1985-1989 | Junior Research Fellow, Indian Council of Medical Research, Department of Anthropology, Delhi |
2007-2008 | Fogarty Fellow, Leadership program for the Women's Global Health Scholars program, University of California, San Francisco, USA |
2008 | Scholarship for Microbicide Conference, India |
2010-2012 | Invited and joined as member of Editorial Board of ‘Journal of the International AIDS Society’ |
2013 | Member, Editorial Board IJAR |
2014 | Invited speaker on talk entitled, “ARV-based HIV prevention in Practice: Social and Behavioral Aspects” of ‘20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014), Melbourne, Australia. |
2018-till date | Academic Editor –PlOS One |
Work Experience |
Post Held |
Employer |
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Scientist-G |
ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune |
2019-present |
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Scientist-F |
ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune |
2014-2019 |
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Scientist-E |
ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune |
2009-2014 |
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Scientist-D |
ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune |
2004-2009 |
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Senior Research Officer |
ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute, Pune |
1999-2004 |
List of grants received |
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Conferences/Trainings/Workshops Attended |
April 2019 – Till Date 1. Shewale S, Sahay S. Barriers and Facilitators of Access of the Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission Programme among Female Sex Workers in Urban and Rural Maharashtra, India. Oral presentation, abstract no. 440116APHA's 2019 Annual Meeting and Expo, USA April 2018 – March 2019 1. Verma A, Bijesh, A, Sahay, S. Women’s perspective on HIV prevention option: a qualitative exploration at Pune India. at HIV Congress 2018 at Mumbai from 6th -8th April, 2018.
2. Bangar S, Verma A, Sahay S. New Prevention Technology: the emerging need of the community. HIV Congress 2018 at Mumbai from 6th -8th April, 2018
3. Shewale S, Sahay S. Access to Prevention of Parent to Child Transmission (PPTCT) services by Female Sex Workers in rural Maharashtra: a qualitative study of perceptions of health care providers. at HIV Congress 2018 at Mumbai from 6th -8th April, 2018
April 2016 – March 2017 1. Journal Paper Mane A, Sahasrabuddhe VV, Nirmalkar A, Risbud AR, Seema Sahay, Bhosale RA, Vermund SH, Mehendale SM. Rates and determinants of incidence and clearance of cervical HPV genotypes among HIV-seropositive women in Pune, India. J Clin Virol. 2017 Mar;88:26-32. doi: 10.1016/j.jcv.2016.10.013. Epub 2016 Oct 28. [From Cervical cancer study data base]
2. Oral abstract Verma A, Sahay S. Perspectives of health care providers on vertically transmitted HIV infected adolescents’ needs and programmatic gaps in India. Oral Presentation at 2nd Adolescent Transition Workshop, CIPHER (IAS) 2016 at Budapest, Hungary from 5th - 6th April, 2016. [From ongoing HIV infected Adolescent mental health study] April 2015 – March 2016 1. Verma A, Sahay S. Perspectives of health care providers on vertically transmitted HIV infected adolescents’ needs and programmatic gaps in India. Oral presentation: ‘2nd Adolescent Transition Workshop’ organized by CIPHER, International AIDS Society; 5-6th April, 2016; Budapest, Hungary.
2. Reddy KS, Sahay S. Policy development process to combat HIV/ TB co-infection in India: a stakeholder analysis. Abstract selected for poster presentation at 21th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2016), to be held at Durban, South Africa, 18-22 July 2016. Abstract number A-792-0437-06202
April 2014 – March 2015 1. Seema Sahay AthokPam B', Verma A', Angolkar M. and Thilakavathi S'"Community perception about acceptability of new HIV prevention Technologies". Paper presented at the International conference on emerging frontiers and challenges in management and control of STIs and HIV, 27th – 30th April 2014, Navi Mumbai, India, organized by NIRRH & MGM Institute of Health Sciences
2. Seema Sahay, Athokpam Bijesh, Karikalan Nagarajan, Verma Archana, Angolkar Mubashir, Thilikavthi Subramanian, Chandhiok Nomitha. Willingness to use NEW PREVENTION TECHNOLOGIES in India". Abstract accepted at HIV Research for Prevention 2014: AIDS Vaccine, Microbicide and ARV-based Prevention Science (HIV R4P) in Cape Town, South Africa 28 – 31 October for poster presentation”
3. Shewale S, Srivastava A, Gupta S, Lari S, Gore M, Sahay S. Acute Encephalitis Syndrome Prevention and Treatment: Socio cultural exploration". Poster presented at X Joint Annual Conference of ISMOCD & IAE, Goa 10th - 12th October 2014 entitled”
4. A. Kalokhe, R. Stephenson, A. Paranjape, K. Dunkle, M. Kelley, C. del Rio, S. Sahay . “Addressing domestic violence among married women in India is critical for HIV prevention: the Indian family violence and control scale.”Oral presentation at International AIDS Conference 2014, Melbourne, Australia. WEAD0505A.
