I am Assistant Professor of Medicine within the Division of Infectious Disease with a research concentration in pediatric HIV/TB and MDR-TB management. Over the past nine years I have been working with collaborators in Ukraine and the U.S. to build the Brown University Ukraine Collaboration, which focuses on strengthening research capacity in the areas of TB and HIV. I have long-standing ties to Ukraine since I participated in a Rotary Youth Exchange in 1993-94 and have since been traveling to the region for over the last twenty years. This has allowed our team to build strong collaborative relationships in Ukraine and provided me a deep cultural understanding of the complexities facing this vulnerable post-Soviet nation.
| Tapé C, Byrd KM, Aung S, Lonks JR, Flanigan TP, Rybak NR. "COVID-19 in a Patient Presenting with Syncope and a Normal Chest X-ray." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 103, no. 3, 2020, pp. 50-51. |
| Aibana O, Dauria E, Kiriazova T, Makarenko O, Bachmaha M, Rybak N, Flanigan TP, Petrenko V, Becker AE, Murray MB. "Patients' perspectives of tuberculosis treatment challenges and barriers to treatment adherence in Ukraine: a qualitative study." BMJ Open, vol. 10, no. 1, 2020, pp. e032027. |
| Sereda Y, Kiriazova T, Makarenko O, Carroll JJ, Rybak N, Chybisov A, Bendiks S, Idrisov B, Dutta A, Gillani FS, Samet JH, Flanigan T, Lunze K. "Stigma and quality of co-located care for HIV-positive people in addiction treatment in Ukraine: a cross-sectional study." Journal of the International AIDS Society, vol. 23, no. 5, 2020, pp. e25492. |
| Karanovic D, Michelow IC, Hayward AR, DeRavin SS, Delmonte OM, Grigg ME, Dobbs AK, Niemela JE, Stoddard J, Alhinai Z, Rybak N, Hernandez N, Pittaluga S, Rosenzweig SD, Uzel G, Notarangelo LD. "Disseminated and Congenital Toxoplasmosis in a Mother and Child With Activated PI3-Kinase δ Syndrome Type 2 (APDS2): Case Report and a Literature Review of Toxoplasma Infections in Primary Immunodeficiencies." Frontiers in immunology, vol. 10, 2019, pp. 77. |
| Chiang SS, Sheremeta Y, Padilla RS, Jenkins HE, Horsburgh CR Jr, Petrenko V, Rybak NR. "Pediatric Multidrug-resistant Tuberculosis in Kyiv City, Ukraine." Journal of Epidemiology and Global Health, vol. 9, no. 1, 2019, pp. 56-61. |
| Szkwarko D, Bouton TC, Rybak NR, Carter EJ, Chiang SS. "Tuberculosis: An Epidemic Perpetuated by Health Inequalities." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 102, no. 7, 2019, pp. 47-50. |
| Dethier D, Rybak N, Hirway P, Bachmaha M, Carroll J, Sorokolit A, Flanigan T, Sluzhynska M. "The changing face of women living with HIV in western Ukraine." International journal of STD & AIDS, vol. 29, no. 4, 2018, pp. 318-323. |
| Harausz EP, Garcia-Prats AJ, Law S, Schaaf HS, Kredo T, Seddon JA, Menzies D, Turkova A, Achar J, Amanullah F, Barry P, Becerra M, Chan ED, Chan PC, Ioana Chiotan D, Crossa A, Drobac PC, Fairlie L, Falzon D, Flood J, Gegia M, Hicks RM, Isaakidis P, Kadri SM, Kampmann B, Madhi SA, Marais E, Mariandyshev A, Méndez-Echevarría A, Moore BK, Nargiza P, Ozere I, Padayatchi N, Ur-Rehman S, Rybak N, Santiago-Garcia B, Shah NS, Sharma S, Shim TS, Skrahina A, Soriano-Arandes A, van den Boom M, van der Werf MJ, van der Werf TS, Williams B, Yablokova E, Yim JJ, Furin J, Hesseling AC, Collaborative Group for Meta-Analysis of Paediatric Individual Patient Data in MDR-TB. "Treatment and outcomes in children with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis: A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis." PLOS Medicine, vol. 15, no. 7, 2018, pp. e1002591. |
| Aibana O, Bachmaha M, Krasiuk V, Rybak N, Flanigan TP, Petrenko V, Murray MB. "Risk factors for poor multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine." BMC infectious diseases, vol. 17, no. 1, 2017, pp. 129. |
