Aditi Ramakrishnan, MD MSc is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Department of Medicine at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. She is a physician with training in HIV prevention and care, infectious diseases, medical anthropology, and clinical research.
Dr. Ramakrishnan’s research focuses on applying implementation science strategies to improve domestic HIV prevention and care, particularly for cisgender women. Drawing from her Masters in Anthropology and Masters of Science in Clinical Research, her work incorporates both qualitative and quantitative methods. Dr. Ramakrishnan is also passionate about improving equity in academic medicine, through both her research and co-founding “Equal Medicine,” a career development program for Internal Medicine women residents at University of Michigan.
She attends on the inpatient Infectious Diseases consult service, teaching fellows, residents, and students. She also sees patients in the Washington University Infectious Diseases clinic.
Dr. Ramakrishnan is a faculty member of the St. Louis STI/HIV Prevention Training Center which focuses on provider education and training. She also co-leads the Career Development sub-committee of the Executive Committee for Advancing Women in Academic Medicine.
Dr. Ramakrishnan co-leads the Career Development subcommittee of the Executive Committee for Advancing women in Academic Medicine.
- @aditiram (Twitter)
- BA, Yale University, New Haven, CT (2009)
- MA, Columbia University, New York City, NY (2011)
- MD, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI (2015)
- Internal Medicine Residency, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor, MI (2018)
- Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA (2022)
- M.Sc., Emory University, Atlanta, GA (2022)
- ID Week Trainee Award (2018, 2020, 2021)
- Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) New Investigator Scholarship (2022)
- KL2 Scholar (2024-2026)
- Gilead HIV Research Scholars Program Award (2024) to conduct implementation science research to strengthen PrEP services in the St. Louis community (2024-2026).
- Ramakrishnan A, et al. Substance Use Care Continuum in Women With and Without HIV in the Southern United States. JAIDS Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 95(5):p 424-430, April 15, 2024. | DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000003373
- Ramakrishnan, A et al. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Knowledge, Attitudes, and Self-efficacy among Family Planning Providers in the Southern United States: Bridging the Gap in Provider Training. Open Forum Infectious Diseases. October 17, 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofac536.
- Ramakrishnan A, Zreloff J, Moore MA, Bergquist SH, Cellai M, Higdon J, O’Keefe JB, Roberts D, Wu HM. Prolonged Symptoms After COVID-19 Infection in Outpatients. Open Forum Infect Dis. 2021 Feb 2;8(3):ofab060. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofab060. PMID: 33732751; PMCID: PMC7928621.
- Ramakrishnan A, Patel PK. How Far We’ve Come, How Far We Have to Go: a Review of Advances in Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Veterans Health Administration. Curr Treat Options Infect Dis. 2020 Sep;12(3):275-284. doi: 10.1007/s40506-020-00221-w. Epub 2020 May 8. PMID: 33244296; PMCID: PMC7688065.