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Allison, Wari

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Allisonw@uthscsa.edu

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M.D. in Doctor of Medicine

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Department of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases

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Research

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Waridibo Allison, M.D., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor/Research

Dr. Waridibo (Wari) Allison is an Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease at the University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio (UT Health San Antonio) and Medical Director at the San Antonio AIDS Foundation (SAAF). She attended Imperial College School of Medicine, London and completed internal medicine residency at New York Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and infectious disease fellowship at NYU. She holds a PhD in Public Health from the Kirby Institute, University of New South Wales, Australia. Dr. Allison is passionate about improving access to health care for under-served, disadvantaged populations in the US and in resource limited settings overseas, whether that disadvantage is geographical, racial, cultural, gender-based or economical. Her current research focuses on prevention, screening and linkage to care in relation to HIV and viral hepatitis (particularly hepatitis C). She has clinical responsibility for people living with HIV attending the SAAF Care Clinic and as an attending physician on the inpatient infectious disease service at University Hospital, San Antonio. She is the principal investigator and program director of a multi-million dollar US federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) funded 'project of national significance' for "Curing Hepatitis C among People of Color Living with HIV".

  • Professional Background

    Education

    • 2009 - DPH - Public Health - The Kirby Institute - University of New South Wales
    • 2000 - MB BS - Anatomical Sciences (First Class Honors) - Imperial College School of Medicine
    • 1995 - BS - University of Dundee

    Training

    • 2015 - Fellowship - Infectious Diseases - New York University
    • 2013 - Residency - Internal Medicine - New York Presbyterian Hospital - Weill Cornell, NY
    • 2011 - Internship - Internal Medicine - Mount Sanai, James J. Peters Veteran Affairs Medical Centre, NY

    Highlights

    • Outstanding Women in Medicine Award - Bexar County Medical Society
    • Rising Research Superstar Award - UT Health San Antonio, Long School of Medicine

    Appointments

    • 1/2017 - Medical Director - San Antonio AIDS FoundationSan Antonio
    • 1/2017 - Assistant Professor/Research - University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, Medicine, San Antonio

  • Research & Grants

    Research profile

  • Clinical

    Provider profile

    Board Certifications

    • 2015 - American Board of Internal Medicine in Infectious Diseases
    • 2014 - American Board of Internal Medicine