Adrienne Hurst Email & Phone Number

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Washington D.C. Metro Area

Member of the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator/PEPFAR’s Epidemic Control Leadership Team focusing on human-centered interventions;Represented the Office of HIV/AIDS in several inter-agency quality and quality improvement fora to promote quality service provision globally;Co-authored technical document advising country based staff in ways to limit HIV.

Headquarters-NYC

Team lead in implementation support for and strategic positioning of high quality HIV, TB, and Human Resources for Health programs in South Sudan, Malawi, Lesotho, Zambia, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Ethiopia;Strategic planning for and mitigation of risk and challenges to successful project implementation;Coordination of all headquarters.

New York, NY

Redesigned HIV+ peer-to-peer support program to better serve patients and enable peers;Developed M&E strategy for peer program to enable course correction when needed; Administrative/clinical supervision and professional development planning for 16 HIV+ peers;Coordinated managers whose programs include peer support and increased peer support services.

Situation analysis and strategic re-positioning of longstanding HIV project;Gap analysis of facility and community based programs to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV;Authored proposal for new program objectives

Overall program management for delivery of HIV/TB/malnutrition care and treatment services in a Ministry of Health (MoH) regional referral hospital;Management of a team of 12 international and 140 national staff. Cohort of approx. 9000 patients including care seekers and refugees from Sudan and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC);MoH advocacy and diplomacy.

Identified gaps in Lesotho’s national program to prevent HIV transmission from mother to child and provided technical assistance to develop ways to fill those gaps at national, local government, and health facility levels;Designed comprehensive programs that included infant feeding, family planning, and safe maternity practices;Represented Clinton.

New York, NY

Leveraged direct practice experience to advocate for additions and changes to program to better serve clients;Coordinated and contributed to proposal process to continue funding. Program was extended in 2007;Negotiated with city government agencies and advocated to meet the needs of low income women and their children;Conducted crisis counseling and safe.

Designed and implemented the treatment adherence/mental health component of this new program to treat drug resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB). Doctors Without Borders provided the only treatment for DR-TB available in the country and this program was meant to be replicated by the MoH;Conducted needs assessment to build a comprehensive psychological/adherence.

Monthly on-call volunteer for local disaster team;Emotional support and recommendations to ensure basic needs for people traumatized by disasters

New York, NY

Conducted crisis counseling and safe discharge planning for hospitalized patients with AIDS;Needs assessment to identify areas that could further jeopardize patient’s health. Negotiated harm reduction

New York, NY

Conducted home and office based therapy with clients with AIDS and their families. Reoccurring themes included poverty, health care management, mental health concerns, substance use, and trauma;Advocated with city agencies to provide basic needs, minimizing risk to clients' health and wellbeing

Ba, Psychology

Activities and Societies: Tutor in Psychological Statistics; Studied abroad at Universitit van Amsterdam; Orientation leader for freshman.

Msw, Clinical Social Work

Activities and Societies: Thesis on African-American women and the impact of traditional ideas about beauty; Coursework included Crisis.