Elizabeth Imbert, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Elizabeth Imbert is an Associate Professor in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Imbert is the Clinical Lead for the POP-UP program at Ward 86, which provides low-barrier, high-intensity care for people living with HIV who experience homelessness and unstable housing.

Education & Training

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• Residency Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2015
• M.D. Albert Einstein College of Medicine 2012
• M.P.H. Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health 2012
• B.A. Georgetown University 2006

Interests

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• People Experiencing Homelessness or Unstable Housing
• HIV/AIDS

Websites

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• POP-UP Clinic (hividgm.ucsf.edu)

Publications (23)

Top publication keywords:
Viral LoadQuarantineAnti-HIV AgentsSan FranciscoInfection ControlPandemicsHIV InfectionsDrug OverdoseVulnerable PopulationsPopulation HealthDisease OutbreaksHousingPatient IsolationCommunicable DiseasesEmergency Shelter

• Identifying Implementation Determinants and Strategies for Long-Acting Injectable Cabotegravir-Rilpivirine in People with HIV Who Are Virally Unsuppressed.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2024 Hickey MD, Grochowski J, Mayorga-Munoz F, Oskarsson J, Imbert E, Spinelli M, Szumowski JD, Appa A, Koester K, Dauria EF, McNulty M, Colasanti J, Havlir DV, Gandhi M, Christopoulos KA
• Strengthening Public Health Capacity to Address Infectious Diseases: Lessons From 3 Centers of Excellence in Public Health and Homelessness.
  Journal of public health management and practice : JPHMP 2023 Bien MB, Whitton A, Meehan A, Thornhill L, Ellis K, Leopold J, Borne D, Vickery KD, Imbert E, Twohey-Jacobs L, Perez KA, Mosites E
• Demonstration Project of Long-Acting Antiretroviral Therapy in a Diverse Population of People With HIV.
  Annals of internal medicine 2023 Gandhi M, Hickey M, Imbert E, Grochowski J, Mayorga-Munoz F, Szumowski JD, Oskarsson J, Shiels M, Sauceda J, Salazar J, Dilworth S, Nguyen JQ, Glidden DV, Havlir DV, Christopoulos KA
• Urine Tenofovir Levels Strongly Correlate With Virologic Suppression in Patients With Human Immunodeficiency Virus on Tenofovir Alafenamide-Based Antiretroviral Therapy.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023 Johnson KA, Okochi H, Arreguin M, Watabe J, Glidden DV, Chattopadhyay A, Imbert E, Hickey MD, Gandhi M, Spinelli M
• First Demonstration Project of Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Therapy for Persons With and Without Detectable Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Viremia in an Urban HIV Clinic.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2023 Christopoulos KA, Grochowski J, Mayorga-Munoz F, Hickey MD, Imbert E, Szumowski JD, Dilworth S, Oskarsson J, Shiels M, Havlir D, Gandhi M

