Geeta Shrikar Pardeshi, MD: Preventive and Social Medicine

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

Education:
MD, B J Government Medical College, Pune , 1999 (Preventive and Social Medicine)

Overview:
I have led research projects related to Reproductive and Child Health, Sanitation and Infectious diseases. As part of the BJGMC JHU Fogarty training program in HIV-TB, I have research interest in TB epidemiology. I am interested in studying the association of co-morbidities with clinical presentation and treatment outcomes in tuberculosis. I’d like to investigate how to identify mechanisms to reach the undiagnosed patients of tuberculosis, operational research to assess the effectiveness of current set of interventions for prevention and control of tuberculosis and how to best conduct community based studies which could contribute to our understanding of tuberculosis epidemiology.

Honors and Awards:
First prize for photograph entitled ‘Existent Plights –Deprived rights’ at the 3rd Conference of the Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health in 2007.

Mr. Sharangdhar P. Kanhere Prize for the best Paper on Use of an Appropriate Technology at the Joint Annual State Conference of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IAPSM) & Indian Public Health Association (IPHA) in 2006.
Second prize in All India Essay contest on ‘Challenges and Options for the delivery of Primary Health Care in disadvantaged urban areas’ at the Annual National Conference of Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine (IASPM) in 2003.
Shri R N Roy Award for the Best Paper published in the Indian Journal of Public Health in 2002 at the All India Annual Conference of Indian Association of Public Health (IPHA).

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

Characterization of TB-specific T Cell Responses in Highly-exposed, but Uninfected Health Care Workers in India

Post Date: 
2018-10-25
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study is funded and conducted under the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center. PIs are Robert Bollinger, MD, MPH; Jyothi Rengarajan, MD, Emory University. Primary Research Question Do health care workers who remain TST...

Assessing the Impact of Psychosocial Involvement in Health Care Workers with and without Active Tuberculosis at the Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College, Pune, India

Post Date: 
2018-09-13
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study was terminated effective 9/13/2021 This study is funded and conducted under the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center. The overall goal is to understand the psychosocial involvement in health care workers with and...

Perceptions of HCWs on Barriers and Opportunities to Airborne Infection Control Guideline Implementation

Post Date: 
2017-12-07
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study was terminated in December 2020 It was funded and conducted under the U.S. National Institutes of Health, Fogarty International Center. Led by Dr. Nishi Suryavanshi, this qualitative, cross-sectional study is assessing healthcare worker (HCW) perceptions about...

Utility of the interferon-gamma release assay for latent tuberculosis infection screening among indian health-care workers

Post Date: 
2021-07-13
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Countries: 
India
Publication: 
Indian Journal of Community Medicine
Background: The utility of interferon-gamma release assays (IGRAs) for latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) screening among health-care workers (HCWs) in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) remains unclear. Methods: This was a prospective cohort study among HCW trainees...

Delays and barriers to early treatment initiation for childhood tuberculosis in India

Post Date: 
2019-10-01
Publication: 
International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
BACKGROUND: India accounts for 27% of global childhood tuberculosis (TB) burden. Understanding barriers to early diagnosis and treatment in children may improve care and outcomes. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was performed among 89 children initiated on anti-TB treatment from a public hospital...

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

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

Addressing knowledge gaps and prevention for tuberculosis-infected Indian adults: a vital part of elimination

Post Date: 
2018-05-02
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
BMC Infectious Diseases
BMC Infectious Diseases : Our survey among TB patients' household contacts with evidence of recent exposure found that knowledge is poor and families are confused about disease transmission.