Nishi Suryavanshi, PhD

Pune, India
Role: 
Faculty
Clinical Research Site Coordinator, Deputy Director, BJGMC Clinical Research Site
Nishi Suryavanshi, MSc, PhD

Dr. Suryavanshi is Clinical Research Site Coordinator and Deputy Director for the BJGMC-CRS in Pune, India, and a member of the faculty at the Johns Hopkins Center for Clinical Global Health Education. Dr. Suryavanshi is a behavioral scientists whose research involves women’s empowerment, reproductive health, and HIV and tuberculosis research in clinical settings as well in urban and rural community settings.

Dr. Suryavanshi has established extensive networks with regional nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and has developed and co-developed various behavioral projects addressing health topics including stigma and tuberculosis, disclosure of HIV among children, infant feeding patterns among HIV positive mothers, empowerment of women in low resource settings, and gender based violence. During the past 12 years, she has overseen the clinical research studies related to HIV/AIDS in India. As a clinical research site study coordinator her role includes developing patient education materials, informed consent agreements, and treatment adherence and retention strategies.

Dr. Suryavanshi was recently awarded a CDC grant to enhance the capacity of outreach workers catering to HIV-infected pregnant women for the uptake of PMTCT services using mHealth platform. She has presented her work at national and international conferences, and has published study findings in peer reviewed journals.

Dr. Suryavanshi attended the University of Pune, Pune, Maharashtra, India, where she earned her BSc in zoology, her MSc in medical anthropology, and her PhD in anthropology. Additionally, she is a graduate of the Johns Hopkins University Summer Institute of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, where she studied the ethical issues related to human subjects research in developing countries.

Up Close with Nishi Suryavanshi. 2016-03-01

Zika Surveillance among Antenatal Clinic Outpatients in BJ Government Medical College and Sassoon General Hospitals, Pune, India

Post Date: 
2017-08-31
Country: 
India
India leads the world in dengue cases. CCGHE researchers are keeping an eye on Zika among pregnant women, which is transmitted by the same mosquito & can cause devastating birth defects.

Antimicrobial Use and Diagnosis among Hospitalized Febrile Patients in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2017-08-07
Country: 
India
Antimicrobial resistance, a leading threat to human health, is enabled by unnecessary antibiotic use. Strategies to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use in India, the world’s largest antibiotic consumer, are urgently needed. Although most patients hospitalized in India with acute febrile illness...

Vaginal Microbiota in HIV Infected Pregnant Women

Post Date: 
2017-07-14
Country: 
India
Led by Dr. Rupak Shivakoti, this is a nested cross-sectional study of 30 HIV-infected and 60 non-HIV infected pregnant women. Pregnant women that are part of the parent study (“Impact of Immune Changes of HIV and Stages of Pregnancy on Tuberculosis” referred to as PRACHITI study from here on) will...

Understanding Quality of Life during and Loss to Follow-up from Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2017-05-15
Country: 
India
This study will examine a) risk factors for loss to follow-up from DR-TB treatment, b) actively trace DR-TB patients lost to follow-up from treatment and c) establish a prospective observational cohort of MDR-TB, XDR-TB and DS-TB patients as well as healthy controls nested within ongoing RNTCP...

MDR-TB Free: Monitoring Adverse Effects, Utilizing Resources Optimally, Knowing Resistance Patterns, and Treatment Strategy

Post Date: 
2017-03-24
Country: 
India
Purpose: To establish an observational cohort of MDR-TB cases and household contacts with accompanying biorepository at PD Hinduja National Hospital and Medical Research Centre Primary Objectives: Cohort A: To document participant outcomes including early treatment response, MDR-TB treatment-...

Impact of HIV and Diabetes Mellitus on TB Drug Resistance and Recurrence

Post Date: 
2017-03-02
Country: 
India
Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of mortality globally. With increasing burden of HIV and diabetes mellitus (DM), there is a critical need to understand the microbial response and ensuing disease dynamics of TB in the HIV-infected and diabetic host to optimally control TB globally. Among...

