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Presentation at UT Health San Antonio Grand Rounds

March 13, 2019

Waridibo Allison MBBS PhD, TACKLE HIV/HCV Program Director, presented about the initiative with emphasis on our use of ECHO to treat HCV in patient coinfected with HIV at the UT Health San Antonio Long School of Medicine Grand Rounds on March 13, 2019. Presentation title:  Targeted Access to Community Knowledge, Linkage to treatment and Education […]


PILLAR Co-Founder interviewed by Univision

March 5, 2019

Arturo Diaz Jr, Co-Founder of PILLAR and TACKLE HIV/HCV program partner, along with Aramazti (Ari) Canales, Chemical Dependency Counselor, were interviewed by Univision to introduce their Opioid Overdose Prevention Pilot Program in Spanish, which aired on March 4, 2019.  


Rivard Report article on TACKLE HIV/HCV

January 22, 2019

Waridibo Allison MBBS PhD, TACKLE HIV/HCV Program Director, was interviewed by the Rivard Report for a story on how UT Health San Antonio ECHO empowers physicians to provide specialist care. The story, “UT Health Helping Doctors in Underserved Areas Provide Specialty-Level Care,” published January 21, 2019 is available to view here.


Poster Presentation at Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment

December 12, 2018

TACKLE HIV/HCV Senior Research Scientist, Trisha Melhado MPH, and ECHO Coordinator/Facilitator, Julie Parish Johnson MS LCDC CRC presented posters on patient and provider knowledge about HCV at the 2018 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment in Oxon Hill, MD on December 12-13, 2018. Poster title: Knowledge of Hepatitis C (HCV) in People […]


Presentation at Texas HIV-STD Conference

November 28, 2018

Waridibo Allison MBBS PhD, TACKLE HIV/HCV Program Director, delivered presentations on HCV treatment in Texas as well as strategies to increase knowledge in patients living with HCV at the 2018 Texas HIV-STD Conference in Austin, Texas on November 28-29, 2018. Presentation title: Increasing knowledge of Common Co-Morbidities (HIV, Substance Use Disorder and Depression) for Individuals […]


Dr. Allison interviewed for Focus on South Texas TV program

January 30, 2018

Waridibo Allison MBBS PhD, TACKLE HIV/HCV Program Director, discussed the program in an interview with Fox San Antonio in a January 29, 2018. The story, “UT Health San Antonio Discusses HIV,” is available here.


TACKLE HIV/HCV Featured in UT Health San Antonio Newsroom

December 14, 2017

Waridibo Allison MBBS PhD, TACKLE HIV/HCV Program Director, discussed launch of the program with the UT Health San Antonio Newsroom in a December 13, 2017 article: “UT Health San Antonio received $6.4 million to study hepatitis C in HIV patients.” View the store here.


Rivard Report coverage of San Antonio AIDS Foundation launch

November 30, 2017

In a November 28, 2017 article, “AIDS Foundation Increases Patient Services At Eastside Clinic,” the Rivard Report describes the opening of the new San Antonio AIDS Foundation (SAAF) care clinic, under the medical directorship of Waridibo Allison MBBS PhD, TACKLE HIV/HCV Program Director.  Read the article here.


Dr. Allison featured in UT Health San Antonio’s Future Magazine

November 5, 2017

Waridibo Allison MBBS PhD, TACKLE HIV/HCV Program Director, was featured in the 2017 issue of University of Texas Health San Antonio’s Future Magazine. Read more about Dr. Allison and her view on research here.