Center for Global Health Faculty

Associate Professor

Academic Degrees

• PhD
• MPH

Departmental Affiliation

• Name:

  Epidemiology

  Affiliation Type:

  Primary

Departmental Address

Contact Information

Email:

shmehta+jhsph.edu

Phone:

443-287-3837

Fax:

410-955-1383

Link:

SciVal Experts Research Profile

Research and Professional Experience

Primary research interests include working with hard-to reach populations to understand the epidemiology, natural and treated history of HIV, hepatitis C virus (HCV) and HIV/HCV co-infection; Populations of interest include injection drug users and men who have sex with men as well as their sexual partners in both Baltimore and international settings, particularly India; Special interest in identifying and overcoming barriers to care and treatment of HIV and hepatitis C virus among such populations.

Keywords

Epidemiology; HIV, Hepatitis C, injection drug users, HIV/HCV co-infection; India

Selected Publications

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Mehta SH, Kirk GD, Astemborski J, Galai N, Celentano DD. Temporal trends in HAART initiation among injection drug users in Baltimore, MD, 1996-2008. Clin Infect Dis (In Press).

Nandi A, Glass TA, Cole SR, Chu H, Galea S, Celentano DD, Kirk GD, Vlahov D, Lattimer WW, Mehta SH. Neighborhood poverty and injection cessation in a sample of injection drug users 2010;171:391-8.

Solomon SS, Celentano DD, Srikrishnan AK, Vasudevan CK, Anand S, Kumar MS, Solomon S, Lucas GM, Mehta SH. Mortality among injection drug users in Chennai, India (2005-2008). AIDS 2009;23:997-1004.

Kavasery R, Galai N, Astemborski J, Lucas GM, Celentano DD, Kirk GD, Mehta SH. Non-structured treatment interruptions (NTIs) among injection drug users in Baltimore, MD. J Acquire Immune Defic Syndr 2009;50:360-6.

Mehta SH, Lau B, Afdal N, Thomas DL. Exceeding the limited of liver histology markers. J Hepatol 2009; 50:36-41.

Solomon SS, Srikrishnan AK, Mehta SH, Vasudevan CK, Murugavel KG, Iqbal SH, Thamburaj E, Anand S, Kumar MS, Latkin C, Solomon S, Celentano DD. High prevalence of HIV, HIV/hepatitis C virus coinfection, and risk behaviors among injection drug users in Chennai, India: A cause for concern. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr 2008;49:327-32.

Mehta SH, Genberg BL, Astemborski J, Kavasery R, Kirk GD, Vlahov D, Thomas DL. Limited uptake of hepatitis C treatment among injection drug users. J Community Health 2008;33:126-33.