Biography

Dr. Chaturvedi received a DVM in 1999 from the Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University, India, an MPH (epidemiology) in 2002 and his Ph.D. (epidemiology) in 2004 from Tulane University. He joined the Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch as a post-doctoral fellow in 2005 and became a tenure-track investigator in 2009. He is a recipient of the Intramural Research Award (2005), Fellowship Achievement Award (2006), NIH Fellows Award for Research Excellence (2006), and Outstanding Research Paper by a Fellow Award (2007).

Research Interests

My research focuses on elucidating the role of infections, inflammation, and immunosuppression in cancer etiology.

• Infections and inflammation in the etiology of lung cancer
• Infections and inflammation in the etiology of head and neck cancers
• The role of immunosuppression and immune activation in cancer etiology

Selected Publications

• Chaturvedi AK, Engels EA, Anderson WF, Gillison ML. Incidence trends for human papillomavirus-related and -unrelated oral squamous cell carcinomas in the United States. J Clin Oncol. 2008;26(4):612-9
• Chaturvedi AK, Engels EA, Gilbert ES, Chen BE, Storm H, Lynch CF, Hall P, Langmark F, Pukkala E, Kaijser M, Andersson M, Fossa SD, Joensuu H, Boice JD, Kleinerman RA, and Travis LB. Second cancers among 104,760 survivors of cervical cancer: evaluation of long-term risk. J Natl Cancer Inst 2007;99(21):1634-43.
• Chaturvedi AK, Pfeiffer RM, Chang L, Goedert JJ, Biggar RJ, Engels EA. Elevated risk of lung cancer among people with AIDS. AIDS 2007;21(2):207-13
• Chaturvedi AK, Mbulaiteye SM, Engels EA. Underestimation of Relative Risks by Standardized Incidence Ratios for AIDS-related Cancers. Ann Epidemiol 2008; 18(3):230-234