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• HIV Treatment Outcomes in POP-UP: Drop-in HIV Primary Care Model for People Experiencing Homelessness.
  The Journal of infectious diseases 2022 Hickey MD, Imbert E, Appa A, Del Rosario JB, Lynch E, Friend J, Avila R, Clemenzi-Allen A, Riley ED, Gandhi M, Havlir DV
• Impact of Multicomponent Support Strategies on Human Immunodeficiency Virus Virologic Suppression Rates During Coronavirus Disease 2019: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2022 Spinelli MA, Le Tourneau N, Glidden DV, Hsu L, Hickey MD, Imbert E, Arreguin M, Jain JP, Oskarsson JJ, Buchbinder SP, Johnson MO, Havlir D, Christopoulos KA, Gandhi M
• Brief Report: Heterogeneous Preferences for Care Engagement Among People With HIV Experiencing Homelessness or Unstable Housing During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2022 Imbert E, Hickey MD, Del Rosario JB, Conte M, Kerkhoff AD, Clemenzi-Allen A, Riley ED, Havlir DV, Gandhi M
• Implementation of rapid and frequent SARS-CoV2 antigen testing and response in congregate homeless shelters.
  PloS one 2022 Aranda-Díaz A, Imbert E, Strieff S, Graham-Squire D, Evans JL, Moore J, McFarland W, Fuchs J, Handley MA, Kushel M
• COVID-19 Testing and Vaccine Acceptability Among Homeless-Experienced Adults: Qualitative Data from Two Samples.
  Journal of general internal medicine 2021 Knight KR, Duke MR, Carey CA, Pruss G, Garcia CM, Lightfoot M, Imbert E, Kushel M
• Using a "Big Events" framework to understand emergency department use among women experiencing homelessness or housing instability in San Francisco during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  The International journal on drug policy 2021 Riley ED, Raven MC, Dilworth SE, Braun C, Imbert E, Doran KM
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak in a San Francisco Homeless Shelter.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021 Imbert E, Kinley PM, Scarborough A, Cawley C, Sankaran M, Cox SN, Kushel M, Stoltey J, Cohen S, Fuchs JD
• Evaluation of the POP-UP programme: a multicomponent model of care for people living with HIV with homelessness or unstable housing.
  AIDS (London, England) 2021 Imbert E, Hickey MD, Clemenzi-Allen A, Lynch E, Friend J, Kelley J, Conte M, Das D, Rosario JBD, Collins E, Oskarsson J, Hicks ML, Riley ED, Havlir DV, Gandhi M
• Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) and HIV Spotlight the United States Imperative for Permanent Affordable Housing.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2021 Riley ED, Hickey MD, Imbert E, Clemenzi-Allen AA, Gandhi M
• Comparison of infection control strategies to reduce COVID-19 outbreaks in homeless shelters in the United States: a simulation study.
  BMC medicine 2021 Chapman LAC, Kushel M, Cox SN, Scarborough A, Cawley C, Nguyen TQ, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Greenhouse B, Imbert E, Lo NC
• Drug Overdose Deaths Before and After Shelter-in-Place Orders During the COVID-19 Pandemic in San Francisco.
  JAMA network open 2021 Appa A, Rodda LN, Cawley C, Zevin B, Coffin PO, Gandhi M, Imbert E
• Shelter Characteristics, Infection Prevention Practices, and Universal Testing for SARS-CoV-2 at Homeless Shelters in 7 US Urban Areas.
  American journal of public health 2021 Self JL, Montgomery MP, Toews KA, Samuels EA, Imbert E, McMichael TM, Marx GE, Lohff C, Andrews T, Ghinai I, Mosites E, COVID-19 Homelessness Response Team
• Start the Way You Want to Finish: An Intensive Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Orientation Curriculum in Undergraduate Medical Education.
  Journal of medical education and curricular development 2021 Davis DLF, Tran-Taylor D, Imbert E, Wong JO, Chou CL
• Assessment of a Hotel-Based COVID-19 Isolation and Quarantine Strategy for Persons Experiencing Homelessness.
  JAMA network open 2021 Fuchs JD, Carter HC, Evans J, Graham-Squire D, Imbert E, Bloome J, Fann C, Skotnes T, Sears J, Pfeifer-Rosenblum R, Moughamian A, Eveland J, Reed A, Borne D, Lee M, Rosenthal M, Jain V, Bobba N, …
• Viral suppression during COVID-19 among people with HIV experiencing homelessness in a low-barrier clinic-based program.
  AIDS (London, England) 2021 Hickey MD, Imbert E, Glidden DV, Del Rosario JB, Chong M, Clemenzi-Allen A, Oskarsson J, Riley ED, Gandhi M, Havlir DV
• Brief Report: Understanding Preferences for HIV Care Among Patients Experiencing Homelessness or Unstable Housing: A Discrete Choice Experiment.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2020 Conte M, Eshun-Wilson I, Geng E, Imbert E, Hickey MD, Havlir D, Gandhi M, Clemenzi-Allen A
• Improving Care Outcomes for PLWH Experiencing Homelessness and Unstable Housing: a Synthetic Review of Clinic-Based Strategies.
  Current HIV/AIDS reports 2020 Clemenzi-Allen AA, Hickey M, Conte M, Das D, Geng E, Riley E, Havlir D, Gandhi M, Imbert E
• Assessment of SARS-CoV-2 Infection Prevalence in Homeless Shelters - Four U.S. Cities, March 27-April 15, 2020.
  MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report 2020 Mosites E, Parker EM, Clarke KEN, Gaeta JM, Baggett TP, Imbert E, Sankaran M, Scarborough A, Huster K, Hanson M, Gonzales E, Rauch J, Page L, McMichael TM, Keating R, Marx GE, Andrews T, Schmit K, …