Johns Hopkins Univerisity
School of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, STD Laboratory
530 Rangos Blgd
855 North Wolfe St
Baltimore,
MD
USA
21205
Email:
baumakh@jhsph.edu
Biographical Sketch:
June 2006 – till present
External Investigator, Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS), WIHS Data Management and Analysis Center (WDMAC), Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA;
Lead investigator for approved by WIHS Executive Committee Proposal on investigating HSV-2 and HIV interaction in women (WIHS Concept Sheet #: W06025). Doctoral Proposal.
June 2006 – till present
Research Assistant, CDC Sponsored Study of Effectiveness of Web-based Home Test kit for
Common STDs;
June-July 2005
Research Assistant, NIMH Project ACCEPT A Phase III, Randomized Controlled Trial of Community Mobilization, Mobile Testing, Same Day Results and Post-Test Support for HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa and Thailand;
Supervisor: David Celentano, Ph.D. Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
June 1994 – August 2001
General Practitioner, Central Military Hospital, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Addresses and contributes to the need of providing necessary evidence for the development of appropriate and efficient screening, diagnostic and treatment strategies of HSV-2 infections in the population
The study provides further support for epidemiologic synergy of HIV and HSV
Highlights the need for more coordinated and tailored to specific HSV-2 clinical phenotypes management of HSV-2 infections