About Me:
José A. Sostre, is HIV Adherence Counselor, and Case Manager of the Lowell Community Health Center since 1998. Beside Jose prior role at the Lowell Community Health Center, he works on curricula translation into Spanish for Latino service providers and consumers at the same organization. Jose has 10 years of experience, working in HIV Peer Support Counseling and Prevention, Counseling and Testing, Case Management. In 2000 Jose received his BS Community Health Education from University of Massachusetts in Lowell and later in 2003 he completed MPH International Health from Boston University.
Organizations:
2002-present: Member - American Public Health Association
Project Info:
Previously, he worked at the Latin American Health Institute in Lowell as Peer Educator for the Latino Men’s Project. Jose presented a poster “Improving adherence to highly active anti-retroviral therapy using directly observed therapy administered by community health workers” at the 133rd. American Public Health Association (APHA) celebrated in Philadelphia -December, 2005, and an oral presentation “Promoting Treatment Adherence and Positive Prevention using Directly Observed Therapy (DOT)” in conjunction with Denise Sanderson and Jesús Géliga at the HIV Prevention Leadership Summit Conference sponsored by the National Minority AIDS Council celebrated in Dallas, Texas - June, 2006. Jose participated as a member of various consumer boards and HIV/AIDS organizations including as Co-chair of the Greater Lowell AIDS Consortia and a member of the Community Research Initiative of New England. Currently he is a Member of the Massachusetts Department of Public Health – Statewide Consumer Advisory Board and the Northeast Service Coordination Collaborative (SCC).