| Professor of Clinical Paediatrics Professor Philip LaRussa is the Principal Investigator for the NIH-funded Women's & Infants' Transmission study which investigates transmission of HIV from mother to infant and outcomes in infected infants, and the International Maternal Paediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trial Centre which is the clinical trials site for Paediatric HIV treatment studies at Columbia University. His research interests in this area include development of resistance to antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected women and children, factors associated with increased risk of transmission from mother to infant, and adherence to antiretroviral therapy in infected children. In addition, he leads a team of physicians and nurse practitioners to conduct training and provide clinical care to HIV-infected children in Vietnam, Ethiopia, South Africa, and China. |