Dr. So-Armah is an epidemiologist with expertise in cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses of cohort studies and use of electronic health record data for research. His lab uses molecular biology coupled with data on health behaviors, risk factors and disease diagnoses to identify and explain novel epidemiological associations and identify novel intervention targets. His research focuses on substance use and chronic infections like human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and tuberculosis (TB) and how these exposures impact the heart, liver and lungs.
His work uses data from the Russian cohort of the Uganda Russia Boston Alcohol Network Alcohol Research Collaboration on HIV/AIDS (URBAN ARCH) as well as the Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS).
His long-term goal is to translate the growing understanding of the mechanisms of excess HIV-related comorbid disease risk into effective, sustainable interventions for HIV populations bearing the brunt of the HIV epidemic.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility
The populations and problems on which my lab is focused has attracted scientists to our lab from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce. We encourage people to come to our lab bringing their full authentic selves in our pursuit of inclusive excellence.
We recognize, value and leverage the power of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives in solving complex problems. To this end, I am the founding Director of the Inclusion Diversity & Equity In Addiction medicine, Addiction health professions, and Addiction research (IDEAAA) program. Through strategic partnerships with existing Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs, IDEAAA engages earlier stage learners (high school, undergrad, med students) motivating them to consider addiction-related careers. IDEAAA also supports early stage faculty to successfully compete for addiction-related funding by linking people with great ideas to people with existing grants eligible for supplemental NIH funding.
The IDEAAA workforce development initiative complements my work on the leadership team of the Grayken Center for Addiction Anti-racist Approach to Substance Use Treatment working group. Our working group is building the evidence base from published literature and the expertise of people with lived experiences of substance use to 1) identify ways to improve substance use treatment for minoritized populations at Boston Medical Center and beyond; 2) identify and prioritize gaps in research which, if filled, could catalyze the improvement of substance use treatment for minorities populations.
I co-direct the Providence/Boston Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging Program. This initiative provides teaching, research experiences and mentorship to earlier and later stage learners interested in the field of HIV/AIDS.
As a past chair of the Boston University School of Medicine Faculty Development and Diversity Committee, I led, helped organize, and participated in the Boston University site for Bias Reduction in Internal Medicine clinical trial; the Conversations on Race/Equity discussion series; and the DOM Reads book club.
I am currently an Assistant Chair for Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility in DOM. In this role, I work with the different sections in our department on developing, implementing and improving equitable recruitment and hiring practices.
As a Black, African, man, I benefit from every second I invest pushing Boston University towards inclusive excellence. More importantly, my children, and children that look like my children, and people who think differently from me and my children will also benefit from this investment.
Let's do this, together.
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Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine
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Providence/Boston CFAR Diversity Equity Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Program06/20/2022 - 08/26/2022 (Subcontract PI)
The Miriam Hospital NIH NIAID
Kaku So-Armah ZINC Diversity Supplement-Vanderbilt04/30/2016 - 07/31/2016 (Co-Investigator)
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Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, MA, MPHVanderbilt University Medical Center
Kaku So-Armah ZINC Diversity Supplement: Vanderbilt02/01/2015 - 04/29/2016 (Co-Investigator)
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Jeffrey H. Samet, MD, MA, MPHVanderbilt University Medical Center
Microbiome, metabolites, and alcohol in HIV to reduce CVD (M09/10/2021 - 08/31/2026 (PI)