5. Reddy KS & Sahay S. Policy development process to combat HIV/TB co-infection in India: a stakeholder analysis. 8thIAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2015), Vancouver, Canada. Abstract no. A-729-0342-01570
6. Reddy S, Sahay S. Advocacy for HIV-TB collaborative policy and service delivery in India: a civil society perspective". IAS 2013, Malaysia Abstract no. MOPE210
April 2013 – March 2014 1. Reddy KS & Sahay S. Community Participation in HIV/AIDS healthcare service delivery. Submitted to conference proceedings on ‘Health Cultures and Tribal Communities: Emerging Research Agenda and Policy Shifts’, University of Hyderabad. (Accepted for publication)
2. Reddy S, Sahay S. Advocacy for HIV-TB collaborative policy and service delivery in India: a civil society perspective". Poster no. MOPE210, IAS 2013, Malaysia
3. Sahay S, Nagarajan K, Mehendale S, Deb S, Gupta A, Shalini Bharat S, Bhatt S, Bijesh A, Kanthe V, Sinha A, Chandhiok N. A multicentric qualitative study about male circumcision practices in India from the perspectives of community .and health care providers. Poster no. MOPE155, IAS 2013, Malaysia
4. Dutta T, Paranjape R, Goyal R, Jadhav A, Khandewale A, Sahay S. Tailored Public-Private-Partnership Strategies to Address HIV in Rural Areas of India-NARRIM Project. Oral presentation, ICAAP, 2013, Bangkok, Thailand
April 2012 – March 2013
1. Seema Sahay, Anju Sinha, Neelam Joglekar, Vidisha Kanthe, Sanjay Mehendale, Sibnath Deb, Shalini Bharat, Abhilasha Gupta, Shripad Bhat, Nomita Chandhiok. Male circumcision as HIV prevention Option: Perspectives from circumcising and non circumcising communities in India. Poster # 193, M 2012, Sydney , Australia
2. Reddy KS, Sahay S. Advocacy for HIV-TB collaborative policy and service delivery in India: A civil society perspective" 7th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2013), Malaysia, 30 June - 3 July 2013. Abstract no. A-581-0222-02098
3. Sahay S, Karikalan N, Mehendale S, Deb S, Gupta A, Bharat S, Bhatt S, Bijesh A, Kanthe V, Sinha A, Chandhiok N. A multicentric qualitative study about male circumcision practices in India from the perspectives of community and health care providers: A civil society perspective" 7th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention (IAS 2013), Malaysia, 30 June - 3 July 2013. Abstract no. 2091
April 2010 – March 2011 1. Ramanathan VD, Mehendale S, Sahay S,Thakar M, Kumar M, SathyamurthiP, Goya R, Cox J, Stevens G, Chetty P, Gilmour J, Sayeed E, Dally L, Loughran K, Lombardo A, Ackland J, Krebs M, Kochhar S, Excler JL, Fast P. Safety and Immunogenicity of DNA prime and Modified Vaccinia Ankara Virus HIV subtype C Vaccine boost in Indian volunteers. AIDS Vaccine Conference, Atlanta, SA, 2010
2. Joglekar N, Paranjape R, Jain R, Rahane G, Potdar R, Sahay S. Managing ethical issues around barriers to anti retro viral treatment adherence in Maharashtra, India. Oral presentation, National Bioethics Conference, 2010, New Delhi
3. Kohli R, Larve L, Purohit V, Bhalerao V, Kharvande S, Rangan S, Sahay S. Exploring gender issues and needs of family care. providers of PLHAs: Case study from Pune, India. Oral presentation , National Bioethics Conference, 2010, New Delhi
4. Sahay S, Sinha A, Kanthe V, Attokpam B, Joglekar, Chandhiok N, Mehendale S. Male circumcision as an HIV prevention option: A socio-cultural perspective. Proceedings Emerging Frontiers and Challenges in HIV/AIDS Research, NRRH, Mumbai 2011
