Lab Information
Nitika Pai (MD/PhD)
ScientistCentre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
Department of Medicine (McGill)
Research Profile
http://www.nitikapantpai.com/
Keywords
HIV • rapid point-of-care tests • screening strategies • innovative applications • mhealth • global health • womens healthResearch Interests
My research focuses on developing screening strategies for marginalized populations with point-of-care tests to improve screening and diagnosis, in order to make a public health impact. My current work involves rapid point-of-care tests for HIV and related co-infections (hepatitis C, hepatitis B, syphilis) and the development of innovations that improve uptake of self-testing for HIV, multiplex screening for HIV related co-infections for affected populations, and early screening for pregnant women in resource-limited settings.Team Members
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Latest Publications
- Orser, L., Squires, J. E., Musten, A., Ho, N., Lindsay, J., Pai, N. P. & O'Byrne, P. (2024). Real world outcomes of distributing Lucira Check-It® COVID self-tests in Ontario, Canada: the GetaKit COVID study. BMC public health, vol. 24, p. 485.
- Pai, N. P. & Dillon, J.-R. (2024). A lateral flow assay for Neisseria gonorrhoeae: a step forward for an inexpensive biomarker-based diagnosis of N gonorrhoeae at the point of care?. Lancet (London, England), vol. 403, p. 594-595.
- Empringham, B., Karellis, A., Kashkary, A., D'Silva, O., Carmona, S., Suarez, M. F., Addae, A., Pai, N. P. & Zwerling, A. A. (2023). How much does HIV self-testing cost in low and middle income countries? A systematic review of evidence from economic studies. Frontiers in public health, vol. 11, p. 1135425.
- Pai, N. P. & Zwerling, A. (2023). To give or not to give: what is the evidence?. The lancet. HIV, vol. 10, p. e356-e358.
- Routy, J.-P. & Pai, N. P. (2022). World AIDS Day 2022: A bittersweet commemoration of the global HIV/AIDS response. The Indian journal of medical research, vol. 156, p. 701-704.
- Karellis, A., Naeem, F., Nair, S., Mallya, S. D., Routy, J.-P., Gahagan, J., Yansouni, C. P., Kim, J. & Pai, N. P. (2022). Multiplexed rapid technologies for sexually transmitted infections: a systematic review. The Lancet. Microbe, vol. 3, p. e303-e315.
- McGuire, M., de Waal, A., Karellis, A., Janssen, R., Engel, N., Sampath, R., Carmona, S., Zwerling, A. A., Suarez, M. F. & Pai, N. P. (2021). HIV self-testing with digital supports as the new paradigm: A systematic review of global evidence (2010-2021). EClinicalMedicine, vol. 39, p. 101059.
- Kuppalli, K., Gala, P., Cherabuddi, K., Kalantri, S. P., Mohanan, M., Mukherjee, B., Pinto, L., Prakash, M., Pramesh, C. S., Rathi, S., Pai, N. P., Yamey, G. & Pai, M. (2021). India's COVID-19 crisis: a call for international action. Lancet (London, England), vol. 397, p. 2132-2135.
- Pai, N. P. & Thomas, R. (2021). [Not Available]. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, vol. 193, p. E112-E114.
- Pai, N. P. & Thomas, R. (2020). Time for HIV self-testing in Canada: a vision and an action plan. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne, vol. 192, p. E1367-E1368.
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