Doctor's Bio
Dr. Cecile Lahiri, MD, MSc, is an Associate Professor in the Emory University Department of Medicine and Division of Infectious Diseases. She received her undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and completed residency, fellowship, and a Master’s degree in Clinical Research at Emory University.
Dr. Lahiri provides care to persons living with HIV at the Grady Ponce de Leon Center and is an attending infectious diseases physician at Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, Georgia. Dr. Lahiri is also a clinical/translational HIV researcher whose NIH-funded work focuses on understanding factors that contribute to comorbidities such as diabetes, obesity, and heart disease in persons with HIV, with an interest in understanding differences between men and women. Dr. Lahiri is a Principal Investigator and Director of Research Development for the Emory Specialized Center of Research Excellence (SCORE) on Sex Differences and a Co-Investigator of the Atlanta Multicenter AIDS Cohort/Women’s Interagency HIV Study (MACS/WIHS) Combined Cohort Study.
Board Certifications
American Board of Internal Medicine
Affiliations
Emory
Education & Training
- Medical School: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
- Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowships
Emory University School of Medicine
Locations and Directions
Ponce De Leon Center
Phone: (404) 616-2440
Location:
341 Ponce De Leon Ave. NE
Atlanta, GA 30308
Publications
- The impact of childhood maltreatment, HIV status, and their interaction on mental health outcomes and markers of systemic inflammation in women.
Arnold A, Wang H, Mehta CC, Nesbeth PC, Bedi B, Kirkpatrick C, Moran CA, Powers A, Smith AK, Hagen K, Weitzmann MN, Ofotokun I, Lahiri CD, Alvarez JA, Quyyumi AA, Neigh GN, Michopoulos V
Biology of sex differences. 2025;16(1):21.
PMID: 40156075 - Oral HPV incidence and risk factors for acquisition.
DSouza G, Tewari S, Troy T, Bleyer P, Korley M, Kwait J, Ho K, Gillison M, Wiley D, Lazar J, Weber KM, Strickler H, Lahiri CD, Palella F, Struijk L, Fakhry C
Oral oncology. 2025;
PMID: 40101427 - Aberrant DNA methylation of genes regulating CD4+ T cell HIV-1 reservoir in women with HIV.
Xu K, Zhang X, Asam K, Quach BC, Page GP, Konkle-Parker D, Martinez C, Lahiri CD, Topper EF, Cohen MH, Kassaye SG, DeHovitz J, Kuniholm MH, Archin NM, Valizadeh A, Tien PC, Marconi VC, Hancock DB, Johnson EO, Aouizerat BE
Clinical and translational medicine. 2025;15(3):e70267.
PMID: 40070009 - Non-invasive markers of hepatic steatosis and fibrosis following INSTI initiation in women with HIV.
Yu MA, Gerig L, Mehta CC, Musonge-Effoe J, Alvarez JA, Ofotokun I, Sheth AN, Ali MK, Ziegler TR, Yang Q, Spence AB, Alcaide ML, Dumond JB, Abraham AG, French AL, Augenbraun M, Anastos K, Price JC, Tien PC, Lahiri CD
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2025;
PMID: 39899358 - Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Is Associated With Endothelial Dysfunction in Women With HIV.
Vatsa N, Rahbar A, Kauser T, Kirksey A, Gold DA, Jain V, Gold ME, Wang H, Mehta C, Moran CA, Smith AK, Hagen K, Ofotokun I, Lahiri CD, Sperling L, Vaccarino V, Mehta PK, Quyyumi AA, Neigh GN, Michopoulos V
JACC. Advances. 2025;4(2):101572.
PMID: 39832389 - Impact of syndemic heavy drinking, smoking, and depression on mortality among MSM with and without HIV: A longitudinal study.
Chichetto NE, Canidate S, Gebru NM, McNeely KV, Ding DD, Hanna DB, Parikh Z, Shoptaw SJ, Jones DL, Lazar JM, Kizer JR, Cohen MH, Haberlen SA, Lahiri CD, Wise JM, Palella F, Levine A, Friedman MR, Plankey M
Drug and alcohol dependence. 2025;
PMID: 39662355 - Impact of switching to a dolutegravir-based regimen on body weight changes: insights from West African adult HIV cohorts.
Tiendrebeogo T, Malateste K, Poda A, Minga A, Lahiri CD, Ezechi O, Ekouevi DK, Ofotokun I, Jaquet A,
Journal of the International AIDS Society. 2024;27(12):e26371.
PMID: 39604062 - Sex Differences in Metabolic Disorders of Aging and Obesity in People with HIV.
Alvarez JA, Yang CA, Ojuri V, Buckley K, Bedi B, Musonge-Effoe J, Soibi-Harry A, Lahiri CD
Current HIV/AIDS reports. 2024;22(1):3.
PMID: 39570329 - Switch to Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors During the Menopausal Transition Is Associated With Accelerated Body Composition Change in Women With HIV.
Abelman RA, Ma Y, Mehta CC, Yang Q, Xia F, Brock JB, Alcaide M, Sharma A, Floris-Moore M, Topper E, Weber KM, Kassaye SG, Gustafson D, Grunfeld C, Lahiri CD, Tien PC
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2025;80(5):1125-1132.
PMID: 39495675 - Short and Long-term Body Weight Change Following the Switch to or the Addition of Integrase Inhibitors in Persons With HIV Differs by Sex.
Lahiri CD, Mehta CC, Yang Q, Maramba T, Musonge-Effoe J, Yang CA, Dumond JB, Alcaide ML, Lake JE, Rubin LH, French AL, Cocohoba J, Kassaye SG, Sharma A, Palella FJ, Mellors J, Konkle-Parker D, Topper E, Augenbraun M, Ali MK, Sheth AN, Ziegler TR, Ofotokun I, Alvarez JA
Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. 2025;80(3):575-584.
PMID: 39324701
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