Multicenter Study of the Accuracy of the BD MAX MDR-TB Assay for Detection of M. tuberculosis Complex and Mutations Associated with Resistance to Rifampin or Isoniazid

Post Date: 
2017-03-01
Country: 
India
In a multi-country study, we are assessing the accuracy of the BD MAX rapid MDR-TB assay to detect rifampin and isoniazid resistance.

TREAT Asia: Pediatric HIV Observational Database

Post Date: 
2017-02-09
Country: 
India
TREAT Asia Pediatric HIV Observational Database (TApHOD) is a collaborative observational cohort study of infants, children, and adolescents living with HIV. TApHOD study participants are enrolled and followed at selected TREAT Asia Network clinical sites in the Asia-Pacific region. Participating...

TREAT Asia Observational Database

Post Date: 
2017-02-09
The TREAT Asia Observational Database's primary study objective is to: Examine HIV natural history, including the relationship between access to ART, demographics, and disease progression; short- and long-term responses to ART; impact of co-infections; HIV drug resistance patterns; and toxicity of...

Prevalence and Risk Factors for Oral Cancer among HIV-Infected Adults

Post Date: 
2016-12-13
Country: 
India
The study is designed as a cross-sectional, single time point study for opportunistic oral cancer screening of HIV-infected and non- HIV adults 21 years or older in an urban hospital. All participants will undergo screening for oral cancer and oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMD) by visual...

Cost-effectiveness of Xpert MTB/RIF for Diagnosing Pulmonary Tuberculosis in HIV-positive Patients

Post Date: 
2016-12-01
Country: 
India
This is a prospective cross-sectional study which will be conducted at BJGMC in Pune, India. The aim of this study is to see whether Xpert MTB/RIF is useful for early detection of pulmonary tuberculosis, and therefore cost-effective, as compared with sputum microscopy and the gold standard tests...

ART Study 1: Database: Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and Associated Comorbidities in a Public Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) Clinic at BJGMC in Pune

Post Date: 
2016-09-19
Country: 
India
Since 2004, the National AIDS Control Program of India has been rolling out free antiretroviral therapy. Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College (BJGMC), located in Pune, India, is now the largest HIV clinic in India, with over 26,000 adult and pediatric patients registered since 2005. We...

Barriers to Early Treatment Initiation in Childhood Tuberculosis in High Incidence Setting

Post Date: 
2016-04-21
Country: 
India
Funded by the Fogarty International Center and led by PI Dr. Chhaya Tukaram Valvi, the aim of this study is to evaluate the time to treatment initiation and barriers to early treatment initiation in childhood tuberculosis. TB diagnosis in children is challenging, often overlooked or missed, because...

Barriers to Implementation of Isoniazid Preventive Treatment (IPT) in Pediatric Contacts of Sputum Positive Adults with Tuberculosis

Post Date: 
2016-03-24
Country: 
India
Young children infected with M.tuberculosis can rapidly progress to pulmonary and extrapulmonary disease with high rates of mortality and morbidity. Studies worldwide have demonstrated that IPT not only prevents latent and asymptomatic TB from progression to clinical disease, it also effectively...

RePORT: C-TRIUMPH: Substudy on Residual Respiratory Impairment Following Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Post Date: 
2015-09-13
Country: 
India
Many TB patients have residual respiratory impairment despite treatment. Such individuals may be at increased risk of chronic lung diseases and disability in the future. Using respiratory questionnaires and lung function tests, the Lung Health Sub-study will evaluate 400 adult TB patients enrolled...

RePORT: C-TRIUMPH: Substudy on Understanding of Tuberculosis Infection and Preventive Therapy among Skin-Test Positive Household Contacts of Tuberculosis Cases

Post Date: 
2015-08-13
Country: 
India
It is both relevant and important to gauge awareness of IPT (Isoniazieas an option for preventing TB among those who are tuberculin skin test (TST) positive, given India’s vast TB-infected population pool that are at risk for progressing to active disease, in order to demonstrate demand. We...

