Overview
Dr. Achkar is a physician scientist with a translational research program in the fields of tuberculosis (TB) biomarker discovery, diagnostics evaluations, and protective antibody responses and functions against TB. She is has many national and international collaborations with investigators from a broad range of expertise such as clinical research, epidemiology, modeling and statistics, microbiology, molecular biology, biochemistry, and biodesign. Supported initially by an NIH patient-oriented mentored career development award (K23), her work continues to be funded by grants from foundations and the NIH.
Her top areas of expertise are HIV/AIDS and Sepsis.
Her clinical research consists of co-authoring 45 peer reviewed articles. MediFind looks at clinical research from the past 15 years.
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Locations
1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461
1575 Blondell Avenue, Bronx, NY 10461
Clinical Research
Clinical research consists of overseeing clinical studies of patients undergoing new treatments and therapies, and publishing articles in peer reviewed medical journals. Providers who actively participate in clinical research are generally at the forefront of the fields and aware of the most up-to-date advances in treatments for their patients.
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Areas of Expertise
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- HIV/AIDSDr. Achkar isExperienced. Learn about HIV/AIDS.
- SepsisDr. Achkar isExperienced. Learn about Sepsis.