Shruti Mehta, PhD, MPH

Baltimore, Maryland
Role: 
Faculty
Professor and Vice Chair of Research & Administration
Shruti Mehta headshot

My work is centered on improving engagement in HIV and hepatitis C preventive and treatment services across India with a particular focus on key populations such as people who inject drugs. We do this through a combination of structural and individual-level interventions evaluated through novel.

Integration of a geospatially targeted community-based testing approach with respondent-driven sampling to identify people who inject drugs living with HIV and HCV in Patti and Gorakhpur, India

Post Date: 
2023-04-14
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Countries: 
India
Publication: 
Drug Alcohol Dependency
Background: Respondent-driven sampling (RDS), a network recruitment approach, is effective at reaching people who inject drugs (PWID), but other strategies may be needed to reach PWID at risk or living with HIV and/or Hepatitis C (HCV). We examined the impact of integrating geospatially targeted...

Changes in HIV care continuum indicators among community-based samples of HIV-infected people who inject drugs and men who have sex with men across 21 cities in India

Post Date: 
2022-10-06
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Countries: 
India
Publication: 
AIDS Care
The findings by Drs. Shruti Mehta, Gregory Lucas and colleagues show population-specific interventions and routine surveillance are need to facilitate HIV elimination.

TB-related Knowledge and Stigma Among Pregnant Women in Low Resource Settings of Pune, India

Post Date: 
2022-02-01
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Countries: 
Haiti
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease,
TB is an important cause of maternal morbidity.1 Studies among adults with TB in several countries have consistently demonstrated that a lack of TB-related knowledge and increased stigma can be a barrier to early diagnosis, seeking treatment and treatment adherence.2–6 India has the highest number...

Delayed rise of oral fluid antibodies, elevated BMI, and absence of early fever correlate with longer time to SARS-CoV-2 RNA clearance in a longitudinally sampled cohort of COVID-19 outpatients

Post Date: 
2021-04-16
Publication: 
Open Forum Infectious Diseases
Background Sustained molecular detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA in the upper respiratory tract (URT) in mild to moderate COVID-19 is common. We sought to identify host and immune determinants of prolonged SARS-CoV-2 RNA detection. Methods Ninety-five outpatients self-collected mid-turbinate nasal,...

What next after shortened TB treatment fails in key trial?

Post Date: 
2023-03-13
Source: 
Spotlight
Vidya Mave
Dr. Vidya Mave discusses the pros and cons of shortened tuberculosis treatment with bedaquiline, pretomanid, moxifloxacin, and pyrazinamide (BPaMZ).