Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center

What Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center does

Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center (MATEC) is a regional AIDS Education and Training Center operated through the University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine's Department of Family and Community Medicine. Founded in 1988 and headquartered in Chicago, MATEC provides HIV/AIDS clinical training, continuing education, and capacity building assistance to healthcare professionals across ten midwestern states: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The organization functions as a federally-funded node in the national HRSA-administered AETC network and is a funded partner of the Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America initiative.

MATEC's service portfolio centers on the Midwest AETC training program and is supplemented by specialized offerings including the Clinician Scholars Program (a fellowship for physicians serving in underserved areas), the HIV Interprofessional Education Program (delivered through partnerships with 30+ academic institutions across medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and residency programs), the HIV Practice Transformation Project, the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative, and Primary Care HIV Prevention. Supporting resources include WARMLINES (clinical consultation), Clinical Training Resources (guidelines updates), and a Caspio-hosted Trainings Calendar platform for scheduling. The technology footprint is limited to standard web content delivery and a Caspio-based registration platform rather than proprietary software products, reflecting the organization's role as a training and capacity building intermediary rather than a technology vendor.

MATEC's business model is grant-funded rather than revenue-generating. Primary funding flows from HRSA through the federal AETC program, including a $3 million grant awarded in October 2022 to support expansion at UIC. Training and educational services are delivered at no cost to healthcare professionals, eliminating pricing as a commercial lever. The organization operates through local offices across its 10-state region and is governed under the institutional umbrella of UIC. Leadership transitioned from Dr. Ricardo Rivero (21 years with MATEC, 11 as Executive Director) to Amanda Wilkins-Bobel effective October 1, 2024, following a planned internal succession.

Name

Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center

Legal name

Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center

Website

https://matec.info

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

MATEC is a federally-funded regional AIDS Education and Training Center based at the University of Illinois Chicago that delivers HIV/AIDS clinical training, continuing education, and capacity building to healthcare professionals across ten midwestern states as part of the national Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Healthcare Professional Education and Training

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Sexual Health & STI/HIV Prevention Health Departments (HLAJAAAL)

akta.pro secondary industry

Nursing Assistant (CNA) & Patient Care Technician (PCT) (EDAOAJAB)

Keywords

• HIV clinical training
• AIDS education services
• Healthcare workforce capacity building
• Continuing medical education
• Public health training

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Federal Grants: MATEC operates primarily through federal funding, including grants from HRSA (Health Resources and Services Administration) for HIV/AIDS education and training programs. A $3 million grant was awarded in 2022 to support expansion.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MATEC is a regional AIDS Education and Training Center headquartered at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Medicine that delivers HIV/AIDS clinical training, continuing education, and capacity-building assistance to healthcare professionals across ten midwestern states. It supplements this core training with specialized programs including the Clinician Scholars Program, HIV Interprofessional Education Program, HIV Practice Transformation Project, WARMLINES clinical consultation, and integration of the national HIV curriculum into graduate health professions education.

Product overview

MATEC is a regional AIDS Education and Training Center operated through the University of Illinois Chicago, providing a unified portfolio of HIV-focused training and capacity building services. The core offering centers on the Midwest AETC program, which delivers training and capacity building assistance to healthcare professionals. This is supplemented by specialized programs including the Clinician Scholars Program (a fellowship for physicians in underserved areas), the HIV Interprofessional Education Program (working with over 30 academic institutions), the HIV Practice Transformation Project, and the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative. Additional offerings include WARMLINES (clinical consultation services), Clinical Training Resources (guidelines and educational materials), and a Trainings Calendar for scheduling. The organization serves ten Midwestern states (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and Wisconsin) as part of the national effort to end the HIV epidemic.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Midwest AETC: Midwest AIDS Education and Training Center - a regional program providing HIV training and capacity building
• Midwest Integration of National HIV Curriculum
• Clinician Scholars Program
• HIV Interprofessional Education Program
• HIV Practice Transformation Project
• Ending the HIV Epidemic
• Primary Care HIV Prevention
• WARMLINES

