Ivo N. SahBandar, MD/PhD

Research Interest: HIV, myeloid cells, HIV-comorbidities, microbiome

Awards/Accolades:

Recipient, Mucosal System Meeting Scientific Merit-Based Travel Award (2018)
Recipient, International AIDS Society HIV Cure and Cancer Forum Travel Award (2017)
Dean Award, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa (2015)
Recipient, International AIDS Society 17th International AIDS Conference Travel Award (2008)
Summer Research Fellow, Center for Genomics Pathogen, Japan Nat'l Inst. of Infectious Disease (2008)
Research Fellow, Takeda Science Foundation (2005)

Fun Fact: Ivo is an avid Indonesian food lover and would travel all the way to other borough for Indonesian lunchboxes. Ivo also enjoys binge watching crime TV series, especially those involving serial killers.

Hometown: Sukabumi, Indonesia

Bachelors of Medicine and Surgery - University of Indonesia, Indonesia (1998)

MD - University of Indonesia, Indonesia (2000)

Ph.D. Virology - Iwate Medical University, Japan (2009)

Internal Medicine Residency - University of Indonesia, Indonesia (2016)

Postdoctoral Fellowship in Viral Genetics (HIV) - Iwate Medical University, Japan (2009-2010)

Publications

Mitchell BI, Laws EI, Chow DC, SahBandar IN, Gangcuangco LMA, Shikuma CM, Ndhlovu LC. Increased Monocyte Inflammatory Responses to Oxidized LDL Are Associated with Insulin Resistance in HIV-Infected Individuals on Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy. Viruses. 2020 Oct 5;12(10). doi: 10.3390/v12101129. PMID: 33028018.

Chow DC, Mau M, Hodis HN, Kewcharoen J, Li Y, Siriwardhana C, Souza SA, Mitchell BI, Bowler S, SahBandar I, Gangcuangco LMA, MacPherson I, Ndhlovu LC, Shikuma CM. Carotid Artery Plaque Burden in HIV Is Associated with Soluble Mediators and Monocytes. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2020 Sep 28;. doi: 10.1089/AID.2020.0075. PMID: 32862657.

SahBandar IN, Chew GM, Corley MJ, Pang APS, Tsai N, Hanks N, Khadka VS, Klatt NR, Hensley-McBain T, Somsouk M, Vujkovic-Cvijin I, Chow DC, Shikuma CM, Ndhlovu LC. Changes in gastrointestinal microbial communities influence HIV-specific CD8+ T-cell responsiveness to immune checkpoint blockade. AIDS. 2020 Aug 1;34(10):1451-1460. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002557. PMID: 32675558.

SahBandar IN, Ndhlovu LC, Saiki K, Kohorn LB, Peterson MM, D'Antoni ML, Shiramizu B, Shikuma CM, Chow DC. Relationship between Circulating Inflammatory Monocytes and Cardiovascular Disease Measures of Carotid Intimal Thickness. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2020 May 1;27(5):441-448. doi: 10.5551/jat.49791. Epub 2019 Oct 4. PMID: 31588100.

Shikuma CM, Chew GM, Kohorn L, Souza SA, Chow D, SahBandar IN, Park EY, Hanks N, Gangcuangco LMA, Gerschenson M, Ndhlovu LC. Short Communication: Metformin Reduces CD4 T Cell Exhaustion in HIV-Infected Adults on Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2020 Apr;36(4):303-305. doi: 10.1089/AID.2019.0078. Epub 2020 Jan 8. PMID: 31731885.

Uzzan M, Tokuyama M, Rosenstein AK, Tomescu C, SahBandar IN, Ko HM, Leyre L, Chokola A, Kaplan-Lewis E, Rodriguez G, Seki A, Corley MJ, Aberg J, La Porte A, Park EY, Ueno H, Oikonomou I, Doron I, Iliev ID, Chen BK, Lui J, Schacker TW, Furtado GC, Lira SA, Colombel JF, Horowitz A, Lim JK, Chomont N, Rahman AH, Montaner LJ, Ndhlovu LC, Mehandru S. Anti-α4β7 therapy targets lymphoid aggregates in the gastrointestinal tract of HIV-1-infected individuals. Sci Transl Med. 2018 Oct 3;10(461). doi: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aau4711. PMID: 30282696.

SahBandar IN, Samonte G, Telan E, Siripong N, Belcaid M, Schanzenbach D, Leano S, Chagan-Yasutan H, Hattori T, Shikuma CM, Ndhlovu LC. Ultra-Deep Sequencing Analysis on HIV Drug-Resistance-Associated Mutations Among HIV-Infected Individuals: First Report from the Philippines. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2017 Nov;33(11):1099-1106. doi: 10.1089/AID.2016.0151. Epub 2017 Jul 5. PMID: 28569550.

Corley MJ, Dye C, D'Antoni ML, Byron MM, Yo KL, Lum-Jones A, Nakamoto B, Valcour V, SahBandar I, Shikuma CM, Ndhlovu LC, Maunakea AK. Comparative DNA Methylation Profiling Reveals an Immunoepigenetic Signature of HIV-related Cognitive Impairment. Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 15;6:33310. doi: 10.1038/srep33310. PMID: 27629381.

Hoffmann PR, Panigada M, Soprana E, Terry F, Bandar IS, Napolitano A, Rose AH, Hoffmann FW, Ndhlovu LC, Belcaid M, Moise L, De Groot AS, Carbone M, Gaudino G, Matsui T, Siccardi A, Bertino P. Preclinical development of HIvax: Human survivin highly immunogenic vaccines. Hum Vaccin Immunother. 2015;11(7):1585-95. doi: 10.1080/21645515.2015.1050572. PMID: 26042612.

SahBandar IN, Takahashi K, Motomura K, Djoerban Z, Firmansyah I, Kitamura K, Sato H, Pohan HT, Sato S. The indonesian variants of CRF33_01B: Near-full length sequence analysis. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2011 Jan;27(1):97-102. doi: 10.1089/aid.2010.0163. Epub 2010 Oct 19. PMID: 20958201.

Sahbandar IN, Takahashi K, Djoerban Z, Firmansyah I, Naganawa S, Motomura K, Sato H, Kitamura K, Pohan HT, Sato S. Current HIV type 1 molecular epidemiology profile and identification of unique recombinant forms in Jakarta, Indonesia. AIDS Res Hum Retroviruses. 2009 Jul;25(7):637-46. doi: 10.1089/aid.2008.0266. PMID: 19621986.

Wahyuningsih R, SahBandar IN, Theelen B, Hagen F, Poot G, Meis JF, Rozalyani A, Sjam R, Widodo D, Djauzi S, Boekhout T. Candida nivariensis isolated from an Indonesian human immunodeficiency virus-infected patient suffering from oropharyngeal candidiasis. J Clin Microbiol. 2008 Jan;46(1):388-91. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01660-07. Epub 2007 Nov 14. PMID: 18003796.

Bandar IN, Widodo D, Djauzi S, Muthalib A, Soegondo S, Wahyuningsih R. Correlation between CD4 count and intensity of Candida colonization in the oropharynx of HIV-infected/ AIDS patient. Acta Med Indones. 2006 Jul-Sep;38(3):119-25. PMID: 16953027.

Imelda F, Bandar IN, Setiyohadi B, Suwondo P, Nasar IM. Postural shortening due to primary hyperparathyroidism caused by parathyroid adenoma. Acta Med Indones. 2006 Apr-Jun;38(2):89-91. PMID: 16799210.