Merceditas Villanueva, MD
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Biography
Dr. Villanueva is Director of the HIV/AIDS Program and Associate Professor of Medicine at Yale University School of Medicine. She obtained her undergraduate degree at Harvard University and MD at Washington University. She completed Internal Medicine Residency training at Duke University and subspecialty fellowship training in Infectious Diseases at Yale.
After fellowship, she left academia to work at Waterbury Hospital, a community hospital, where she was Chief of Infectious Diseases. During this time, she established the Ryan White-funded HIV clinic which worked closely with community based AIDS organizations. Her experience in promoting collaborations became the basis for subsequent research interests and her recruitment back to Yale.
A major focus of her academic work has been on developing HIV educational curricula for medical providers including Yale house staff and community providers throughout CT. She also serves as the Principal Investigator for the New Haven Ryan White HIV Continuum, a collaboration between different clinics and community organizations which promotes service coordination to improve quality of care for HIV patients, particularly those that are underserved. Her research interests focus on optimizing models of care that capitalize on partnerships between the medical establishment and community support.
Education & Training
- FellowYale New Haven Hospital (1991)
- ResidentDuke University (1988)
- InternMichael Reese Hospital (1986)
- MDWashington University School of Medicine, Medicine (1985)
- BAHarvard College, Biochemistry (1981)
Activities
- Taking Care of Me First: A Panel Discussion on Data to Care Re-EngagementVirtual Panel Discussion 2023CDC Lunch & Learn Series
- HIV UpdateHIV Update 2022Community Hope Center
- HIV Treatment contiuous engagement of PLWH in CareChicago, IL, United States 2022Invited Speaking Engagements, Presentations, Symposia and Workshops Not Affiliated with Yale
- Introducing Data to Care Approaches for People Co-infected with HIV and Hepatitis CSlide Presentation 2022National Ryan White Conference
- DAA treatment attitudes among people co-infected with HIV/HCV who delay or refuse HCV treatmentSlide Presentation 2022National Ryan White Conference
- Improving linkage to care for persons with HIV and HCV using digital mediaSlide Presentation 2022National Ryan White Conference
- COVID UpdateCOVID Update 2022Community Hope Center
- Laboratory Surveillance-Based Approach to Creating a State-Level HCV Cascade of Care for HIV/HCV Co-infected Persons: a Cross-Sectional StudyPoster Presentation 2021CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) 38th Annual Meeting
- Perceptions towards HCV Treatment with DAAs: A Qualitative Analysis with HIV/HCV Co-infected persons who Delay or Refuse TreatmentPoster Presentation 202138th Annual CT Infectious Disease Society Meeting (CIDS)
- Improving HIV and HCV routine testing in SUD programsPoster Presentation 202138th Annual CT Infectious Disease Society Meeting (CIDS)
- Risk Based Screening of Hepatitis C in persons with HIVPoster Presentation 2021CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) 38th Annual Meeting - Virtual
- Ryan White Comprehensive Care Model Markedly Improves Rate of Viral Suppression for Patients with New HIV Diagnosis: A 10-Year Experience in New Haven, CT (2009-2018)Poster Presentation 2021CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) 38th Annual Meeting - Virtual
- Risk Based Screening for Hepatitis C in Persons with HIVPresentation 2021SYNChronicity 2021 8th Annual National Conference for HIV, STI and LGBTQ Health
- Improving HIV and HCV routine testing in substance use disorder treatment programsPresentation 2021SYNChronicity 8th Annual Conference for HIV, STI and LGBTQ Health
- DAA treatment attitudes among HIV/HCV co-infected persons who delay HCV Treatment: A qualitative analysisPresentation 2021SYNChronicity 8th Annual National Conference for HIV, STI and LGBTQ Health
- Data to Care-Identifying and Addressing Gaps in HIV/HCV CareSlide Presentation 20212021 National LatinX Conference
- HCV Micro-elimination in HIV Coinfected Populations: Development of HCV Treatment Cascades and the Reengagement of HIV Out of Care Co-Infected IndividualsSlide Presentation 2021HCV Medicaid Affinity Group
- Project CoRECT (Cooperative Re-engagement Clinical Trial): Final CT ResultsScience Spotlight Presentation 2021CROI Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
- Achieving Elimination of HCV in Persons with HIV: Cascade of Care and System ChangeZoom Presentation 2021AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Series: CT Response to the Triple Threat of HIV, HCV, SUD
- HCV UpdateVirtual Presentation 2020New England AETC Primary Care Update
- Efficacy of Using Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) to Re-engage Out of Care HIV/HCV Co-infected Persons into HCV TreatmentPoster Presentation 2020ID Week 2020 Chasing the Sun
- HCV Microelimination in HIV Coinfected Populations: Development of HCV Treatment Cascades and the Reengagement of Out of Care IndividualsSlide presentation 2020SYNChronicity 2020 Annual National Conference for HIV, STI and LGBTQ Health
- Improving Hepatitis C Surveillance and Data Usage within the RWHAPPanel Presentation Speaker 2020National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment
- Improving HIV/HCV Testing Update in MAT ProgramsPanel Presentation 2020National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
- COVID 19 UpdateProvided a virtual COVID 19 Update 2020University of Puerto Rico Symposium
- Creating a Multi-site HCV Care Cascade for HIV/HCV Co-infected Persons Receiving Care in 11 CT Clinics Using Data to Care MethodsPoster Presentation 202023rd International AIDS Conference
- COVID 19 Treatment UpdatesWebinar 2020Association of Chiefs in Interventional Radiology Webinar
- Project CONNQuer Progress in Eliminating Hep C in Persons with HIV and Hep C in ConnecticutHartford, CT, United States 20192019 Summit: Getting to Zero through Quality Management
- Project CoRECT: Preliminary Results of Data to Care with CT DPH and HIV ClinicsNew Haven, CT, United States 2019CT Infectious Disease Society CIDS 37th Annual Meeting
- Project CoRECT: Preliminary Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial Testing a Data to Care Intervention Involving CT DPH And Connecticut HIV ClinicsNew Haven, CT, United States 2019CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) 37th Annual Meeting
- Ryan White HIV Care Continuum Model Doubled the Rate of Community HIV Viral Suppression for Newly Diagnosed Patients: a 10 Year ReviewNew Haven, CT, United States 2019CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) 37th Annual Meeting
- HIV Meets Oncology: A HIV Clinician’s ViewNew Haven, CT, United States 2019Yale Cancer Center Retreat on HIV, HCV and Cancer: HIV and Cancer Retreat
- HIV/AIDS PanelistNew Haven, CT, United States 2019Yale HIV Affinity Groups HIV/AIDS Awareness Event
- Project CoRECT: Using a Data to Care Partnership Involving CT DPH and HIV Clinics to Characterize PLWH who are newly out of careAtlanta, GA, United States 2019National HIV Prevention Conference
- HIV and HCV Update 2019New Haven, CT, United States 2019AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Series: CT Course Mandates
- Project CoRECT: Preliminary Results of Data to Care with CT DPH and HIV ClinicsSeattle, WA, United States 2019CROI Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
- Health Department Randomized Trial to Re-engage Out-of-Care HIV infected PersonsSeattle, WA, United States 2019CROI Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
- Project CoRECT: Preliminary Results of Randomized Clinical Trial of Data to Care with DPH and HIV ClinicsWashington, DC, United States 2018National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
- Implementing a Co-located HCV Clinic within an HIV Clinic:Five Year ExperienceWashington, DC, United States 2018National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment
- Implementing a Co-located HCV Clinic within an HIV Clinic:Five Year ExperienceSan Francisco, CA, United States 2018IDSA - Annual ID Week Conference
- HIV UpdateNew Haven, CT, United States 2018AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Series: CT Course Mandates
- Implementing a Co-located HCV Clinic within an HIV ClinicOrange, CT, United States 2018CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) 36th Annual Meeting
- Project CoRECT: Preliminary Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial Testing Data to Care Intervention Involving CT DPH and CT HIV ClinicsOrange, CT, United States 2018CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) 36th Annual Meeting
- Update on HIV/HCV: Approach to HCV MicroeliminationLebanon, NH, United States 2018AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Seminar Series
- Update on Hepatitis C Management 2017 for PharmacistsCromwell, CT, United States 2017AIDS Education and Training Center Series
- What’s New in HIV?New Haven, CT, United States 2017CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) 35th Annual Meeting
- The Natural History of Fib-4 Score Progression among HIV/HCV co-infected adults in an Outpatient ClinicNew Orleans, LA, United States 2016ID Week Annual IDSA Conference
- HIV and HCVNew Haven, CT, United States 2016AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Series:CT Course Mandates
- Panel Discussion on Careers in ID/HIVNorth Haven, CT, United States 2016Quinnipiac University, Frank Netter School of Medicine, Medical Student Careers Seminar
- The Natural History of Fib-4 Score Progression among HIV/HCV co-infected adults in an Outpatient ClinicNew Haven, CT, United States 2016CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) 34th Annual Meeting
- Honing the Definition of Out of Care for Persons Living with HIV: Preliminary Pilot Data on the Project CoRECT Partnership Between CT DPH and Six Connecticut HIV ClinicsNew Haven, CT, United States 2016CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) 34th Annual Meeting
- HIV and HCVNew Haven, CT, United States 2016AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Series: CT Course Mandates
- The Hepatitis C Care Continuum Among HIV-Infected Patients in a Large Urban Outpatient Clinic: Identifying Barriers to Achieving Optimal OutcomesNew Haven, CT, United States 2015CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS), 33rd Annual Meeting
- HIV and Hepatitis CProvidence, RI, United States 2015New England AETC Faculty Development Seminar
- Update on HIV/Hepatitis CLebanon, NH, United States 2014AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Seminar Series
