Kara K Wools-Kaloustian MD MSc

PubMed

• Human-centered design of an adapted differentiated service delivery model for pregnant and postpartum women living with HIV in Kenya.
  John Humphrey, Bett Kipchumba, James G Carlucci, Roselyne Midiwo, Edwin Were
  AIDS Care. 2025-04-01
• Accuracy of Alternative PHQ-9 Scoring Algorithms to Screen for Depression in People Living With HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  Charlotte Bernard, Hélène Font, Natalia Zotova, Kara Wools-Kaloustian, Suzanne Goodrich
  Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 2025-02-01
• High Prevalence of Unconfirmed Positive HIV Polymerase Chain Reaction Test Results Among African Infants With HIV Exposure in the International Epidemiology Databases ...
  James G Carlucci, Thomas Huntington, Karl-Günter Technau, Marcel Yotebieng, Valériane Leroy
  Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2024-12-17

Journal Articles

• Focusing attention on therapy adherence and retention among women diagnosed with HIV during pregnancy  
  Wools-Kaloustian K, Future Virol, 1/1/2014
• Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients Infected With HIV: 2014 Update by the HIV Medicine Association ...  
  Lucas GM, Ross MJ, Stock PG, Shlipak MG, Wyatt CM, Gupta SK, Atta MG, Wools-Kaloustian KK, Pham PA, Bruggeman LA, Lennox JL, Ray PE, Kalayjian RC, Clinical Infectious Diseases: An Official Publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 1/1/2014
• CD4 trajectory adjusting for dropout among HIV-positive patients receiving combination antiretroviral therapy in an East African HIV care centre  
  Kiragga AN, Lok JJ, Musick BS, Bosch RJ, Mwangi A, Wools-Kaloustian KK, Yiannoutsos CT, East Africa Ie DEARC, Journal of the International AIDS Society, 1/1/2014
• Immunodeficiency at the start of combination antiretroviral therapy in low-, middle-, and high-income countries  
  IeDea, Collaborations ARTC, Avila D, Althoff KN, Mugglin C, Wools-Kaloustian K, Koller M, Dabis F, Nash D, Gsponer T, Sungkanuparph S, McGowan C, May M, Cooper D, Chim..., Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 1/1/2014
• Incidence of World Health Organization stage 3 and 4 events, tuberculosis and mortality in untreated, HIV-infected children enrolling in care before 1 year of age: an ...  
  Ciaranello A, Lu Z, Ayaya S, Losina E, Musick B, Vreeman R, Freedberg KA, Abrams EJ, Dillabaugh L, Doherty K, Ssali J, Yiannoutsos CT, Wools-Kaloustian K, The Pediatric infectious disease journal, 1/1/2014
• Delivery of HIV care during the 2007 post-election crisis in Kenya: a case study analyzing the response of the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH) p...  
  Goodrich S, Ndege S, Kimaiyo S, Some H, Wachira J, Braitstein P, Sidle JE, Sitienei J, Owino R, Chesoli C, Gichunge C, Komen F, Ojwang C, Sang E, Siika A, Wools-Kalous..., Confl Health, 1/1/2013
• Frequency and factors associated with adherence to and completion of combination antiretroviral therapy for prevention of mother to child transmission in western Kenya  
  Ayuo P, Musick B, Liu H, Braitstein P, Nyandiko W, Otieno-Nyunya B, Gardner A, Wools-Kaloustian K, Journal of the International AIDS Society, 1/1/2013
• Experience implementing electronic health records in the antenatal clinic of a teaching and referral hospital in Kenya Studies in Health Technology and Informatics  
  Chemwolo B, Caloia D, Wools-Kaloustian K, Sidle J, Spitzer RF, Were M, Bell A, Tierney WM, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 1/1/2013
• Tuberculosis in antiretroviral treatment programs in lower income countries: availability and use of diagnostics and screening  
