Research


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

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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

  4. 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