TBM Kids Substudy: Assessment of Neurocognitive Functions in Children with Tuberculosis Meningitis and Healthy Control Children Using the Mullen Scale of Early Learning Attending a Tertiary Care Public Hospital in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2014-09-01
Country: 
India
Objectives: The aim of the present study is to examine the neurological deficit in TBM kids and for that we need to assess, feasibility of the MSEL in our set up an Indian population of healthy children and children with meningitis in particular TB meningitis(TBM). The primary objective of the...

Diagnosis of Tuberculosis Infection and Th1 Immune Response in Pregnant Women in India

Post Date: 
2014-09-01
Country: 
India
Tuberculosis (TB) disease is a major cause of mortality among Indian women of reproductive age; approximately 20-50% of women in India are latently infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB). Due to immune changes of pregnancy, women are particularly at risk of reactivation and progression to...

TB and Pregnancy Impact of Immune Changes of HIV and Stages of Pregnancy on Tuberculosis

Post Date: 
2014-09-01
Country: 
India
Purpose: TB is a leading cause of maternal mortality, especially among HIV-infected women. Women are most likely to develop active TB during and immediately after pregnancy. The immunologic conditions responsible for this phenomenon are not understood. Our recent research shows that pregnant women...

RePORT: C-TRIUMPH: Cohort for Tuberculosis Research by the Indo-US Medical Partnership

Post Date: 
2013-09-28
Country: 
India
Collaboratively funded by the US NIH, India’s Department of Biotechnology [DBT], and Indian Council of Medical Research, the Cohort for TB Research by the Indo-US Medical Partnership (C-TRIUMPH) is an Indo-US research consortium that is part of RePORT India, a countrywide consortium for TB research...

Pages

Maternal syphilis: An independent risk factor for mother to infant human immunodeficiency virus transmission

Post Date: 
2017-06-15
Publication: 
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Country: 
India
Abstract Syphilis is associated with increased human immunodeficiency virus acquisition and sexual transmission; we examined impact on human immunodeficiency virus mother-to-child transmission among mother-infant pairs enrolled in the India Six-Week Extended-Dose Nevirapine study. Maternal syphilis...

High prevalence of cryptococcal antigenaemia amongst asymptomatic advanced HIV patients in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2017-03-21
Publication: 
Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology
Country: 
India
Methods : A prospective study was conducted in a large public sector ART centre and the inpatient wards of Sassoon Hospital, Pune, India. All consenting patients> 18 years of age with CD4 count <100 cells/mm3 were screened for CrAg by latex agglutination assay. Those with positive CrAg...

Efficacy of six-week extended-dose nevirapine varies by infant birth weight with greatest relative efficacy in low birth weight infants

Post Date: 
2016-09-30
Publication: 
PLOS One
Country: 
India
Low birth weight (LBW), defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) as birth weight less than 2500 g, is a significant public health issue in resource-limited settings, particularly in Sub Saharan Africa and South Asia where the estimated annual incidence is 14% and 28–31%, respectively, and the...

Isoniazid hair concentrations in children with tuberculosis: a proof of concept study

Post Date: 
2016-06-01
Publication: 
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Country: 
India
Assessing treatment adherence and quantifying exposure to anti-tuberculosis drugs among children is challenging. We undertook a 'proof of concept' study to assess the drug concentrations of isoniazid (INH) in hair as a therapeutic drug monitoring tool. Children aged <12 years initiated on a...

Cohort for Tuberculosis Research by the Indo-US Medical Partnership (C-TRIUMPH): protocol for a multicentric prospective observational study

Post Date: 
2016-02-25
Publication: 
BMJ Open
Country: 
India
Introduction: Tuberculosis disease (TB) remains an important global health threat. An evidence-based response, tailored to local disease epidemiology in high-burden countries, is key to controlling the global TB epidemic. Reliable surrogate biomarkers that predict key active disease and latent TB...