  Fenner L, Ballif M, Graber C, Nhandu V, Dusingize JC, Cortes CP, Carriquiry G, Anastos K, Garone D, Jong E, Gnokoro JC, Sued O, Ajayi S, Diero L, Wools-Kaloustian K, K..., PloS One, 1/1/2013
• Outcomes of antiretroviral therapy in children in Asia and Africa: a comparative analysis of the IeDEA pediatric multiregional collaboration  
  Leroy V, Malateste K, Rabie H, Lumbiganon P, Ayaya S, Dicko F, Davies MA, Kariminia A, Wools-Kaloustian K, Aka E, Phiri S, Aurpibul L, Yiannoutsos C, Signate-Sy H, Mof..., Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 1/1/2013
• Antiretroviral treatment interruptions induced by the Kenyan postelection crisis are associated with virological failure  
  Mann M, Diero L, Kemboi E, Mambo F, Rono M, Injera W, Delong A, Schreier L, Wools-Kaloustian K, Sidle J, Buziba N, Kantor R, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 1/1/2013
• Active tuberculosis is associated with worse clinical outcomes in HIV-infected African patients on antiretroviral therapy  
  Siika AM, Yiannoutsos CT, Wools-Kaloustian KK, Musick BS, Mwangi AW, Diero LO, Kimaiyo SN, Tierney WM, Carter JE, PloS One, 1/1/2013
• "These are good problems to have": establishing a collaborative research partnership in East Africa  
  Tierney WM, Nyandiko WN, Siika AM, Wools-Kaloustian K, Sidle JE, Kiplagat J, Bell A, Inui TS, J Gen Intern Med, 1/1/2013
• A survey of pediatric HIV programmatic and clinical management practices in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa-The International epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA)  
  Sohn A for the IeDEA Pediatric Working Group, JIAS, 1/1/2013
• Estimating kidney function in HIV-infected adults in Kenya: comparison to a direct measure of glomerular filtration rate by iohexol clearance  
  Wyatt CM, Schwartz GJ, Owino Ong'or W, Abuya J, Abraham AG, Mboku C, M'Mene L B, Koima WJ, Hotta M, Maier P, Klotman PE, Wools-Kaloustian K, PloS One, 1/1/2013
• Traditional birth attendants: a forgotten resource in HIV-education and prevention  
  Wools-Kaloustian K, Eller AG,Otieno-Nyunya B, Akhaabi P, Puri R, Bucher S, Nyandiko W, JOGECA, 1/1/2012
• Short-term risk of anaemia following initiation of combination antiretroviral treatment in HIV-infected patients in countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Asia-Pacific, and ...  
  Zhou J, Jaquet A, Bissagnene E, Musick B, Wools-Kaloustian K, Maxwell N, Boulle A, Wehbe F, Masys D, Iriondo-Perez J, Hemingway-Foday J, Law M, Western Africa EASAC, C..., Journal of the International AIDS Society, 1/1/2012
• Human immunodeficiency virus and leprosy coinfection: challenges in resource-limited setups  
  Kwobah CM, Wools-Kaloustian KK, Gitau JN, Siika AM, Case Rep Med, 1/1/2012
• Cohort Profile: the international epidemiological databases to evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) in sub-Saharan Africa  
  Egger M, Ekouevi DK, Williams C, Lyamuya RE, Mukumbi H, Braitstein P, Hartwell T, Graber C, Chi BH, Boulle A, Dabis F, Wools-Kaloustian K, Int J Epidemiol, 1/1/2012
• Challenges and lessons learned conducting a study to determine the causes of death in HIV-infected Africans on antiretroviral therapy  
  Chumba DK, Buziba NG, Ayikukwei R, Mwangi AW, Smith J, Kosgei P, Maulid I, Sang E, Kenina K, Wools-Kaloustian KK, Siika AM, Histopathology, 1/1/2012
• A clinician-nurse model to reduce early mortality and increase clinic retention among high-risk HIV-infected patients initiating combination antiretroviral treatment  
  Braitstein P, Siika A, Hogan J, Kosgei R, Sang E, Sidle J, Wools-Kaloustian K, Keter A, Mamlin J, Kimaiyo S, Journal of the International AIDS Society, 1/1/2012
• Reduced renal function is associated with progression to AIDS but not with overall mortality in HIV-infected Kenyan adults not initially requiring combination antiretr...  