5. Sahasrabuddhe VV, Bhosale RA, Shepherd BE, Jenkins CA, Kavatkar AN, Kelkar RS, Sahay S, Risbud AR, Vermund SH, Mehendale SM. Visual inspection and HPV‐based cervical cancer screening for HIV‐infected women in Pune, India. Oral presentation at the 12th International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies, Bethesda, MD. (April 26-27, 2010)
6. Sahasrabuddhe VV, Mane A, Risbud AR, Kavatkar AN, Katti U, Sahay S, Bhosale RA, Vermund SH, Mehendale SM. HPV genotypes and association with cervical cytology and immune status in HIV‐infected women in India. Poster presentation at the 12th International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies, Bethesda, MD. (April 26-27, 2010) April 2008 – March 2009 1. van LunzenJ, Mehendale S, Clumeck N, Vets E, Rockstroh J, Anklesaria P, Johnson P, Lehrman J, Schmidt C, Thakar M, Paranjape R, Sahay S, Kochhar S, Excler JL, Fast P, Gilmour J, HealdA .A Phase 1 Study to Evaluate the Safety and Immunogenicity of a Recombinant HIV-1 Subtype C Adeno-Associated Virus Vaccine. CROI 2007
2. Mufid Baig, Meena Satale, Amit Nirmalkar, Preeti Gedam, Pramod Vhadge, Shubhangi Sapkal, Arun Risbud, Sanjay Mehendale, Seema Sahay. Making a meangful disclosure. National Bioethics Confece, Bangalore, 2008 April 2007 – March 2008 1. Sahay S. “Biomedical Research Participation: Concerns of HIV infected women for participating in a cervical cancer screening study”, Second National Bioethics Conference, Bangalore, 6 to 8 September, 2007.
2. Sahay S. Oral presentation on “Ethical Dilemmas in the recruitment of volunteers in the first HIV vaccine trial in Pune, India.”, Second National Bioethics Conference, Bangalore, 6 to 8 December, 2007.
April 2006 – March 2007 1. S Sahay, M Phadke, A Shrotri , T Gadgil, B Patil, India IAVI Team, S Mehendale. Process analysis of a three-tiered community based volunteer recruitment model for the first AIDS vaccine trial in India. Abstract #: 80. AIDS Vaccine Conference 2006, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2. Mehendale SM, Sahastrabuddhe S, Kakade M, Shrotri AS, Thakar M, Sahay S. Frequent blood draws and decrease in hemoglobin levels among AIDS vaccine trial participants in India. Abstract #: 154. AIDS Vaccine Conference 2006, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 3. Aparna Shrotri, Seema Sahay, Sonali Kochhar, Jean Louis Excler, Ramash Paranjape, Sanjay Mehendale. Clinical care for vaccine trial participant: a community consultative process in India. International AIDS Conference, 2006, Toronto, Canada 4. Sahay S, Shaikh Y1, Joglekar N., MacQueen K., Bollinger R., Mehendale S Exploring community expectations for standards of care, for Phase II/III female microbicide trials in Pune. Poster No. MoPE0784 , International AIDS Conference, 2006 , Toronto, Canada 5. Joglekar NS , Bramhe RG, Kohli RM, Sahay S, Bollinger, RC, Mehendale SM. Safe sex practices adopted by HIVdiscordant couples in Pune, India. Poster # WEPDC04, International AIDS Conference, 2006, Toronto, Canada April 2005 – March 2006 1. Nitin Mane, Seema Sahay. Process of informed consent for AIDS vaccine trial participation in India. First National Bioethics Conference, Mumbai, 24th – 27th November 2005. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics , Supplement II, S 25, 2005
2. Prakash Patole, Vikram Solas, Tejasree Gadgil, Altaaf Mujhawar, Meena, Vandana, Seema Sahay. Community support for biomedical research in HIV/AIDS: Gender sensitivities. . First National Bioethics Conference, Mumbai, 24th – 27th November 2005. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics , Supplement II, S 25, 2005
