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Faculty Profile: Christine A. Wanke, M.D.

Christine A. Wanke, M.D.Director
Nutrition/Infection Unit

Associate Chair and Professor
Department of Public Health and Community Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine

Professor
Department of Medicine
Tufts University School of Medicine

Professor
Tufts School of Veterinary Medicine

Tufts University School of Medicine
150 Harrison Ave., Jaharis 2
Boston, MA 02111

Phone: 617-636-0921
Fax: 617-636-3810
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Education M.D., University of Wisconsin School of Medicine
Research Focus Nutritional and metabolic issues in HIV, including weight loss, wasting, lipid metabolism, cardiovascular risk, glucose intolerance, and body shape abnormalities (fat atrophy and fat deposition); diarrheal disease and intestinal function in HIV infection
Selected Publications
  1. Saghayam S, Kumarasamy N, Cecelia AJ, Solomon S, Mayer K, Wanke C. Weight and body shape changes in a treatment-naive population after 6 months of nevirapine-based generic highly active antiretroviral therapy in South India. Clin Infect Dis. 2007 Jan 15;44(2):295-300. Epub 2006 Dec 11.

  2. Mangili A, Gerrior J, Tang AM, O'Leary DH, Polak JK, Schaefer EJ, Gorbach SL, Wanke CA. Risk of cardiovascular disease in a cohort of HIV-infected adults: a study using carotid intima-media thickness and coronary artery calcium score. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Dec 1;43(11):1482-9. Epub 2006 Oct 31.

  3. Jacobson DL, Tang AM, Spiegelman D, Thomas AM, Skinner S, Gorbach SL, Wanke C. Incidence of metabolic syndrome in a cohort of HIV-infected adults and prevalence relative to the US population (National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey). J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2006 Dec 1;43(4):458-66.

  4. Wohl DA, McComsey G, Tebas P, Brown TT, Glesby MJ, Reeds D, Shikuma C, Mulligan K, Dube M, Wininger D, Huang J, Revuelta M, Currier J, Swindells S, Fichtenbaum C, Basar M, Tungsiripat M, Meyer W, Weihe J, Wanke C. Current concepts in the diagnosis and management of metabolic complications of HIV infection and its therapy. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Sep 1;43(5):645-53. Epub 2006 Jul 27. [Review]

  5. Muthusamy D, Rao SS, Ramani S, Monica B, Banerjee I, Abraham OC, Mathai DC, Primrose B, Muliyil J, Wanke CA, Ward HD, Kang G. Multilocus genotyping of Cryptosporidium sp. isolates from human immunodeficiency virus-infected individuals in South India. J Clin Microbiol. 2006 Feb;44(2):632-4.

  6. Mangili A, Murman DH, Zampini AM, Wanke CA. Nutrition and HIV infection: review of weight loss and wasting in the era of highly active antiretroviral therapy from the Nutrition for Healthy Living cohort. Clin Infect Dis. 2006 Mar 15;42(6):836-42. Epub 2006 Feb 7. [Review]

  7. Asztalos BF, Schaefer EJ, Horvath KV, Cox CE, Skinner S, Gerrior J, Gorbach SL, Wanke CA. Protease inhibitor-based HAART, HDL, and CHD-risk in HIV-infected patients. Atherosclerosis. 2006 Jan;184(1):72-7. Epub 2005 Jun 1.

  8. Wanke C, Gerrior J, Hendricks K, McNamara J, Schaefer E. Alterations in lipid profiles in HIV-infected patients treated with protease inhibitor therapy are not influenced by diet. Nutr Clin Pract. 2005 Dec;20(6):668-73.

  9. McDermott AY, Terrin N, Wanke C, Skinner S, Tchetgen E, Shevitz AH. CD4+ cell count, viral load, and highly active antiretroviral therapy use are independent predictors of body composition alterations in HIV-infected adults: a longitudinal study. Clin Infect Dis. 2005 Dec 1;41(11):1662-70. Epub 2005 Oct 19.

  10. Jones CY, Wilson IB, Greenberg AS, Shevitz A, Knox TA, Gorbach SL, Spiegelman D, Jacobson DL, Wanke C. Insulin resistance in HIV-infected men and women in the nutrition for healthy living cohort. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2005 Oct 1;40(2):202-11.





 

 

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