IHCCM - Faculty

Mônica Siqueira Malta
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
momalta@cict.fiocruz.br

Current positions
Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Brazilian Ministry of Health) – Junior Researcher
Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention/Global AIDS Program- Consultant in Brazil
NIDA Hubert H. Humphrey Drug Abuse Research Fellow (2004/05)

Current research projects:

Principal Investigator of the study: “Assessing HIV-positive drug users access and adherence to ARV therapy and to drug abuse treatment in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil” (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/Brazil and Centre for Addiction and Mental Health/Canada). Sponsored by the Centre for Addiction and Mental, 2003-2004.

Research Assistant of the project “Assessing the Effectiveness and Potential Unintended Consequences of Oral HIV Testing Among Drug Users in Brazil” (Oswaldo Cruz Foundation/Brazil and Yale University/US). PIs: Merrill Singer, Scott Clair, and Francisco Bastos. Sponsored by NIH, 2004-2006.

Consultant to the project “Profile of crack users women and interventions available for such population in Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil” Sponsored by the Brazilian Ministry of Health and CDC, 2003-2004.

Consultant to the project “Truck drivers vulnerability related to HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases in Itajai, Brazil” Sponsored by the Brazilian Ministry of Health and CDC, 2003-2004.

Consultant to the project “AJUDE Brasil – Epidemiological Evaluation of Injection Drug users from Needle Exchange Programs in Brazil” Sponsored by the Brazilian Ministry of Health, 2002-2004.

Selected Publications

Papers
Malta M, Carneiro-da-Cunha C, Kerrigan D, Strathdee SA, Monteiro M, Bastos FI (2003). Case-management of HIV-infected injection drug users: A case study in Rio de Janeiro. Clin Infect Dis. 2003 Dec 15;37 Suppl 5:S386-91.

Malta M, Petersen M, Clair S, Freitas F, Bastos FI. ARV Adherence: A qualitative study with physicians from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Reports on Public Health (Submitted)

Malta M, Monteiro M, Adlaf E, Gliksman L, Monteiro S & Bastos FI. Toward a better management and care of drug users living with HIV/AIDS in developing and transitional countries. The International journal on drug policy (Submitted)

Bastos FI, Malta M, Hacker MA, Petersen M, Sudbrack M, Colombo M & Caiaffa WT. Assessing needle exchange operations in a poor Brazilian community. Substance Use and Misuse (Submitted)

Books
Bastos FI & Malta M (2002). [Health indicators in Sexually Transmitted Diseases, HIV and AIDS. A bibliographic review]. In Portuguese. Brasilia: Brazilian Ministry of Health..

Malta M & Bastos FI (In Press). [Comprehensive guideline for the treatment and management of HIV-positive drug users in Latin América] Washington: Pan-American Health Organization.