Biographical Info

Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine

HOMETOWN

Caracas, Venezuela

MEDICAL SCHOOL

Universidad de Los Andes Mérida, Venezuela

GRADUATE SCHOOL

Master of Public Health
University of Illinois at Chicago 2001​

AREAS OF INTERESTS

• HIV/AIDS Workforce Development
• HIV/AIDS Care and Prevention
• HIV/AIDS prevention interventions in Latinx communities
• Sexual Health
• Primary Care Training and Enhancement
• Implementation Science Research in Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities

I have been the Executive Director for the Midwest AIDS Training + Education Center (MATEC) sin 2014 and have worked at the Center since 2003. Before I became MATEC’s Executive Director, I directed the planning and implementation of MATEC programs in Illinois for 11 years. In the previous 16 years, I worked in HIV/AIDS prevention with a special interest in HIV/AIDS prevention interventions in Latinx communities.

AFFILIATIONS

• National Alliance of HIV Education and Workforce Development
• National Institute of Health, Office of AIDS Research Advisory Council
• Northwestern University, Community and Implementation Practice Committee
• National Sexual Health Conference
• AIDS Education and Training Centers, HIV Workforce Collaborative
• Getting to Zero IL

MOST RECEANT GRANT AWARDS

• AIDS Education and Training Center Program, Health Resources and Services Administration, 2019 – 2024
• Midwest Integration of the National HIV Curriculum, 2019 – 2022
• Midwest Fellowship for Primary Care Champions, 2019 – 2023
• Strengthening High Impact Prevention in the Midwest, 2019 – 2023

Midwest TXTXT: Scale up of an Evidence-Based Intervention to Promote HIV Medication Adherence, 2021 – 2024

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Carlberg-Racich S., Wagner C., Alabduljabbar S., Hasnain M., Rivero, R., Hasnain M., Sherer R., Linsk, N., (2018) Professional Identity Formation in HIV Care: Development of Clinician Scholars in a Longitudinal Mentored Training Program. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions. 38:3, 159-164

Wagner C., Carlberg-Racich S., Linsk, N., Sherer R., Alabduljabbar S., Hasnain M., Rivero, R. (2017) Impacts of Longitudinal Mentorship to Strengthen the HIV Workforce: Qualitative Evidence of Changes in Clinicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practice. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 28:6, 940-952

Boehler M., Schechtman B., Rivero R., Jacob B-A., Sherer R., Wagner C., Alabduljabbar S., Linsk, N.L. (2015) Developing the HIV Workforce: The MATEC Clinician Scholars Program. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care. 27:3, 246-260

Bashook, P., Linsk, N., Jacob, B., Aguado, P., Edison, M., Rivero, R., Schechtman, B., & Prabhughate, P. (2010), “Outcomes of AIDS education and training center HIV/AIDS skill-building workshops on provider practices.” AIDS Education and Prevention, 22:1, 49-60