KarenTTashimaMD

Infectious Disease • Fall River, MA

Associate Professor, Medicine, Brown University Program in Medicine

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Office
386 Stanley St
Fall River, MA 02720
Phone+1 508-675-1054

Fax+1 508-324-7777
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Education & Training

Massachusetts General Hospital/Brigham and Women's Hospital/Harvard Medical SchoolFellowship, Infectious Disease, 1991 - 1995
New York Presbyterian Hospital (Columbia Campus)Residency, Internal Medicine, 1988 - 1991
Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and SurgeonsClass of 1988

Certifications & Licensure

MA State Medical License 1995 - 2025
CT State Medical License 2023 - 2024
RI State Medical License 1995 - 2024
NY State Medical License 1990 - 1992
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease

Awards, Honors, & Recognition

Fellow (FACP) American College of Physicians, 2003

Clinical Trials

Optimizing Treatment for Treatment-Experienced, HIV-Infected People Start of enrollment: 2008 Jan 01
Completed
Phase 3
Changes in Lipids and Safety of Raltegravir in HIV+ Patients With Hyperlipidemia While on Current Standard Therapy Start of enrollment: 2009 May 01
Completed
Phase 3
Computer MI for Tobacco Quitline Engagement in Smokers Living With HIV Start of enrollment: 2014 Feb 01
Completed
Not Applicable
Effect of Isotretinoin on Immune Activation Among HIV-1 Infected Subjects With Incomplete CD4+ T Cell Recovery Start of enrollment: 2014 Jul 02
Completed
Phase 2
Sofosbuvir-Containing Regimens Without Interferon For Treatment of Acute Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infection Start of enrollment: 2014 May 30
Completed
Phase 1
PREPARE (A5361s) Substudy of REPRIEVE (A5332) Start of enrollment: 2017 Feb 28
Completed
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Publications & Presentations

