Preeti Manavalan, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor
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About Preeti Manavalan
Dr. Manavalan is an Assistant Professor of Medicine within the Division of Infectious Diseases & Global Medicine. She completed her medical training at Howard University College of Medicine and her Internal Medicine residency training at Yale University. She stayed on as a Chief Resident at Yale and then worked as a primary care physician and clinician educator prior to pursuing infectious diseases training. She completed her Infectious Diseases Fellowship at Duke University. While at Duke she was selected as a Fogarty Global Health Fellow and completed a Master of Science in Global Health.
Dr. Manavalan is the lead investigator of several studies including an NIH-funded K23 Mentored Career Development Award that investigates using implementation science to improve mental health and HIV care in Florida, and is mPI of a Fogarty International Center-funded R21 that seeks to improve cardiovascular disease care among people living with HIV in Tanzania. Dr. Manavalan also serves as the Associate Director of the Southern HIV Alcohol Research Center (SHARC – sharc-research.org), one of five NIAAA-funded national consortias for HIV and alcohol research that seeks to improve health outcomes and reduce HIV transmission among diverse populations. Her clinical interests include HIV, HIV-related chronic diseases, and global health.
Accomplishments
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Research Scholars Program in HIV Awardee
Gilead Research Scholars Program
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Fogarty Global Health Fellow
NIH Fogarty International Center (FIC)
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Interdisciplinary Research Training Program in AIDS grant recipient
NIH National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
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Member
Alpha Omega Alpha Medical Honor Society
Teaching Profile
Courses Taught
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BMS6812 – Introduction to Clinical Medicine 1B
College of Medicine
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BMS6810 – Introduction to Clinical Medicine 1A
College of Medicine
Board Certifications
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Infectious DiseasesAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal Medicine
Clinical Profile
Specialties
- Infectious Disease
Areas of Interest
- HIV/AIDS
- Preventive Health Care
Research Profile
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Areas of Interest
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Global Health
- HIV
- Implementation Science
- Mental Health
Publications
Academic Articles
Grants
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Adapting and piloting an evidence-based intervention to improve hypertension care among Tanzanians living with HIV
Active
- Role:
- Principal Investigator
- Funding:
- DUKE UNIVERSITY via FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER
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Adaptation and implementation of a behavioral mHealth intervention to reduce anxiety and depression and end the HIV epidemic in the rural South
Active
- Role:
- Principal Investigator
- Funding:
- NATL INST OF HLTH NIMH
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Technology-based assessments and intervention to reduce alcohol consumption and improve HIV viral suppression in the Florida Cohort
Active
- Role:
- Co-Investigator
- Funding:
- NATL INST OF HLTH NIAAA
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CODUS – HIV outcome quality measure evaluation and stigma
- Role:
- Other
- Funding:
- FL DEPT OF HLTH via US HLTH RESOURCES AND SERV ADMN HIV/AIDS
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mHealth technology to improve anxiety and depression care and accelerate progress on the HIV care continuum in the rural South
- Role:
- Principal Investigator
- Funding:
- GILEAD SCIENCES
Education
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Master of Science in Global Health
Duke University
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Fellowship in Infectious Disease
Duke University
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Chief Resident in Internal Medicine
Yale University
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Residency in Internal Medicine
Yale University
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Medical Degree
Howard University
Contact Details
- Business:
- (352) 294-5481
- Business:
- preeti.manavalan@medicine.ufl.edu
- Business Mailing:
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PO Box 100289
GAINESVILLE FL 32610