Jessica Shantha, MD, MS

Assoc HS Clinical Professor
E_Proctor Foundation

Dr. Shantha worked from 2015-2017 in West Africa, where the magnitude of the challenges of treating uveitis and ocular inflammation due to resource requirements and disease complexity become apparent. Her career goal is to impact the blinding consequences of unrecognized or untreated uveitis in resource-limited settings. Dr. Shantha is most proud of the ability to advocate for the thousands of Ebola virus survivors that need eye care and routine screenings. Additionally, she has been able to impart perspectives and build capacity related to uveitis management in resource-limited settings via regional seminars, education, and mentorship. Through multiple ongoing studies and longstanding partnerships, Dr. Shantha is dedicated to the work towards vision health equity and access in the West Africa region. Dr. Shantha is continuing to explore her academic and clinical interests that include infectious and non-infectious uveitis, emerging pathogen discovery, and addressing clinical and research gaps within uveitis and retinal disease in international health care settings.

Publications

Association of weather variables with pathogens contributing to conjunctivitis worldwide.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Yan D, Prajna NV, Lalitha P, Sansanayudh W, Satitpitakul V, Laovirojjanakul W, Chaudhary M, Bountogo M, Sie A, Coulibaly B, Amza A, Nassirou B, Almou I, Tran H, Tran Y, Tsui E, Onclinx T, Sella R, Goren L, McClean E, Tham V, Chen C, Ruder K, Zhong L, Liu Y, Yu D, Abraham T, Lebas E, Arnold BF, McLeod SD, Deiner MS, Porco TC, Seitzman GD, Lietman TM, Shantha J, Hinterwirth A, Doan T

Long-term visual outcomes and histopathologic findings after cataract surgery in Ebola virus disease survivors in the Ebola virus RNA persistence in ocular tissues and fluids (EVICT) study.

PLoS neglected tropical diseases

Hartley CD, Kim L, Fashina T, Begley J, Mattia JG, Vandy MJ, Harrison-Williams LC, Mustapha J, Garry RF, Schieffelin JS, Grant DS, Goba A, Kraft CS, Hayek BR, Palacios G, Shantha J, Crozier I, Zeng X, Yeh S, Ebola Virus Persistence in Ocular Tissues and Fluids (EVICT) Study Investigators

Retinopathy and Systemic Disease Morbidity in Severe COVID-19.

Ocular immunology and inflammation

Shantha JG, Auld SC, Anthony C, Ward L, Adelman MW, Maier CL, Price KW, Jacob JT, Fashina T, Randleman C, Xu LT, Barnett J, Sadan O, Kandiah PA, Varkey JB, Kraft CS, Rouphael N, Linderman S, Ahmed R, Drews-Botsch C, Waggoner JJ, Weinmann M, Murphy DJ, Yeh S, Emory COVID-19 Quality and Clinical Research Collaborative

Ebola Virus Persistence in Ocular Tissues and Fluids (EVICT) Study: Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction and Cataract Surgery Outcomes of Ebola Survivors in Sierra Leone.

EBioMedicine

Shantha JG, Mattia JG, Goba A, Barnes KG, Ebrahim FK, Kraft CS, Hayek BR, Hartnett JN, Shaffer JG, Schieffelin JS, Sandi JD, Momoh M, Jalloh S, Grant DS, Dierberg K, Chang J, Mishra S, Chan AK, Fowler R, O'Dempsey T, Kaluma E, Hendricks T, Reiners R, Reiners M, Gess LA, ONeill K, Kamara S, Wurie A, Mansaray M, Acharya NR, Liu WJ, Bavari S, Palacios G, Teshome M, Crozier I, Farmer PE, Uyeki TM, Bausch DG, Garry RF, Vandy MJ, Yeh S

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Ophthalmology

Shantha JG, Crozier I, Hayek BR, Bruce BB, Fankhauser J, Yeh S