52nd Annual Conference
Keynote Presentation - San Antonio, TX
Thursday, October 15, 2026: 8:45 ~ 10:00 a.m. Keynote Address
Vincent Guilamo-Ramos is Executive Director of the Institute for Policy Solutions and holds the Leona B. Carpenter Chair in Health Equity and Social Determinants of Health at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. He is founding Director of the Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health (CLAFH). Dr. Guilamo-Ramos is a nurse practitioner dually licensed in adult health (ANP-BC) and psychiatric-mental health nursing (PMHNP-BC).
Widely regarded as an expert, scholar, and leader in social determinants of health (SDOH) and developing, evaluating, and translating family-based adolescent and young adult sexual and reproductive health interventions, Dr. Guilamo-Ramos’ research has been funded externally for over two decades by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), and other private and philanthropic organizations. He is a leader in addressing the Latino HIV Cascading Disaster, with research focused on the role of families in promoting adolescent and young adult health among Latinos and in additional underserved communities, with a special focus on preventing HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, and improving care outcomes for youth receiving HIV prevention and care services. He has published extensively in leading scientific journals, including: The New England Journal of Medicine, The British Medical Journal, The Lancet, The Lancet Infectious Diseases, The Lancet HIV, Clinical Infectious Diseases, JAMA Pediatrics, Pediatrics, and the American Journal of Public Health. Dr. Guilamo-Ramos’ research and scholarship has led to coverage in well-known media sources such as CNN, The New York Times, NPR, and The Washington Post. In addition, he is a contributing writer for MedPage today.
Dr. Guilamo-Ramos served as co-chair of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) and was a member of the ad hoc NASEM Committee on Unequal Treatment Revisited: The Current State of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare. Currently, Dr. Guilamo-Ramos serves on the Board of UnidosUS, the largest Latino civil rights and advocacy organization in the nation.