Allison Ross Eckard MD

PubMed

• The Effects of Semaglutide on Inflammation and Immune Activation in HIV-associated Lipohypertrophy.
  Nicholas T Funderburg, Allison Ross Eckard, Qian Wu, Abdus Sattar, Kate Ailstock
  Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2025-04-01
• Pitavastatin, Procollagen Pathways, and Plaque Stabilization in Patients With HIV: A Secondary Analysis of the REPRIEVE Randomized Clinical Trial.
  Márton Kolossváry, Samuel R Schnittman, Markella V Zanni, Kathleen V Fitch, Carl J Fichtenbaum
  JAMA Cardiology. 2025-03-01
• Assessment, Decision, Adaptation, Production, Topical Experts-Integration, Training, and Testing (ADAPT-ITT) Framework to Tailor Evidence-Based Posttraumatic Stress Di...
  Cristina M Lopez, Angela D Moreland, Stephanie Amaya, Erin Bisca, Christin Mujica
  JMIR Formative Research. 2025-01-16

Journal Articles

• The Role of Statins in the Setting of HIV Infection  
  Eckard AR, McComsey GA, Current HIV/AIDS Reports, 1/1/2015
• Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in HIV  
  Eckard AR, Longenecker C, Jiang Y, Debanne SM, Labbato D, Storer N, McComsey GA, HIV Medicine, 1/1/2014
• Effects of Pregnancy on Endothelial Function and Cardiovascular Disease Risk in HIV-Infected Women  
  Luzi K, Eckard AR, Lattanzi A, Mancini AC, Zona S, Neri I, Rossi Rosario, Modena MG, Bruno R, Petrella E, Facchinetti F, Guaraldi G, Pregnancy Hypertension: An International Journal of Women's Cardiovascular Health, 1/1/2013
• Safety and Immune Responses in Children after Concurrent or Sequential 2009 H1N1 and 2009-2010 Seasonal Trivalent Influenza Vaccinations  
  Frey SE, Bernstein DI, Gerber MI, Keyserling HL, Munoz FM, Winokur PL, Turley CB, Rupp RE, Hill H, Wolff M, Noah DL, Ross (Eckard) AC, Cress G, Belshe RB, Journal of Infectious Diseases, 1/16/2012
• Primary Cutaneous Aspergillosis in 2 Pediatric Trauma Patients Letter to the Editor  
  Martin EB, Gastanaduy PA, Camacho-Gonzalez A, Ross (Eckard) AC, Hebbar K, Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1/1/2012
• Changes in Inflammation, Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial DNA content after Rosiglitazone in HIV Lipoatrophy  
  Tungsiripat M, El-Bejjani D, Rizk N, Hu B, Ross (Eckard) AC, Walker UA, Lebrecht D, Milne G, Storer N, and McComsey GA, J AIDS Clin Res, 1/1/2012
• Effects of Perinatal Antiretroviral Exposure on Mitochondrial DNA Levels, Mitochondrial Function, and Oxidative Stress  
  Ross (Eckard) AC, Leon T, Avery A, Castillo-Duran M, Bonilla H, Lebrecht D, Walker U, Storer N, Labbato D, Khaitan A, Tomanova-Soltys I, McComsey GA, HIV Medicine, 1/1/2012
• The Role of Vitamin D Deficiency in the Pathogenesis of Osteoporosis and in the Modulation of the Immune System in HIV-infected Patients  
  Ross (Eckard) AC and McComsey GA, Clinical Reviews in Bone and Mineral Metabolism, 1/1/2012
• Vitamin D is linked to carotid intima-media thickness and immune reconstitution in HIV-positive individuals  
  Ross (Eckard) AC, Tangpricha V, Kumari M, Judd S, Hileman C, Storer N, Labbato D, and McComsey GA, Antiviral Therapy, 1/1/2011
• Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Pediatric HIV: The Need for Population-Specific Guidelines Editorial  
  Ross (Eckard) AC and McComsey GA, JAIDS, 1/1/2011
• Assessment and Modification of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in the HIV-infected Individual  
  Ross (Eckard) AC, and McComsey GA, Future Virology, 1/1/2011
• Secondary Complications and Co-infections in the HIV-infected Adolescent in the Antiretroviral Era  
  Ross (Eckard) AC, Camacho-Gonzalez A, Chahroudi AM, and Chakraborty R, Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases, 1/1/2011
• Bone turnover, OPG/RANKL, and inflammation with ART initiation: comparison of tenofovir- vs non-tenofovir regimens  
  Brown TT, Ross (Eckard) AC, Storer N, Labbato D, and McComsey GA, Antiviral Therapy, 1/1/2011
• Carotid intima media thickness, inflammatory markers, and endothelial activation markers in HIV Patients with lipoatrophy increased at 48 weeks regardless of use of ro...  
