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Anita
Shet
,
MD

Research Professor
Anita Shet

Departmental Affiliations

Primary
Division
Global Disease Epidemiology and Control

Contact Info

415 N. Washington Street, #535
Baltimore
Maryland
21231
US        

Research Interests

Child health; Vaccines; Childhood pneumonia; Dengue; Pediatric HIV; Pediatric infectious diseases
Experiences & Accomplishments
Education
PhD
Karolinska Institute
2014
MD
University of Minnesota
2000
MBBS
Bangalore University
1993
Overview
Anita Shet is a pediatric infectious diseases specialist with broad interests in childhood infections in low and middle-income countries with a specific focus on vaccine-preventable infections. Her interests include clinical epidemiology and immunology of dengue infections in infants and children. She leads a multicenter study on surveillance of invasive pneumococcal infections and clinical pneumonia in children, and is evaluating the impact of the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine rollout in India. Her research also explores the link between timely immunization and cognitive outcomes in children. She has experience in the care of children living with HIV, and her previous research has explored drug adherence and treatment outcomes in HIV using complex interventions designed to modify behavior. Her interests include studying the interactions of nutrition and infection, and her previous studies explored the effect of iron supplementation in HIV-infected children with anemia and inflammation.

She currently serves on the Council of the International Congress of Infectious Diseases, and is member of the Dengue Vaccines Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) Workgroup. She also serves on the NIH Candidate Vaccine Advisory Committee and the Steering Group on Epidemiological Preparation for Vaccine Trials established by the Indo-US Vaccine Action Program to provide guidance on epidemiological and vaccine studies for dengue and chikungunya control in India.
Honors & Awards
2015: Elected Member of the Society for Pediatric Research (SPR)
2014: Wellcome Trust-Department of Biotechnology India Alliance Senior Fellowship Award
2010: Erasmus Mundus Award, Lund University, European Union
2008: International Young Women Physicians-Scientists Award, by the International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID)
2006: International Nutrition Foundation/Ellison Medical Foundation Fellowship Award
2002: Clinical Research Award, Society for Pediatric Research, 2002 Annual Meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, Baltimore.
2002: Fellows Research Award: for outstanding achievement in research: 16th Annual Pediatric Fellows’ Research Symposium, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
2001: Fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics (FAAP)
1995: Dr. Menino Prize awarded for Best Outgoing Student, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore
1994: Dr. Fred Noronha Award for Best Undergraduate Medical Student, St. John’s Medical College, Bangalore
Select Publications
Selected publications from the last 5 years
  • Shet A*, Carr K, Danovaro-Holliday MC, Sodha SV, Prosperi C, Wunderlich J, Wonodi C, Reynolds HW, Mirza I, Gacic-Dobo M, O'Brien KL, Lindstrand A. Impact of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic on routine immunisation services: evidence of disruption and recovery from 170 countries and territories. Lancet Glob Health. 2021 Dec 21 PMID: 34951973
  • Shet A*, Dhaliwal B, Banerjee P, et al. Childhood immunisations in India during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMJ Paediatrics Open 2021;5:e001061. doi:10.1136/bmjpo-2021-001061 PMID: 33928197
  • Bar-Zeev N, Shet A*. Population science with individual-level data make for better policies. Lancet Respir Med. 2021 Sep;9(9):942-943. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(21)00236-8. [PMID: 34224677]
  • Albaugh N, Mathew J, Choudhary R, Sitaraman S, Tomar A, Bajwa IK, Dhaliwal B, Shet A*. Determining the burden of missed opportunities for vaccination among children admitted in healthcare facilities in India: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open 2021;11:e046464. [PMID: 33741673]
  • Shet A, Nagaraja P, Dixit NM. Viral decay dynamics and mathematical modeling of treatment response: evidence of lower in vivo fitness of HIV-1 subtype C. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Jun 1. PMID: 27273158
Projects
Vaccine Impact on Cognition and Schooling Outcomes (VICS): A pilot study in India
Missed Opportunities for Vaccination Equity (MOVE)
PREVAIL: Pneumonia Research and Vaccine Impact League
Baseline Assessment of Streptococcus pneumoniae of India Serotypes (BASIS)
Maternal and Child Health Center India