Quantitative IFN-y,IL-2 response and latent tuberculosis test discordance in HIV-infected pregnant women

Post Date: 
2016-01-14
Publication: 
American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine
Country: 
India
Rationale: Pregnant women with latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) are at high risk for development of TB, especially if infected with HIV. Objectives: To assess the performance of LTBI tests in pregnant and postpartum women infected with HIV, investigate the immunology behind discordance in...

Contraceptive use and factors associated with postpartum surgical sterilization among HIV-infected women in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2015-08-21
Publication: 
Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services
Country: 
India
The authors desire to better understand contraceptive practices and factors associated with surgical tubal ligation (STL) among HIV-infected women. Secondary data were obtained from HIV-infected women enrolled in a National Institutes of Health–funded clinical trial assessing the efficacy of...

Vitamin D deficiency and risk of postpartum tuberculosis among HIV-infected breastfeeding mothers in India

Post Date: 
2015-03-15
Publication: 
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Country: 
India
Some studies have associated low vitamin D levels with the risk of tuberculosis (TB), but its association in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected mothers in a TB-endemic region has not been well studied. We conducted a nested 1:2 case-control study among HIV-infected mothers in western India...

Source case investigation for children with TB disease in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2014-08-27
Publication: 
Tuberculosis Research and Treatment
Country: 
India
Setting. Contact tracing is broadly encouraged for tuberculosis (TB) control. In many high-burden countries, however, little effort is made to identify contacts of newly diagnosed TB patients. This failure puts children, many of whom live in poor crowded communities, at special risk. Objectives. To...

Impact of maternal hepatitis B virus coinfection on mother-to-child transmission of HIV

Post Date: 
2014-07-15
Publication: 
HIV Medicine
Country: 
India
Objectives: Despite high hepatitis B virus (HBV) endemicity in various resource-limited settings (RLSs), the impact of maternal HIV/HBV coinfection on infant health outcomes has not been defined. We aimed to assess the prevalence of HBV coinfection among HIV-infected pregnant women and its impact...

Challenges to disclosure of HIV status to perinatally infected children: a study of caregiver perspectives in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2014-06-15
Publication: 
Journal of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Country: 
India
Effective guidelines around disclosure of HIV status are lacking and limited data from India reveal low rates of HIV disclosure to perinatally infected children. This study, conducted in Pune, India, attempts to understand the experiences of caregivers of perinatally infected children around the...

Pregnancy differentially impacts performance of latent tuberculosis diagnostics in a high-burden setting

Post Date: 
2014-03-21
Publication: 
PLOS One
Country: 
India
Background: Targeted screening for latent TB infection (LTBI) in vulnerable populations is a recommended TB control strategy. Pregnant women are at high risk for developing TB and likely to access healthcare, making pregnancy an important screening opportunity in developing countries. The...

Vitamin D deficiency is common among HIV-infected breastfeeding mothers in Pune, India, but not associated with mother-to-child HIV transmission

Post Date: 
2012-10-01
Publication: 
HIV Clinical Trials
Country: 
India
A recent report from Tanzania demonstrated an increased risk of being HIV infected or of dying at birth among children born to breastfeeding mothers with low baseline vitamin D levels. We conducted a nested case-control study among HIV-infected pregnant women in western India to confirm the...

Impact of maternal human immunodeficiency virus infection on pregnancy and birth outcomes in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2011-12-15
Publication: 
AIDS Care
Country: 
India
Little is known about birth outcomes for HIV-infected women in India. We examine maternal and neonatal birth outcomes in HIV-infected women within the context of enhanced pre-natal care associated with a randomized clinical trial conducted in Pune, India. Birth outcomes of 212 HIV-infected pregnant...