Vanderbilt University Medical Center National Institute o
CFAR: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB) Init07/01/2021 - 06/30/2022 (PI)
The Miriam Hospital National Institute o5P30AI042853-23
Novel Mechanisms Driving Excess Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in the Context of HIV…08/01/2016 - 01/31/2022 (PI)
NIH-NHLBI5K01HL134147-04
HIV, alocohol use and intestinal dysbiosis, gastrointestinal barrier function and microbial transloc12/01/2017 - 05/31/2019 (PI)
Miriam Hospital NIH-NIAID
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Oursler KK, Marconi VC, Wang Z, Xu K, Montano M, So-Armah K, Justice AC, Sun YV. Epigenetic Age Acceleration Markers Are Associated With Physiologic Frailty and All-Cause Mortality in People With Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Clin Infect Dis. 2023 Feb 08; 76(3):e638-e644. PMID: 35970820
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Basukala B, Rossi S, Bendiks S, Gnatienko N, Patts G, Krupitsky E, Lioznov D, So-Armah K, Sagar M, Cheng C, Henderson AJ. Virally Suppressed People Living with HIV Who Use Opioids Have Diminished Latency Reversal. Viruses. 2023 Feb 01; 15(2).View Related Profiles. PMID: 36851631; PMCID: PMC9961149; DOI: 10.3390/v15020415;
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Polanka BM, Gupta SK, So-Armah KA, Freiberg MS, Zapolski TCB, Hirsh AT, Stewart JC. Examining Depression as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease in People with HIV: A Systematic Review. Ann Behav Med. 2023 Jan 02; 57(1):1-25. PMID: 35481701; PMCID: PMC9773373; DOI: 10.1093/abm/kaab119;
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Berg CJ, Patel B, Reynolds M, Tuzovic M, Chew KW, Sico JJ, Bhattacharya D, Butt AA, Lim JK, Bedimo RJ, Brown ST, Gottdiener JS, Warner AL, Freiberg MS, So-Armah KA, Nguyen KL. Left Atrial Mechanics and Diastolic Function Among People Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (from the Veterans Aging Cohort Study). Am J Cardiol. 2023 Jan 01; 186:50-57. PMID: 36343446
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Kundu S, Freiberg MS, Tracy RP, So-Armah KA, Koethe JR, Duncan MS, Tindle HA, Beckman JA, Feinstein MJ, McDonnell WJ, Justice A, Doyle MF. Circulating T Cells and Cardiovascular Risk in People With and Without HIV Infection. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2022 Oct 25; 80(17):1633-1644. PMID: 36265959
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Titanji BK, Lee M, Wang Z, Chen J, Hui Q, Lo Re Iii V, So-Armah K, Justice AC, Xu K, Freiberg M, Gwinn M, Marconi VC, Sun YV. Epigenome-wide association study of biomarkers of liver function identifies albumin-associated DNA methylation sites among male veterans with HIV. Front Genet. 2022; 13:1020871. PMID: 36303554; PMCID: PMC9592923; DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2022.1020871;
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Tindle HA, Freiberg MS, Cheng DM, Gnatienko N, Blokhina E, Yaroslavtseva T, Bendiks S, Patts G, Hahn J, So-Armah K, Stein MD, Bryant K, Lioznov D, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Effectiveness of Varenicline and Cytisine for Alcohol Use Reduction Among People With HIV and Substance Use: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2022 Aug 01; 5(8):e2225129.View Related Profiles. PMID: 35930287; PMCID: PMC9356316; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.25129;
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Titanji BK, Wang Z, Chen J, Hui Q, So-Armah K, Freiberg M, Justice AC, Ke X, Marconi VC, Sun YV. Soluble CD14-associated DNA methylation sites predict mortality among men with HIV infection. AIDS. 2022 Sep 01; 36(11):1563-1571. PMID: 35979830; PMCID: PMC9394925; DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003279;
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Bahji A, Li Y, Vickers-Smith R, Crystal S, Kerns RD, Gordon KS, Macmadu A, Skanderson M, So-Armah K, Sung ML, Bhondoekhan F, Marshall BDL, Edelman EJ. Self-Reported Cannabis Use and HIV Viral Control among Patients with HIV Engaged in Care: Results from a National Cohort Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 06; 19(9). PMID: 35565045; PMCID: PMC9101884; DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19095649;
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Bailin SS, Kundu S, Wellons M, Freiberg MS, Doyle MF, Tracy RP, Justice AC, Wanjalla CN, Landay AL, So-Armah K, Mallal S, Kropski JA, Koethe JR. Circulating CD4+ TEMRA and CD4+ CD28- T cells and incident diabetes among persons with and without HIV. AIDS. 2022 03 15; 36(4):501-511. PMID: 34860194; PMCID: PMC8881388; DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000003137;