  Tungsiripat M, El Bejjani D, Rizk N, Dogra V, O'Riordan MA, Ross (Eckard) AC, Hileman C, Storer N, Harrill D, McComsey GA, AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses, 1/1/2011
• Longitudinal changes in carotid intima-media thickness and cardiovascular risk factors in human immunodeficiency virus-infected children and young adults compared with...  
  Ross (Eckard) AC, Storer N, O'Riordan MA, Dogra V, El-Bejjani D, Bhatt S, and McComsey GA, Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1/1/2010
• The HIV-infected Adolescent  
  Ross (Eckard) AC, Camacho-Gonzalez A, Henderson S, Abanyie F, Chakraborty R, Current Infectious Disease Reports, 1/1/2010
• Clinical Care of the HIV-infected Infant  
  Camacho-Gonzalez A, Ross (Eckard) AC, and Chakraborty R, Clinics in Perinatology, 1/1/2010
• Heightened inflammation is linked to carotid intima-media thickness and endothelial activation in HIV-infected children  
  Ross (Eckard) AC, Storer N, O'Riordan MA, Dogra V, McComsey GA, Atherosclerosis, 1/1/2010
• Rosiglitazone Improves Lipoatrophy in Patients Receiving Thymidine-Sparing Regimens: A Randomized, Controlled Trial  
  Tungsiripat M, El Bejjani D, Rizk N, O'Riordan MA, Ross (Eckard) AC, Hileman C, Storer N, Harrill D, McComsey GA, AIDS, 1/1/2010
• Relationship between inflammatory markers, endothelial activation markers, and carotid intima-media thickness in HIV-infected patients receiving antiretroviral therapy  
  Ross (Eckard) AC, Rizk N, O�Riordan MA, Adell J, Storer N, Tungsiripat M, Dogra V, Harrill D, Nakamoto D, McComsey GA, Clinical Infectious Diseases, 1/1/2009
• Cord Blood Lipids in Infants Born to HIV-1-infected Women Treated with Combination Antiretroviral Therapy  
  Melvin AJ, Kang M, Hitti J, Livingston E, Cohn SE, Stocker V, Ross (Eckard) AC, Watts H, McComsey GA, Antiviral Therapy, 1/1/2008
• Frequency and Risk Factors for Deep Focus of infection in Children with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia  
  Ross (Eckard) AC, Toltzis P, O'Riordan MA, Millstein L, Sands T, Redpath A, John C, Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 1/1/2008
• Increased mtDNA Levels without Change in Mitochondrial Enzymes in Infants Born to HIV-infected Mothers on Antiretroviral Therapy  
  McComsey GA, Kang M, Ross (Eckard) A, Lebrecht D, Livingston E, Melvin A, Hitti J, Cohn S, Walker UA, for the AIDS Clinical Trials Group A5084, HIV Clinical Trials, 1/1/2008
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Books/Book Chapters

• American College of Cardiology Self-Assessment Program 9 
  Chapter: Chapter 22: Miscellaneous Section: Cardiovascular Manifestations in HIV. 