High rates of all-cause and gastroenteritis-related hospitalization morbidity and mortality among HIV-exposed Indian infants

Post Date: 
2011-07-15
Publication: 
BMC Infectious Diseases
Country: 
India
Background: HIV-infected and HIV-exposed, uninfected infants experience a high burden of infectious morbidity and mortality. Hospitalization is an important metric for morbidity and is associated with high mortality, yet, little is known about rates and causes of hospitalization among these infants...

Twelve month follow-up of the SWEN randomized controlled trials: Differential impact of extended-dose nevirapine on mother-to-child transmission and infant death by maternal CD4 cell count

Post Date: 
2011-03-27
Publication: 
AIDS Care
Country: 
Ethiopia
India
Uganda
Objectives: We previously reported combined analysis of 6-week and 6-month endpoints of three randomized controlled trials [Six Week Extended Dose Nevirapine (SWEN) trials] that compared extended-dose nevirapine through 6 weeks of age to single-dose nevirapine to prevent HIV transmission via...

Maternal tuberculosis: a risk factor for mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus

Post Date: 
2011-02-01
Publication: 
The Journal of Infectious Diseases
Country: 
India
Background: Maternal human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) RNA load, CD4 cell count, breast-feeding, antiretroviral use, and malaria are well-established factors associated with mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV; the role of maternal tuberculosis (TB), however, has not been well established...

Extended-dose nevirapine to 6 weeks of age for infants to prevent HIV transmission via breastfeeding in Ethiopia, India, and Uganda: an analysis of three randomized controlled trials

Post Date: 
2009-07-26
Publication: 
The Lancet
Country: 
Ethiopia
India
Uganda
Background: UNICEF/WHO recommends that infants born to HIV-infected mothers who do not have access to acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable, and safe replacement feeding should be exclusively breastfed for at least 6 months. The aim of three trials in Ethiopia, India, and Uganda was to...

Nevirapine resistance and breast-milk HIV transmission: effects of single and extended-dose nevirapine prophylaxis in subtype C HIV-infected infants

Post Date: 
2009-01-01
Publication: 
PLOS One
Country: 
India
Background: Daily nevirapine (NVP) prophylaxis to HIV-exposed infants significantly reduces breast-milk HIV transmission. We assessed NVP-resistance in Indian infants enrolled in the “six-week extended-dose nevirapine” (SWEN) trial who received single-dose NVP (SD-NVP) or SWEN for prevention of...

Repeated pregnancy in HIV positive Indian women with known HIV status

Post Date: 
2008-09-29
Publication: 
AIDS Care
Country: 
India
HIV-positive women of reproductive age face challenges in decision making related to pregnancy. Understanding factors influencing repeat pregnancies in women with known HIV status are necessary to guide interventions and counseling strategies to better inform and support them. We compared three...

Pages

Trends in Glycated Hemoglobin Levels and Implications for Diabetes Screening among Pulmonary Tuberculosis Cases Undergoing Treatment in India

Post Date: 
2017-09-13
Presentation Location: 
Rio de Janiero, Brazil
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
3rd Annual RePORT International Meeting, RICC
Poster Presentation. Gupte AN , Mave V, Meshram S, Lokhande R, Kadam D, Dharmshale S, Bharadwaj R, Kagal A, Pradhan N, Deshmukh S, Atre S, Sahasrabudhe T, Barthwal M, Meshram S, Kakrani A, Kulkarni V, Raskar S, Suryavanshi S, Shivakoti R, Chon S, Selvin E, Gupte N, Gupta A, Golub JE

High Burden of Dysglycemia among Contacts of Tuberculosis Patients in India: Is it Time to Screen Them All?