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Pierre F, Forman LS, Winter M, Cheng D, Ngabirano C, Emenyonu N, Hunt PW, Huang Y, Muyindike W, Samet J, Hahn JA, So-Armah K. Alcohol Consumption and Tryptophan Metabolism Among People with HIV Prior to Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation: The Uganda ARCH Cohort Study. Alcohol Alcohol. 2022 Mar 12; 57(2):219-225.View Related Profiles. PMID: 34027552; PMCID: PMC8919408; DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agab033;
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Bourgi K, Kundu S, Stewart JC, So-Armah K, Freiberg M, Gupta SK. Associations of HIV and Depression with Incident Diabetes Mellitus: Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2022 Feb 03. PMID: 35134838
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Freiberg MS, Duncan MS, Alcorn C, Chang CH, Kundu S, Mumpuni A, Smith EK, Loch S, Bedigian A, Vittinghoff E, So-Armah K, Hsue PY, Justice AC, Tseng ZH. HIV Infection and the Risk of World Health Organization-Defined Sudden Cardiac Death. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 09 21; 10(18):e021268. PMID: 34493058; PMCID: PMC8649505; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.121.021268;
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Sico JJ, Kundu S, So-Armah K, Gupta SK, Chang CH, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Marconi VC, Crystal S, Tindle HA, Freiberg MS, Stewart JC. Depression as a Risk Factor for Incident Ischemic Stroke Among HIV-Positive Veterans in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2021 07 06; 10(13):e017637. PMID: 34169726; PMCID: PMC8403311; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.119.017637;
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Duncan MS, Alcorn CW, Freiberg MS, So-Armah K, Patterson OV, DuVall SL, Crothers KA, Re VL, Butt AA, Lim JK, Kim JW, Tindle HA, Justice AC, Brittain EL. Association between HIV and incident pulmonary hypertension in US Veterans: a retrospective cohort study. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2021 Jul; 2(7):e417-e425. PMID: 34296203; PMCID: PMC8294078; DOI: 10.1016/s2666-7568(21)00116-1;
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Chichetto NE, Kundu S, Freiberg MS, Koethe JR, Butt AA, Crystal S, So-Armah KA, Cook RL, Braithwaite RS, Justice AC, Fiellin DA, Khan M, Bryant KJ, Gaither JR, Barve SS, Crothers K, Bedimo RJ, Warner A, Tindle HA. Association of Syndemic Unhealthy Alcohol Use, Smoking, and Depressive Symptoms on Incident Cardiovascular Disease among Veterans With and Without HIV-Infection. AIDS Behav. 2021 Sep; 25(9):2852-2862. PMID: 34101074; PMCID: PMC8376776; DOI: 10.1007/s10461-021-03327-4;
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Hahn JA, Murnane PM, Vittinghoff E, Muyindike WR, Emenyonu NI, Fatch R, Chamie G, Haberer JE, Francis JM, Kapiga S, Jacobson K, Myers B, Couture MC, DiClemente RJ, Brown JL, So-Armah K, Sulkowski M, Marcus GM, Woolf-King S, Cook RL, Richards VL, Molina P, Ferguson T, Welsh D, Piano MR, Phillips SA, Stewart S, Afshar M, Page K, McGinnis K, Fiellin DA, Justice AC, Bryant K, Saitz R. Factors associated with phosphatidylethanol (PEth) sensitivity for detecting unhealthy alcohol use: An individual patient data meta-analysis. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2021 06; 45(6):1166-1187.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33837975; PMCID: PMC8254773; DOI: 10.1111/acer.14611;
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Corcorran MA, Ludwig-Baron N, Cheng DM, Lioznov D, Gnatienko N, Patts G, So-Armah K, Blokhina E, Bendiks S, Krupitsky E, Samet JH, Tsui JI. The Hepatitis C Continuum of Care Among HIV-Positive Persons with Heavy Alcohol Use in St. Petersburg, Russia. AIDS Behav. 2021 Aug; 25(8):2533-2541.View Related Profiles. PMID: 33730255; PMCID: PMC8222188; DOI: 10.1007/s10461-021-03214-y;
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Polanka BM, Kundu S, So-Armah KA, Freiberg MS, Gupta SK, Zapolski TCB, Hirsh AT, Bedimo RJ, Budoff MJ, Butt AA, Chang CH, Gottlieb SS, Marconi VC, Womack JA, Stewart JC. Insomnia symptoms and biomarkers of monocyte activation, systemic inflammation, and coagulation in HIV: Veterans Aging Cohort Study. PLoS One. 2021; 16(2):e0246073. PMID: 33561176; PMCID: PMC7872271; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246073;
