Radha Rajasingham
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Credentials
MD
Bio
Administrator Info
Name: IDIM Admin
Phone: 612-624-9996
Email: idimdivision@umn.edu
Fax: 612-625-4410
Mail: 689 SE 23rd Avenue
MC2821 Room 4-105
Microbiology Research Facility
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Summary
Dr. Rajasingham is an Infectious Diseases physician and physician-scientist at the University of Minnesota. Her primary research interest is to maximize the public health impact of screening HIV-infected persons for opportunistic infections in order to decrease HIV/AIDS-related mortality. She is particularly interested in the evaluation of cost-effective diagnostics and treatment algorithms to care of persons with advanced HIV disease. Dr. Rajasingham is the co-PI of a phase II randomized clinical trial in Uganda evaluating the safety of high dose AmBisome to prevent cryptococcal meningitis in persons with advanced HIV disease, and PI for an R01 cluster-randomized trial evaluating point-of-care diagnostics in persons with advanced HIV disease, funded by NIAID.
Research Summary
Dr. Rajasingham is a physician-scientist trained in the clinical practice of infectious diseases. Her research interests span evaluation and cost-effectiveness of point-of-care diagnostics in persons with advanced HIV disease, cryptococcal screening and prevention, and management of cryptococcal meningitis.
Research Projects
- Evaluation of CRAG Screening with Enhanced Antifungal Therapy for Asymptomatic CRAG-Positive Persons (K23AI138851)
- An Enhanced Package of Care to Reduce Mortality in Persons with Advanced HIV Disease (R01AI162181)
Clinical Summary
- HIV/AIDS
- PREP
- Global Health