Post Date: 
2017-09-13
Presentation Location: 
Rio De Janiero, Brazil
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
RePORT International Conference, RICC
Poster Presentation. Shivakumar SVBY , Chandrasekaran P, Paradkar M, Danasekaran K, Kumar AMV, Ramachandran G, Thomas B, Suryavarshini N, Kohli R, Thiruvengadam K, Gupte N, Kulkarni V, Hannah LE, Gomathy NS, Pradhan N, Dolla CK, Gupte A, DeLuca A, Meshram S, Kagal AD, Golub J, Selvaraj K, Murali L...

Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices About Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) and Preventive Therapy Among Adult and Adolescent Household Contacts of MDR-TB Index Cases

Post Date: 
2017-05-22
Presentation Location: 
Washington, DC
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
American Thoracic Society 2017 International Conference
Poster Presentation. Suryavanshi N, Shah S, Murrill M , Gupta A.

Alcohol Use Among Adult Pulmonary and Extra-pulmonary TB Cases in the C-TRIUMPH India Cohort

Post Date: 
2017-02-03
Presentation Location: 
Hyderabad, India
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
6th Annual Regional Prospective Observational Research for Tuberculosis (RePORT) India Joint Leadership Meeting
Poster presentation. John S , DeLuca A, Paradkar M, Nayagam R, Shivakumar SVBY, Gupte A, Gupte N, Thomas B, Suryavanshi N, Kolhi R, Golub J, Kulkarni V, Pradhan N, Mave V, Chandrasekaran P, Gupta A

Impact of Immune Changes of Pregnancy and HIV Infection on Tuberculosis

Post Date: 
2017-02-03
Presentation Location: 
Hyderabad, India
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
6th Annual Regional Prospective Observational Research for Tuberculosis (RePORT) India Joint Leadership Meeting
Poster presentation. Mathad J, Alexander M , Bhosale R, Naik S, Shivakoti R, Mave V, Suryavanshi N, Gupte N, Kulkarni V, Pradan N, Patil N, Gupta A

Host Factors Associated with Poor Respiratory Health-Related Quality of Life in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Post Date: 
2017-02-03
Presentation Location: 
Hyderabad, India
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
6th Annual Regional Prospective Observational Research for Tuberculosis (RePORT) India Joint Leadership Meeting
Poster presentation. Gupte A , Meshram S, Selvaraju S, Gupte N, Shivakumar SVBY, Paradkar M, Kohli R, Theruvengadam K, Suryavanshi N, Chandrasekaran P, Mave V, Swaminathan S, Salvi S, Checkley, W, Golub J, Gupta A

Descriptive Baseline Characteristics, Treatment Outcomes and Biorepository of Pediatric TB Cases in CTRIUMPh-RePORT India Prospective Cohort

Post Date: 
2017-02-03
Presentation Location: 
Hyderabad, India
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
6th Annual Regional Prospective Observational Research for Tuberculosis (RePORT) India Joint Leadership Meeting
Poster presentation. Paradkar M , Kavitha D, Shiva Kumar SVBY, Khadse S, Khwaja S, Hari K, Rani N, Thiruvengadam K, Gupte N, Raskar S, Jain D, Suryavanshi S, Kohli R, Kulkarni V, Pradhan N, Sathyamurthi B, Tornheim J, Gupte A, DeLuca A, Mave V, Chandrasekaran P, Gupta A for the CTRIUMPH Study Team

Attrition among HIV-infected Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2016-12-06
Presentation Location: 
Birmingham, AL
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
Center for AIDS Research. Women and HIV: Inter-CFAR Joint Symposium on HIV Research in Women
Poster presentation. Nimkar S , Kadam D, Marbaniang I, Suman R, Gupte N, Salvi S, Suryavanshi N, Gupta A, Mave V.

Characteristics of HIV-infected Transgender Women Registered under Programmatic Conditions in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2016-12-06
Presentation Location: 
Birmingham, AL
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
Center for AIDS Research. Women and HIV: Inter-CFAR Joint Symposium on HIV Research in Women
Oral presentation. Marbaniang I , Kadam D, Gupte N, Suman R, Salvi S, Nimkar S, Suryavanshi N, Gupta A, Mave V.

