Medicine:Sunil Solomon

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Short description: Indian academic

Sunil Suhas Solomon is an Indian academic and associate professor of Medicine, in the Division of Infectious Diseases, at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr Sunil is also the chairman of YRG Care. His work revolves around epidemiology, clinical management and access to HIV and HCV services for at risk populations.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and education

He obtained the medical training at Sri Ramachandra Medical University in Chennai and eventually did a Masters in Public Health and a doctorate in Epidemiology (PhD) from the Johns Hopkins University, USA.[1]

Publications

  • Integrated HIV Testing, Prevention, and Treatment Intervention for Key Populations in India: A Cluster-Randomised Trial The Lancet HIV, Vol. 6, No. 5, e283–e296[5]
  • The holy grail of HIV programme effectiveness The Lancet HIV, Vol. 4, No. 3, e96–e98[6]
  • Community viral load, antiretroviral therapy coverage, and HIV incidence in India: a cross-sectional, comparative study The Lancet HIV, Vol. 3, No. 4, e183–e190[7]
  • High HIV prevalence and incidence among MSM across 12 cities in India AIDS. 29(6):723–731, MARCH 27TH, 2015[8]

Awards and recognition

  • Avenir award, a Director's award from the National Institutes of Health[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Sunil Solomon, MD | JHU Baltimore Washington India Clinical Trials". http://bwictu.jhu.edu/about-us/people/sunil-solomon-md. 
  2. "NACO to tie up with Johns Hopkins varsity, YRG Care to improve HIV care" (in en). 2016-07-28. https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/naco-to-tie-up-with-johns-hopkins-varsity-yrg-care-to-improve-hiv-care-2940053/. 
  3. "Brown Bag Seminar (7th Feb 2017) | National AIDS Control Organization | MoHFW | GoI". http://naco.gov.in/nacoevents/brown-bag-seminar-7th-feb-2017. 
  4. S, Srivatsan (2018-11-12). "'Lovesick' documentary: the story behind matchmaking people with HIV" (in en-IN). The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/lovesick-documentary-aids-matchmaking/article25474016.ece. 
  5. Solomon, Sunil S.; Solomon, Suniti; McFall, Allison M.; Srikrishnan, Aylur K.; Anand, Santhanam; Verma, Vinita; Vasudevan, Canjeevaram K.; Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu et al. (2019-05-01). "Integrated HIV testing, prevention, and treatment intervention for key populations in India: a cluster-randomised trial" (in English). The Lancet HIV 6 (5): e283–e296. doi:10.1016/S2352-3018(19)30034-7. ISSN 2352-3018. PMID 30952565. 
  6. Solomon, Sunil Suhas (2017-03-01). "The holy grail of HIV programme effectiveness" (in English). The Lancet HIV 4 (3): e96–e98. doi:10.1016/S2352-3018(16)30210-7. ISSN 2352-3018. PMID 27989575. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanhiv/article/PIIS2352-3018(16)30210-7/abstract. 
  7. Solomon, Sunil Suhas; Mehta, Shruti H.; McFall, Allison M.; Srikrishnan, Aylur K.; Saravanan, Shanmugam; Laeyendecker, Oliver; Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu; Celentano, David D. et al. (2016-04-01). "Community viral load, antiretroviral therapy coverage, and HIV incidence in India: a cross-sectional, comparative study" (in English). The Lancet HIV 3 (4): e183–e190. doi:10.1016/S2352-3018(16)00019-9. ISSN 2352-3018. PMID 27036994. 
  8. Solomon, Sunil; Mehta, Shruti; Srikrishnan, Aylur; Vasudevan, Canjeevaram; Mcfall, Allison; Balakrishnan, Pachamuthu; Anand, Santhanam; Nandagopal, Panneerselvam et al. (2015-03-27). "High HIV prevalence and incidence among MSM across 12 cities in India" (in en). AIDS 29 (6): 723–731. doi:10.1097/QAD.0000000000000602. ISSN 0269-9370. PMID 25849835.