Dr Sana Mahtab
Senior Program Manager
About
Dr Sana Mahtab is a senior program manager the Vaccines and Infectious Diseases Analytics (VIDA) Research Unit of the University of the Witwatersrand. She qualified with a Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) in 2007 from University of Karachi and Maters in Public Health (Epidemiology) from University of Cape Town, in 2015, and is currently a PhD candidate at University of Cape Town.
Her research focus with Wits VIDA is on HIV-associated complications and comorbidities in youth with perinatally acquired HIV on antiretroviral therapy in South Africa and reducing under 5 years mortality from leading causes of death. Sana has presented at local and international conferences her research outputs. Her current responsibility includes planning, implementation and management of the surveillance and epidemiological trials, mainly in under 5 population to get better identifying and understanding the causes of death, and preparation of research outputs from the research studies. She has experience in protocol development, implementing trials and statistical analysis.
Publications
, 2023. Provider adherence to clinical care recommendations for infants and children who died in seven low- and middle-income countries in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network. EClinicalMedicine 63:102198
, 2023. Stillbirths and Neonatal Deaths Caused by Group B Streptococcus in Africa and South Asia Identified Through Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS). Open Forum Infect Dis 10(9):ofad356
, 2023. Causes of Death Among Infants and Children in the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) Network. JAMA Netw Open 6(7):e2322494
, 2023. Neural tube defects as a cause of death among stillbirths, infants, and children younger than 5 years in sub-Saharan Africa and southeast Asia: an analysis of the CHAMPS network. Lancet Glob Health 11(7):e1041-e1052
, 2023. Causes of death identified in neonates enrolled through Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS), December 2016 -December 2021. PLOS Glob Public Health 3(3):e0001612
, 2022. Prioritizing Health Care Strategies to Reduce Childhood Mortality. JAMA Netw Open 5(10):e2237689
, 2022. Insights on the differentiation of stillbirths and early neonatal deaths: A study from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network. PLoS One 17(7):e0271662
, 2022. Group B streptococcus infection during pregnancy and infancy: estimates of regional and global burden. Lancet Glob Health 10(6):e807-e819
, 2022. Clinical characteristics and histopathology of COVID-19 related deaths in South African adults. PLoS One 17(1):e0262179
, 2022. The association between mental health and metabolic outcomes in youth living with perinatally acquired HIV in the Cape Town Adolescent Antiretroviral Cohort. AIDS Care 34(9):1151-1158
, 2021. Postmortem investigations and identification of multiple causes of child deaths: An analysis of findings from the Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS) network. PLoS Med 18(9):e1003814
, 2021. Deaths Attributed to Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Young Children in High-Mortality Rate Settings: Report from Child Health and Mortality Prevention Surveillance (CHAMPS). Clin Infect Dis 73(Suppl_3):S218-S228
, 2021. Global Respiratory Syncytial Virus-Related Infant Community Deaths. Clin Infect Dis 73(Suppl_3):S229-S237
, 2021. Osteogenic Mechanisms of Basal Ganglia Calcification and its ex vivo Model in the Hypoparathyroid Milieu. Endocrinology 162.
, 2020. Prevalence and predictors of bone health among perinatally HIV-infected adolescents. AIDS 34(14):2061-2070
, 2020. Monocyte activation and gut barrier dysfunction in South African youth on antiretroviral therapy and their associations with endothelial dysfunction. AIDS 34(11):1615-1623
, 2020. Endothelial Dysfunction in South African Youth Living With Perinatally Acquired Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Antiretroviral Therapy. Clin Infect Dis 71(10):e672-e679
, 2020. Quantitative CT analysis for bronchiolitis obliterans in perinatally HIV-infected adolescents-comparison with controls and lung function data. Eur Radiol 30(8):4358-4368
, 2020. Echocardiographic Findings in a Cohort of Perinatally HIV-Infected Adolescents Compared with Uninfected Peers from the Cape Town Adolescent Antiretroviral Cohort. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 33(5):604-611
, 2019. Multisystem impairment in South African adolescents with Perinatally acquired HIV on antiretroviral therapy (ART). J Int AIDS Soc 22(8):e25386
, 2019. High-resolution computed tomography features of lung disease in perinatally HIV-infected adolescents on combined antiretroviral therapy. Pediatr Pulmonol 54(11):1765-1773
, 2019. Cardiopulmonary dysfunction in perinatally HIV-infected South African adolescents on antiretroviral therapy: baseline findings from the Cape Town Adolescent Antiretroviral Cohort. J Int AIDS Soc 22(7):e25340
, 2019. Central Immune Tolerance of T and B Cells in Patients With Idiopathic Hypoparathyroidism, T1D, and Autoimmune Thyroiditis. J Endocr Soc 3(6):1175-1184
, 2019. Prevalence of risk factors for chronic kidney disease in South African youth with perinatally acquired HIV. Pediatr Nephrol 34(2):313-318
, 2019. Insulin Resistance in South African Youth Living with Perinatally Acquired HIV Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses 35(1):56-62
, 2018. Vitamin D and calcium supplementation, skeletal muscle strength and serum testosterone in young healthy adult males: Randomized control trial. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 88(2):217-226
, 2017. Influence of HIV and other risk factors on tuberculosis. S Afr Med J 107(5):428-434
, 2017. Presence of Autoreactive, MHC Class I-Restricted, Calcium-Sensing Receptor (CaSR)-Specific CD8+ T Cells in Idiopathic Hypoparathyroidism. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 102(1):167-175
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