Andrew Kerkhoff, MD, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

andrew.kerkhoff@ucsf.edu 415-476-1528

Dr. Andrew Kerkhoff is a physician-scientist and an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG).

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With nearly 15 years of experience in clinical TB and HIV research in the US and sub-Saharan Africa, Dr. Kerkhoff’s work applies implementation science methods to improve individual- and population-level outcomes across the TB and HIV care cascades through person-centered and equity-focused approaches. His research particularly focuses on (1) the development and implementation of novel TB diagnosis and case-finding tools and strategies, and (2) implementation readiness in high-burden countries for new TB vaccines targeting adults and adolescents. Dr. Kerkhoff serves as the Associate Program Director for Curriculum for the UCSF Implementation Science Training Program, where he co-directs the Introduction to Implementation Science Course and he also co-directs the UCSF CFAR Implementation Science Interest Group.

Awards

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  • Stephen Lawn TB-HIV Research Leadership Prize, The Union/LSHTM TB Centre/University of Cape Town/The Lancet, 2023
  • HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Health Implementation Research Institute Scholar, WUSTL, 2021-2023
  • Inter-CFAR Fellowship Program in Implementation Science for Early-Stage HIV Investigators, CFAR, 2020
  • CFAR Research Excellence Award in Clinical Science, UCSF, 2020
  • ZSFG Department of Medicine Clinical Fellow Award, UCSF, 2018
  • Young Investigator Award, CROI, 2013
  • Lazarus Scholarship in Health Care Delivery, GWU, 2012-2015

Education & Training

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  • Certificate Implementation Science University of California, San Francisco 2022
  • Fellowship Infectious Disease University of California, San Francisco 2021
  • Residency Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2017
  • PhD Epidemiology University of Amsterdam 2016
  • MD Medicine The George Washington University 2015
  • MSc Control of Infectious Diseases London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 2010
  • BA Music The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2008

Interests

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  • Implementation Science
  • HIV
  • Vulnerable populations
  • Preference research methods
  • Tuberculosis
  • Diagnostics
  • Care engagement strategies

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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  • Investigating a Novel Targeted ROllout strategy for adult and adolescent TB Vaccines for mAXimum impact: INTRO-TB-VAX Study, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2024-2027
  • Supporting, Mobilizing, and Accelerating Research for TB Elimination (SMART4TB), USAID, 2022-2027
  • HOPE: A Status-Neutral Mobile Unit for African Americans Experiencing Homelessness in Alameda County, The California HIV/AIDS Research Program (CHRP), 2023-2027
  • Feasibility and acceptability of a peer-led strategy to improve community tuberculosis case finding among non-household contacts in Zambia, NIH, 2021-2026
  • Tuberculosis case finding at the completion of the Ubunti Clinical Trial: a substudy to CoVPN 3008, HIV Vaccine Clinical Trials Network (HVTN), 2024-2025
  • Tongue Swab Tuberculosis Diagnostic Yield Study (TSwaY), Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2023-2024

Publications (104)

Top publication keywords:
HIV InfectionsTuberculosisSputumAnemiaPatient PreferenceTuberculosis, Multidrug-ResistantAIDS-Related Opportunistic InfectionsCoinfectionTuberculosis, PulmonaryOpportunistic InfectionsZambiaAntitubercular AgentsMycobacterium tuberculosisSouth AfricaLipopolysaccharides

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