| Zaller N, Mazhnaya A, Larney S, Islam Z, Shost A, Prokhorova T, Rybak N, Flanigan T. "Geographic variability in HIV and injection drug use in Ukraine: implications for integration and expansion of drug treatment and HIV care." International Journal of Drug Policy, vol. 26, no. 1, 2015, pp. 37-42. |
| Rybak N, Koster M, Gilbert EB, Flanigan T. "Building international collaborations from the ground up: Brown University partnerships in Haiti and Ukraine." Rhode Island medical journal (2013), vol. 96, no. 4, 2013, pp. 33-7. |
| Chan PA, Mermel LA, Andrea SB, McCulloh R, Mills JP, Echenique I, Leveen E, Rybak N, Cunha C, Machan JT, Healey TT, Chapin KC. "Distinguishing characteristics between pandemic 2009-2010 influenza A (H1N1) and other viruses in patients hospitalized with respiratory illness." PLoS ONE, vol. 6, no. 9, 2011, pp. e24734. |
| Novitsky VA, Gilbert PB, Shea K, McLane MF, Rybak N, Klein I, Thior I, Ndung'u T, Lee TH, Essex ME. "Interactive association of proviral load and IFN-gamma-secreting T cell responses in HIV-1C infection." Virology, vol. 349, no. 1, 2006, pp. 142-55. |
| Novitsky V, Gilbert P, Peter T, McLane MF, Gaolekwe S, Rybak N, Thior I, Ndung'u T, Marlink R, Lee TH, Essex M. "Association between virus-specific T-cell responses and plasma viral load in human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C infection." Journal of Virology, vol. 77, no. 2, 2003, pp. 882-90. |
| Novitsky V, Smith UR, Gilbert P, McLane MF, Chigwedere P, Williamson C, Ndung'u T, Klein I, Chang SY, Peter T, Thior I, Foley BT, Gaolekwe S, Rybak N, Gaseitsiwe S, Vannberg F, Marlink R, Lee TH, Essex M. "Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C molecular phylogeny: consensus sequence for an AIDS vaccine design?." Journal of Virology, vol. 76, no. 11, 2002, pp. 5435-51. |
| Novitsky V, Cao H, Rybak N, Gilbert P, McLane MF, Gaolekwe S, Peter T, Thior I, Ndung'u T, Marlink R, Lee TH, Essex M. "Magnitude and frequency of cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses: identification of immunodominant regions of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C." Journal of Virology, vol. 76, no. 20, 2002, pp. 10155-68. |
| Novitsky V, Rybak N, McLane MF, Gilbert P, Chigwedere P, Klein I, Gaolekwe S, Chang SY, Peter T, Thior I, Ndung'u T, Vannberg F, Foley BT, Marlink R, Lee TH, Essex M. "Identification of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 subtype C Gag-, Tat-, Rev-, and Nef-specific elispot-based cytotoxic T-lymphocyte responses for AIDS vaccine design." Journal of Virology, vol. 75, no. 19, 2001, pp. 9210-28. |
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| Year | Degree | Institution |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | MD | Brown University |
| 1999 | BS | University of New Hampshire |
2008 White Coat Ceremony, Speaker, Dartmouth Medical School, Class of 2008
2005 Exceptional Community Service Award, Dartmouth Hitchcock HOspital
2004-05 Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, Dartmouth Medical School
2007 - present American Academy of Pediatrics
2012 - present Infectious Diseases Society of America
2012 - present Pedictric Infectious Diseases Society
2013 - present International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
| Board Certification in Pediatric Infectious Diseases | American Board of Pediatrics | 2017-2025 | |
| Board Certification in Adult Infectious Diseases | American Board of Internal Medicine | 2016-2025 | |
| Board Certification in Internal Medicine | American Board of Internal Medicine | 2013-2025 | |
| Board Certification in Pediatrics | American Board of Pediatrics | 2011-2025 | |
| Medical License | State of Rhode Island | 2010-2017 | #MD13759 |
| Medical Director, RISE Tuberculosis (TB) Clinic. The Miriam Hospital, 2016-2017 |
| Courtesy staff. Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, 2016-2017 |
| Attending Physician. Rhode Island Hospital & Hasbro Children's Hospital, 2016-2017 |
| Attending Physician. The Miriam Hospital, 2016-2017 |
