Community-based Solutions to HIV Cure’s Ethical Challenges  | Allison Matthews | TEDxDurham

Community-based Solutions to HIV Cure’s Ethical Challenges | Allison Matthews | TEDxDurham


While doctors research treatments and cures for HIV, members of our communities still deal with the stigma and everyday struggles of this deadly illness. How do we work with and care for those impacted by HIV who are still living daily with this illness? Originally from Dallas, Texas, Dr. Allison Mathews the daughter of Sherbie and Vicki Mathews, both of whom are innovative community leaders who taught Allison how to lead by following. She is the founder of the 2BeatHIV project, which is a UNC Chapel Hill-based research project examining how crowdsourcing contests can be an effective community engagement tool that empowers local and global communities to shape the future of HIV cure research. The project hosts a series of crowdsourcing contests that encourage community members to use art, technology, and music to develop creative solutions to the ethical challenges of HIV cure research (see 2BeatHIV.org for more info). 2BeatHIV has also received local and national media attention, including interviews with Viola Davis, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Bun B from UGK, Shirley Ceasar, David and Tamela Mann, Johnny Gill, and a host of Radio One Raleigh radio personalities. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at

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