Sandra Burchett

Sandra Burchett is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School and a Senior Associate Physician in Pediatrics at Boston Children's Hospital, specializing in the Division of Infectious Diseases. She serves as Director of the Children's Hospital AIDS Program (CHAP) and leads the Boston Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Unit. Her research focuses on preventing HIV transmission from mothers to infants, optimizing antiretroviral therapy, and understanding pediatric HIV pathogenesis.

Education:

• MD, University of Arkansas College of Medicine (1983)
• MSc, University of Arkansas (1978)
• Fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases, Children's Hospital and Medical Center, Seattle (1989)

Research Interests: Dr. Burchett's work emphasizes maternal-neonatal HIV transmission prevention, pharmacokinetics of antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy, and long-term outcomes for HIV-exposed children. She collaborates on national trials to improve treatment strategies for pediatric HIV and co-infections like cytomegalovirus.

Key Contributions: Her studies address HIV drug efficacy in pregnant/postpartum women, immune reconstitution in pediatric HIV, and disparities in viral suppression among adolescents. She chairs the Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group committee for antiretroviral drug evaluation.

Labs/Teams: Leads the Children's Hospital AIDS Program (CHAP), a multidisciplinary team addressing HIV care and research in children and adolescents.