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Zifodya JS, Duncan MS, So-Armah KA, Attia EF, Akgün KM, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Marconi VC, Budoff MJ, Bedimo RJ, Alcorn CW, Soo Hoo GW, Butt AA, Kim JW, Sico JJ, Tindle HA, Huang L, Tate JP, Justice AC, Freiberg MS, Crothers K. Community-Acquired Pneumonia and Risk of Cardiovascular Events in People Living With HIV. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 12; 9(23):e017645. PMID: 33222591; PMCID: PMC7763776; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.120.017645;
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Zola CE, Duncan MS, So-Armah K, Crothers KA, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Kim JWW, Lim JK, Re VL, Tindle HA, Freiberg MS, Brittain EL. HIV- and HCV-specific markers and echocardiographic pulmonary artery systolic pressure among United States veterans. Sci Rep. 2020 10 30; 10(1):18729. PMID: 33127959; PMCID: PMC7599329; DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75290-4;
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Chichetto NE, Polanka BM, So-Armah KA, Sung M, Stewart JC, Koethe JR, Edelman EJ, Tindle HA, Freiberg MS. Contribution of Behavioral Health Factors to Non-AIDS-Related Comorbidities: an Updated Review. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2020 08; 17(4):354-372. PMID: 32314325; PMCID: PMC7363585; DOI: 10.1007/s11904-020-00498-y;
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Bailin SS, McGinnis KA, McDonnell WJ, So-Armah K, Wellons M, Tracy RP, Doyle MF, Mallal S, Justice AC, Freiberg MS, Landay AL, Wanjalla C, Koethe JR. T Lymphocyte Subsets Associated With Prevalent Diabetes in Veterans With and Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus. J Infect Dis. 2020 06 29; 222(2):252-262. PMID: 32052044; PMCID: PMC7323499; DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiaa069;
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Stewart JC, Polanka BM, So-Armah KA, White JR, Gupta SK, Kundu S, Chang CH, Freiberg MS. Associations of Total, Cognitive/Affective, and Somatic Depressive Symptoms and Antidepressant Use With Cardiovascular Disease-Relevant Biomarkers in HIV: Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Psychosom Med. 2020 06; 82(5):461-470. PMID: 32282648; PMCID: PMC7282983; DOI: 10.1097/PSY.0000000000000808;
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Freiberg MS, Cheng DM, Gnatienko N, Blokhina E, Coleman SM, Doyle MF, Yaroslavtseva T, Bridden C, So-Armah K, Tracy R, Bryant K, Lioznov D, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Effect of Zinc Supplementation vs Placebo on Mortality Risk and HIV Disease Progression Among HIV-Positive Adults With Heavy Alcohol Use: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 05 01; 3(5):e204330.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32383748; PMCID: PMC7210486; DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.4330;
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So-Armah KA, Lim JK, Lo Re V, Tate JP, Chang CH, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Rimland D, Marconi VC, Goetz MB, Ramachandran V, Brittain E, Long M, Nguyen KL, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Budoff MJ, Tindle HA, Samet JH, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. FIB-4 stage of liver fibrosis is associated with incident heart failure with preserved, but not reduced, ejection fraction among people with and without HIV or hepatitis C. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2020 Mar - Apr; 63(2):184-191.View Related Profiles. PMID: 32068085; PMCID: PMC7278895; DOI: 10.1016/j.pcad.2020.02.010;
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Liang X, Justice AC, So-Armah K, Krystal JH, Sinha R, Xu K. DNA methylation signature on phosphatidylethanol, not on self-reported alcohol consumption, predicts hazardous alcohol consumption in two distinct populations. Mol Psychiatry. 2021 06; 26(6):2238-2253. PMID: 32034291; PMCID: PMC8440221; DOI: 10.1038/s41380-020-0668-x;
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Chen J, Huang Y, Hui Q, Mathur R, Gwinn M, So-Armah K, Freiberg MS, Justice AC, Xu K, Marconi VC, Sun YV. Epigenetic Associations With Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate Among Men With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2020 02 03; 70(4):667-673. PMID: 30893429; PMCID: PMC7319269; DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciz240;
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So-Armah K, Freiberg M, Cheng D, Lim JK, Gnatienko N, Patts G, Doyle M, Fuster D, Lioznov D, Krupitsky E, Samet J. Liver fibrosis and accelerated immune dysfunction (immunosenescence) among HIV-infected Russians with heavy alcohol consumption - an observational cross-sectional study. BMC Gastroenterol. 2019 Dec 31; 20(1):1.View Related Profiles. PMID: 31892306; PMCID: PMC6938606; DOI: 10.1186/s12876-019-1136-4;