PubMed

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Stress, Isolation, Smoking Behaviors, and Motivation to Quit in People with HIV Who Smoke.
Patricia A Cioe, Robert Schnoll, Bettina B Hoeppner, Robert Gross, Brian L Hitsman, Frank T Leone, Rebecca Ashare, Roger Vilardaga, Karen Tashima, Megan Pinkston, Chri...> ;AIDS and Behavior. 2023 Jun 1
2 citations
Peer navigation for smoking cessation in smokers with HIV: Protocol for a randomized clinical trial.
Patricia A. Cioe, Megan M. Pinkston, Karen T. Tashima, Christopher W. Kahler> ;Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2021 May 14
24 citations
Safety, acceptability, and pharmacokinetics of a monoclonal antibody-based vaginal multipurpose prevention film (MB66): A Phase I randomized trial.
Joseph A. Politch, Susan Cu-Uvin, Thomas R. Moench, Karen T. Tashima, Jai G Marathe, Kate M. Guthrie, Howard Cabral, Tara Nyhuis, Miles B. Brennan, Larry Zeitlin, Hans...> ;Plos Medicine. 2021 Feb 3
14 citations
Remdesivir Use Compared With Supportive Care in Hospitalized Patients With Severe COVID-19: A Single-Center Experience.
Markos Kalligeros, Karen T. Tashima, Evangelia K. Mylona, Natasha Rybak, Timothy P. Flanigan, Dimitrios Farmakiotis, Curt G. Beckwith, Martha C Sanchez, Marguerite A. ...> ;Open Forum Infectious Diseases. 2020 Aug 6
15 citations
Myocardial Steatosis Among Antiretroviral Therapy-Treated People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Participating in the REPRIEVE Trial
Tomas G. Neilan, Kim-Lien Nguyen, Vlad G. Zaha, Kara W. Chew, Leavitt Morrison, Ntobeko A B Ntusi, Mabel Toribio, Magid Awadalla, Zsofia D. Drobni, Michael D. Nelson, ...> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020 Jul 9
46 citations
SARS-CoV-2 and HIV coinfection: clinical experience from Rhode Island, United States.
Katrina M Byrd, Curt G. Beckwith, Joseph M Garland, Jennie Johnson, Su Aung, Susan Cu-Uvin, Dimitrios Farmakiotis, Timothy P. Flanigan, Fizza S. Gillani, Raul Macias-G...> ;Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2020 Jul 1
9 citations
Long-term Outcomes in a Large Randomized Trial of HIV-1 Salvage Therapy: 96-Week Results of AIDS Clinical Trials Group A5241 (OPTIONS).
Rajesh T. Gandhi, Karen T. Tashima, Laura M. Smeaton, Vincent Vu, Justin Ritz, Adriana Andrade, Joseph J. Eron, Evelyn Hogg, Carl J. Fichtenbaum> ;The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2020 Apr 7
26 citations
Advances in Long-Acting Agents for the Treatment of HIV Infection.
Aadia Rana, Jose R Castillo-Mancilla, Karen T. Tashima, Raphael L. Landovitz> ;Drugs. 2020 Mar 16
10 citations
HIV Infection, HCV Coinfection, and Alcohol Use: Associations with Microbial Translocation and Immune Activation.
Mollie A. Monnig, Ronald A. Cohen, Bharat Ramratnam, Mikayla McAdams, Karen T. Tashima, Peter M. Monti> ;Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 2019 Apr 29
5 citations
Accumulated pre-switch resistance to more recently introduced one-pill-once-a-day antiretroviral regimens impacts HIV-1 virologic outcome.
Rebecca Reece, Allison DeLong, D’Antuono Matthew, Karen T. Tashima, Rami Kantor> ;Journal of Clinical Virology. 2018 May 21
12 citations
The Impact of Alcohol Use on Frontal White Matter in HIV.
Joseph M. Gullett, Damon G. Lamb, Eric C. Porges, Adam J. Woods, Jake D Rieke, Paul M. Thompson, Neda Jahanshad, Talia M. Nir, Karen T. Tashima, Ronald A. Cohen> ;Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. 2018 Jul 16
10 citations
Neural response to working memory demand predicts neurocognitive deficits in HIV
Ronald A. Cohen, Scott Siegel, Joseph M. Gullett, Eric C. Porges, Adam J. Woods, Haiqing Huang, Y. Zhu, Karen T. Tashima, Mingzhou Ding> ;Journal of Neurovirology. 2018 Jun 1
11 citations
Body mass index, inflammatory biomarkers and neurocognitive impairment in HIV-infected persons.
Chukwuemeka N. Okafor, Natalie E. Kelso, Vaughn E. Bryant, Larry E. Burrell, Maria Jose Miguez, Assawin Gongvatana, Karen T. Tashima, Suzanne M. de la Monte, Robert L....> ;Psychology, Health & Medicine. 2017 Mar 1
A Randomized, Double-Blind comparison of Tenofovir Alafenamide (TAF) vs. Tenofovir Disoproxil fumarate (TDF), each coformulated with Elvitegravir, Cobicistat, and Emtr...
