Jared E. Coe
Helen Tsai
Margaret E. McCort
Jonathan Shuter
Anjali Sharma
<p>My research focuses on metabolic complications of HIV infection associated with aging, particularly among women. My current NIH K23 funded research investigates underlying mechanisms of bone loss and the relationship between disorders of bone and fat metabolism in HIV infection, in an effort to explain the high prevalence of premature bone disease in HIV-infected women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS), the largest and longest-running cohort study of HIV infection in women in the United States. I joined the Einstein faculty in 2013 to build on existing collaborations with expert HIV researchers, and more importantly, to develop new collaborations with scientific experts investigating aging, and conditions associated with aging that are prevalent in HIV-infected populations. I recently found that HIV-infected women had greater fracture incidence than uninfected women in WIHS, prompting an investigation into the prevalence and risks for falls in the WIHS. We found that 18% of HIV+ women reported at least one fall within 6 months, and that factors affecting cognition (such as subjective cognitive complaints and CNS active medications) were associated with greater falls risk. Among HIV-infected women age 50 or older, 1/3 reported having a fall annually, similar to the falls incidence in persons age >65 years in the general U.S. population. Additionally, I am conducting research on visceral adiposity and age-related metabolic disorders among HIV-infected women, in a project that utilizes two novel imaging techniques to quantify visceral adiposity and skeletal microarchitecture in aging HIV-infected and uninfected women, to assess the relationships between visceral adiposity and metabolic disorders associated with aging (osteoporosis, sarcopenia, and subclinical atherosclerosis) in HIV-infected women. Prior to joining Einstein faculty, I was awarded a grant to study factors associated with bone loss among women and men with and at-risk for HIV infection, from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Physician Faculty Scholars Program, as well as an AIDS-Science Track Award for Research Transition (R03) by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, to study the role of insulin-like growth factor in the development of reduced bone mineral density in two large cohorts of drug using men and women with and at-risk for HIV infection. Additional areas of research interest includethe effects of regional adiposity and obesity on health in HIV-infected populations.</p>
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<li><strong>Sharma A, </strong>Tian F, Yin MT, Keller MJ, Cohen M, Tien PC. Association of Regional Body Composition with Bone Mineral Density in HIV-infected and Uninfected Women: Women's Interagency HIV Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Dec 1; 61(4):469-76. PMCID: PMC3494812.</li>
<li>Shlipak MG, Scherzer R, Abraham A, Tien PC, Grunfeld C, Peralta CA, Devarajan P, Bennett M, Butch AW, Anastos K, Cohen MH, Nowicki M, <strong>Sharma A</strong>, Young MA, Sarnak MJ, Parikh CR. Urinary Markers of Kidney Injury and Kidney Function Decline in HIV-Infected Women: Biomarkers and Kidney Decline. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2012 Dec 15; 61(5):565-73. PMC3509242.</li>
<li>Laisaar KT, Uusküla A, <strong>Sharma A</strong>, DeHovitz JA, Amico KR. Developing an adherence support intervention for patients on antiretroviral therapy in the context of the recent IDU-driven HIV/AIDS epidemic in Estonia. AIDS Care. 2013;25(7):863-73. PMCID: PMC3651786. </li>
<li>Aziz M, Adeyemi OM, Livak B, Burke-Miller J, French A, Glesby MJ,<strong> Sharma A</strong>, Young M, Villacres M, Tien P, Golub E, Cohen M. Vitamin D insufficiency may impair CD4 recovery among HIV infected women with advanced disease on HAART. AIDS. 2013 Feb 20;27(4):573-8. PMCID: PMC3902982.</li>
<li>Oboho I, Abraham A, Benning L, Anastos K, <strong>Sharma A</strong>, Young M, Burian P, Gandhi M, CohenM, Szczech L. Tenofovir use and urinary biomarkers among HIV-infected women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS). J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2013 Apr 1;62(4):388-95. PMCID: PMC3692572.</li>