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So-Armah KA, Cheng DM, Freiberg MS, Gnatienko N, Patts G, Ma Y, White L, Blokhina E, Lioznov D, Doyle MF, Tracy RP, Chichetto N, Bridden C, Bryant K, Krupitsky E, Samet JH. Association between alcohol use and inflammatory biomarkers over time among younger adults with HIV-The Russia ARCH Observational Study. PLoS One. 2019; 14(8):e0219710.View Related Profiles. PMID: 31437155; PMCID: PMC6705834; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0219710;
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Barocas JA, So-Armah K, Cheng DM, Lioznov D, Baum M, Gallagher K, Fuster D, Gnatienko N, Krupitsky E, Freiberg MS, Samet JH. Zinc deficiency and advanced liver fibrosis among HIV and hepatitis C co-infected anti-retroviral naïve persons with alcohol use in Russia. PLoS One. 2019; 14(6):e0218852.View Related Profiles. PMID: 31246992; PMCID: PMC6597160; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218852;
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Mathur R, Hui Q, Huang Y, Gwinn M, So-Armah K, Freiberg MS, Justice AC, Xu K, Marconi VC, Sun YV. DNA Methylation Markers of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Male Veterans With or Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection. J Infect Dis. 2019 05 24; 219(12):1959-1962. PMID: 30649532; PMCID: PMC6534194; DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiz023;
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Chichetto NE, Kundu S, Freiberg MS, Butt AA, Crystal S, So-Armah KA, Cook RL, Braithwaite RS, Fiellin DA, Khan MR, Bryant KJ, Gaither JR, Barve SS, Crothers K, Bedimo RJ, Warner AL, Tindle HA. Association of Syndemic Unhealthy Alcohol Use, Cigarette Use, and Depression With All-Cause Mortality Among Adults Living With and Without HIV Infection: Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Jun; 6(6):ofz188. PMID: 31211153; PMCID: PMC6559272; DOI: 10.1093/ofid/ofz188;
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Polanka BM, Kundu S, So-Armah KA, Freiberg MS, Gupta SK, Bedimo RJ, Budoff MJ, Butt AA, Chang CH, Gottlieb SS, Marconi VC, Womack JA, Stewart JC. Insomnia as an Independent Predictor of Incident Cardiovascular Disease in HIV: Data From the Veterans Aging Cohort Study. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2019 05 01; 81(1):110-117. PMID: 30768487; PMCID: PMC6456378; DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001981;
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Torgersen J, So-Armah K, Freiberg MS, Goetz MB, Budoff MJ, Lim JK, Taddei T, Butt AA, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Justice AC, Kostman JR, Lo Re V. Comparison of the prevalence, severity, and risk factors for hepatic steatosis in HIV-infected and uninfected people. BMC Gastroenterol. 2019 Apr 15; 19(1):52. PMID: 30987601; PMCID: PMC6466708; DOI: 10.1186/s12876-019-0969-1;
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So-Armah K, Gupta SK, Kundu S, Stewart JC, Goulet JL, Butt AA, Sico JJ, Marconi VC, Crystal S, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Budoff M, Gibert CL, Chang CC, Bedimo R, Freiberg MS. Depression and all-cause mortality risk in HIV-infected and HIV-uninfected US veterans: a cohort study. HIV Med. 2019 05; 20(5):317-329. PMID: 30924577; PMCID: PMC6459698; DOI: 10.1111/hiv.12726;
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So-Armah K, Freiberg MS. HIV and Cardiovascular Disease: Update on Clinical Events, Special Populations, and Novel Biomarkers. Curr HIV/AIDS Rep. 2018 06; 15(3):233-244. PMID: 29752699; PMCID: PMC6230511; DOI: 10.1007/s11904-018-0400-5;
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Marconi VC, Duncan MS, So-Armah K, Re VL, Lim JK, Butt AA, Goetz MB, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Alcorn CW, Lennox J, Beckman JA, Justice A, Freiberg M. Bilirubin Is Inversely Associated With Cardiovascular Disease Among HIV-Positive and HIV-Negative Individuals in VACS (Veterans Aging Cohort Study). J Am Heart Assoc. 2018 05 02; 7(10). PMID: 29720501; PMCID: PMC6015337; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.117.007792;
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O'Bryan TA, Agan BK, Tracy RP, Freiberg MS, Okulicz JF, So-Armah K, Ganesan A, Rimland D, Lalani T, Deiss RG, Tramont EC. Brief Report: Racial Comparison of D-Dimer Levels in US Male Military Personnel Before and After HIV Infection and Viral Suppression. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2018 04 15; 77(5):502-506. PMID: 29315115; PMCID: PMC5844843; DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001626;