Wohl, D.,Oka, S.,Clumeck, N.,Clarke, A.,Brinson, C.,Stephens, J.,Tashima, K.,Arribas, J. R.,Rashbaum, B.,Cheret, A.,Brunetta, J.,Mussini, C.,Tebas, P.,Sax, P. E.,Cheng...> ;J. Acquir. Immune Defic. Syndr.. 2016 Feb 02
12 citations
HIV Salvage Therapy Does Not Require Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Karen T. Tashima, Laura M. Smeaton, Carl J. Fichtenbaum, Adriana Andrade, Joseph J. Eron, Rajesh T. Gandhi, Victoria A. Johnson, Karin L. Klingman, Justin Ritz, Sally ...> ;Annals of Internal Medicine. 2015 Dec 15
9 citations
Candida and cardiovascular implantable electronic devices: a case of lead and native aortic valve endocarditis and literature review
Justin Glavis-Bloom, Scott Vasher, Meghan Marmor, Antonella B. Fine, Philip A. Chan, Karen T. Tashima, John R. Lonks, Erna M. Kojic> ;Mycoses. 2015 Nov 1
59 citations
Age exacerbates HIV-associated white matter abnormalities.
Talia R. Seider, Assawin Gongvatana, Adam J. Woods, Huaihou Chen, Eric C. Porges, Tiffany Cummings, Stephen Correia, Karen T. Tashima, Ronald A. Cohen> ;Journal of Neurovirology. 2016 Apr 1
32 citations
Outcomes of a Tailored Intervention for Cigarette Smoking Cessation Among Latinos Living With HIV/AIDS.
Cassandra A. Stanton, George D. Papandonatos, Jonathan Shuter, Alexandra Bicki, Elizabeth E. Lloyd-Richardson, Marcel A. de Dios, Kathleen M. Morrow, Solomon B. Makgoe...> ;Nicotine & Tobacco Research. 2015 Aug 1
8 citations
Regimen selection in the OPTIONS trial of HIV salvage therapy: drug resistance, prior therapy, and race-ethnicity determine the degree of regimen complexity.
Karen T. Tashima, Katie R. Mollan, Lumine Na, Rajesh T. Gandhi, Karin L. Klingman, Carl J. Fichtenbaum, Adriana Andrade, Victoria A. Johnson, Joseph J. Eron, Laura M. ...> ;HIV Clinical Trials. 2015 Jul 27
3 citations
Estimated glomerular filtration rates through 144 weeks on therapy in HIV-1-infected subjects receiving atazanavir/ritonavir and abacavir/lamivudine or simplified to u...
Benjamin Young, Kathleen Squires, Karen T. Tashima, Keith Henry, Stefan Schneider, Anthony LaMarca, Henry H. Zhao, Lisa L. Ross, Mark S. Shaefer> ;HIV Clinical Trials. 2015 Jul 2
32 citations
Facial emotion recognition impairments are associated with brain volume abnormalities in individuals with HIV.
Uraina S. Clark, Keenan A. Walker, Ronald A. Cohen, Kathryn N. Devlin, Anna M. Folkers, Matthew J. Pina, Karen T. Tashima> ;Neuropsychologia. 2015 Apr 1
15 citations
Plasma Cytokine Levels are Related to Brain Volumes in HIV-infected Individuals
Assawin Gongvatana, Stephen Correia, Shira Dunsiger, Lynne V. Gauthier, Kathryn N. Devlin, Skye Ross, Bradford A. Navia, Karen T. Tashima, Suzanne DeLaMonte, Ronald A....> ;Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology. 2014 Oct 2
101 citations
ING116070: A Study of the Pharmacokinetics and Antiviral Activity of Dolutegravir in Cerebrospinal Fluid in HIV-1–Infected, Antiretroviral Therapy–Naive Subjects
Scott Letendre, Anthony Mills, Karen T. Tashima, Deborah A. Thomas, Sherene S. Min, Shuguang Chen, Ivy Song, Stephen C. Piscitelli> ;Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2014 Jun 18
18 citations
Neural dysregulation during a working memory task in human immunodeficiency virus-seropositive and hepatitis C coinfected individuals.
Jessica Z.K. Caldwell, Assawin Gongvatana, Bradford A. Navia, Lawrence H. Sweet, Karen T. Tashima, Mingzhou Ding, Ronald A. Cohen> ;Journal of Neurovirology. 2014 May 28
52 citations
Verbal Memory Declines More Rapidly with Age in HIV Infected versus Uninfected Adults
Talia R. Seider, Xi Luo, Assawin Gongvatana, Kathryn N. Devlin, Suzanne M. de la Monte, Jesse D. Chasman, Peisi Yan, Karen T. Tashima, Bradford A. Navia, Ronald A. Cohen> ;Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology. 2014 Apr 30
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Press Mentions

Will the COVID-19 Vaccine Require a Booster? Local Doctor Says More Data Is NeededJune 28th, 2021
‘I Think Its Fantastic’: RI Doctor Involved in Novavax Vaccine TrialJune 14th, 2021
States Cautiously Re-Roll Out J&J Vaccines Amid More Possible Clot CasesApril 28th, 2021
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