Sarah Puryear, MD

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address1001 Potrero Ave
San Francisco CA 94110
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ORCID ORCID Icon0000-0003-0669-3293 Additional info
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    Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MDMD05/2013Medicine
    Johns Hopkins Hospital Osler Medical Residency, Baltimore, MD06/2016Internal Medicine Residency
    University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CAMPH06/2019Epidemiology
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    Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections2020Young Investigator Award
    UCSF Division of Infectious Diseases2019Jane Koehler Award for Outstanding Fellowship Research in Infectious Diseases
    UCSF AIDS Research Institute2018  - 2020AIDS Research Institute Clinical Fellowship
    Center for AIDS Prevention Studies2018  - 2021Traineeship in AIDS Prevention Studies Fellowship

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    I am an infectious disease (ID) physician and clinical researcher whose work focuses on the intersection of alcohol, HIV, and tuberculosis in sub-Saharan Africa. I am currently a senior fellow in the Division of HIV, ID, and Global Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and a post-doctoral fellow at the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies. I am trained in infectious diseases, HIV and TB prevention and epidemiology, and work as a physician in the Ward 86 HIV clinic and the inpatient HIV/ID consult service at San Francisco General Hospital and UCSF. I have worked in research and public health programming in sub-Saharan Africa since 2007.

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    Validation of a Novel Blood-Based Alcohol Biomarker (Phosphatidylethanol) for Detection and Quantification of Alcohol Use in Youth Living with HIV
    UCSF AIDS Research Institute Jul 1, 2020 - Jun 30, 2021
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Role Description: The goal of this project is to determine predictors of PEth positivity and to establish PEth cut points for clinically relevant drinking patterns in youth (ages 15-24) living with HIV.

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    1. Higher Levels of Alcohol Use Are Associated With Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 03 01; 72(5):865-868. Puryear SB, Fatch R, Beesiga B, Kekibiina A, Lodi S, Marson K, Emenyonu NI, Muyindike WR, Kwarisiima D, Hahn JA, Chamie G. PMID: 32374867.
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    2. Associations between alcohol use and HIV care cascade outcomes among adults undergoing population-based HIV testing in East Africa. AIDS. 2020 03 01; 34(3):405-413. Puryear SB, Balzer LB, Ayieko J, Kwarisiima D, Hahn JA, Charlebois ED, Clark TD, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Kamya MR, Petersen ML, Havlir DV, Chamie G. PMID: 31725431.
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    3. Disseminated Cutaneous and Osteoarticular Sporotrichosis Mimicking Pyoderma Gangrenosum. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2019 Oct; 6(10):ofz395. Saeed L, Weber RJ, Puryear SB, Bahrani E, Peluso MJ, Babik JM, Haemel A, Coates SJ. PMID: 31660357.
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    4. HIV seroconversion among Baltimore City residents tested at a mobile van programme. Sex Transm Infect. 2018 02; 94(1):37-39. Puryear S, Burnett P, Page KR, Muvva R, Chaulk P, Ghanem KG, Monroe A. PMID: 28899995.
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    5. High magnitude of under nutrition among HIV infected adults who have not started ART in Tanzania--a call to include nutrition care and treatment in the test and treat model. BMC Nutrition. 2017; 58(3). Bruno F. Sunguya, Nzovu K. Ulenga, Hellen Siril, Sarah Puryear, Eric Aris, Expeditho Mtisi, Edith Tarimo, David P. Urassa, Wafaie Fawzi & Ferdnand Mugusi . View Publication.
    6. High magnitude of under nutrition among HIV infected adults who have not started ART in Tanzania--a call to include nutrition care and treatment in the test and treat model. BMC Nutr. 2017; 3:58. Sunguya BF, Ulenga NK, Siril H, Puryear S, Aris E, Mtisi E, Tarimo E, Urassa DP, Fawzi W, Mugusi F. PMID: 32153838.
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    7. Yield of contact tracing from pediatric tuberculosis index cases in Gaborone, Botswana. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2013 Aug; 17(8):1049-55. Puryear S, Seropola G, Ho-Foster A, Arscott-Mills T, Mazhani L, Firth J, Goldfarb DM, Ncube R, Bisson GP, Steenhoff AP. PMID: 23827029.
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