  Gupta SK, Ong'or WO, Shen C, Musick B, Goldman M, Wools-Kaloustian K, Journal of the International AIDS Society, 1/1/2011
• Symptom screening: diagnostic usefulness to detect pulmonary tuberculosis in HIV-infected pregnant women in Kenya  
  Kosgei RJ, Ndavi PM, Ong'ech JO, Abuya JM, Siika AM, Wools-Kaloustian KK, Mabeye H, Fojo T, Mwangi A, Reid T, Edgintion ME, Carter JE, Public Health Action, 1/1/2011
• Impact of integrated family planning and HIV care services on contraceptive use and pregnancy outcomes: a retrospective cohort study  
  Kosgei RJ, Lubano KM, Shen C, Wools-Kaloustian KK, Musick BS, Siika AM, Mabeya H, Carter EJ, Mwangi A, Kiarie J, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, 1/1/2011
• Trends in the clinical characteristics of HIV-infected patients initiating antiretroviral therapy in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania between 2002 and 2009  
  Geng EH, Hunt PW, Diero LO, Kimaiyo S, Somi GR, Okong P, Bangsberg DR, Bwana MB, Cohen CR, Otieno JA, Wabwire D, Elul B, Nash D, Easterbrook PJ, Braitstein P, Musick B..., Journal of the International AIDS Society, 1/1/2011
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Books/Book Chapters

• Central Nervous System Infectious Diseases and Therapy 
  Chapter: Cerebral malaria. 
  Wools KMarcel Dekker, Inc., New York1997

Abstracts/Posters

• Monitoring and Switching of Antiretroviral Therapy in sub-Saharan Africa.
  Haas A, Keiser O, Dabis F, Davies MA, Parkes-Ratanshi R, Reynolds S, Wools-Kaloustian K, Wandeler G, Egger M, CROI, Seattle, WA, 1/23/2015
• Tuberculosis prevention and treatment practices in HIV-infected pregnant women: a survey in low and middle income countries.
  Ballif M, Lindegren ML, Lewden C, Dusingize JC , Wools-Kaloustian K, McGowan C, Chi B, Durier N, Mofenson L, Davies MA, Egger M, Fenner L, Bukusi EA, for the Internati..., International Workshop on HIV Observational Databases, Sitges, Spain, 1/27/2014
• Rates and Predictors of Switching to Second-Line ART in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  Haas AD, Keiser O, Bissagnene E, Brown S, Davies MA, Parkes RR, Reynolds S, Wandeler G, Wools-Kaloustian K, Zannou M, Egger M for IeDEA Southern Africa, East Africa an..., International Workshop on HIV Observational Databases, Sitges, Spain, 1/27/2014
• Incidence of first-line ART failure by clinical, immunological or virological definition and the time to change to second-line in the East African IeDEA Cohort.
  Goodrich S, Li S, Musick B, Yiannoutsos C, Erpe M, Wools-Kaloustian K, for the International epidemiological Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA), International Workshop on HIV Observational Databases(IWHOD), Sitges, Spain, 1/27/2014
• Time to First-Line ART Failure and Switch to Second-Line ART in the IeDEA Pediatric Cohort.
  Wools-Kaloustian, Li S, Musick B, Marete I, Ayaya, Sohn A, Nguyen L, Leroy V, Eboua F, Newman J, Obama MT, Sawry S, Davies MA, Yiannoutsos C, Mofenson L, 6th International Workshop on HIV Pediatrics, Melbourne, Australia, 1/20/2014
• Incidence of first-line ART failure by clinical, immunological or virological definition and the time to change to second-line in the East African IeDEA Cohort.
  Goodrich S, Diero L, Sssali J, Lyamuya R, Ngonyani K, Somi G, Yiannoutsos C, Li S, Musick B, Erpe M, Wools-Kaloustian K for the International epidemiological Databases..., 20th International AIDS Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 1/20/2014
• SiZer Map to Investigate significant features of the rate of change of body-weight profile for HIV infected patients in IeDEA study.
  Sarwat S, Harezlak J, Yiannoutsos C, Wools-Kaloustian K, Kiertiburanakul S, CTSI Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, 1/9/2014
• Predictors of late engagement to HIV care in Western Kenya: a cross-sectional study.