<li>Adeyemi OM, Livak B, Orsi J, Glesby MJ, Villacres MC, Weber KM, <strong>Sharma</strong><strong>A</strong>, Golub E, Young M, Cohen M, Tien PC. Vitamin D and Insulin Resistance in Non-Diabetic Women’s Interagency HIV Study Participants. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2013 Jun;27(6):320-5. PMCID: PMC3671624.</li>
<li>Hoy J, Grund B, Roediger M, Ensrud KE, Brar I, Colebunders R, De Castro N, Johnson M, <strong>Sharma</strong><strong>A</strong>, Carr A, for the INSIGHT SMART Body Composition Substudy Group. Interruption or deferral of antiretroviral therapy reduces markers of bone turnover compared with continuous therapy: the SMART Body Composition Substudy. J Bone Miner Res. 2013 June; 28(6):1264–1274. PMCID: PMC3657331.</li>
<li>Driver TH, Scherzer R, Peralta CA, Tien PC, Estrella MM, Parikh CR, Butch AW, Anastos K, Cohen MH, Nowicki M, <strong>Sharma A</strong>, Young MA, Abraham A, Shlipak MG. Comparisons of creatinine and cystatin C for detection of kidney disease and prediction of all-cause mortality in HIV‐infected women. <em>AIDS. </em>2013 Sep 10;27(14):2291-9. PMCID: PMC3919542.</li>
<li>Schwartz JB, Moore KL, Yin M, <strong>Sharma</strong><strong>A</strong>, Merenstein D, Islam T, Golub ET, Tien PC, Adeyemi OM. Relationship of vitamin D, HIV, HIV treatment and lipid levels in the Women’s Interagency HIV study of HIV-infected and uninfected women in the United States. Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (JIAPAC) 2014 May-Jun;13(3):250-9. PMCID: PMC4016117..</li>
<li>Jotwani V, Scherzer R, Abraham A, Estrella MM, Bennett M, Devarajan P, Anastos K, Cohen MH, Nowicki M, <strong>Sharma A</strong>, Young M, Tien PC, Grunfeld C, Parikh CR, Shlipak MG. Does HIV infection promote early kidney injury in women? Antivir Ther. 2014;19(1):79-87. PMCID: PMC3933452.</li>
<li>Peralta C, Scherzer R, Grunfeld C, Abraham A, Tien P, Devarajan P, Bennett M, Butch A, Anastos K, Cohen M, Nowicki M, <strong>Sharma A</strong>, Young M, Sarnak M, Parikh C, Shlipak M. Urinary biomarkers of kidney injury are associated with all-cause mortality in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS). HIV Med. 2014 May;15(5):291-300. PMCID: PMC3975680.</li>
<li>Mirmirani P, Maurer T, Cohen M, D’Souza G, Karim R, Plankey M, Robison E, <strong>Sharma</strong><strong>A</strong>, Tien PC, Hessol NA. Investigating the Effects of Metabolic Dysregulation on Hair Follicles: A Comparison of HIV-Infected Women with and Without Central Lipohypertrophy. Int J Dermatolol. 2014 Oct;53(10):e443-8. PMCID: PMC3785560.</li>
<li><strong>Sharma A</strong>, Bynum SA, Schneider MF, Cox C, Tien PC, Hershow RC, Gustafson D, Plankey MW. Changes in Body Mass Index Following HAART initiation among HIV-infected Women in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study. J AIDS Clin Res. 2014. 5:323. PMCID: PMC4285631</li>
<li>Jotwani V, Scherzer R, Abraham A, Estrella MM, Bennett M, Cohen MH, Nowicki M, <strong>Sharma A</strong>, Young M, Tien PC, Ix JH, Sarnak MJ, Parikh CR, Shlipak MG. Association of Urine α1-Microglobulin with Kidney Function Decline and Mortality in HIV-Infected Women. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Jan 7;10(1):63-73. PMCID: PMC4284407</li>
<li>Lang J, Scherzer R, Tien PC, Parikh CR, Anastos K, Estrella MM, Abraham AG, <strong>Sharma A</strong>, Cohen MH, Butch AW, Nowicki M, Grunfeld C, Shlipak MG. Serum albumin and kidney function decline in HIV-infected women. Am J Kidney Dis. 2014 Oct;64(4):584-91. PMCID: PMC4177337</li>
<li>Jotwani V, Shlipak MG, Scherzer R, Parekh RS, Kao WH, Bennett M, Cohen MH, Nowicki M, <strong>Sharma A</strong>, Young M, Tien PC, Parikh CR, Estrella MM. APOL1 Genotype and Glomerular and Tubular Kidney Injury in Women With HIV. Am J Kidney Dis. 2015 Jun;65(6):889-98. doi: 10.1053/j.ajkd.2015.02.329. Epub 2015 Apr 24. PubMed PMID: 25921719.</li>
<li><strong>Sharma A, </strong>Flom PL, Rosen CJ, Schoenbaum EE<strong>. </strong>Racial Differences in Bone Loss and Relation to Menopause Among HIV-infected and Uninfected Women. Bone. 2015 Apr 18;77:24-30. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2015.04.018. [Epub ahead of print] PMCID: PMC4418198.</li>
<li><strong>Sharma A</strong>, Shi Q, Hoover DR, Anastos K, Tien PC, Young MA, Cohen MH, Golub ET, Gustafson D, Yin MT. Increased fracture incidence in middle-aged HIV-infected and uninfected women: updated results from the Women’s Interagency HIV Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Sep 1; 70(1):54-61. PMID: 26322667 [PubMed - in process] PMCID: PMC4557627</li>
