Education
2003. Ph.D. Program in Infectious Diseases, Department of Epidemiology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Baltimore, MD. Dissertation: The emergence and potential transmission of antiretroviral resistance among HIV-infected individuals.
1995. M.H.S. W. Harry Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Baltimore, MD.
Research Interests
Broadly, my research interests lie in the study of HIV and other infectious diseases in the U.S. and in Uganda. My current research focuses on understanding how culture and patterns and alcohol use is associated with the transmission of HIV. I also study the how substance use and and non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy influence treatment outcomes. I also conduct operational research on interventions designed to promote adherence to HIV medications.
Professional Memberships
Society for Epidemiologic Research
International AIDS Society
Delta Omega Honorary Society, Public Health Alpha Chapter
Courses Taught
EPBI 492: Cohort Study Design and Analysis
EPBI 494: Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS Module
Recent Publications
Riggs M, Sethi AK, Zabarsky T, Eckstein EC, Donskey CJ. Asymptomatic Carriers are a Potential Source for Transmission of Epidemic and Non-Epidemic Clostridium difficile among Long-Term Care Facility Residents. Clinical Infectious Diseases (in press).
Eckstein BC, Adams DA, Eckstein EC, Sethi AK, Yadavalli G, Donskey GJ. Reduction of Clostridium Difficile and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus contamination of environmental surfaces after an intervention to improve cleaning methods. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2007; 7:61.
- Rodriguez B, Sethi AK, Cheruvu VK, Mackay W, Bosch RJ, Kitahata M, Boswell SL, Mathews WC, Bangsberg DR, Martin J, Whalen CC, Sieg S, Yadavalli S, Deeks SG, Lederman. Predictive value of plasma HIV RNA level on rate of CD4 T-cell decline in untreated HIV infection. JAMA 2006; 296:1498-1506.
Correspondence: JAMA 2007; 297:805-806 and 297:805; author reply 97:806-807.
Sethi AK, Celentano DD, Gange SJ, Gallant JE, Vlahov D, Farzadegan H. High-risk behavior and potential transmission of drug-resistant HIV among injection drug users. Journal of AIDS 2004; 35:503-510.
Sethi AK. Adherence and HIV Drug Resistance. HIV Clinical Trials 2004; 5:112-115 (reprint)
Sethi AK. Adherence and HIV Drug Resistance. Hopkins HIV Report. January 2004
Sethi AK, Celentano DD, Gange SJ, Moore RD, Gallant JE. Association between non-adherence to antiretroviral therapy and HIV drug resistance. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2003; 37:1112-1118.
Celentano DD, Galai N, Sethi AK, Shah N, Strathdee SA, Vlahov D, Gallant JE. Time to initiating highly active antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected injection drug users. AIDS 2001; 15:1707-1715.
Additional Links
Center For AIDS Research (CFAR)
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