Kristina N. Adachi, MD, MA
- Infectious Diseases
About
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Education
Medical Board Certifications
Fellowships
Residency
Internship
Degrees
Recognitions
- 2016 Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Award
- 2016 UCLA CFAR International HIV/AIDS Seed Grant Research Award
- 2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) Young Investigator Scholarship Award
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Hospital Affiliations
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital
Medical Services
Areas of Focus
Research
Interests
- Perinatal Infections
- Global maternal-child health
Publications
- Lopes Moreira ME, Nielsen-Saines K, Brasil P, Kerin T, Damasceno L, Pone M,Carvalho LMA, Pone SM, Vasconcelos Z, Ribeiro IP, Zin AA, Tsui I, Adachi K, Gaw SL, Halai UA, Salles TS, da Cunha DC, Bonaldo MC, Raja Gabaglia C, Guida L, Malacarne J, Costa RP, Gomes SC Jr, Reis AB, Soares FVM, Hasue RH, Aizawa CYP, Genovesi FF, Aibe M, Einspieler C, Marschik PB, Pereira JP Jr, Portari EA, Janzen C, Cherry JD. Neurodevelopment in Infants Exposed to Zika Virus In Utero. N Engl J Med. 2018 Dec 13;379(24):2377-2379. PMID: 30575464.
- Pereira, JP, Nielsen-Saines, K, Sperling, J, Maykin, Melanie, Damasceno, L, Cardozo, RF Valle, HA, Dutra, BR, Gama,HD, Adachi, K, Zin, A, Tsui, I, Vasconcelos, Z, Brasil,P, Moreira, M, Gaw, S. Prenatal ultrasound findings and adverse neonatal outcomes with Zika virus infection in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: A prospective cohort Study. JAMA Network Open. 018;1(8):e186529.doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.6529
- Zin AA, Tsui I, Rossetto JD, Gaw SL, Neves LM, Zin OA, Haefeli L, Barros Silveira Filho JC, Adachi K, Vinicius da Silva Pone M, Pone SM, Molleri N, Pereira JP Jr, Belfort R, Arumugaswami V, Vasconcelos Z, Brasil P, Nielsen-Saines K, Lopes Moreira ME. Visual function in infants with antenatal Zika virus exposure. J AAPOS. 2018 Oct 22. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 30359768.
- Tsui, I., Moreira, M.E.L, Rossetto, J.D., Vasconcelos, Z., Zilton, Gaw, SL., Neves, L.M., Zin, O.A., Haefeli, L., Silveira Filho., J.C.B., Gomes, S.C., Adachi, K., Pone, M.V., Pone, S.M., Pereira, J.P., Belfort, R., Arumugaswami, V., Brasil, P., Nielsen-Saines, K., Zin, A. Eye Findings in Infants with Suspected or Confirmed Antenatal Zika Virus Exposure. Pediatrics. 2018 Oct;142(4). pii: e20181104. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018 1104. Epub 2018 Sep 13. PMID: 30213843.
- Adachi K, Xu J, Ank B, Watts DH, Camarca M, Mofenson LM, Pilotto JH, Joao E, Gray G, Theron G, Santos B, Fonseca R, Kreitchmann R, Pinto J, Mussi-Pinhata MM, Machado DM, Ceriotto M, Morgado MG, Bryson YJ, Veloso VG, Grinsztejn B, Mirochnick M, Moye J, Nielsen-Saines K; NICHD HPTN 040 Study Team. Congenital CMV and HIV Perinatal Transmission. Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2018 Mar 9.[Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 29528912.
- Adachi K, Xu J, Yeganeh N, Camarca M, Morgado MG, Watts DH, Mofenson LM, Veloso VG, Pilotto JH, Joao E, Gray G, Theron G, Santos B, Fonseca R, Kreitchmann R, Pinto J, Mussi-Pinhata MM, Ceriotto M, Machado DM, Bryson YJ, Grinsztejn B, Moye J, Klausner JD, Bristow CC, Dickover R, Mirochnick M, Nielsen-Saines K; NICHD HPTN 040 Study Team. Combined evaluation of sexually transmitted infections in HIV-infected pregnant women and infant HIV transmission. PLoS One. 2018 Jan 5;13(1):e0189851. PMID: 29304083.
- Adachi K, Nielsen-Saines K. Zika clinical updates: implications for pediatrics. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2018 Feb;30(1):105- 116. Review. PMID: 29176498; PMCID: PMC5798463.
- Zin AA, Tsui I, Rossetto J, Vasconcelos Z, Adachi K, Valderramos S, Halai UA, Pone MVDS, Pone SM, Silveira Filho JCB, Aibe MS, da Costa ACC, Zin OA, Belfort R Jr, Brasil P, Nielsen-Saines K, Moreira MEL. Screening Criteria for Ophthalmic Manifestations of Congenital Zika Virus Infection. JAMA Pediatr. 2017 Sep 1;171(9):847-854. PMID: 28715527.
- Halai UA, Nielsen-Saines K, Moreira ME, Sequeira PC, Pereira Junior JP, Zin AA, Cherry JD, Gabaglia CR, Gaw SL, Adachi K, Tsui I, Pilotto JH, Ribeiro Nogueira RM, Bispo de Filippis AM, Brasil P. Maternal Zika Virus Disease Severity, Virus Load, Prior Dengue Antibodies and their Relationship to Birth Outcomes. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Sep 15;65(6):877-883. PMID: 28535184.
- Adachi K, Xu J, Ank B, Watts DH, Mofenson LM, Pilotto JH, Joao E, Santos B,Fonseca R, Kreitchmann R, Pinto J, Mussi-Pinhata MM, Gray G, Theron G, Morgado MG, Bryson YJ, Veloso VG, Klausner JD, Moye J, Nielsen-Saines K; NICHD HPTN 040 Study Team. Cytomegalovirus Urinary Shedding in HIV-infected Pregnant Women and Congenital Cytomegalovirus Infection. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Aug 1;65(3):405-413. PMID: 28369278.
In the News
Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Higher When Mother Has Other STIs. Jan 2018.
UCLA Newsroom: HIV-positive women with cytomegalovirus likelier to pass virus that causes AIDS to infant. June 2017.
Mothers with CMV more likely to transmit HIV to infants. June 2017.
Zika: Check All Potentially Exposed Infants for Eye Damage. July 2017.
UCLA Research Alert: Pregnancy problems not necessarily linked to Zika viral load or Dengue fever. June 2017.
Pregnancy problems not necessarily tied to Zika viral load or Dengue fever. June 2017.
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Recognitions
- 2016 Thrasher Research Fund Early Career Award
- 2016 UCLA CFAR International HIV/AIDS Seed Grant Research Award
- 2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) Young Investigator Scholarship Award
- 2014 UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute Harry Winston Fellowship Award for Research
- 2014 UCLA Children's Discovery and Innovation Institute (CDI) Symposium Shapiro Award: co-1st Place Fellow Research Abstract
- 2013, 2014 Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) Young Investigator Travel Award