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Brittain EL, Duncan MS, Chang J, Patterson OV, DuVall SL, Brandt CA, So-Armah KA, Goetz M, Akgun K, Crothers K, Zola C, Kim J, Gibert C, Pisani M, Morris A, Hsue P, Tindle HA, Justice A, Freiberg M. Increased Echocardiographic Pulmonary Pressure in HIV-infected and -uninfected Individuals in the Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2018 04 01; 197(7):923-932. PMID: 29131651; PMCID: PMC6020408; DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201708-1555OC;
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Beckman JA, Duncan MS, Alcorn CW, So-Armah K, Butt AA, Goetz MB, Tindle HA, Sico JJ, Tracy RP, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. Association of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection and Risk of Peripheral Artery Disease. Circulation. 2018 07 17; 138(3):255-265. PMID: 29535090; PMCID: PMC6050082; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.117.032647;
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So-Armah KA, Lim JK, Lo Re V, Tate JP, Chang CH, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Rimland D, Marconi VC, Goetz MB, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Budoff MJ, Tindle HA, Samet JH, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. FIB-4 stage of liver fibrosis predicts incident heart failure among HIV-infected and uninfected patients. Hepatology. 2017 Oct; 66(4):1286-1295.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28543215; PMCID: PMC5609079; DOI: 10.1002/hep.29285;
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Taylor BS, So-Armah K, Tate JP, Marconi VC, Koethe JR, Bedimo RJ, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Goetz MB, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Womack JA, Gerschenson M, Lo Re V, Rimland D, Yin MT, Leaf D, Tracy RP, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. HIV and Obesity Comorbidity Increase Interleukin 6 but Not Soluble CD14 or D-Dimer. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2017 Aug 15; 75(5):500-508. PMID: 28696344; PMCID: PMC5513170; DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001444;
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Edelman EJ, So-Armah K, Cheng DM, Doyle MF, Coleman SM, Bridden C, Gnatienko N, Lioznov DA, Blokhina E, Freiberg MS, Krupitsky EM, Emu B, Samet JH. Impact of illicit opioid use on T cell subsets among HIV-infected adults. PLoS One. 2017; 12(5):e0176617.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28472064; PMCID: PMC5417591; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0176617;
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Freiberg MS, Chang CH, Skanderson M, Patterson OV, DuVall SL, Brandt CA, So-Armah KA, Vasan RS, Oursler KA, Gottdiener J, Gottlieb S, Leaf D, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Tracy RP, Gibert CL, Rimland D, Bedimo RJ, Brown ST, Goetz MB, Warner A, Crothers K, Tindle HA, Alcorn C, Bachmann JM, Justice AC, Butt AA. Association Between HIV Infection and the Risk of Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction and Preserved Ejection Fraction in the Antiretroviral Therapy Era: Results From the Veterans Aging Cohort Study. JAMA Cardiol. 2017 05 01; 2(5):536-546.View Related Profiles. PMID: 28384660; PMCID: PMC5541383; DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2017.0264;
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Khambaty T, Stewart JC, Gupta SK, Chang CH, Bedimo RJ, Budoff MJ, Butt AA, Crane H, Gibert CL, Leaf DA, Rimland D, Tindle HA, So-Armah KA, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. Association Between Depressive Disorders and Incident Acute Myocardial Infarction in Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Adults: Veterans Aging Cohort Study. JAMA Cardiol. 2016 11 01; 1(8):929-937. PMID: 27557332; PMCID: PMC5621480; DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2016.2716;
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Cannon AR, Morris NL, Hammer AM, Curtis B, Remick DG, Yeligar SM, Poole L, Burnham EL, Wyatt TA, Molina PE, So-Armah K, Cisneros T, Wang G, Lang CH, Mandrekar P, Kovacs EJ, Choudhry MA. Alcohol and inflammatory responses: Highlights of the 2015 Alcohol and Immunology Research Interest Group (AIRIG) meeting. Alcohol. 2016 Aug; 54:73-7.View Related Profiles. PMID: 27522326; PMCID: PMC5003611; DOI: 10.1016/j.alcohol.2016.06.005;
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So-Armah KA, Edelman EJ, Cheng DM, Doyle MF, Patts GJ, Gnatienko N, Krupitsky EM, Samet JH, Freiberg MS. Effects of Heavy Drinking on T-Cell Phenotypes Consistent with Immunosenescence in Untreated HIV Infection. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2016 Aug; 40(8):1737-43.View Related Profiles. PMID: 27388907; PMCID: PMC5070699; DOI: 10.1111/acer.13142;
