UIC’s AIDS Training + Education Center Receives $19 Million of Continued Funding

Now in its fourth decade, the Midwest AIDS Training + Education Center (MATEC), based in the College of Medicine’s Department of Family and Community Medicine, has been on the front lines of fighting the AIDS epidemic by training thousands of health care workers to treat people with HIV and AIDS and reduce new diagnoses. The center recently received a $19 million five-year grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration HIV/AIDS Bureau to continue its work of HIV testing, prevention through education and drugs such as PrEP, and connecting newly diagnosed patients to comprehensive care.

“We’re building a new workforce of people who identify as HIV providers, who go on to become HIV medical directors or lead the opening of LGBTQ clinics,” said Amanda Wilkins, executive director of the center. “Even if they don’t go on to become HIV providers, our training helps reduce stigma and support professionals to be advocates for embedding HIV screening and prevention into their practices.”

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