Current Research Projects
Impact of Cryotherapy versus Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP) on Recurrence of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia and HIV-1 Cervical Shedding among HIV-positive Women. (2010-2018). Michael Chung.
Drug Resistance Testing in Kenya to Improve ART Suppression of HIV Replication: An Inexpensive Simple Assay to Detect HIV Drug Resistance. (2013-2018). Michael Chung.
Mechanisms & risk factors of chronic lung disease in HIV+ adolescents in Nairobi. (2017-2022). Michael Chung.
MMed Theses
Prevalence of HLA-B*5701 in a Kenyan Population with HIV Infection (2016). Hilda Nabiswa and Reena Shah.
The Diagnostic Accuracy of Determine™ TB LAM Antigen in Detection of Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB). (2015). Fatima Juma and Reena Shah.
High Prevalence of Liver Fibrosis in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Monoinfection and Human Immunodeficiency Virus Hepatitis-B Co-infection as Assessed by Shear Wave Elastography: Study at a Teaching Hospital in Kenya. (2015). Samuel Nguku and Reena Shah.
Pulmonary function tests in HIV patients at AKUHN. (2015). Noah Murby and Reena Shah
Liver elastography in HIV/HBV co-infected patients. (2014). Samuel Nguku and Reena Shah.
Cardiometabolic diseases in HIV. (2014). Eric Njenga and Reena Shah.
Prevalence of Transmitted Drug Resistance Mutations in HIV-1. (2012). Simon Onsongo and Reena Shah.
Publications
Shah R, Nabiswa H, Okinda N, Revathi G, Hawken M, Nelson M. Prevalence of HLA-B*5701 in a Kenyan Population with HIV Infection. YJINF3981. Journal of Infection Corresponding. 4-OCT-2017 DOI information: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.09.007.
Juma FO, Yonga G, Waweru P, Revathi G, Nelson M, Shah R. The Diagnostic Accuracy of Determine™ TB LAM Antigen in Detection of Extra Pulmonary Tuberculosis (EPTB). J Infect. 2017 Dec;75(6):583-586. doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2017.08.011. Epub 2017 Sep 4.
Greene SA, McGrath CJ, Lehman DA, Marson KG, Trinh R, Yatich N, Nyongesa-Malava E, Kiptinness C, Richardson BA, John-Stewart GC, De Vuyst D, Sakr SR, Mugo NR, Chung MH. Increased Cervical HIV RNA Shedding Among HIV-Infected Women Randomized to Loop Electrosurgical Excision Procedure (LEEP) compared to Cryotherapy for Cervical Intraep ithelial Neoplasia 2/3. 2017. Clinical Infectious Diseases. [original work]. In Press
Silverman RA, Beck IA, Kiptinness C, Levine M, McGrath CJ, Bii S, Richardson BA, John-Stewart GC, Chohan B, Sakr SR, Kiarie JN, Frenkel LM, Chung MH. Prevalence of Pre-antiretroviral Treatment Drug Resistance by Gender, Age, and Other Factors in HIV-infected Individuals Initiating Therapy in Kenya, 2013-2014. 2017. Journal of Infectious Diseases. [original work]. In Press