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So-Armah KA, Tate JP, Chang CC, Butt AA, Gerschenson M, Gibert CL, Leaf D, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Budoff MJ, Samet JH, Kuller LH, Deeks SG, Crothers K, Tracy RP, Crane HM, Sajadi MM, Tindle HA, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. Do Biomarkers of Inflammation, Monocyte Activation, and Altered Coagulation Explain Excess Mortality Between HIV Infected and Uninfected People? J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Jun 01; 72(2):206-13.View Related Profiles. PMID: 26885807; PMCID: PMC4867134; DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000954;
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So-Armah KA, Tate JP, Chang CH, Butt AA, Gerschenson M, Gibert CL, Leaf D, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Budoff MJ, Samet JH, Kuller LH, Deeks SG, Crothers K, Tracy RP, Crane HM, Sajadi MM, Tindle HA, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. Do Biomarkers of Inflammation, Monocyte Activation, and Altered Coagulation Explain Excess Mortality Between HIV Infected and Uninfected People? J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Jun 01; 72(2):206-213.View Related Profiles. PMID: 27824677; PMCID: PMC4867134; DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000954;
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Freiberg MS, Bebu I, Tracy R, So-Armah K, Okulicz J, Ganesan A, Armstrong A, O'Bryan T, Rimland D, Justice AC, Agan BK. D-Dimer Levels before HIV Seroconversion Remain Elevated Even after Viral Suppression and Are Associated with an Increased Risk of Non-AIDS Events. PLoS One. 2016; 11(4):e0152588. PMID: 27088215; PMCID: PMC4835105; DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0152588;
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Feinstein MJ, Bahiru E, Achenbach C, Longenecker CT, Hsue P, So-Armah K, Freiberg MS, Lloyd-Jones DM. Patterns of Cardiovascular Mortality for HIV-Infected Adults in the United States: 1999 to 2013. Am J Cardiol. 2016 Jan 15; 117(2):214-20. PMID: 26639041; PMCID: PMC5308060; DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.10.030;
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White JR, Chang CC, So-Armah KA, Stewart JC, Gupta SK, Butt AA, Gibert CL, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Leaf DA, Bedimo RJ, Gottdiener JS, Kop WJ, Gottlieb SS, Budoff MJ, Khambaty T, Tindle HA, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. Depression and human immunodeficiency virus infection are risk factors for incident heart failure among veterans: Veterans Aging Cohort Study. Circulation. 2015 Oct 27; 132(17):1630-8. PMID: 26358261; PMCID: PMC4624488; DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.114.014443;
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Sico JJ, Chang CC, So-Armah K, Justice AC, Hylek E, Skanderson M, McGinnis K, Kuller LH, Kraemer KL, Rimland D, Bidwell Goetz M, Butt AA, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Gibert C, Leaf D, Brown ST, Samet J, Kazis L, Bryant K, Freiberg MS. HIV status and the risk of ischemic stroke among men. Neurology. 2015 May 12; 84(19):1933-40.View Related Profiles. PMID: 25862803; PMCID: PMC4433456; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000001560;
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Paisible AL, Chang CC, So-Armah KA, Butt AA, Leaf DA, Budoff M, Rimland D, Bedimo R, Goetz MB, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Crane HM, Gibert CL, Brown ST, Tindle HA, Warner AL, Alcorn C, Skanderson M, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. HIV infection, cardiovascular disease risk factor profile, and risk for acute myocardial infarction. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2015 Feb 1; 68(2):209-16. PMID: 25588033; PMCID: PMC4441201; DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000419;
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Badejo OA, Chang CC, So-Armah KA, Tracy RP, Baker JV, Rimland D, Butt AA, Gordon AJ, Rinaldo CR, Kraemer K, Samet JH, Tindle HA, Goetz MB, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Bedimo R, Gibert CL, Leaf DA, Kuller LH, Deeks SG, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. CD8+ T-cells count in acute myocardial infarction in HIV disease in a predominantly male cohort. Biomed Res Int. 2015; 2015:246870.View Related Profiles. PMID: 25688354; PMCID: PMC4320893; DOI: 10.1155/2015/246870;
