The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) began providing care to those living with HIV in October 1996. We quickly realized that many more medical providers in multiple disciplines were needed to battle this disease. In 2007, OUHSC became the Oklahoma Co-Director site for the Texas-Oklahoma AIDS Education and Training Center providing education to all 77 counties in the State of Oklahoma. Through the years we have partnered with Native American tribes across the state as well as state and local government, AIDS Service Organizations, Historically Black Universities, the Department of Corrections and many medical facilities both small and large.
Today, we are a proud partner of the South-Central AIDS Education and Training Center comprising a five-state region. Our office has a staff of four professionals including an Infectious Diseases specialist and a PharmD HIV specialist. The university setting has allowed us to pull expertise from many different disciplines across campus to train providers throughout the state on interdisciplinary care best practices.
Our vision is to create easily accessible and relevant HIV interprofessional education and training for providers within Oklahoma. Every individual deserves excellence in healthcare and every provider deserves cutting-edge education delivered with excellence.
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Under grant number U1OHA33225 (South Central AIDS Education and Training Center). It was awarded to the University of New Mexico. No percentage of this project was financed with non-governmental sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the authors and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS, or the U.S. Government.
