Dr. Eknath Naik is the Director of the USF-India Center for HIV/AIDS Research and Training, better known as CHART-India. He is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Disease & International Medicine and the Department of Global Health at the University of South Florida. He is one of the core faculty of the AIDS Education Training Center (AETC) for the USF Center for HIV Education. He is board certified in Preventive and Social Medicine from India and has a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Alabama in Birmingham.

 

Dr. Naik's areas of expertise are in HIV/TB care and support, surveillance, epidemiology, computer applications, and research methodology. He has conducted several HIV training programs in India and has experience working in both urban and rural India. Dr. Naik has several research publications, book chapters and presentations at both national and international meetings, and also serves on the advisory boards of HIV related organizations both in the USA and in India.

Dr. Naik's areas of expertise are in HIV/TB care and support, surveillance, epidemiology, and research methodology.

Loss to Follow Up in HIV Patients on HAART in Gujarat, India 
Funding Source: SPAIID
Total Funding Amount: $3,000 
Funding Period: 8/1/11 - 12/31/12
Role: PI

USF - INDIA Program in Adolescent HIV/AIDS Research Training (PAHRT)
Funding Source: AIDS International Training and Research Program, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Total Funding Amount: $2,500,000
Funding Period: 08/01/07 - 09/30/12
Role: Co-I

Closed/Completed Research Support

Evaluating the Diagnostic Performance of an HIV Assay to Detect Antibodies in Urine Specimens
Study Site: Venezuela 
Study Period: 11/2007 - 11/2009  
Role: Co-I

HIV/STI Training of Physicians and Health Professionals from Maharashtra, India 
Funding Agency: Government of Maharashtra, India, through World Bank 
Total Funding Amount: $ 77,200 
Funding Period: 2004 - 2005
Role: Co-I

Factors Associated with Adherence/Non-Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) among HIV/AIDS Patients in Western India
Funding Source:  College of Public Health, University of South Florida
Total Funding Amount: $5,990
Funding Period: 2004 - 2005
Role: PI

CHART - India Center
Funding Source: Tampa General Hospital Foundation
Total Funding Amount: $50,000
Funding Period: 2002 - 2004
Role: PI

A Comparative Study of Socio-economic Impact of HIV/AIDS in Caribbean Nations 
Funding Source: CDMHA
Total Funding Amount:  $87,000
Funding Period: 2002 - 2003
Role: PI

Training and Establishment of Perinatal HIV Database in Mumbai, India
Funding Source: Scientific Award, Elizabeth Glazer Pediatric Foundation, California
Total Funding Amount: $4,800
Funding Period: 2002 - 2003
Role: PI

UAB AITRP: School Based HIV Training in India (Administrative Supplement Grant: 1D43TW01035-02)
Funding Source: AIDS International Training and Research Program, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Total Funding Amount: $ 90,000
Funding Period: 10/1/98 - 09/30/99
Role: Co-I

UAB AITRP: Adolescent Risk Reduction Training in India (Administrative Supplement Grant: 1D43TW01035-02) 
Funding Source: AIDS International Training and Research Program, NIH, Bethesda, MD
Total Funding Amount: $ 210,155
Funding Period: 10/1/00 - 9/30/2
Role: Co-I

Role of Cable Television in HIV Prevention in India
Funding Source: USF Research and Creative Scholarship Grant Program
Total Funding Amount: $ 3,536
Funding Period: 2001
Role: PI

Patel AK, Patel KK, Naik E. Clinical Outcome of Novel H1N1 (Swine Flu) Infected Patients during 2009 Pandemic at Tertiary Referral Hospital in Western India.  Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health, Feb 2012 (under review)

Rahul Mhaskar, Vaibhav Alandikar, Benjamin Djulbegovic, et al.  Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.  Indian Journal of Community Medicine, Apr 2012 (accepted for publication)

Patel AK, Patel KK, Naik E, et al.  Comparison of the Effectiveness of Low-Dose Indinavir/Ritonavir (IDV/r) versus Atazanavir/Ritonavir (ATV/r) - Based Generic Antiretroviral Therapy in NNRTI-Experienced HIV-1 Infected Patients in India.  Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (JIAPAC 1545109710385121, first published on Feb 11, 2011)

Naik E, Casanas B, Chiriboga D, Breglia M, Gompf SG. Hepatitis C Co-Infection in HIV Infected Individuals with Special Reference to Children. Chapter 2.16. In: Lala MM and Merchant RH. Principles of Pediatric and Perinatal HIV/AIDS. JP Medical Publishers, Inc. 2011

Malavade S, Narvaez A, Mitra A, Ochoa T, Naik E, Sharma M, Breglia M, Izurieta R.  Cholera in Ecuador: Analysis of an Epidemic. Global Public Health. 2010 (accepted)

Bhavna Bhardwaj, MD, MPH, Eknath Naik, MD, PhD, Beata Casanas, MD, et al.  Tuberculosis Screening and Treatment of Latent Tuberculosis Infection among International College Students. Florida Public Health Review. 2010; 7

Naik E, Casanas B, Pazare A, Wabale G, Sinnott J, Salihu H.  Cost of Treatment: the Single Biggest Obstacle to HIV/AIDS Treatment Adherence in Lower-Middle Class Patients in Mumbai, India.  Indian J Sex Transm Dis 2009;30:23-7

Ghiya R, Naik E, Casanas B, Izurieta R, Marfatia Y.  Clinico-Epidemiological Profile of HIV/TB Coinfected Patients in Vadodara, Gujarat.  Indian J Sex Transm Dis 2009;30:10-5

Jaspreet Sarna, Archana Sharma, Eknath Naik, et al. Protean Manifestations of Herpes (HSV) Infection in AIDS Cases. Indian Journal of STD Jun 2008 29;(1):26-28

Megha Modi, Archana Sharma, Yogesh Marfatia, Eknath Naik.  Late Congenital Syphilis: A Case Report. Indian Journal of STD Jun 2008 29;(1):32-33

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