- Updates on HIV Prevention Issues and Hepatitis CNew Haven, CT, United States 2014New England AETC Faculty Development Seminar
- Update on HIV and HCVNew Haven, CT, United States 2013AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Series:CT Course Mandates
- HIV Treatment as PreventionBoston, MA, United States 2013AETC: Combined Faculty Update for New England, NY, NJ
- Clinical Outcomes of HIV-Infected Patients with Renal Transplants at Yale New Haven Hospital in the Modern ART EraNew Haven, CT, United States 2013CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS), 31st Annual Meeting
- Predictors of Retention in HIV/AIDS Care at the YNHH Nathan Smith Clinic: Exploratory Analysis Using the Ryan White Community (CAREWare) DatabaseNew Haven, CT, United States 2013CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS), 31st Annual Meeting
- Evaluating a Dual Screening Strategy for Enhanced Detection of Latent TB Infection in HIV-Infected Patients: A Pilot Study Performed at the Nathan Smith ClinicNew Haven, CT, United States 2013CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS), 31st Annual Meeting
- A Tale of Two Viruses-HIV/HCVSouthington, CT, United States 2013AETC Lecture Series:Update for CT Infection Control Practitioners
- Challenging Cases in HIVNew Haven, CT, United States 2013CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) 31st Annual Meeting
- Testing and treatment as prevention:PrEP, A Case Based DiscussionBoston, MA, United States 2013AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Faculty Development
- HIV and Hepatitis C UpdateBristol, CT, United States 2013AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) Series: CT Course Mandates
- Update on HIV PrEPBristol, CT, United States 2012Bristol Hospital Grand Rounds
- Hepatitis C Case DiscussionNew Haven, CT, United States 2012CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) 30th Annual Meeting
- HIV and HCVDanbury, CT, United States 2012AETC Lecture Series: Pharmacist Update
- HIV ProgressNew Haven, CT, United States 2012AETC Lecture Series:Nursing Updates
- HIV Prevention Comes of AgeHartford, CT, United States 2011St. Francis Hospital - Grand Rounds
- Newly Diagnosed HIV Patients in New HavenNew Haven, CT, United States 2010CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS), 28th Annual Meeting
- The HIV-Infected TravelerNew York, NY, United States 2010International Antiviral Society USA (IAS)
- A Description of the Waterbury Hospital HIV Clinic, A Ryan White Funded ProgramBaltimore, MD, United States 2005Ryan White Technical Assistance Workshop
Honors & Recognition
Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
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Best Doctors in America | CT Magazine | 2020 |
Best Doctors in America | CT Magazine | 2019 |
Steven Huot Award for Dedication and Excellence | Yale University Internal Medicine Primary Care Residency Program | 2019 |
George Thornton Award | Best Poster Clinical Research | CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) | 2018 |
First Place Poster Presentation | Joseph Zaccagnino Safety and Quality Conference | 2016 |
Yale Public Voices Fellowship | Yale Women’s Faculty Forum | 2015 |
Emerging Leaders Program | Yale Medical Group | 2015 |
Delegate | Mid-Career Women’s Faculty Professional Development, AAMC | 2011 |
Johnson and Johnson International Health Fellowship | 2007 | |
Waterbury Regional Chamber Health Care Council Leadership Award | 2007 | |
Greater Waterbury AIDS Day Award | 2003 | |
Greater Waterbury AIDS Day Award | 1996 |
Professional Service
Organization | Role | Date |
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Cllinicalinfo.HIV.gov | Member | 2023 |
International Journal STD and AIDS | Reviewer | 2022 |
American Journal of Tropical Medicine | Reviewer | 2022 |
Open Forum Infectious Disease | Reviewer | 2022 |
DHHS Guidelines for Opportunistic Infections Committee, Hepatitis C Subgroup | Panel Member | 2020 |
AAHIV Medicine, Subcommittee to Update Guidelines for Hep C Treatment in PWH | Panel Member | 2020 |
RISE (Resiliency and Sustainable Excellence at Yale) Subgroup, Updating New Faculty Orientation | Member | 2018 - 2022 |
Dean’s Faculty Advisory Council | Representative from ID/Geriatrics/Endocrine/Rheumatology/General Medicine | 2015 - 2022 |
Yale School of Management: Emerging Leaders Program | Member | 2015 - 2022 |
YNHH Medical Leadership Council | Member | 2015 - 2018 |
Yale Medical Group: Network Development Committee | Member | 2015 - 2017 |
YNHH MD-RN Dyad Patient Experience Committee | Member | 2013 - Present |
CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) | Executive Board | 2011 - 2016 |
Yale Laboratory Test Review Committee | Member | 2010 - 2014 |
Department of Education Firm Chief Committee | Member | 2009 - 2022 |
YNHH Operations Committee | Member | 2009 - 2014 |
CT Infectious Disease Society (CIDS) | President | 2009 - 2011 |
New Haven Ryan White HIV Continuum | Co-Chair | 2009 - Present |
Ryan White All Title Quality Improvement Working Group, HRSA | Delegate | 2008 - 2010 |
New England Chapter of American Academy of HIV Medicine | Board of Directors | 2007 |
Waterbury Ryan White HIV Consortium | Co-Chair | 2006 - 2009 |
National Ryan White Providers Coalition - Steering Committee | Member | 2006 |
CT Infectious Disease Society | Council Member | 2001 |