Roger Shapiro – Harvard AIDS Initiative

September 16, 2016June 30, 2018

HIV-Exposure and Infant Mortality in Botswana

By Martha Henry The AIDS epidemic has had a devastating impact on child survival in sub-Saharan Africa. In Botswana, under-five mortality almost doubled from 1990 to 2000. Since then, remarkable progress has been made to prevent pregnant HIV-positive mothers from passing the virus to their infants, either in utero or through breastfeeding. Yet in a study published this July in BMC Pediatrics, Harvard AIDS Initiative (HAI) researchers found that HIV-exposed…

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February 25, 2016February 25, 2016

Videos of HAI/BHP Presenters at CROI

Missed the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston, February 22-25, 2016? No worries. You can still view videos of major HAI/BHP presentations and press conferences.

June 18, 2015January 5, 2016

Roger Shapiro Appointed Associate Professor

Congratulations to Roger Shapiro, a key member of the Harvard AIDS Initiative team, for his recent appointment as an Associate Professor of Immunology and Infectious Diseases at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. In the announcement letter below, Dean Frenk lays out Shapiro’s research accomplishments to date.

September 30, 2014June 30, 2018

Treating Newborns: Timing Is Everything

By Martha Henry Should babies infected with HIV in utero be put on anti-HIV drugs immediately after birth? Can very early treatment allow some children to eventually control the virus on their own? HAI researchers are helping to answer those questions.

September 30, 2014June 30, 2018

HEU Infants: How Big and Bad Is the Problem?

By Martha Henry Imagine that you’re a young woman in southern Africa, giving birth to the child you’ve carried for nine months. Between the pain and the pushing, you feel both excitement and dread. At the antenatal clinic several months ago, you learned that you were infected with HIV. The doctor gave you antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to prevent your child from being born with HIV. You pray that they worked.

October 10, 2010June 30, 2018

Stunning Results in Protecting Infants

The Mma Bana Study, led by Dr. Roger Shapiro, an infectious disease specialist at the Harvard AIDS Initiative (HAI), compared three different drug regimens to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV though pregnancy, delivery and six months of breastfeeding.

October 5, 2010June 30, 2018

Drs. Roger Shapiro & Shahin Lockman: Partners in Research & Parenting

By Martha Henry There are not many couples in which both husband and wife are first authors on a paper in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, but Drs.Roger Shapiro and Shahin Lockman are one of them. In addition to being researchers for the Harvard AIDS Initiative, both are also physicians specializing in infectious diseases. Together they have three sons, ages three, six and nine. And in spite of…

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