Associate Professor
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
Dr. Barbara Taylor is an Associate Professor of Infectious Diseases and the Assistant Dean for the MD/MPH Program at UT Health San Antonio with a co-appointment at the UTHealth School of Public Health.
Dr. Taylor conducts research to improve health outcomes for underserved populations living with or at risk for HIV in San Antonio and internationally. She provides treatment for people living with HIV and other infectious diseases in San Antonio. A strong community advocate, she is a co-chair of the End Stigma End HIV Alliance of San Antonio and the Clinician Key Opinion Leader for San Antonio's Fast Track Cities Initiative. She also works with Columbia University Medical Center’s global health program in the Dominican Republic. Her commitment to education has earned her numerous teaching and service awards.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, she has served as the Chair of the City of San Antonio/Bexar County Health Transition Team, convened by Judge Wolff and Mayor Nirenberg to provide public health guidance on reopening. Currently she serves as Co-Chair of the San Antonio Metropolitan Health District’s COVID-19 Community Response Coalition, which works to support pandemic response efforts and provide community guidance. She is the Director of the COVID-19 Infectious Diseases Virtual Outpatient Clinic and the principal investigator of UT Health San Antonio's COVID-19 Prevention Network site.
Dr. Taylor is an alumna of Princeton University, Harvard Medical School, and the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and is board certified in internal medicine and infectious diseases.
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Wednesday, October 14, 2020
6:00pm – 8:00pm EDT