3. Mufid Baig, Ratnaprabha Birhade, Vikram Solas, Prakash Patole, Mrudula Phadke, Bharati Patil, Tejasree Gadgil, Seema Sahay. Ethical Issues related to home visits targeted at improving participants’ retention in HIV/AIDS clinical research: Concerns and solutions . First National Bioethics Conference, Mumbai, 24th – 27th November 2005. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics , Supplement II, S 25, 2005
4. Tejasree Gadgil, Seema Sahay, Sanjay Mehendale. Increasing community involvement in HIV/AIDS research trials. . First National Bioethics Conference, Mumbai, 24th – 27th November 2005. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics , Supplement II, S 25, 2005
5. Seema Sahay, Tejasree Gadgil, S.M. Mehendale.Distributive justice and autonomy: ethical dilemma in clinical trials. . First National Bioethics Conference, Mumbai, 24th – 27th November 2005. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics , Supplement II, S 25, 2005
6. Mahesh Kharat, Sudhakar Wankhede, Anand Divekar and Seema Sahay. Counselor’s role in voluntary Counseling and testing in biomedical research setting. . First National Bioethics Conference, Mumbai, 24th – 27th November 2005. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics , Supplement II, S 25, 2005
7. Mrudula Phadke, Sanjay Mehendale, Seema Sahay. Empowering community representatives through research ethics training. . First National Bioethics Conference, Mumbai, 24th – 27th November 2005. Indian Journal of Medical Ethics , Supplement II, S 25, 2005
8. Sahay S, Shaikh Y, Phadke M, Gandhi J, Mane N, Khatawane P, IAVI India Team, Mehendale S Enrollment and retention of volunteers in AIDS vaccine trials in India: Health care providers’ perspective and role . Abstract # 339P. Int AIDS Vaccine Conference, 2005, Montreal, Canada
9. Mehendale S, Sahay S, Paranjape R, India IAVI team. Addressing community concerns regarding the first Phase I HIV vaccine trial in India. Int AIDS Vaccine Conference, 2005, Montreal, Canada
April 2004 – March 2005 1. S. Mehendale, B. Kishore Kumar, M. Ghate, S. Sahay, T. Gamble, S.Godbole, M. Thakar, S. Kulkarni, A Gupta, R.Gangakhedkar, A. Divekar, R. Paranjape and R. Bollinger. Low HIV Incidence in HIV sero-discordant couples in Pune, India.Abstract # MoPeC3462. XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 2004.
2. Gupta, S. Mehta, N. Joglekar. S.Reynolds, R. Gangakhedkar, S. Sahay, R. Brahme, S.Godbole, M.Ghate, A. Divekar, A. Risbud, S.Joshi, S.Mehendale, R.Bollinger.Same Sex behavior in Sexually Transmitted Infections and HIV risk among men attending STI clinics in Pune, India. 1993-2002. Abstract # WePeC6109. XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 2004.
3. S.Sahay, S.Mehendale, S.Sane, R.Brahme, A.Brown, K.Charron, C. Beyer, R.Bollinger, R.Paranjape.Willingness to participate in the HIV vaccine trial among low and high risk population in Pune, India.Abstract# ThPeC7437. XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 2004.
4. S.Mehta, A.Gupta, R.Brahme, R.Kohli, N.Joglekar,m S.Sahay, S.Godbole, S.Joshi, M.Ghate, R.Gangakhedkar, A.Divekar, S.Reynolds, A.Risbud, S.Mehendale, R.Bollinger. Increasing HIV Prevalence between 1993-2002 among non sex working women attending Sexually Transmitted Infection clinics in Pune, India.Abstract# MoPeC3471. XV International AIDS Conference, Bangkok, Thailand, 2004.
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