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Dr. Seema Sahay
Publications
Designation:
Scientist D
Department:
Social & Behavioral Sciences
E-mail address:
ssahay@nariindia.org, seemasahay@yahoo.com
Educational Qualification:
| Degree |
Year |
Institution |
| Ph.D. |
1992 | Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, India |
| M.Sc. |
1985 | Department of Anthropology, University of Delhi, India |
| B.Sc. |
1983 | Hindu College, University of Delhi, India |
 Awards and Honours:
I)
* Position: Junior Research Fellow (ICMR)
* Place: Department of Anthropology
* Period: 1985-1992
II)
* Position: Research Associate
* Place: Department of Zoology
* Period: 1989-1998
III)
* Position: Senior Research Officer
* Place: National AIDS Research Institute Pune, India
* Period: 1999-2004
IV)
* Position: Assistant Director
* Place: National AIDS Research Institute
* Period: 2004 - till date
Honors Received:
1. Fogarty fellowship for one year Leadership program for the Women's Global Health Scholars program at the University of California, San Francisco, USA (September 2007 / October 2008)
2. Scholarship received for Microbicide 2008 conference, India.
3. Invited and joined as member of Editorial Board of ‘Journal of the International AIDS Society [JIAS] for a period of 3 years[ 2010 -2012]
Other Professional Experience:
Adhoc reviews for scholarly journals like AIDS care, Woman and Health, Vaccine etc, Senior trainer for voluntary counseling and testing recognized by National AIDS Control Organization, India; instructor for various short courses on qualitative/ quantitative research methodology, qualitative analysis using software like NuDIST, ATLAS Ti and quantitative analysis using SPSS & R; counseling; independent technical grant review for MRC, expert committee member for microbicide research, task force member for male circumcision research and member for ethics curriculum development.
Membership of Professional Bodies:
Membership of national/International working groups/team:
a. National:
1. Core team member for protocol development team for Maharashtra State AIDS Control (MSACS) sponsored Drop-in Centers for HIV counseling and testing.
2. Member of Community partner group for all DAIDS sponsored trials
3. Membership of MDS Civil Society Working Group, 2006-07
4. Member-Indian Science Congress.
5. AIDS Society of India
6. Protocol writing team member for Voluntary Counseling and Testing for Maharashtra State AIDS Control Society (MSACS, India)
b. International:
Membership of national/international working groups/team:
1. Co-Chair for cross network Community partners for all NIH and DAIDS funded projects(2007-2008).
2. Member- HIV Prevention Trial Network (HPTN) Community working Group(2002-present)
3. Member- Microbicide Trial Network (MTN)Community working Group(2002-present)
4. Core team member for protocol development team for Maharashtra State AIDS Control (MSACS) sponsored Drop-in Centers for HIV counseling and testing.
Teaching:
1. Recognized PhD guide: Anthropology Department, Pune University, Pune
2. Guest faculty for MPH course at KLE University, Belgaum, Karnataka, India
3. Guest faculty for Certificate course in clinical trials at Symbiosis College, Pune, India
4. Student training: Trained international students on quantitative data analysis pertaining to communications of adolescents with parents/ teachers on reproductive and sexual health; Development of communication scale for HIV discordant couples; presently training a student on qualitative research pertaining to child headed household in context of HIV in India. Trained national students on mental health needs assessment scale development, proposal development, community development, qualitative and quantitative research and data analysis.
5. Guest Faculty: Maharashtra Institute of Mental Health, Pune, India
Technical Skills:
Proposal development: both qualitative and quantitative research; Tool development: Structured and open ended tools; structured and open ended interviewing, Multivariate analysis, Logistic regression modeling, confirmatory factor analysis, exploratory factor analysis, intent to treat analysis, design and validation of surveys and other assessment instruments, using qualitative software for analysis
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Research Experience:
Projects
Doctoral Thesis:
The study was to determine the compositional heterogeneity of heterochromatic regions of chromosomes using AT specific DNA binding ligand in murine derived L cell line, Mus musculus (in vivo) and human lymphocyte tissue culture
Completed Studies:
1. Successfully completed as (Junior Research Fellow), project (1985) entitled Polymorphism of constitutive heterochromatin in cancer of cervix uteri.
2. Successfully completed (1986-1989) Sister chromatid change a parameter of genetic damage in smokers and non-smokers of New Delhi area.
3. Successfully completed project entitled Demo genetic survey of Kayasthas of Bihar (1989-1990)
4. Another project titled Reproductive fitness and Genetic Distance among various clans of Dumka district of Bihar (1990-1998).
5. Role: Co-investigator: Qualitative study to investigate women’s perspective and concern about mother to child transmission in the ongoing NACO’s study at 11 sites in India-‘Short term therapy of AZT- a feasibility study to prevent mother to child transmission’. This study was conducted at three sites in Maharashtra state-Pune, Sangli and Mumbai. Report has already been submitted to National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), India. Paper has been published in Culture Health and Sexuality. (Co-Author)
6. Role: Principal investigator of the HVTN sub-study: Willingness to participate in HIV vaccine trial. This was a clinic based study and sub-study of Indo-US collaborative study HVTN funded by NIH. The manuscript has been published in Vaccine (First Author).
7. Role: Site Principal investigator: A multicentric study involving Thailand, China, India and US were conducted to assess willingness to participate in HIV vaccine trial among STD clinic attendees. The study was conducted at three STI clinics and one RTI clinics in Pune, India. International-data is being analyzed. (COMPLETED)
8. Role: Principal Investigator: A pilot study on anxiety and depression among voluntary counseling and testing center attendees. This was a pilot study funded by National AIDS Control Organisation, INDIA.(COMPLETED)
9. Role: Co-investigator Study of stigma and discrimination among health care providers: collaboration with Yale University, USA.(COMPLETED)
10. Role: Site Principal investigator[Pune]: Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Task Force Study entitled: A multicentric study on reproductive and sexual health education for adolescents (ARSHE). The study involved six sites in six states in India. Sponsors: Indian Council Medical Research (ICMR), Government of India. (COMPLETED)
11. Role: Principal investigator: Community preparedness for phase-I HIV vaccine trial in India. Sponsored under tripartite agreement between ICMR, NACO and International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI).(COMPLETED)
12. Role: Principal investigator: Voluntary Counseling and testing study: A qualitative study to understand the needs of voluntary test seekers and feasibility of VCTC. (Intramural study). (COMPLETED)
13.Psychosocial needs and stressors among HIV infected people with reference to partner support issues. Sponsored by NACO. Study Completion Report submitted to NACO, 2010
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