Elijah Paintsil, MD

Professor and Chair, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Biography

I am a physician-scientist with broad-based training in pediatric, infectious diseases, public health, and pharmacology and have focused my translation research program on three areas: 1) Effect of antiretroviral therapy on mitochondrial function; 2) Laboratory simulation of transmission dynamics of hepatitis C virus among injection drug users, and 3) Global pediatric HIV treatment outcomes.

Publications

  • Published 5/6/2025

    Amegashie EA, Sikeola RO, Tagoe EA, Paintsil E, Torpey K, Quaye O. Oxidative Stress in People Living With HIV: Are Diverse Supplement Sources the Solution? Health Sci Rep. 2025 May; 8(5):e70824. PMID: 40330761.

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  • Published 3/18/2025

    Mensah BA, Mensah-Brown HE, Partey FD, Addo C, Buah G, Afudego GA, Okyere D, Tetteh M, Boateng E, Wilson M, Paintsil E. Identifying risk factors for loss to follow-up in adults living with HIV in a high-burden district in Ghana. BMC Public Health. 2025 Mar 18; 25(1):1042. PMID: 40102895.

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  • Published 3/6/2025

    Paintsil E. Synchronicity of climate change and outbreaks of infectious diseases in children. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2025 Apr 01; 37(2):113-115. PMID: 40040447.

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  • Published 3/1/2025

    Amegashie EA, Kwayisi-Darkwah CK, Adusei-Poku M, Sikeola RO, Ativi LAE, Ahene A, Atampugbire G, Tagoe EA, Paintsil E, Torpey K, Quaye O. Lipid Peroxidation and Glutathione Levels Among People Living With HIV Co-infected With Human Coronaviruses in Ghana. J Med Virol. 2025 Mar; 97(3):e70301. PMID: 40110873.

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  • Published 10/11/2024

    Afrane AKA, Alhassan Y, Amoah LE, Nyarko MY, Addo-Lartey A, Paintsil E, Torpey K. Asymptomatic malaria parasitaemia and virological non-suppression among children living with HIV in a low transmission area in Accra, Ghana: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infect Dis. 2024 Oct 11; 24(1):1144. PMID: 39394078.

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