Annual Conference on Adolescent Health
Over the Years
The Adolescent Health Initiative is proud to have celebrated nine great years of our Annual Conference on Adolescent Health!
We are thrilled to bring together a global, multidisciplinary audience of adolescent health professionals year after year. Our vision is to transform the health care landscape to optimize adolescent and young adult health and well-being. We take great pride in a conference we believe helps to achieve this goal.
We hope you can join us for our 10th Annual event, date and location to be determined.
Past Conferences

August 11-12, 2022
2022 Featured Sessions
For more information on sessions, check out the Detailed Agenda from the 2022 Conference on Adolescent Health.
- Centering Health Equity for Adolescents
- Promoting Family-Centered Care in Adolescent LGBTQ+ and Sexual Health
- Addressing and Destigmatizing Adolescent Mental Health
- Equitable Access to COVID-19 Vaccinations
- Holistic Sexuality in Sex Ed
- Addressing Youth Homelessness in Public Health
- Strategies to Combat Stigma in Sexual Health Conversations
- Addressing the Opioid Epidemic in Adolescent Populations
- Indigenizing Adolescent Health
- How Fatphobia Negatively Impacts You(th)
- Addressing Burnout Amongst Care Providers
- Depression and Mental Health Screening
- Adolescent HIV & STD Telemedicine Services
- ACEs Among Adolescents
- Improving Reproductive Health for Youth in Systems of Care
2022 Excellence in Adolescent Health Recipients
Recognized as the 2022 Excellence in Adolescent Health Award recipients are ETR’s Inspire+ Project and The Education Department at Mount Sinai.
May 13-14, 2021
2021 Featured Sessions
For more information on sessions, check out the Detailed Agenda from the 2021 Conference on Adolescent Health.
- Mental Health Practice with Immigrant & Refugee Youth
- Reducing Disparities in Adolescent & Young Women’s Health
- Building Networks to Promote AI/AN Adolescent Health
- Supporting Adolescents with Cancer
- Queering Sex Ed
- Teen Dating Violence Prevention & Porn Literacy
- Patient-Focused Pain Management in Adolescents
- Building Connections with Youth During a Pandemic
- Trauma-Informed Physical Exams
- Caring for Youth with Somatization
- Improving the Health and Well-being of Black Families

2021 Excellence in Adolescent Health Recipients
Recognized as the 2021 Excellence in Adolescent Health Award recipients are the Texas is Ready Coalition and the Ybor Youth Clinic of USF Health.

April 11-12, 2019
2019 Featured Sessions
For more information on sessions, check out the Detailed Agenda from the 2019 Conference on Adolescent Health.
- IUD Insertion
- Improving Adolescent Chlamydia Screening
- Reproductive Coercion as Adolescent Dating Abuse
- Trauma Informed Care for LGBTQIA and Youth of Color
- Electronic Cigarette Health Impact and Policy
- Strengths Based Approaches to Adolescent Sexual Health
- The Role of Sleep in Adolescent Health
- Acute Care Prescribing and the Opioid Epidemic Among Youth
- Implementing HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
- Media Influences on Adolescent Health
- Understanding Anxiety Among Adolescent Youth
- Teen Brain Development and the Impact of Marijuana
2019 Excellence in Adolescent Health Recipient
Recognized as the 2019 Excellence in Adolescent Health Award recipient is the Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Ci3).
April 22-23, 2018
2018 Featured Sessions
For more information on sessions, check out the Detailed Agenda from the 2018 Conference on Adolescent Health.
- Birth Control for LGBTQ Youth
- Chlamydia and Expedited Partner Therapy
- Cyberbullying
- Eating Disorders
- Gender Expansive Medical Services
- Hypertension in Adolescents
- Male Reproductive Health
- Opioid Prescribing & Persistent Use in Adolescents
- Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)
- Sex Positivity
- Transition and Youth Empowerment
- Youth Voice in Health Care Settings

2018 Excellence in Adolescent Health Recipients
Recognized as the 2018 Excellence in Adolescent Health Award recipients are Dr. Immaculate Mutisya, a Public Health Specialist (Pediatric HIV/AIDS Treatment and prevention) with the CDC Kenya, division of Global HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis (DGHT), and the Mary Black Foundation.

April 24-25, 2017
2017 Featured Sessions
For more information on sessions, check out the Detailed Agenda from the 2017 Conference on Adolescent Health.
- Youth-Friendly Sexual Health Services
- LGBTQ Sexual Health
- Asthma in Schools
- Sexting
- IUD Insertion Clinical Skills
- Digital Dating Abuse
- Gender Matters Program
- Adolescent Substance Use
- Adolescent Quality Measures
- Health Disparities in Adolescents
- ADHD
- Youth Voice in Health Centers
- Sex Positivity
- Concussions in Adolescents
- Trauma-Informed Care
April 18-19, 2016
2016 Featured Sessions
For more information on sessions, check out the Detailed Agenda from the 2016 Conference on Adolescent Health.
- Abnormal Uterine Bleeding
- Adolescent Well Visits
- Bullying and Cyberbullying
- Contraception
- Eating Disorders
- Fire Arm Injury Prevention
- Medical Treatment of Transgender Patients
- Motivational Interviewing
- Patient-Centered Care for Transgender Youth
- Psychopharmacology
- Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEp)
- Violence Prevention


April 23-24, 2015
2015 Featured Sessions
- Anxiety
- Confidentiality Laws
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Dating Violence
- Patient-Centered Communication
- Non-Suicidal Self-Injury
- Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Social Media as a Medical Therapy
- Supporting Transgender Youth
- Technology and Sexual Health
April 4, 2014
2014 Featured Sessions
For more information on sessions, check out the Detailed Agenda from the 2014 Conference on Adolescent Health.
- Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Obesity and Youth
- Health, Education, and High School Graduation
- Eating Disorders
- Violence Prevention
