CPRIT Grantee Spotlight - Vanessa Schick
CPRIT awarded a $1.16 million Prevention grant (PP180086) to The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston and Vanessa Schick, Ph.D., in 2018 to develop the GRASSROOTS HEALTH model in Harris County. GRASSROOTS HEALTH (Giving Residents At Supportive and Single Residency Occupancy Sites an Opportunity for Treatment & Screening for Hepatitis – Education And Linkage To Healthcare) is a theory-driven, interdisciplinary partnership model designed to bring the HBV/HCV continuum-of-care directly to residents in permanent supported housing.