  Eckard AR and McComsey GA2015
• American College of Cardiology Self-Assessment Program 8 
  Chapter: Chapter 19: Miscellaneous Section: Cardiovascular Manifestations in HIV. 
  Ross (Eckard) AC and McComsey GA2012

Abstracts/Posters

• Vitamin D Supplementation Attenuates Immune Activation in HIV-infected Aviremic Youth.
  Eckard AR, O'Riordan MA, Tangpricha V, Labbato D, Chahroudi A, McComsey GA, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, MA, 1/1/2018
• Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in HIV-infected Youth.
  Eckard AR, Raggi P, O�Riordan MA, Rosebush JC, Labbato D, Chahroudi A, Ruff JH, Longenecker CT, Tangpricha V, McComsey GA, Darby Children's Research Institute & Pediatric Research Day - Translational Research in Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, MA, 1/1/2017
• Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in HIV+ Youth. Abstract 822.
  Eckard AR, Raggi P, O'Riordan MA, Rosebush JC, Labbato D, Chahroudi A, Ruff JH, Longenecker CT, Tangpricha V, McComsey GA, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Seattle, WA, 1/1/2017
• Vitamin D Supplementation Decreases Immune Activation and Exhaustion in HIV+ Youth.
  Eckard AR, Chahroudi A, Rosebush JC, O'Riordan MA, Daniels JE, Uribe-Leitz M, Kinley B, Labbato D, Tangpricha V, McComsey GA, Darby Children's Research Institute & Pediatric Research Day - Translational Research in Pediatrics;, Boston, MA, 2016; Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, MA, 2016, 1/1/2016
• Supplementation Effects on Metabolites and Binding Protein in HIV-infected Youth.
  Eckard AR, Thierry-Palmer M, McComsey GA, 19th Workshop on Vitamin D, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
• Effects of Vitamin D Supplementation on BMD and Bone Markers in HIV+ Youth. Abstract 859.
  Eckard AR, Chahroudi A, Rosebush JC, O�Riordan MA, Daniels JE, Uribe-Leitz M, Kinley B, Labbato D, Tangpricha V, McComsey GA, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, MA, 1/1/2016
• Neurocognitive Dysfunction in HIV-Infected Youth: Investigating the Relationship to Immune Activation. Abstract 469.
  Rosebush JC, Chahroudi A, Lee ST, O�Riordan MA, Graves CC, Grover A, Alexander A, Wynn BA, McComsey GA, Eckard AR, ID Week, San Diego, CA, 1/1/2015
• Arterial Stiffness in HIV+ Youth and Associations with HIV-Related Variables. Abstract 925.
  Eckard AR, Rosebush JC, O'Riordan MA, Longenecker CT, Wynn B, Uribe Leitz M, Labbato D, Storer N, Kinley B, McComsey GA, 22nd Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Seattle, WA, 1/1/2015
• Preclinical Atherosclerosis in Eastern Africa: Results from a Pediatric Ethiopian Cohort. Abstract PU-5.
  Rosebush JC, Gleason RL, Caulk AW, Seifu D, Eckard AR, Abebe W, 21st Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, MA, 1/1/2014
• Kallistatin Levels in HIV-infected Patients and Effects of Statin Therapy.
  Eckard AR, Cho S, O�Riordan MA, McComsey GA, 54th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Washington, DC, 1/1/2014
• Increased T-cell Activation and Immune Exhaustion in HIV+ Youth Compared to Healthy Controls. Abstract G-987.
  Eckard AR, Rosebush JC, Lee ST, O�Riordan MA, Labbato D, Storer N, Kinley B, Wynn B, Chahroudi A, McComsey GA, 54th Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, Washington, DC, 1/1/2014
• Halasa N, Gerber M, Berry A, Anderson E, Winokur P, Keyserling H, Eckard AR, Edwards K, Bernstein D, Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/1/2013
• Trace Element Levels are Linked to CD4 Counts and HIV-1 RNA in a Cohort of Inner-City AIDS Patients Admitted with Respiratory Symptoms. Abstract 38.