Spousal Serostatus Affects Retention in Care among Married HIV Infected Women in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2016-12-06
Presentation Location: 
Birmingham, AL
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
Center for AIDS Research. Women and HIV: Inter-CFAR Joint Symposium on HIV Research in Women
Poster presentation. Nimkar S , Kadam D, Marbaniang I< Suman R, Gupte N, Salvi S, Suryavanshi N, Gupta A, Mave V.

IMPAACT P1078: Background, Design and Baseline Data

Post Date: 
2016-10-29
Presentation Location: 
Liverpool, England
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
47th Union World Conference on Lung Health. International Union for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
Presentation. Mathad J on behalf of Gupta A and P1078 Study Team TB APPRISE: Phase IV Randomized Double-blind Placebo-controlled Trial to Evaluate the Safety of Immediate (Antepartum-initiated) vs. Deferred (Postpartum-initiated) Isoniazid Preventive Therapy among HIV-infected Women in High TB...

The Impact of Health Seeking Behavior on Community-acquired Multi-drug Resistant Stool Colonization among Hospitalized Febrile Illness Patients in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2016-10-29
Presentation Location: 
New Orleans, LA
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
ID Week 2016
Poster Session: Antibiotic Stewardship: Outpatient and ED. Sachs J , Bharadwaj R, Khadse S, Kadam D, Kagal A, Shaikh N, Shingada K, Raichur P, Kanade S, Suryanvanshi N, Gupta A, Robinson M, Mave V.

TB Infection Prevalence, Incidence and Risk Factors among Child and Adult Household Contacts of Adult TB Cases in India

Post Date: 
2016-10-27
Presentation Location: 
New Orleans, LA
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
ID Week 2016
Poster presentation. Shivakumar SVBY , Chandrasekaran P, Thiruvengadam K, Gupte N, Mave V, Hannah LE, Kulkarni V, Gupte A, Deluca A, Gomathy NS, Sathyamurthi P, Paradkar M, Kohli R, Meshram S, Kagal A, Suryavanshi N, Ramachandran G, Thomas B, Dolla CK, Subramanyam B, Golub J, Swaminathan S, Gupta A.

Host Factors Associated with Poor Respiratory Health-Related Quality of Life in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Post Date: 
2016-10-27
Presentation Location: 
New Orleans, LA
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
ID Week 2016
Poster Abstract Session: Tuberculosis Treatment and Outcome. Gupte A , Meshram S, Selvaraju S, Gupte N, Shivakumar SVBY, Paradkar M, Kohli R, Theruvengadam K, Suryavanshi N, Chandrasekaran P, Mave V, Swaminathan S, Salvi S, Checkley, W, Golub J, Gupta A

Outreach Workers in the Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) Programme in India: Challenges and Opportunities

Post Date: 
2016-07-21
Presentation Location: 
Durban, South Africa
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
21st Annual International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016)
Abstract Presentation. Suryavanshi N , Mave V, Kadam A, Kanade S, Sivalenka S, Sampath K, Harve P, Gupta RS, Hegde A, McKenzie-White J, Gupte N, Gupta A, Bollinger RC, Shankar AV.

High Risk for Loss to Follow-Up among Adolescents Living with HIV in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2016-07-19
Presentation Location: 
Durban, South Africa
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
21st International AIDS Conference. International AIDS Society.
Presentation. Nimkar S , Valvi C, Khadse S, Kadam D, Kinikar A, Marbaniang I, Rewari BB, Chandanwale A, Suryavanshi N, Patil S, Nevrekar N, Raichur P, Gupta A, Mave V

A5300/I2003: Feasibility of Identifying, Recruiting, and Characterizing Adult MDR TB Index Cases and their Adult and Child Household Contacts on Four Continents