<li>Baxi SM, Scherzer R, Greenblatt RM, Minkoff H, <strong>Sharma A</strong>, Cohen M, Young MA, Abraham AG, and Shlipak MG. Higher Tenofovir Exposure is Associated with Longitudinal Declines in Kidney Function in Women Living with HIV. AIDS. 2016 Feb 20;30(4):609-18</li>
<li><strong>SharmaA</strong>, HooverDR, ShiQ, Gustafson D, Plankey MW, HershowRC, TienPC, GolubET, AnastosA. Relationship between Body Mass Index and Mortality in HIV-infected HAART Users in the Women's Interagency HIV Study. PLoS One. 2015 Dec 23;10(12):e0143740. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0143740. eCollection 2015.</li>
<li>Scherzer R, Lin H, Abraham A, Thiessen-Philbrook H, Parikh CR, Bennett M, Cohen MH, Nowicki M, Gustafson DR<strong>, Sharma A,</strong> Young M, Tien P, Jotwani V, and Shlipak MG. Use of urine biomarker-derived clusters to predict risk of CKD and all-cause mortality in HIV-infected women. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2016 Jan 10. </li>
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Heather B. Root
Paul F. Riska
<p>My research interests are: Clostridium difficile, Tuberculosis, Molecular epidemiology, Molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance, Bacteriophage Therapy. </p>
Yoram A. Puius
<p>Dr. Yoram Puius completed MD and PhD degrees at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in 2001. His original research was in the structural biology of signal transduction proteins in the laboratory of Dr. Steven Almo. After completing a residency in Internal Medicine at New York Hospital, he completed a fellowship in Infectious Diseases at Columbia Presbyterian, followed by an additional year at Tufts Medical Center focusing on infections in transplant recipients.</p>
<p>Dr. Puius's first position was at Roger Williams Medical Center in Providence, Rhode Island in 2007. There he served as Medical Director of Infection Control and Assistant Program Director of the Internal Medicine Residency, while holding the rank of Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine. In Rhode Island he further developed interest and expertise in tickborne diseases. In addition, he directed infectious diseases protocols and education for the sole Bone Marrow Transplant Unit in the state of Rhode Island. </p>
<p>Since joining Einstein-Montefiore in 2011, Dr. Puius has worked closely with transplant teams providing inpatient and outpatient consultations, working on protocols for various selection committees, and developing an online transplant infections curriculum. He was promoted to the rank of Associate Professor in 2018. He has also served as Associate Program Director for the Fellowship in Infectious Diseases. He remains clinically active in the evaluation and treatment of tickborne diseases.</p>
<p>Dr. Puius is a member of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the American Society for Transplantation, the Transplantation Society, and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. He is on the editorial boards of <em>Clinical Transplantation</em> and <em>Transplant Infectious Diseases</em>, and a reviewer for several other journals.</p>
<p>He publishes and speaks regionally on infections in the immunocompromised host and Lyme disease. He also chairs the working group to maintain the online Transplant Infectious Diseases library for the American Society of Transplantation (AST) ID Community of Practice, at http://transplantid.net/. In addition, he initatied a working group for AST to create standardized patient materials for safe living after transplantation. In 2024 he was selected as a Fellow of the American Society of Transplantation.</p>
<p>Clinical Interests:</p>
<p>- Infections in the immunocompromised host, including recipients of kidney, liver, heart, and stem cell transplants</p>
<p>- Infections in patients with hematological malignancies</p>
<p>- Infections in patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices</p>
<p>- Lyme disease</p>
<p>- Pre-travel counseling and vaccination for the immunocompromised patient</p>
<p>- Online educational resources in transplant infectious diseases</p>
<p> </p>
Left ventricular assist device infections
Treating infections in the immunocompromised host, including recipients of solid organ transplants, patients with hematologic malignancies and recipients of cellular therapy.