Products and services

• Training and Capacity Building Assistance
• Clinician Scholars Program
• HIV Interprofessional Education Program
• HIV Practice Transformation Project
• WARMLINES
• Midwest Integration of National HIV Curriculum
• Primary Care HIV Prevention
• Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative (MATEC implementation)
• Trainings Calendar
• Clinical Training Resources

Quantifiable outcome

• Expanded from 6 to 10 midwestern states under current leadership
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• University of Illinois Chicago (UIC)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 October 2022MATEC is housed at UIC College of Medicine, Department of Family and Community Medicine. This academic partnership provides the organizational infrastructure and academic credibility for the training programs.
• University of Wisconsin-MadisoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMATEC Wisconsin operates from UW-Madison and recruits Program Directors to support training and educational programs in the Wisconsin office.
• Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America InitiativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMATEC is a funded partner of this national initiative to end the HIV epidemic. They enhance the capacity of healthcare professionals to implement EHE strategies in the Midwest.
• AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborated with AFC to present 'Coming Home: Women, Race, Social Justice & HIV' virtual conference. AFC is one of the research and demonstration sites of the HRSA Black Women First Initiative.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Southeast AETC: HRSA-funded regional AETC covering Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi (partially), North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Operates the same training and capacity-building model as MATEC and is also part of the national Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative, with which MATEC is partnered.
• Mountain West AETC: HRSA-funded regional AIDS Education and Training Center serving Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Universally comparable to MATEC across funding model, geographic scope, program mix (Clinician Scholars, Practice Transformation, HIV Interprofessional Education), and target audience of healthcare professionals.
• Pacific AETC: HRSA-funded regional AETC covering Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, and the Pacific jurisdictions. Directly comparable to MATEC on funding source, program taxonomy (Clinician Scholars, Practice Transformation), university-host structure, and HIV clinical training mission for healthcare professionals.
• Northeast/Caribbean AETC: HRSA-funded regional AIDS Education and Training Center covering the Northeast U.S. and the Caribbean. Operates under the same HRSA cooperative agreement structure as MATEC, with identical HIV clinical training, PrEP, and capacity-building functions for healthcare providers.
• MidAtlantic AETC: HRSA-funded regional AETC based at Rutgers and serving Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia (excluding metropolitan DC), and West Virginia. Same HRSA cooperative agreement, same audience of HIV clinicians, same portfolio of training and capacity-building services as MATEC.
• South Central AETC: HRSA-funded regional AIDS Education and Training Center serving Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas. Structurally identical to MATEC: same federal funding model, same training/QI/Capacity Building portfolio across a multi-state region, university-hosted, competing in the same AETC re-funding cycles.

Broad incumbents

• American Academy of HIV Medicine (AAHIVM): National HIV-focused professional association that credentials HIV specialists and pharmacists (AAHIVS, AAHIVE) and provides continuing education to HIV clinicians. Overlaps with MATEC on HIV practitioner training but operates at national scale via credentialing rather than regional capacity building.
• International Association of Providers of AIDS Care (IAPAC): Global HIV clinician membership organization producing clinical guidelines, training programs, and Fast-Track Cities implementation support. Comparable to MATEC in mission (HIV clinician capacity building) but operates globally and through clinician-membership channels rather than federal cooperative agreements.
• AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF): Large national HIV service organization providing direct clinical care, prevention, and pharmaceutical access nationwide. Operates its own provider-training and clinical education programs for HIV clinicians, partially overlapping with MATEC's training mission but anchored in a direct-care delivery model rather than federally-funded capacity-building.

Others

• HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB): The federal bureau that funds MATEC and all other regional AETCs. Not a peer in a competitive sense, but the governing/funder entity whose policy and program decisions set the environment in which MATEC and its AETC peers operate.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/MATEC.IL

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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