  Kwobah CM, Braitstein P, Koech JK, Simiyu G, Mwangi AW, Wools-Kaloustian K, Siika AM, CROI, Boston, MA, 1/3/2014
• Pitfalls of practicing cancer epidemiology in resource-limited settings: the case of survival after a diagnosis of Kaposi's sarcoma in sub-Saharan Africa.
  Freeman E, Semeere A, Wenger M, Mwebesa B, Chite F A, Busakhala N, Oga E,Odutola M, Kwaghe V,Jaquet A,Yumo A H, Dusingize C J, Anastos K, Hoover D, Dabis F, Yiannoutso..., 14th International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies, Bethesda, MD, 1/12/2013
• Applying the methods of causal inference to HIV-associated malignancies: estimation of the impact of antiretroviral therapy on Kaposi's sarcom! a incidence in East Afr...
  Semeere AS, Wenger MA, Busakhala N, Buziba N, Bwana M, Muyindike W, Amerson E, Maurer  T, Musick B, Yiannoutsos C, Lukande R, Castelnuovo B, Kambugu A, Glidden D, Vitt..., 14th International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies, Bethesda, MD, 1/12/2013
• Task-shifting and Skin Punch for the Histologic Diagnosis of Kaposi's Sarcoma: A Public Health Solution to a Public Health Problem.
  Laker-Oketta M, Wenger M, Semeere A, Castelnuovo B, Kambugu A, Lukande R, Chite F A, Busakhala N, Buziba N, Wools-Kaloustian K, Mwebesa B, Muyindike W, Amerson E, Mbid..., 14th International Conference on Malignancies in AIDS and Other Acquired Immunodeficiencies, Bethesda, MD, 1/12/2013
• Tuberculosis in pediatric ART programs in lower income countries: a global view on diagnostics and screening practices.
  Fenner L, Ballif M, Renner L, Leroy V, Graber C, Dusingize JC, Ayaya S, Wools-Kaloustian K, Cortes CP, McGowan CC, Mofenson L, EggerM, Du QT, Reubenson G, Sohn A, Davi..., International Workshop on HIV Observational Databases, Cavtat, Croatia, 1/11/2013
• Severe Immunodeficiency in Children Starting ART in Low-, Middle-and High Income Countries.
  Avila D, Patel K, Chi B, Wools-Kaloustian K, Leroy V, Sohn A, Chimbetete C, Hazra R, Egger M, and Davies MA, 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), Atlanta, GA, 1/3/2013
• Loss to care and mortality in high-risk HIV-infected patients eligible for and starting antiretroviral therapy in rural western Kenya.
  Goodrich S, Wools-Kaloustian K, Siika A, 9th NASCOP HIV Forum, Nairobi, Kenya, 1/1/2013
• Assessment of a task-shifting strategy among stable patients receiving HIV care in resource-limited settings: A framework for program evaluation.
  Yiannoutsos C, Musick BS, Siika A, Sang E, Kosgei R, Kimaiyo S, Wools-Kaloustian K, International Workshop on HIV Observational Databases (IWHOD), Athens, Greece, 1/29/2012
• Adherence and retention rates during pregnancy: a comparison between women enrolled in an antiretroviral treatment program during pregnancy and those who become pregna...
  Bell A, Musick BS, Lane KE, Hogan J, Akhaabi P, Washington SL, Were E, Wools-Kaloustian K, The 2nd International Workshop on HIV & Women, Bethesda, MD, 1/10/2012
• Unplanned Antiretroviral Treatment Interruptions Induced by the Kenyan Post-Election Crisis are Associated with HIV Virologic Failure.
  Mann M, Diero L, Kemboi E, Mambo F, Injera W, Delong A, Schreier L, Wools-Kaloustian K, Buziba N, Kantor R, 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), Seattle, WA, 1/5/2012
• Prospective Evaluation of the Impact of Potent Antiretroviral Therapy on the Incidence of Kaposi's Sarcoma in East Africa:  Findings from the International Epidemiolog...
  Martin J, Wenger M, Busakhala N, Buziba N, Bwana M, Muyindike W, Mbabazi R, Amerson E, Yiannoutsos C, Musick B, LeBoit P, McCalmont T ,Ruben B, Maurer T, and Wools-Kal..., 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), Seattle, WA, 1/5/2012
• Immunodeficiency at the start of ART: Global view.