Post Date: 
2016-07-17
Presentation Location: 
Durban, South Africa
Event & Convener: 
TB2016. International AIDS Society.
Poster Presentation. Swindells S , Kim S, Gupta A, Hesseling AC, Shah S, Johnson D, Harrington M, Suryavanshi N, Sanchez J, Dawson R, Naini L, Jones L, Hughes M, Churchyard G, for ACTG/IMPAACT

TB Risk Perceptions Among Medical Residents at a Tertiary Care Center in India

Post Date: 
2015-12-06
Presentation Location: 
Cape Town, South Africa
Country: 
India
Event & Convener: 
46th Union World Conference on Lung Health. International Union for Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.
Oral Abstract. Session: The Wide Swath of Vulnerable Populations. Pardeshi G , Parande M, Kadam D, Chandanwale A, Deluca A, Bollinger R, Farley J, Suryavanshi N.

CCGHE at ATS 2017

Post Date: 
2017-05-08
Abstract presentations from the American Thoracic Society International Conference in Washington, DC

Women's Empowerment at BJGMC World TB Day 2017

Post Date: 
2017-04-03
Posted 2017-04-03

Health on the Go: Mobile Clinic Delivers TB Services at Point of Need

Post Date: 
2017-03-24
Thanks to Raj and Bharti Shah, CTIS, & the NB Shah Charitable Trust, we are able to reach more people in Maharashtra who need care

World AIDS Day 2016 at BJGMC

Post Date: 
2016-12-06
Read more about 2016 World AIDS Day activities at the BJGMC Clinical Site in Pune, India.

Can Technology & Training Promote Retention in Care & Prevent HIV Transmission?

Post Date: 
2016-05-10
When HIV+ mothers are actively engaged in care, they are far less likely to transmit the disease to their babies. And while HIV+ women in India generally seek initial care, maintaining continuity of care can be challenging. One study in India seeks to answer the question: Can a focused empowerment...

Feasibility Study Complete on Preventive Therapy for Household Contacts of MDR-TB Patients in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2016-03-31
March 31, 2016—Pune, India—The Baltimore-Washington-India Clinical Trials Unit is pleased to announce that the BJGMC Clinical Research Site (BJGMC-CRS) in Pune, India, just finished the feasibility study titled A5300/IMPAACT2003: Study of MDR-TB Cases and their Household Contacts: Operational...

Up Close: Nishi Suryavanshi

Post Date: 
2016-03-01
Combining Behavioral and Clinical Research to Improve Health Outcomes for Women in India “If there is one thing I have learned during my extensive field experience in rural areas, it’s that no disease is a purely clinical in nature,” notes behavioral scientist Nishi Suryavanshi, PhD. Based in CCGHE...

Advancing Global TB Research through RePORT

Post Date: 
2016-02-29
Regional Prospective Observational Research for Tuberculosis (RePORT) International is a large, international tuberculosis research effort being undertaken by 4 regional consortia: RePORT Brazil, RePORT South Africa, RePORT Indonesia, and RePORT India. While each region collects and maintains its...

Tuberculosis test may underreport in pregnant women with HIV

Post Date: 
2016-01-28
Source: 
Infectious Disease Advisor
Pregnancy may confound tuberculosis (TB) tests results in women with HIV, according to research published in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine .

Tuberculosis scare in HIV positive pregnant women: most widely-used tuberculosis test fails to diagnose illness

Post Date: 
2016-01-28
Source: 
International Business Times
The most commonly-used tuberculosis (TB) test, TST, has failed to detect TB in HIV positive pregnant women. A research published online in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine has revealed that the TB test failed to accurately diagnose the...

BJGMC Clinical Research Site Observes World AIDS Day

Post Date: 
2015-12-14
Pune, India—To mark the struggle of those living with HIV and in commemoration of those who have lost their lives, the Clinical Research Site at Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College (BJGMC CRS) participated in the National AIDS Trust’s World AIDS Day . Each year on December 1, events are...