Hello all -
Jim here, retired from federal service in 2018 (Department of Veterans Affairs.) Active in LGBT health care since the 1980"s. Original training was oncology and ICU, morphed into more public health focus with emergence of HIV in early 1980's. Grad school focus was on psych/mental health in catastrophic illness. Charter member and past National President of Association of Nurses i AIDS Care (
ANAC.) Convened first international meeting of nurses to define essential HIV nursing curricula at the 1992 IAS conference in Amsterdam. On faculty at Univ of TX School of Public Health worked on HRSA funded program to research, implement, and evaluate essential content and strategies to train HIV care providers. Created
Project LEAP to promote capacity of PLWHIV to participate in community planning, a model program
still in operation after over 25 years. In mid-1990's served at American Nurses Foundation as Project Manager, SAMHSA funded HIV/AIDS Education for Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurses project to develop and implement national curriculum and training in HIV care targeting Psych/MH nurses. In private sector, developed first commercially viable HIV Disease Management program to increase detection, improve treatment and enhance outcomes. Served as HIV National Quality Manager with VA, the largest provider of HIV care in the country. Retired from position as Deputy Chief Consultant for Strategy and Planning in Population Health with VA. Extensive experience with informatics, including implementation of world's largest clinical database on HIV and HepC as well as EHR generated care prompts. Served as VA representative to IOM work group on capture of SOGI data in EHR systems, worked with national colleagues on development of
VA's model LGBTQ+ health program. In retirement working with medical students learning clinical skills.
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James Halloran MSN RN CNS FAAN
San Antonio TX
United StatesMSN RN CNS FAAN
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