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HIV Center

Investigators

Elaine J. Abrams, MD
Professor of Pediatrics & Epidemiology
Overview Publications Professional Background

EDUCATION

Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey A.B. 1978 Biochemistry
Columbia University, New York, NY M.D. 1982 Medicine

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE  

1982-1985   Pediatric Residency, Joint Program in Primary Care, Babies Hospital and Harlem Hospital, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, NY
1986   Fellowship in General Pediatrics, Harlem Hospital Center, New York, NY
1986-1987   Assistant in Clinical Pediatrics, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY
1987   Instructor in Clinical Pediatrics, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, NY, NY
1987-1990   Asst Clinical Professor of Pediatrics, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, NY, NY
1990-1996   Assistant Prof of Clinical Pediatrics, College of Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, NY, NY
1991-present   Associate Attending Pediatrician, Harlem Hospital Center, New York, NY
1991-present   Director, Pediatric HIV Program, Family Care Center, Harlem Hospital, New York, NY
1996-2003   Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY
2002-2004   Deputy Director for Programs, MTCT-Plus Initiative, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY
2003-2005   Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics and Clinical Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY
2004-present     Director, MTCT-Plus Initiative, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY
2005-present   Professor of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, New York, NY
2010-present   Senior Director for Research, ICAP, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, NY

 

HONORS

1994-1995     Chairperson, New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute, Committee for the Care of Children and Adolescents with HIV Infection
1994-1996   Member, Pediatric Executive Committee, Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group
1996   Member, Working Group on Antiretroviral Therapy and Management of HIV-Infected Children
1999   Member, Primary Therapy Committee, Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group, NIH
2000-2002   Member, Committee for the Care of Children with HIV, NYS Department of Health AIDS Institute
2001-2006   Director of Research, Department of Pediatrics, Harlem Hospital Center, New York
2001   Vice Chair, Institutional Review Board, Harlem Hospital Center, New York
2001-present   Member, Panel on Treatment of HIV-Infected Pregnant Women and Prevention of Perinatal Transmission. Recommendations for Use of Antiretroviral Drugs in Pregnant HIV-1-Infected Women for Maternal Health and Interventions to Reduce Perinatal HIV Transmission in the United States
2001-2007   Member, Panel on Antiretroviral Therapy and Medical Management of HIV-Infected Children, Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in Pediatric HIV Infection, NIH
2001-2007   Member, USPHS Perinatal HIV Guidelines Working Group
2005-present   Member, Technical Working Group, Antiretroviral Drugs and the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1 Infection in Resource-Limited Setting, World Health Organization
2005-present   Member, Planning Committee, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections
2006-present   Chair, Primary Therapy Committee and Member, Scientific Oversight Commitee, IMPAACT, NIH
2009-present   Member, Scientific Committee, International Workshops on HIV Pediatrics
2009-present   Scientific Advisory Board, PROMOTE Study, NICHD, Makare University–University of California, San Francisco
2009-present  

Scientific Board, ANRS 12200 Trial (Safety and Efficacy of the Universal Use of EFV-TDF-FTC and AZT-3TC-LPV/r Combinations in Pregnant and Breastfeeding Women to Prevent Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV-1 in Resource-Limited Settings: A Multicentre Randomized Phase 3 Clinical Trial)

     



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Elaine J. Abrams, MD

Professor of Pediatrics & Epidemiology

TEL: 212-939-4040

EJA1@columbia.edu

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