Jai G. Marathe MBBS
Assistant Professor, Infectious Diseases
771 Albany St | (617) 414-8485
Sections
Infectious Diseases
Biography
Dr. Jai Marathe is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Section of Infectious Diseases, Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine. She is a graduate from Infectious Diseases fellowship program at Boston Medical Center. Her current research focuses on HIV transmission across reproductive mucosa and the potential for topical use of various plant-derived antibodies (plantibodies) in prevention of HIV infection.
Education
MBBS, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences
Microbiology, MS, Wright State University at Dayton
Publications
Marathe JG, Mausser E, Politch JA, Tjilos M, Anderson DJ. Complement protein concentrations and activity in human cervical mucus. bioRxiv. 2026 Jul 22. PMID: 42538969.
Published on 4/11/2026Fischoeder J, Marathe JG, Anderson DJ, Levin LR, Buck J, Ritagliati C. Assessing efficacy of ADCY10 inhibitors in cervical mucus. Mol Hum Reprod. 2026 Apr 11; 32(2). PMID: 42241232.
Published on 11/6/2025Dohadwala S, Shah P, Farrell MK, Politch JA, Marathe J, Costello CE, Anderson DJ. Sialidases derived from Gardnerella vaginalis and Prevotella timonensis remodel the sperm glycocalyx and impair sperm function. Glycobiology. 2025 Nov 06; 35(11). PMID: 41165775.
Published on 8/20/2025Doud JM, Geib MT, Politch JA, Whaley K, Anderson DJ, Marathe JG. Revolutionizing male contraception: Personal lubricants as a novel way to deliver the Human Contraception Antibody. bioRxiv. 2025 Aug 20. PMID: 40894626.
Published on 7/29/2025Feldman CH, Santacroce L, Bassett IV, Thaweethai T, Alicic R, Atchley-Challenner R, Chung A, Goldberg MP, Horowitz CR, Jacobson KB, Kelly JD, Knight S, Lutrick K, Mudumbi P, Parthasarathy S, Prendergast H, Quintana Y, Sharareh N, Shellito J, Sherif ZA, Taylor BD, Taylor E, Tsevat J, Wiley Z, Williams NJ, Yee L, Aponte-Soto L, Baissary J, Berry J, Charney AW, Costantine MM, Duven AM, Erdmann N, Ernst KC, Feuerriegel EM, Flaherman VJ, Go M, Hawkins K, Jacoby V, John J, Kelly S, Kindred E, Laiyemo A, Levitan EB, Levy BD, Logue JK, Marathe JG, Martin JN, McComsey GA, Metz TD, Minor T, Montgomery AP, Mullington JM, Ofotokun I, Okumura MJ, Peluso MJ, Pogreba-Brown K, Raissy H, Rosas JM, Singh U, VanWagoner T, Clark CR, Karlson EW. Social Determinants of Health and Risk for Long COVID in the U.S. RECOVER-Adult Cohort. Ann Intern Med. 2025 Sep; 178(9):1287-1297. PMID: 40720834.
Published on 2/5/2025Dohadwala S, Shah P, Farrell M, Politch J, Marathe J, Costello CE, Anderson DJ. Sialidases derived from Gardnerella vaginalis remodel the sperm glycocalyx and impair sperm function. bioRxiv. 2025 Feb 05. PMID: 39975358.
Published on 1/22/2025Kaufmann ND, Mazor KM, Marathe J, Linas BP, Fisher KA. Primary Care Physicians' Preparedness to Recognize and Evaluate Patients for Long COVID. J Gen Intern Med. 2025 Aug; 40(11):2802-2804. PMID: 39843672.
Published on 10/22/2024Nador E, Mausser E, Marathe JG, Politch JA, Thurman AR, Whaley KJ, Anderson DJ. Antibody-dependent complement-mediated sperm cytotoxicity in the endocervix is a dominant contraceptive mechanism of ZB-06 vaginal film. Fertil Steril. 2025 Mar; 123(3):534-536. PMID: 39447830.
Published on 8/13/2024Erlandson KM, Geng LN, Selvaggi CA, Thaweethai T, Chen P, Erdmann NB, Goldman JD, Henrich TJ, Hornig M, Karlson EW, Katz SD, Kim C, Cribbs SK, Laiyemo AO, Letts R, Lin JY, Marathe J, Parthasarathy S, Patterson TF, Taylor BD, Duffy ER, Haack M, Julg B, Maranga G, Hernandez C, Singer NG, Han J, Pemu P, Brim H, Ashktorab H, Charney AW, Wisnivesky J, Lin JJ, Chu HY, Go M, Singh U, Levitan EB, Goepfert PA, Nikolich JŽ, Hsu H, Peluso MJ, Kelly JD, Okumura MJ, Flaherman VJ, Quigley JG, Krishnan JA, Scholand MB, Hess R, Metz TD, Costantine MM, Rouse DJ, Taylor BS, Goldberg MP, Marshall GD, Wood J, Warren D, Horwitz L, Foulkes AS, McComsey GA. Differentiation of Prior SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Postacute Sequelae by Standard Clinical Laboratory Measurements in the RECOVER Cohort. Ann Intern Med. 2024 Sep; 177(9):1209-1221. PMID: 39133923.
Published on 5/30/2024Fisher KA, Mazor KM, Epstein MM, Goldthwait L, Abu Ghazaleh H, Zhou Y, Crawford S, Marathe J, Linas BP. Long COVID awareness and receipt of medical care: a survey among populations at risk for disparities. Front Public Health. 2024; 12:1360341. PMID: 38873310.
Media Mentions
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Published on 3/8/2023
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Published on 8/5/2022
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Published on 3/18/2022
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Published on 11/5/2021
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