Sunil Parikh M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor of Epidemiology (Microbial Diseases) and of Medicine (Infectious Diseases)
Departments & Organizations
School of Public Health: Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases | Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS | Global Health
Internal Medicine
Research Interests
translation research in malaria, pharmacology of antimalarials, hiv-malaria co-infection, host response to malaria infection, innate immunity to malaria more...
Education
- M.D., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 1998
- M.P.H., University of California at Berkeley, 2005
Selected Publications
- Creek DJ, Bigira V, McCormack S, Arinaitwe E, Wanzira H, Kakuru A, Tappero JW, Sandison TG, Lindegardh N, Nosten F, Aweeka FT, Parikh S. Pharmacokinetic predictors for recurrent malaria after dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine treatment of uncomplicated malaria in Ugandan infants. The Journal of Infectious Diseases. In press.
- Lee TM, Huang L, Johnson MK, Lizak P, Kroetz D, Aweeka F, Parikh S. In vitro metabolism of piperaquine is primarily mediated by CYP3A4. Xenobiotica. 2012: 42(11): 1088-95. PMID: 22671777.
- Tarning J, Zongo I, Some F, Romba N , Parikh S, et al. Population pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of piperaquine in children with uncomplicated falciparum malaria. Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 2012; 91(3):497-505.
