Assistant Professor
University of Virginia
Disclosure: Gilead Sciences, Inc (Research Grant or Support, Shareholder)
Dr. Kathleen A. McManus, MD MSCR is an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the University of Virginia (UVA) in the Division of Infectious Diseases and International Health. She also serves as the Associate Program Director of the UVA Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program. In terms of her training, Dr. McManus received her undergraduate degree in Chemistry from Dartmouth College and her medical doctorate from Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. McManus completed Internal Medicine residency, a Masters of Science in Clinical Research, and Infectious Diseases fellowship at UVA.
Dr. McManus joined the UVA faculty as a physician-scientist in summer 2017, and she is currently supported by a K08 Mentored Career Development Award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study of the impact of the Affordable Care Act on people living with HIV with low incomes and to quantify how health policy changes impact disparities in HIV care. Dr. McManus is a co-chair of the HIV Medical Association's national Ryan White HIV Medical Providers Coalition Steering Committee. As a clinician, Dr. McManus sees patients in the UVA Ryan White HIV clinic, and she attends on the Infectious Diseases inpatient consult team and the General Medicine inpatient team.
In addition to studying HIV care and health policy, Dr. McManus's work has recently expanded into studying access to biomedical HIV prevention. She also collaborates on projects related to access to care for people with Hepatitis C and people with substance use disorders. Her goal is to build a vibrant and diverse team of researchers who quantify and characterize the impact of health policies on the United States' plan to end the HIV epidemic.