Infections in left ventricular assist device recipients, heart transplant recipients and kidney transplant recipients.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">16.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">, Parkar, F., Tlamsa, A.P., Nistico, J.A., Muggia, V.A., Minamoto, G.Y., Jorde, U.P., Goldstein, D.J., and Moadel, R. (2021) Gallium-67 Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography Affects Management of Infections of Left Ventricular Assist Devices.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">ASAIO Journal. </em><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">67</strong>(7):<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>746-751<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1097/mat.0000000000001316"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1097/mat.0000000000001316</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">17.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Muggia, V.A. and <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.A.</strong><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(2020) <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Nocardia ignorata</em> Infection in Heart Transplant Patient.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Emerging Infectious Diseases</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">26</strong>(11):2788-2789. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.202756"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2611.202756</span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">32.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"> and Kalish, R.A. (2008) Lyme Arthritis:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pathogenesis, Clinical Presentation, and Management.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Infectious Disease Clinics of North America</em>, <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">22</strong>: 289-300. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2007.12.014"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2007.12.014</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">33.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">, Shah, D.P., Brust, D.G., Dove, L.M., and Lefkowitch, J.H.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(2008) Three Cases of Autoimmune Hepatitis in HIV Infected Patients.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology</em>, <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">42</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>425-429. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1097/01.mcg.0000225591.08825.3e"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1097/01.mcg.0000225591.08825.3e</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">34.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"> and Snydman, D.R. (2007) Prophylaxis and treatment of CMV disease in recipients of solid organ transplants:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Current approach and future challenges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">20</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>419-424. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1097/qco.0b013e32821f6026"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1097/qco.0b013e32821f6026</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">35.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;"> and Scully, B. (2007) Treatment of <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Candida albicans</em> pericarditis in a heart transplant patient.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Transplant Infectious Diseases</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">9</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>229-232. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3062.2006.00195.x"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-3062.2006.00195.x</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">36.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">, Stievater, T.H., and Srikrishnan, T. (2006) Crystal structure, conformation, and absolute configuration of kanamycin A.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Carbohydrate Research</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">341</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2871-2875. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2006.09.008"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.carres.2006.09.008</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">37.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">Dewan, J.C., Feeling-Taylor, A., <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.A.</strong>, Patskovska, L., Patskovsky, Y., Nagel, R.L., Almo, S.C., and Hirsch, R.E.</span> <span style="font-size: 10.0pt; color: black;">(2002) Structure of mutant human carbonmonoxyhemoglobin C (βE6K) at 2.0 Å resolution.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Acta Crystallographica</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">D58</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>2038-2042. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1107/s0907444902016426"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1107/s0907444902016426</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">38.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Sarmiento, M., <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Puius, Y.A.</strong>, Vetter, S.W., Keng, Y.-F., Wu, L., Zhao, Y., Lawrence, D.S., Almo, S.C., and Zhang, Z.-Y.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(2000) Structural basis of plasticity in protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B substrate recognition.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Biochemistry</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">39</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>8171-8179. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/bi000319w"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1021/bi000319w</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">39.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">, Fedorov, E.V., Eichinger, L., Schleicher, M., and Almo, S.C. (2000) Mapping the functional surface of domain 2 in the gelsolin superfamily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Biochemistry</em> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">39</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>5322-5331. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/bi992364d"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1021/bi992364d</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">40.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">, Zou, M., Ho, N.T., Ho, C., and Almo, S.C. (1998) Novel water-mediated hydrogen bonds as the structural basis for the low oxygen affinity of the blood substitute candidate rHb(α96Val</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Cardo; mso-fareast-font-family: Cardo; mso-bidi-font-family: Cardo;">→Trp). </span><em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Biochemistry</span></em><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">37</strong>:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>9258-65. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1021/bi9727287"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1021/bi9727287</span></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: -.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; margin: 0in 0in 12.0pt .25in;"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">41.<span style="font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">Puius, Y.A.</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">, Mahoney, N.M., and Almo, S.C. (1998) The modular structure of actin-regulatory proteins.<em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"> Current Opinion in Cell Biology </em><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>10:</strong> 23-34. </span><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/s0955-0674(98)80083-5"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt;">https://doi.org/10.1016/s0955-0674(98)80083-5</span></a></p>
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<p>Yoram A. Puius, MD, PhD, is an attending physician, Associate Professor, Medicine and Associate Professor, Cardiothoracic & Vascular Surgery at Montefiore Einstein. His clinical focus centers on treating infections in the immunocompromised host, including recipients of solid organ transplants, patients with hematologic malignancies and recipients of cellular therapy.</p><p>After obtaining his Bachelor of Arts in physics from Cornell University in 1992, Dr. Puius earned his Doctor of Philosophy in biochemistry at Einstein in 1999, followed by his Doctor of Medicine in 2001. He moved to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Cornell to complete his internal medicine residency in 2003 and an infectious diseases fellowship at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital-Columbia in 2006. Following this, Dr. Puius completed an additional year focusing on infectious in the immunocompromised host at Tufts Medical Center in 2007.</p><p>Building on his clinical focus, Dr. Puius’s research involves infections in left ventricular assist device recipients, heart transplant recipients and kidney transplant recipients. In addition, he is the architect of the online transplant infectious disease library, “transplantid.net” for the American Society of Transplantation. He is also involved in research on COVID-19-associated Mucormycosis. Dr. Puius’s work has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals, books, chapters and review articles, and he has presented abstracts and poster presentations nationally. He has been a reviewer for a number of journals and is on the editorial boards of <em>Clinical Transplantation</em> and <em>Transplant Infectious Diseases</em>.</p><p>Dr. Puius is board certified in Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases. He is a member of many professional organizations, including the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the American Society of Transplantation and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. He is also the Founding Chair of the Transplant Infectious Diseases Online Library Working Group for the American Society of Transplantation. In 2021, Dr. Puius was named Heart Failure & Transplant Consultant of the Year at Montefiore. He has also been named in Castle Connolly’s “Top Doctors” for multiple years.</p>
Kerry J. Murphy
<p>My clinical translational research is focused on the impact of reproductive hormones, both endogenous and exogenous on genital tract mucosal immunity and the vaginal microbiome in HIV-infected and at risk women. The goal of this work is to identify the biologic mechanisms that mediate changes in genital tract immunity and the vaginal microbiome in the setting of high progesterone states e.g. progesterone-dominant hormonal contraceptives and low estrogen states e.g. menopause as these states represent periods of vulnerability for HIV acquisition and transmission. The long-term goal of this research is to develop targeted interventions to augment these hormonally responsive changes in the genital tract in order improve genital tract health and HIV prevention.</p>
<p>Scherzer R, Greenblatt RM, Merhi ZO, Kassaye S, Lambert-Messerlian G, Maki PM, <strong>Murphy K</strong>, Karim R, Bacchetti P. Use of antimullerian hormone to predict the menopausal transition in HIV-infected women. Am J Obstet Gynecol 2017;216:46.e1-11.</p>
<p><strong>Murphy K</strong>, Mitchell CM. The Interplay of Host Immunity, Environment on Risk of Bacterial Vaginosis and Associated Reproductive Health Outcomes. J Infect Dis 2016; Aug 15;214 Suppl 1:S29-35.</p>
<p><strong>Murphy K</strong>, Richardson BA, Dezzutti CS, Marrazzo J, Hillier SL, Hendrix CW, Herold, BC. Levels of Genital Tract Defensins and Cytokines Differ between HIV-Uninfected US and African Women. Am J Reprod Immunol 2015; 74(4):313-22. </p>
<p><strong>Murphy K</strong>, Irvin SC, Herold BC. Research gaps in defining the biological link between HIV risk and hormonal contraception. Am Journal of Reprod Immunol 2014;72(2):228-35</p>
<p><strong>Murphy K, </strong>Hoover DR, Shi Q, Cohen M, Gandhi M, Golub ET, Gustafson DR, Pearce CL, Young M, Anastos K. Association of self-reported race with AIDS death in continuous HAART users in a cohort of HIV-infected women in the United States. AIDS 2013; 27:2413-2423.</p>
<p>Sylla B, <strong>Murphy K</strong>, Cahir-McFarland E, Lane W, Mosialos G, Kieff E. The lymphoproliferative syndrome gene product SH2D1A associates with p62dok (Dok1) and activates NF-kB. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2000 Jun; 97(13): 7470-5.</p>
<p>Koedood Zhao M, Wang Y, <strong>Murphy K</strong>, Yi J, Beckerle M, Gilmore T. LIM Domain-Containing Protein Trip6 Can Act as a Coactivator for the v-Rel Transcription Factor. Gene Expression. 1999 Sep; 8(1): 207-217.</p>