Kristina N. Adachi, MD, MA
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Kristina N. Adachi, MD, MA

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About

Dr. Adachi is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases. She received her BA and MA from Stanford University and received her MD from UC San Diego School of Medicine in 2008. She completed her UCLA pediatrics internship and residency at UCLA in 2011 and later a three-year UCLA clinical fellowship in pediatric infectious diseases in 2015. She also completed an additional two-year postdoctoral pediatric infectious diseases research fellowship at UCLA focusing on perinatal infections from 2015-2017. She is board certified in both pediatrics (2011) and pediatric infectious diseases (2015). Her research interests for the past five years include global maternal-child health, particularly perinatal infections (CMV, Zika virus, and STIs including chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis). Her current research projects include investigating occult congenital infections in HIV-exposed infants, primarily from Brazil and South Africa, as well as various clinical research studies on outcomes of infants with in utero Zika-exposure in Brazil in collaboration with FIOUPIC (UC FIOCRUZ Perinatal Infections Collaborative).

Languages

English

Education

Medical Board Certifications

Pediatric Infectious Diseases, American Board of Pediatrics, 2015
Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, 2011

Fellowships

Pediatric Infectious Disease, UCLA School of Medicine, 2017
Pediatric Infectious Disease, UCLA School of Medicine, 2015

Residency

Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine, 2011

Internship

Pediatrics, UCLA School of Medicine, 2009

Degrees

MD, UCSD School of Medicine, 2008
MA, Stanford University, 2003

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

Research

Interests

  • Perinatal Infections
  • Global maternal-child health

Publications

  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.

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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

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