Eric Chamot MD, PhD

Dr. Chamot is an infectious disease epidemiologist who received an MD from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland (1984), a Master in Parasitology from the University of Neuchatel, Switzerland (1986), and a PhD in Epidemiology from the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine (1996). He joined the School of Public Health faculty in 2002 after having worked in Switzerland, Africa, and Louisiana. He has experience in clinical and behavioral epidemiology, screening, infectious diseases and cancer. Dr. Chamot assumes the lead role in a collaborative agreement with NIAID/FIC to strengthen clinical research and research management capabilities at three International Centers for Excellence in Research on infectious diseases in India, Mali, and Uganda. He is currently involved in several international research projects on breast and cervical cancer screening.

Research Projects

Cervical Cancer Screening in HIV-Infected Women in India; NIH NCI- R21: CA113465-01:(SH Vermund, PI; E. Chamot, Co-I).
02/01/2005 - 01/31/2007
This test-of-concept study will carry out formative clinical and behavioral research to guide the design and conduct of a larger prevention intervention trial to establish the usefulness of "Visual Inspection with Acetic acid" and HPV-based screening tests, and establish best practice guidelines for the management of cervical neoplasia in HIV-infected women in India.

UAB International Clinical Research and Management Training Program; NIH - NIAID/FIC D43 TW006246-01. (E. Chamot, P.I.)
05/01/2003 - 04/30/2008
The purpose of this project is to strengthen and sustain, through collaborative training, the ability of NIAID-funded scientists, physicians, nurses, and public health practitioners to contribute to clinical research on infectious diseases at the three International Clinical Research Centers (ICER) sites of Bamako (Mali), Chennai (India), and Kampala (Uganda). During the first year of the project, in-depth training need assessments were conducted at all three sites; in 2004 UAB organized about a dozen of in-country workshops, research site visits and short-term internships - some of them in partnership with the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and the Universities of Cape Town and Kwazulu-Natal in South Africa.