  Mugglin C, Althoff K, Wools-Kaloustian K, Sterne J, Nash D, Dabis F, Williams C, McGowan C, Cooper D, Egger M, 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), Seattle, WA, 1/5/2012
• Impact of Increasing Proportion of Pregnant Women Accessing HIV Care in PEPFAR-Supported East African HIV Care and Treatment Programs.
  Holmes C, Elul B, Wools-Kaloustian K, Musick B, Diero L, Kambugu A, Cohen C, Williams C, Goosby E, and Yiannoutsos C, 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), Seattle, WA, 1/5/2012
• Randomized controlled trial of a computerized counseling tool for persons living with HIV in western Kenya: Baseline characteristics.
  Sidle J, Siika A, Macharia S, Baliddawa J, Sirois A, Kessler J, Wools-Kaloustian K, Kurth A, 7th International Conference on HIV Treatment and Prevention Adherence, Miami, FL, 1/3/2012
• Predictors of Suboptimal CD4 Response among Women Achieving Virologic Suppression in a Randomized Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) Trial, Africa.
  Asmelash a, Zheng Y, Wools-Kaloustian K, Shaffer D, Sawe F, Salata R, Stringer E, Currier J, Hughes M, Lockman S, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), Boston, MA, 1/27/2011
• Retaining adults in HIV care: impact of key program characteristics on patient loss to follow-up (LTFU) among adult patients receiving combination antiretroviral treat...
  Braitstein P, Daggy J, Easterbrook P, Cohen C, Braithwaite RS, Geng E, Kambugu A, Bwana MB, Wools-Kaloustian K, Yiannoutsos C, Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), Boston, MA, 1/27/2011
• Characteristics of HIV care and treatment programs in the International epidemiologic Databases to Evaluate AIDS (IeDEA) collaboration.
  Nash D, Farr A, McKaig R, Ekouevi D, Wools-Kaloustian K, Egger M, Hemingway-Foday J, Cooper D, Moore R, Masys D, for the International epidemiologic Databases to Evalu..., 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, Rome, Italy, 1/17/2011
• Incidence of WHO Stage 3 (WHO3) and 4 (WHO4) events and tuberculosis (TB) in untreated HIV-infected children enrolling in care before 1 year of age: an IeDEA (Internat...
  Ciaranello A, Lu Z, Ayaya S, Losina E, Musick B, Vreeman R, Freedberg KA, Yiannoutsos C, Wools-Kaloustian K, 6th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention, Rome, Italy, 1/17/2011
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Lectures

• "Using Large HIV Clinical Databases to answer programmatic and policy questions: The power of IeDEA" 
  1/27/2014
• "Beyond the primary health care center. Satellite Session Plugging the Leaky Cascade: Treatment Strategies and Innovations to Reach More People with ART and Increase R... 
  Rome, Italy - 1/17/2011
• "Antiretroviral Scale-up: Successes, Challenges, and Outcomes" 
  Dar Es Saalam, Tanzania - 1/13/2011
• "HIV Epidemiology and Pathology" 
  Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya - 1/1/2010
• "Third Line Antiretroviral Regimens" 
  Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya - 1/22/2009
• "Components of a Clinical Trial" 
  Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya - 1/18/2009
• "Extending HIV Treatment in Resource Limited Settings" 
  1/11/2007
• Grand Rounds: Extending HIV Treatment in Resource Limited Settings. 
  1/10/2007
• "Grant Writing" 
  Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya - 1/25/2006
• "Second Line Regimens: Training for HIV Care Providers" 
  Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya, 2004 - 1/16/2005
• "Antiretroviral Therapy: Training for HIV Care Providers" 
  Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya - 1/23/2004
• "ID Research Conference Extending HIV Care" 
  1/20/2004
• "Fever in the Elderly" 
  University of Iowa - 1/1/2003
• "Update on Sexually Transmitted Infections and Travel Medicine" 
  University of Iowa - 1/1/2001
• "Emerging Resistance" 
  Mercy Hospital, Iowa City - 1/1/2000
• "Case Studies in Upper Extremity Infections" 
  1/1/2000
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