  Eckard AR, Hebbar G, Rosebush JC, Easley KA, Hudson ML, Shenvi N, Frediani JK, Kiener AJ, Ruff JH, Combs GF, Ziegler TR, Antiviral Therapy; 15th International Workshop on Co-morbidities and Adverse Drug Reactions in HIV, Brussels, Belgium, 1/1/2013
• Amino Acid Levels are Decreased in HIV-Infected Youth Compared to Healthy Controls and are Associated with Inflammation. Abstract 37.
  Eckard AR, Judd SE, McComsey GA, Rosebush JC, Fitzpatrick AM, O'Riordan MA, Ruff JH, Hebbar G, and Ziegler TR, Antiviral Therapy; 15th International Workshop on Co-morbidities and Adverse Drug Reactions in HIV, Brussels, Belgium, 1/1/2013
• Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2 (Lp-PLA2) is Associated with Insulin Resistance, Inflammation, and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk in HIV. Abstract 779.
  Eckard AR, Longenecker C, Jiang Y, Debanne SM, Labbato D, Storer N, McComsey GA, 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Atlanta, GA, 1/1/2013
• Uncontrolled HIV Infection is a Risk factor for the Acquisition of other Sexually-Transmitted Infections in Adolescents and Young Adults. Abstract 417.
  Browstein PS, Gillespie SE, Leong T, Chakraborty R, Eckard AR, Camacho-Gonzalez AF, ID Week, San Francisco, CA, 1/1/2013
• The Immunomodulatory Peptide, LL-37, is Associated with CD4 Cell Counts and Immune Restoration in HIV-Infected Youth.
  Ross (Eckard) AC, Judd SE, Alvarez JA, Ziegler TR, Hao L, Seaton L, McComsey GA, Tangpricha V, Antiviral Therapy; 14th International Workshop on Co-morbidities and Adverse Drug Reactions in HIV, Washington, DC, 1/1/2012
• Flow-Mediated Vasodilation Does Not Independently Predict Coronary Artery Calcium Scores in HIV-Infected Adults. Abstract 16.
  Ross (Eckard) AC, McComsey GA, Liu S, Lyles R, Zona S, Raggi P, Orlando G, Carli F, Cocchi S, Guaraldi G, Antiviral Therapy; 14th International Workshop on Co-morbidities and Adverse Drug Reactions in HIV, Washington, DC, 1/1/2012
• Habitual Nutrient Intake in HIV-Infected Youth and Associations with HIV-Related Factors. Abstract 25.
  Stricker LA, Ndurangu M, Nucci A, Ziegler TR, Tangpricha V, McComsey GA, Frediani JK, Millson EC, Seaton L, Ross (Eckard) AC, Antiviral Therapy; 14th International Workshop on Co-morbidities and Adverse Drug Reactions in HIV, Washington, DC, 1/1/2012
• The Relationship between Vitamin D Status and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Risk in HIV-infected Children and Young Adults.
  Ross (Eckard) AC, Tangpricha V, Seydafkan S, O�Riordan MA, Storer N, Labbato D, McComsey GA, 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Seattle, WA, 1/1/2012
• The Relationship of Microbial Translocation and Monocyte Activation Markers with Cardiovascular Disease Risk in HIV-infected Children and Young Adults. Abstract 976.
  Ross (Eckard) AC, Aldrovandi GM, Rollie A, O'Riordan MA, Storer N, Labbato D, McComsey GA, 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Seattle, WA, 1/1/2012
• Nutrient intake and lipid profiles in HIV-infected youth in Atlanta, GA.
