City region for the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute. The Center provides a diverse menu of more than 25 curricula on various topics and how they affect and/or are related to HIV/AIDS. Some examples of the topics that we train on are Building Bridges to Cultural Humility, Viral Hepatitis A, B, and C, Gender and Sexuality Issues, LGBTQ+, Co-occurring Disorders, Peer Services, and HIV testing. For more information, you may call 631-444-3209 or see the RTC and Course Registration Information page for more information. All of these training opportunities are in Nassau or Suffolk counties.
The Center is currently celebrating over 35 years of excellence in education. During this time our skilled and diverse educators and consultants have provided critical trainings to more than 40,000 health and human services providers including Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, Registered Nurses, Oral Health Professionals, Pharmacists, Social Workers, Mental Health/Substance Use Professionals, Case Managers/Care Coordinators, and Peer Workers.
- The CPHE is a division within the School of Health Professions. The Center maintains strong links with the Designated HIV/AIDS Hospitals on Long Island. The Center is available for trainings, preceptorships, and clinical consultations. Our catchment area includes Nassau and Suffolk Counties and New York City.
PEER CERTIFICATION ACADEMIC CENTER
The Center for Public Health Education at Stony Brook University helps administer the New York State Peer Worker Certification Program offered through the Peer Certification Academic Center in conjunction with the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute. More than 200 people living with HIV, Hepatitis C, Harm Reduction, PrEP, and Criminal Justice. or those who have accessed Harm Reduction services have become certified peer workers since the program's inception in 2016, and an additional 500 are enrolled in the program. Our Center's staff administers required core training classes, helps peers navigate the application process, leads quarterly Peer Worker Review Board meetings in New York City, and helps coordinate the program's annual graduation ceremony.
FREE CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS
As a Regional Training Center and a Northeast/Caribbean AIDS Education & Training Center, many CPHE training courses are accepted towards meeting the training hours for CMEs, CEUs, and CE's. These educational credits are free of charge. If you have questions relating to this please call 631-444-3209 or go to the RTC & COE registration information page and review the course descriptions for more information regarding educational credits given.
