Epidemiologist
			Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
			Division of HIV and STD Programs
			600 S. Commonwealth Ave Suite 1920
			
			LA, 
			CA
			USA
			90005
			snakelsky@ph.lacounty.gov
			
			
Biographical Sketch:
2006-present -- Epidemiologist, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Division of HIV and STD Programs, LA, CA 
National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA, August 2015
HIV Incidence Estimates for Young MSM in Los Angeles County (LAC) by Race/Ethnicity and Small Age Subgroups 
National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA, August 2015
Trends in HIV Testing Behaviors and HIV Incidence in African American Women, LAC, 2008-2013
National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA, August 2015
HIV Incidence in California, 2010-2013
American Public Health Association, New Orleans, LA, November 2014
From Coast to High Rise: New HIV Infections in the Highest Impacted Areas of LAC 
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologist, Pasadena, CA June, 2013
The impact of age and race on new HIV infections among men who have sex with men in Los Angeles County, 2008-2010 
Finalist for Robert Wood Johnson Foundation National Award for Outstanding Epidemiology Practice in Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities
International AIDS Conference, Washington DC, July 2012
Estimating HIV Incidence in California, United States, 2006-2009
National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA, August 2011
Using HIV Incidence Surveillance data to Examine Racial/Ethnic Disparities in HIV Testing Behaviors among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men in LAC
National HIV Prevention Conference, Atlanta, GA, August 2009
HIV Incidence Surveillance provides a new perspective on the HIV epidemic in LAC
American Public Health Association, Washington DC, November 2007
Optimism about combination HIV therapy and risk-taking behavior among Los   Angeles bathhouse patrons
Scheer S, Nakelsky S, Bingham T, Damesyn M, et al. Estimated HIV Incidence in California, 2006–2009. PL0S-ONE. 2013 Feb;8(2): e55002. oi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055002