  Stricker LA, Ross (Eckard) AC, Nucci A, Ziegler TR, Tangpricha Z, McComsey GA, Frediani JM, Millson EC, Seaton L, Ndurangu M, Georgia Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Annual Conference & Exhibition, Atlanta, GA, 1/1/2012
• Traditional Risk Factors Overshadow HIV-Related Factors in Predicting Vitamin D Deficiency in HIV-Infected Children and Young Adults. Abstract 10.
  Ross (Eckard) AC, Judd S, Ziegler TR, Camacho-Gonzalez A, Fitpatrick A, Hadley G, Seydafkan S, Seaton L, Mulligan MJ, Rimann N, Lai L, Ying K, Noback M, Wang D, Zheng ..., Antiviral Therapy; 13th International Workshop on Adverse Drug Reactions and Co-morbidities in HIV, Rome, Italy, 1/1/2011
• Vitamin D Deficiency in HIV-infected Children and Young Adults.
  Ross (Eckard) AC, Judd S, Ziegler TR, Camacho-Gonzalez A, Fitpatrick A, Hadley G, Grossman R, Seydafkan S, Seaton L, Mulligan MJ, Rimann N, Lai L, Ying K, Noback M, Wa..., Georgia Ryan White Meeting, Atlanta, GA, 1/1/2011
• Vitamin D supplementation and endothelial function among vitamin D deficient HIV-infected persons: a randomized placebo-controlled trial. Abstract 829.
  Longenecker C, Hileman C, Carman T, Ross (Eckard) AC, Tangpricha V, Seydafkan S, Brown T, Labbato D, Storer N, McComsey GA, 18th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, Boston, MA, 1/1/2011
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Lectures

• Management of the Pediatric and Adolescent HIV Patient 
  Medical University of South Carolina, 2016, 2017 - 1/1/2017
• Pediatric HIV: From A (Adolescents) to D (Vitamin D) 
  Medical University of South Carolina - 1/1/2017
• HIV Update 
  Medical University of South Carolina - 1/1/2016
• Congenital Infectious Diseases 
  Medical University of South Carolina - 1/1/2016
• Inflammation and Complications in Chronic HIV Infection 
  Medical University of South Carolina - 1/1/2016
• Southeast AIDS Training and Education Center, Atlanta, GA 
  Kiawah Island, SC - 1/1/2016
• Immune Activation and Inflammation in HIV 
  Stockholm, Sweden - 1/1/2015
• Inflammation & Its Role in HIV-related Complications 
  Medical University of South Carolina - 1/1/2014
• HIV-Related Complications & the Role of Vitamin D 
  Emory University - 1/1/2013
• Vitamin D Deficiency and HIV-Related Complications 
  Emory University - 1/1/2012
• Bone Disease and Vitamin D Deficiency in HIV-infected Patients 
  Southeast AIDS Training and Education Center, Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2012
• Adverse Side Effects of Antiretroviral Therapy 
  Emory University - 1/1/2012
• Metabolic Complications of HIV and Antiretroviral Therapy 
  Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2012
• 2012 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections Update 
  Emory University - 1/1/2012
• Health Barriers to Economic Development in Developing Countries 
  Baldwin-Wallace University, Berea, OH - 1/1/2012
• Emerging Complications of HIV/AIDS and Antiretroviral Therapy: A Product of Our Own Success 
  Berea, OH - 1/1/2012
• Pneumonia 
  Emory University, 2009, 2012 - 1/1/2012
• Mentoring from the Mentee�s Perspective 
  1/1/2011
• Clinical Manifestations of HIV 
  Emory University - 1/1/2011
• Management of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes in HIV 
  Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2011
• Vitamin D and HIV-Related Complications 
  Emory University - 1/1/2011
• Health Care Barriers to Economic Development in Developing Countries 
  Baldwin-Wallace University, Berea, OH, 2008, 2009, 2011 - 1/1/2011
• HIV-Related Cardiovascular Disease 
  Atlanta, GA - 1/1/2010
• 2009 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections Update 
  Emory University - 1/1/2009
• Endocarditis 
  Emory University - 1/1/2009
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