HIV Dynamics

We work closely with the Rakai Health Sciences Program and other collaborators to study HIV transmission in sub-Saharan Africa

We work on a variety of epidemiological studies focused on HIV transmission dynamics and the impact of prevention interventions. Our research largely takes place in Sub-Saharan Africa but we have also collaborated on domestic initatives.

We closely collaborate with the Rakai Health Sciences Program (RHSP) in Uganda, which is one of the leading HIV research institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa. Rakai, located in Southwest Uganda, is where the first AIDS cases were identified in Eastern Africa and today it remains one of the highest-burden districts in the region with an overall HIV prevalence of ~14%. However, within Rakai there is substantial geographic heterogeneity in HIV prevalence ranging from 9-43% at the community-level. We currently support NIH and BMGF initiatives to understand the role of extremely-high-prevalence communities (i.e. "geographic hotspots") and other key populations within the broader regional epidemic with the overarching goal of informing targeting HIV prevention initiatives under PEPFAR Phase III. Our work with RHSP includes dynamic HIV modelling and viral phylogenetics conducted in collaboration with the PANGEA-HIV consortium and researchers (and friends!) at Oxford University and Imperial College London in the UK.

We also have an iniative supported by the Johns Hopkins Center for AIDS Research/NIH to use network models and viral phylogenetics to inform real-time interventions to prevent HIV among young men who have sex with men in Baltimore City, Maryland.

Updates #HIV

2 months 16 hours ago

Congratulations to @katierisher on her exceptional defense of her dissertation today. #HIV
6 months 3 weeks ago

What can phylogenetics tell us about #HIV transmission? @KateGrabowski and @JustinLessler comment in @TheLancetHIV. https://t.co/b2Pc28yFHG
6 months 4 weeks ago

RT @KateGrabowski: Congrats to Jess Prodger & Rakai team on new paper looking at inflammation and HIV risk in men! @JHIDDynamics #HIV https://t.co/PFeVseXVtK
11 months 2 weeks ago

Congrats to @KateGrabowski and the whole RHSP team on the their paper in Lancet HIV. With a commentary no less! https://t.co/cDgxIDYvA7 #HIV
11 months 3 weeks ago

Congrats to @KateGrabowski, Allison A., Errol F., others on @HopkinsCFAR award to study HIV transmission in Baltimore w/phylogenetics! #HIV

Publications

Elevated cytomegalovirus IgG antibody levels are associated with HIV-1 disease progression and immune activation.

Patel EU, Gianella S, Newell K, Tobian AAR Kirkpatrick AR, Nalugoda F, Grabowski MK, Gray RH, Serwadda D, Quinn T, Redd AD, Reynolds SJ.

AIDS, 2017: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001412

26 Jan 2017

Factors Associated With the Control of Viral Replication and Virologic Breakthrough in a Recently Infected HIV-1 Controller.

Walker-Sperling VE, Pohlmeyer CW, Veenhuis RT, May M, Luna KA, Kirkpatrick AR, Laeyendecker O, Cox AL, Carrington M, Bailey JR, Arduino RC, Blankson JN.

EBioMedicine, 2017: pii: S2352-3964(17): 30038-5, 10.1016/j.ebiom.2017.01.034

Analysis of HIV Diversity in HIV-Infected Black Men Who Have Sex with Men (HPTN 061).

Chen I, Chau G, Wang J, Clarke W, Marzinke MA, Cummings V, Breaud A, Laeyendecker O, Fields SD, Griffith S, Scott HM, Shoptaw S, Del Rio C, Magnus M, Mannheimer S, Tieu HV, Wheeler DP, Mayer KH, Koblin BA, Eshleman SH.

PLoS One, 2017: 11(12): e0167629, 10.1371/journal.pone.0167629

1 Feb 2016

Evaluation of hidden HIV infections in an urban ED with a rapid HIV screening program.

Hsieh YH, Kelen GD, Beck KJ, Kraus CK, Shahan JB, Laeyendecker OB, Quinn TC, Rothman RE.

Am J Emerg Med, 2016: 34(2): 180-4, 10.1016/j.ajem.2015.10.002

29 Nov 2016

Chemokine Levels in the Penile Coronal Sulcus Correlate with HIV-1 Acquisition and Are Reduced by Male Circumcision in Rakai, Uganda.

Prodger JL, Gray RH, Shannon B, Shahabi K, Kong X, Grabowski K, Kigozi G, Nalugoda F, Serwadda D, Wawer MJ, Reynolds SJ, Liu CM, Tobian AA, Kaul R.

PLoS Pathog, 2016: 12(11): e1006025, 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006025

1 Sep 2016

HIV-1 Sequence Data Coverage in Central East Africa from 1959-2013.

Lamers SL, Barbier A, Ratmann O, Fraser C, Rose R, Laeyendecker O, Grabowski M.

AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses, 2016: 32(9): 904-908, 10.1089/AID.2016.0079

30 Nov 2016

Phylogenetic insights into age-disparate partnerships and HIV.

Grabowski MK, Lessler J.

Lancet HIV, 2016: 4(1): e8–e9, 10.1016/S2352-3018(16)30184-9

Penile Immune Activation and Risk of HIV Shedding: A Prospective Cohort Study.

Patel EU, Kirkpatrick AR, Grabowski MK, Kigozi G, Gray RH, Prodger JL, Redd AD, Nalugoda F, Serwadda D, Wawer MJ, Quinn TC, Tobian AAR.

Clin Infect Dis, 2016: 10.1093/cid/ciw847

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