Lab Information
Nitika Pai (MD/PhD)
ScientistCentre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation
Department of Medicine (McGill)
Research Profile
http://www.nitikapantpai.com/
Keywords
Digital health • implementation science • point-of-care diagnostics • global healthResearch Interests
My Global Implementation Research program is focused on point-of-care diagnostics for HIV and associated co-infections (hepatitis C, hepatitis B, HPV, bacterial STIs) and COVID-19. My research aims to inform domestic and global policies on point-of-care diagnostics for HIV/STBBI, particularly as it relates to digital health innovations that expand access, linkage and retention, as well as managing the trajectory of care for patients living with these conditions. My work has been featured in the Changemakers section of the Economist twice and in Maclean’s, The Globe and Mail, Montreal Gazette, Times Now, Times, CTV, CBC, La Presse, Radio Canada, BBC and Al Jazeera, among other media. I was featured in the list of Canadian Women in Global Health in 2018 and in 2020. Working in the field of diagnostics for the past 15 years, I have experience with research initiatives in four countries and health systems: the United States, Canada, South Africa and India.Team Members
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Latest Publications
- Broger, T., Marx, F. M., Theron, G., Marais, B. J., Nicol, M. P., Kerkhoff, A. D., Nathavitharana, R., Huerga, H., Gupta-Wright, A., Kohli, M., Nichols, B. E., Muyoyeta, M., Meintjes, G., Ruhwald, M., Peeling, R. W., Pai, N. P., Pollock, N. R., Pai, M., Cattamanchi, A., Dowdy, D. W., Dewan, P. & Denkinger, C. M. (2024). Diagnostic yield as an important metric for the evaluation of novel tuberculosis tests: rationale and guidance for future research. The Lancet. Global health, vol. 12, p. e1184-e1191.
- 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.
