Elijah Paintsil, MD
Professor and Chair, Pediatrics
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 on 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.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 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.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 10/4/2024
Ativi LAE, Adusei-Poku M, Boateng W, Owusu-Nyantantakyi C, Kwesi Danso J, Oclu A, Bortey A, Rabbi Amuasi G, Kofi Adu Tabi B, Paintsil E, Torpey K, Dzifa Dayie N, Egyir B. Antibiotic resistance and draft genome profiles of 10 Streptococcus pneumoniae and 3 Streptococcus pseudopneumoniae strains isolated from the nasopharynx of people living with human immunodeficiency virus in Ghana. Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Nov 12; 13(11):e0050524. PMID: 39365088.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/30/2024
Agyare Gyane F, Modey E, Maya E, Bonney EY, Abaidoo-Myles A, Paintsil E, Torpey K. Prevalence and risk factors associated with high-risk human papillomavirus infection among women living with HIV (WLWH) at a tertiary health facility in Accra, Ghana. PLoS One. 2024; 19(5):e0303535. PMID: 38814956.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 5/3/2024
Adu-Gyamfi R, Enos J, Yeboah K, Shabanova V, Hawley N, Alangea Ogum D, Agyei Nkansah A, Paintsil E, Torpey K. Screening for Hypertension in adolescents living with HIV: Protocol for a cluster randomized trial to improve guideline adherence. PLoS One. 2024; 19(5):e0302016. PMID: 38701070.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 4/2/2024
Amegashie EA, Asamoah P, Ativi LEA, Adusei-Poku M, Bonney EY, Tagoe EA, Paintsil E, Torpey K, Quaye O. Clinical outcomes and immunological response to SARS-CoV-2 infection among people living with HIV. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2024; 249:10059. PMID: 38628843.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 3/7/2024
Paintsil E. Editorial: Emerging and reemerging global pediatric infectious diseases amidst vanishing pediatric infectious diseases workforce. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2024 Apr 01; 36(2):133-135. PMID: 38446143.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 2/14/2024
Olakunde BO, Itanyi IU, Onyeka TC, Paintsil E, Torpey K, Lasebikan N, Chigbu CO, Ezeanolue EE. Hepatitis B vaccine birth dose coverage among hepatitis B-exposed and hepatitis B-unexposed infants: evidence from the Healthy Beginning Initiative program in Benue State, Nigeria. Pan Afr Med J. 2024; 47:67. PMID: 38681098.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/29/2024
Brackel CLH, Noij LCE, Vijverberg SJH, Legghe CL, Maitland-van der Zee AH, van Goudoever JB, Buonsenso D, Munblit D, Sigfrid L, McFarland S, Anmyr L, Ashkenazi-Hoffnung L, Bellinat APN, Dias NLS, Edwards A, Fashina T, Juraški RG, Gonçalves ALN, Hansted E, Herczeg V, Hertting O, Jankauskaite LN, Kaswandani N, Kevalas R, Krivácsy P, Lorenz M, Malone LA, McVoy M, Miller DW, Morrow AK, Nugawela MD, Oliveira CR, Oliveira PRS, Osmanov IM, Overmars IM, Paintsil E, Pinto Pereira SM, Prawira Y, Putri ND, Ramos RCF, Rasche M, Ryd-Rinder M, De Rose C, Samitova E, Jovanovic TS, Say D, Scott JT, Shachar-Lavie I, Shafran R, Shmueli E, Snipaitiene A, Stephenson T, Ténai N, Tosif S, Turkalj M, Valentini P, Vasconcelos LRS, Villard L, Vilser D, Hashimoto S, Terheggen-Lagro SWJ. International Care programs for Pediatric Post-COVID Condition (Long COVID) and the way forward. Pediatr Res. 2024 Jul; 96(2):319-324. PMID: 38287106.
Read at: PubMed - Published on 1/19/2024
Ayanful-Torgby R, Shabanova V, Essuman AA, Boafo E, Aboagye F, Al-Mahroof Y, Amponsah J, Tetteh JKA, Amoah LE, Paintsil E. High prevalence of impaired glucose metabolism among children and adolescents living with HIV in Ghana. HIV Med. 2024 May; 25(5):577-586. PMID: 38240173.
Read at: PubMed
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