Aarti Avinash Kinikar, MD: Pediatrics

Pune, India
Role: 
Scholar
BJGMC-JHU Fogarty HIV-TB Program Trainee

Education:

MBBS (1984); DCH (1988); MD-Paediatrics (1988), DNB-Paediatrics (2003); MRCP-UK (1995).
Medical  Education- Grant  Medical  College – Mumbai  University, India.

Overview:

As a  medical  teacher  and  a  pediatrician working  in  a  government medical college  and  hospital  I am interested  in generating interest  motivating  medical undergraduate students  to think and participate in  pediatric infectious disease research especially in the field  of  Pediatric HIV and TB epidemiology, as well as clinical profiles and prevention and treatment for children. I am personally interested  in  looking  at  the  implementation and challenges  faced in  caring for children with HIV and TB  under national programmes  and  finding  solutions  that  can help implement  these  programmes  effectively  for the benefit of children  coming to government hospitals . A specific clinical research interest is to investigate chemoprophylaxis  options  for  children  in  contact  with  adults that have sputum-positive MDR TB.    

Honors and Awards:

Awarded  Fogarty  Fellow  Scholarship  at  John  Hopkins  University,  Baltimore  USA;  for  training  in  Paediatric  HIV,  Epidemiology  &  Biostatistics,  (2007)
Awarded  Overseas  Doctor’s  Training  Scheme  fellowship  by  the  Royal  College  Of       Physicians ,  UK  in  1994  for  higher  studies  in  Paediatrics
Awarded  ONE  of  the  20 INNOVATORS  IN INDIA  who are changing lives – For Bubble  CPAP   Invention during Swine Flu Pandemic in India . Awarded by INDIA  TODAY – April 26th 2010 Issue.
AWARDED  PROVISIONAL  PATENT  for   low  cost  indigenous   bubble  CPAP      ventilation  circuit – Mumbai  2011.
AWARDED  THE  DR SHARADINI  DAHANUKAR “BEST MEDICAL TEACHER” 2013 AWARD BY MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES , NASHIK.
TWICE  Won  the  First  Prize in Teachers  Category at  Inter- University Research  Convention –  AVISHKAR  2010  and  AVISHKAR  2011- organized  by  Governor  of  Maharashtra.
Received  “Suchintan Trophy” – Thrice ( 2004;  2005;  2010 ) for Best  Research work presented at Annual  Research Conference at  B.J.  Government  Medical  College,  Pune.
Member and Principal Investigator for Clinical Trial of  IMPAACT  Network    ( HIV/AIDS; TB; Malaria and other Infectious Diseases since 2000. BJGMC-John Hopkins University , USA-Clinical  Trial Unit, Pune, India

Faculty Mentor(s): 
Bob Bollinger, MD, MPH
Amita Gupta, MD, MHS

High risk for latent tuberculosis infection among medical residents and nursing students in India

Post Date: 
2019-07-08
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
PLoS One
PLoS ONE: Self-reported TB exposure is underreported, and uptake of LTBI prevention therapy remains low

Age-specific prevalence of TB infection among household contacts of pulmonary tuberculosis: Is it time for TB preventive therapy?

Post Date: 
2019-06-21
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Countries: 
India
Publication: 
Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
BACKGROUND: Household contacts (HHCs) of TB patients are at high risk of developing evidence of latent TB infection (LTBI) and active disease from the index patient. We estimated the age-specific prevalence of LTBI and the force of infection (FI), as a measure of recent transmission, among HHCs of...

Female global health leadership: Data-driven approaches to close the gender gap

Post Date: 
2019-02-09
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
The Lancet
Lancet article investigates gender-based challenges of female health trainees and professionals and identifies interventions

Drug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae colonization is associated with healthcare utilization and antimicrobial use among inpatients in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2018-10-04
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
BMC Infectious Diseases
BACKGROUND: Healthcare exposure may increase drug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae colonization risk. Nascent antimicrobial stewardship efforts in low- and middle-income countries require setting-specific data. We aimed to evaluate risk factors for inpatient drug resistant...

Barriers to screening and isoniazid preventive therapy for child contacts of tuberculosis patients

Post Date: 
2018-10-01
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
Universal, timely TB screening and IPT for exposed children are urgently needed to reduce pediatric TB in India

The association of household fine particulate matter and kerosene with tuberculosis in women and children in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2018-09-07
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Use of kerosene cooking fuel is positively associated with TB in women and children in our analysis using reported sources of exposure.

Loss to follow‐up and mortality among HIV‐infected adolescents receiving antiretroviral therapy in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2018-06-25
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
HIV Medicine
Over 6 years, one-third of HIV+ adolescents in this study discontinued medical treatment, indicating a critical need for retention counselling and closer clinical monitoring.

Sources of household air pollution and their association with fine particulate matter in low-income urban homes in India

Post Date: 
2018-05-23
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology
INTRODUCTION: Household air pollution (HAP) is poorly characterized in low-income urban Indian communities. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A questionnaire assessing sources of HAP and 24 h household concentrations of particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in diameter (...

Antibiotic utilization and the role of suspected and diagnosed mosquito borne illness among adults and children with acute febrile illness in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2018-05-02
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Mosquito-borne disease identification is associated with reduced empiric antibiotic use and faster antibiotic discontinuation.

Intestinal barrier dysfunction and microbial translocation in HIV-infected pregnant women is associated with preterm birth

Post Date: 
2018-03-24
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
NIRT
Publication: 
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Our results show select immune markers can identify women at higher risk for PTB in HIV-1-infected populations and suggest modulating gut barrier integrity and microbial translocation may affect PTB.

Isoniazid concentrations in hair and plasma area-under-the-curve exposure among children with tuberculosis

Post Date: 
2017-12-07
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
NIRT
Publication: 
PLOS One
PLOS One: Mave and colleagues compared TB drug exposure in plasma and hair samples among a small cohort of children.

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