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Womack JA, Chang CC, So-Armah KA, Alcorn C, Baker JV, Brown ST, Budoff M, Butt AA, Gibert C, Goetz MB, Gottdiener J, Gottlieb S, Justice AC, Leaf D, McGinnis K, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Sico J, Skanderson M, Tindle H, Tracy RP, Warner A, Freiberg MS. HIV infection and cardiovascular disease in women. J Am Heart Assoc. 2014 Oct; 3(5):e001035. PMID: 25324353; PMCID: PMC4323817; DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.114.001035;
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So-Armah KA, Chang J, Alcorn C, Lo Re V, Baker JV, Tracy R, Butt AA, Agan BK, Rimland D, Gibert CL, Goetz MB, Oursler KK, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Kuller LH, Brown ST, Stein JH, Skanderson M, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. HIV infection, antiretroviral therapy initiation and longitudinal changes in biomarkers of organ function. Curr HIV Res. 2014; 12(1):50-9. PMID: 25034208; PMCID: PMC4495647
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Armah KA, Chang CC, Baker JV, Ramachandran VS, Budoff MJ, Crane HM, Gibert CL, Goetz MB, Leaf DA, McGinnis KA, Oursler KK, Rimland D, Rodriguez-Barradas MC, Sico JJ, Warner AL, Hsue PY, Kuller LH, Justice AC, Freiberg MS. Prehypertension, hypertension, and the risk of acute myocardial infarction in HIV-infected and -uninfected veterans. Clin Infect Dis. 2014 Jan; 58(1):121-9.View Related Profiles. PMID: 24065316; PMCID: PMC3864500; DOI: 10.1093/cid/cit652;
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Armah KA, Quinn EK, Cheng DM, Tracy RP, Baker JV, Samet JH, Freiberg MS. Human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C, and inflammatory biomarkers in individuals with alcohol problems: a cross-sectional study. BMC Infect Dis. 2013; 13:399.View Related Profiles. PMID: 23987993; PMCID: PMC3848623; DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-399;
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Fuster D, Tsui JI, Cheng DM, Quinn EK, Armah KA, Nunes D, Freiberg MS, Samet JH. Interleukin-6 is associated with noninvasive markers of liver fibrosis in HIV-infected patients with alcohol problems. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2013 Aug; 29(8):1110-6.View Related Profiles. PMID: 23601055; PMCID: PMC3715787; DOI: 10.1089/AID.2012.0348;
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Freiberg MS, Chang CC, Kuller LH, Skanderson M, Lowy E, Kraemer KL, Butt AA, Bidwell Goetz M, Leaf D, Oursler KA, Rimland D, Rodriguez Barradas M, Brown S, Gibert C, McGinnis K, Crothers K, Sico J, Crane H, Warner A, Gottlieb S, Gottdiener J, Tracy RP, Budoff M, Watson C, Armah KA, Doebler D, Bryant K, Justice AC. HIV infection and the risk of acute myocardial infarction. JAMA Intern Med. 2013 Apr 22; 173(8):614-22. PMID: 23459863; PMCID: PMC4766798; DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.3728;
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Armah KA, McGinnis K, Baker J, Gibert C, Butt AA, Bryant KJ, Goetz M, Tracy R, Oursler KK, Rimland D, Crothers K, Rodriguez-Barradas M, Crystal S, Gordon A, Kraemer K, Brown S, Gerschenson M, Leaf DA, Deeks SG, Rinaldo C, Kuller LH, Justice A, Freiberg M. HIV status, burden of comorbid disease, and biomarkers of inflammation, altered coagulation, and monocyte activation. Clin Infect Dis. 2012 Jul; 55(1):126-36. PMID: 22534147; PMCID: PMC3493182; DOI: 10.1093/cid/cis406;
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Yarchoan M, Dougan ML, Tjota MY, Milliner BH, Adler BL, Armah KA, Gooley TA, Close KL, Close J, Hirsch IB. Who will manage American patients with diabetes? Residents' career preferences and perceptions of diabetes care. Endocr Pract. 2011 Mar-Apr; 17(2):235-9. PMID: 21041164; DOI: 10.4158/EP10250.OR;
This graph shows the total number of publications by year, by first, middle/unknown,
or last author.
| Year | Publications |
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| 2011 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 4 |
| 2015 | 5 |
| 2016 | 7 |
| 2017 | 4 |
| 2018 | 5 |
| 2019 | 8 |
| 2020 | 11 |
| 2021 | 8 |
| 2022 | 10 |
| 2023 | 3 |
2021-2023 Boston University School of Medicine:
Evans Junior Faculty Merit Award
2013 Delta Omega Honors Society in Public Health
2013 University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Department of Epidemiology:
Outstanding Doctoral Student Award
2012 University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health:
Dean’s Day Competition First Place
2012 Delta Omega Award For Best Poster
2012 Rosenkranz Award for most significant contribution to public health
2012-2013 Young Investigator Award