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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, set to be held on May 6-7, 2024, at the Morris Lawrence Building at Washtenaw Community College in Ann Arbor, MI.

Past Conferences

May 11-12, 2023

2023 Featured Sessions

For more information on sessions, check out the Detailed Agenda from the 2023 Conference on Adolescent Health.

  • Racial Equity and Mental Health: Centering Youth Voices with Community-Based Participatory Research
  • Toxic Positivity and Mental Health
  • Eating Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment: DEI Considerations
  • Youth Access to Abortion in a Post-Dobbs Landscape
  • Navigating the Nuances of Centering Young People in Research
  • Sex Education for Learners with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
  • Findings from three youth-led, nationwide text message surveys of perspectives on adolescent health
  • Supporting Multiracial Teens and their Racial Identity Journey
  • The Power of Play – Using Improvisation and Play to Improve Mental Health

2023 Excellence in Adolescent Health Recipients

Recognized as the 2023 Excellence in Adolescent Health Award recipients are Dr. Peter Sherman, MD, MPH, and Youth Reproductive Equity.

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).

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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

Can’t wait to connect in 2023!