Amit Achhra
MPH, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
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Research Summary
My current research is focused on implementation work in HIV and STIs, observational studies in HIV to answer clinically relevant questions, and clinical trials in HIV and COVID-19.
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Selected Publications
- Long-term impact of immediate versus deferred antiretroviral therapy on kidney health in people with HIVPelchen-Matthews A, Mocroft A, Ryom L, Ross M, Sharma S, Coca S, Achhra A, Cornell E, Tracy R, Phillips A, Alonso M, Toulomi G, Agan B, Medland N, Wyatt C, Group I. Long-term impact of immediate versus deferred antiretroviral therapy on kidney health in people with HIV. Kidney International 2024, 106: 136-144. PMID: 38697479, PMCID: PMC11193627, DOI: 10.1016/j.kint.2024.04.010.
- Acute Hepatitis Due to Primary Human Immunodeficiency Virus InfectionOpen Forum Infectious Diseases, ofae170, https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofae170 Published: 22 March 2024
- Acute Hepatitis due to Primary Human Immunodeficiency Virus InfectionElliott E, Smith D, Lipscomb J, Banini B, Meurer L, Vanderford T, Johnson J, Jain D, Achhra A. Acute Hepatitis due to Primary Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2024, 11: ofae170. PMID: 38585186, PMCID: PMC10996125, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofae170.
- 1538. Is there value in performing yearly screening for latent tuberculosis infection by interferon-gamma release assay among patients living with HIV in non-endemic settings?Palacios C, Achhra A, Barakat L, Virata M, Hao R, Baxter J, Malinis M. 1538. Is there value in performing yearly screening for latent tuberculosis infection by interferon-gamma release assay among patients living with HIV in non-endemic settings? Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad500.1373. PMCID: PMC10678242, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1373.
- 1478. Evaluation Of Anal Cancer Screening Program in men who have sex with men (MSM) persons with HIV (PWH) At Two academic center HIV Clinics 2018-2022Achhra A, Chan E, Applebaum S, Guerrero M, Hao R, Pantel H, Virata M, Barakat L. 1478. Evaluation Of Anal Cancer Screening Program in men who have sex with men (MSM) persons with HIV (PWH) At Two academic center HIV Clinics 2018-2022. Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2023, 10: ofad500.1314. PMCID: PMC10677807, DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofad500.1314.
- Evaluation Of Anal Cancer Screening Program in men who have sex with men (MSM) persons with HIV (PWH) At Two academic center HIV Clinics 2018-2022Amit Achhra, MD MPH PHD, Elizabeth Chan, MD, Serina Applebaum, BS, Maggie Guerrero, APRN, Ritche Hao, MD, Haddon Pantel, MD, Michael D Virata, MD, FACP, Lydia A Barakat, MD. Open Forum Infectious Diseases, Volume 10, Issue Supplement_2, December 2023, ofad500.1314
- Contrasting Cases of HIV Vasculopathy Associated Fusiform AneurysmsKyle K, Maher M, Achhra A, Venna N. Contrasting Cases of HIV Vasculopathy Associated Fusiform Aneurysms. The Neurohospitalist 2022, 13: 69-73. PMID: 36531848, PMCID: PMC9755620, DOI: 10.1177/19418744221122863.
- O21.3 Pre-therapy inflammation/coagulation activation and long-term cd4 response to antiretroviral therapyAchhra A, Phillips A, Emery S, MacArthur R, Furrer H, De Wit S, Losso M, Law M. O21.3 Pre-therapy inflammation/coagulation activation and long-term cd4 response to antiretroviral therapy. Sexually Transmitted Infections 2015, 91: a73.1-a73. DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2015-052270.195.
- Short‐term weight gain after antiretroviral therapy initiation and subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: the D:A:D studyAchhra A, Mocroft A, Reiss P, Sabin C, Ryom L, de Wit S, Smith C, Monforte A, Phillips A, Weber R, Lundgren J, Law, Group T. Short‐term weight gain after antiretroviral therapy initiation and subsequent risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes: the D:A:D study. HIV Medicine 2015, 17: 255-268. PMID: 26216031, DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12294.
- Pre‐therapy inflammation and coagulation activation and long‐term CD4 count responses to the initiation of antiretroviral therapyAchhra A, Phillips A, Emery S, MacArthur R, Furrer H, De Wit S, Losso M, Law, groups I. Pre‐therapy inflammation and coagulation activation and long‐term CD4 count responses to the initiation of antiretroviral therapy. HIV Medicine 2015, 16: 449-454. PMID: 25959989, PMCID: PMC5676307, DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12258.
- Kidney disease in antiretroviral‐naïve HIV‐positive adults with high CD4 counts: prevalence and predictors of kidney disease at enrolment in the INSIGHT Strategic Timing of AntiRetroviral Treatment (START) trialAchhra A, Mocroft A, Ross M, Ryom L, Lucas G, Furrer H, Neuhaus J, Somboonwit C, Kelly M, Gatell J, Wyatt C, Group I. Kidney disease in antiretroviral‐naïve HIV‐positive adults with high CD4 counts: prevalence and predictors of kidney disease at enrolment in the INSIGHT Strategic Timing of AntiRetroviral Treatment (START) trial. HIV Medicine 2015, 16: 55-63. PMID: 25711324, PMCID: PMC4341947, DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12234.
- Race and CD4+ T-cell count in HIV prognosis and treatmentAchhra A, Amin J. Race and CD4+ T-cell count in HIV prognosis and treatment. Future Virology 2012, 7: 193-203. DOI: 10.2217/fvl.11.143.