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Wafaa El-Sadr publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wafaa El-Sadr sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 466 publications — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Wafaa El-Sadr D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Wafaa El-Sadr sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 96 D-Index — 53rd percentile

53% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 217 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2011 - Society Citation Award, Infectious Diseases Society of America
  • 2009 - Member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM)
  • 2008 - Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation

Overview

Wafaa El-Sadr is affiliated with Columbia University in the United States and has a significant body of research primarily within the field of medicine. Their work is concentrated on infectious diseases, epidemiology, sociology and political science, general health professions, and emergency medicine. The main topics of their research include HIV/AIDS research and interventions, HIV, drug use, and sexual risk, adolescent sexual and reproductive health, HIV-related health complications and treatments, sex work and related issues, HIV research and treatment, and viral infections and outbreaks research.

The scientist has published extensively in a variety of academic venues. Frequent publication venues include UNC Libraries, The Lancet HIV, Journal of the International AIDS Society, AIDS, and PLoS ONE.

Frequent co-authors in their work are Jessica Justman, David Hoos, Shannon M. Farley, Myron S. Cohen, and Deborah Donnell.

Selected recent papers demonstrate the breadth of their research interests and contributions:

  • "Achieving the 95 95 95 targets for all: A pathway to ending AIDS," 2022, PLoS ONE
  • "Africa in the Path of Covid-19," 2020, New England Journal of Medicine
  • "Consensus statement on the role of health systems in advancing the long-term well-being of people living with HIV," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Integrating HIV services and other health services: A systematic review and meta-analysis," 2021, PLoS Medicine
  • "Facing the New Covid-19 Reality," 2023, New England Journal of Medicine

Over the course of their career, Wafaa El-Sadr has received several awards including the Society Citation Award from the Infectious Diseases Society of America in 2011, membership in the National Academy of Medicine in 2009, and Fellow of the MacArthur Foundation in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Circulating microRNAs in sera correlate with soluble biomarkers of immune activation but do not predict mortality in ART treated individuals with HIV-1 infection : a case control study

    Daniel D. Murray;Kazuo Suzuki;Matthew Law;Jonel Trebicka

  • CD4+ count-guided interruption of antiretroviral treatment.

    Wafaa El-Sadr;Wafaa El-Sadr;Jens D Lundgren;James Neaton;Fred Gordin

  • Combination antiretroviral therapy and the risk of myocardial infarction

    Nina Friis-Møller;Caroline A Sabin;Rainer Weber;Antonella d'Arminio Monforte

  • Class of antiretroviral drugs and the risk of myocardial infarction.

    Nina Friis-Moller;Peter Reiss;Caroline A. Sabin;Rainer Weber

  • Liver-related deaths in persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus: the D:A:D study

    Rainer Weber;Caroline A Sabin;Nina Friis-Møller;Peter Reiss

  • Cardiovascular disease risk factors in HIV patients - association with antiretroviral therapy. Results from the DAD study

    Nina Friis-Møller;Rainer Weber;Peter Reiss;Rodolphe Thiebaut

  • Use of nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and risk of myocardial infarction in HIV-infected patients enrolled in the D:A:D study: a multi-cohort collaboration

    Caroline Sabin;Signe Westring Worm;Rainer Weber

  • Trends in underlying causes of death in people with HIV from 1999 to 2011 (D:A:D): a multicohort collaboration

    Colette J Smith;Lene Ryom;Rainer Weber;Philippe Morlat

  • Timing of Initiation of Antiretroviral Drugs during Tuberculosis Therapy

    Salim S. Abdool Karim;Kogieleum Naidoo;Anneke Grobler;Nesri Padayatchi

  • Microfluidics-based diagnostics of infectious diseases in the developing world

    Curtis D Chin;Tassaneewan Laksanasopin;Yuk Kee Cheung;David Steinmiller

  • Risk of Myocardial Infarction in Patients with HIV Infection Exposed to Specific Individual Antiretroviral Drugs from the 3 Major Drug Classes: The Data Collection on Adverse Events of Anti-HIV Drugs (D:A:D) Study

    Signe Westring Worm;Caroline Sabin;Rainer Weber;Peter Reiss

  • Integration of antiretroviral therapy with tuberculosis treatment

    Salim Safurdeen. Abdool Karim;Kogieleum. Naidoo;Anna Christina. Grobler;Nesri. Padayatchi

  • USPHS/IDSA guidelines for the prevention of opportunistic infections in persons infected with human immunodeficiency virus

    David Lanier;Neil Schram;Ellen Cooper;Kenneth A. Freedberg

  • Incidence and risk factors for new-onset diabetes in HIV-infected patients: the Data Collection on Adverse Events of Anti-HIV Drugs (D:A:D) study.

    Stéphane De Wit;Caroline Sabin;Rainer Weber;Signe Westring Worm

  • Predicting the risk of cardiovascular disease in HIV-infected patients: the Data collection on Adverse Effects of Anti-HIV Drugs Study

    Nina Friis-Møller;Rodolphe Thiébaut;Peter Reiss;Rainer Weber

  • Lipid Profiles in HIV-Infected Patients Receiving Combination Antiretroviral Therapy: Are Different Antiretroviral Drugs Associated with Different Lipid Profiles?

    E Fontas;F van Leth;C A Sabin;N Friis-Møller

  • Effects of HIV disease on lipid, glucose and insulin levels: results from a large antiretroviral-naive cohort.

    WM El-Sadr;CM Mullin;A Carr;C Gibert

  • The use of the Framingham equation to predict myocardial infarctions in HIV-infected patients: comparison with observed events in the D : A : D Study

    M G Law;N Friis-Møller;W M El-Sadr;R Weber

  • Variation of Chest Radiographic Patterns in Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Degree of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Related Immunosuppression

    David C. Perlman;Wafaa M. El‐Sadr;Eileen T. Nelson;John P. Matts

  • Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Patients without HIV Infection

    Edward E. Telzak;Kent Sepkowitz;Peter Alpert;Sharon B. Mannheimer

Frequent Co-Authors

Jens D. Lundgren
Jens D. Lundgren Rigshospitalet
Peter Reiss
Peter Reiss University of Amsterdam
Caroline Sabin
Caroline Sabin University College London
Antonella d'Arminio Monforte
Antonella d'Arminio Monforte University of Milan
Rainer Weber
Rainer Weber University of Zurich
Andrew N. Phillips
Andrew N. Phillips University College London
Matthew Law
Matthew Law University of New South Wales
Elaine J. Abrams
Elaine J. Abrams Columbia University
Stéphane De Wit
Stéphane De Wit Université Libre de Bruxelles
Amanda Mocroft
Amanda Mocroft University College London

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