Jennifer Cocohoba, PharmD, MAS
Professor
Clinical Pharmacy
School of Pharmacy

She also serves as a faculty advisor and research mentor for the Mabuhay Health Center, a UCSF student-run free clinic. Dr. Cocohoba conducts research on pharmacy-based interventions to improve adherence, antiretroviral therapy concordance with national treatment guidelines, sex-related HIV treatment disparities, patient/provider communication, and on health of Filipino-Americans.

• Effectiveness of a pharmacist-delivered primary care telemedicine intervention to increase access to pharmacotherapy and specialty treatment for alcohol use problems: Protocol for the alcohol telemedicine consult cluster-randomized pragmatic trial.
  Contemporary clinical trials 2022 Metz VE, Leibowitz A, Satre DD, Parthasarathy S, Jackson-Morris M, Cocohoba J, Sterling SA
• Ang Ating Mata: Disparities in Eye Health Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices among Older Adult Filipino-Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area Counties.
  Journal of immigrant and minority health 2022 Jiro MC, Sigua M, Ivey SL, Maus M, Hennein L, Dio M, Cocohoba J
• Antiretroviral Therapy Efficacy Post-Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery: A Case Series of Persons Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
  Obesity surgery 2022 Kaip EA, Nguyen NY, Cocohoba JM
• Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccine Type and Adverse Effects Following Vaccination.
  JAMA network open 2021 Beatty AL, Peyser ND, Butcher XE, Cocohoba JM, Lin F, Olgin JE, Pletcher MJ, Marcus GM
• Poverty, Deprivation, and Mortality Risk Among Women With HIV in the United States.
  Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 2021 Edmonds A, Breskin A, Cole SR, Westreich D, Ramirez C, Cocohoba J, Wingood G, Cohen MH, Golub ET, Kassaye SG, Metsch LR, Sharma A, Konkle-Parker D, Wilson TE, Adimora AA
• Long-Acting Injectable ART and PrEP Among Women in Six Cities Across the United States: A Qualitative Analysis of Who Would Benefit the Most.
  AIDS and behavior 2021 Philbin MM, Bergen S, Parish C, Kerrigan D, Kinnard EN, Reed S, Cohen MH, Sosanya O, Sheth AN, Adimora AA, Cocohoba J, Goparaju L, Golub ET, Vaughn M, Gutierrez JI, Fischl MA, Alcaide M, Metsch LR
• Intensity of Social Support Matters: A Latent Class Analysis to Identify Levels of Social Support Associated with Optimal Health Outcomes Among Women Living with HIV.
  AIDS and behavior 2021 Chandran A, Bhondoekhan F, Wilson TE, Milam J, Cohen MH, Adimora AA, Adedimeji A, Cocohoba J, Parish C, Holstad M, Kassaye S, Kempf MC
• The Pharmacist’s Role in HIV Care.
  2021 Jennifer Cocohoba
• Corrigendum to: G-computation for policy-relevant effects of interventions on time-to-event outcomes.
  International journal of epidemiology 2021 Breskin A, Edmonds A, Cole SR, Westreich D, Cocohoba J, Cohen MH, Kassaye SG, Metsch LR, Sharma A, Williams MS, Adimora AA
• Brief Report: Heplisav-B Seroprotection in People With HIV: A Single-Center Experience.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2021 Schnittman SR, Zepf R, Cocohoba J, Sears D
• Toward improved adherence: a text message intervention in an human immunodeficiency virus pediatric clinic in Guatemala City.
  Medicine 2021 Sánchez SA, Ramay BM, Zook J, de Leon O, Peralta R, Juarez J, Cocohoba J
• Interest in Long-Acting Injectable Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (LAI PrEP) Among Women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS): A Qualitative Study Across Six Cities in the United States.
  AIDS and behavior 2021 Philbin MM, Parish C, Kinnard EN, Reed SE, Kerrigan D, Alcaide ML, Cohen MH, Sosanya O, Sheth AN, Adimora AA, Cocohoba J, Goparaju L, Golub ET, Fischl M, Metsch LR
• Medication-related problems in chronic inflammatory conditions: a pharmacy claims and electronic health record analysis.
  Journal of the American College of Clinical Pharmacy 2021 Susan Chang, Marilyn Stebbins, Edward A. Witt, Heather Kirkham, Troy Santos, Jennifer Cocohoba
• G-computation for policy-relevant effects of interventions on time-to-event outcomes.
  International journal of epidemiology 2021 Breskin A, Edmonds A, Cole SR, Westreich D, Cocohoba J, Cohen MH, Kassaye SG, Metsch LR, Sharma A, Williams MS, Adimora AA
• A Qualitative Exploration of Women's Interest in Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Therapy Across Six Cities in the Women's Interagency HIV Study: Intersections with Current and Past Injectable Medication and Substance Use.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2021 Philbin MM, Parish C, Bergen S, Kerrigan D, Kinnard EN, Reed SE, Cohen MH, Sosanya O, Sheth AN, Adimora AA, Cocohoba J, Goparaju L, Golub ET, Fischl M, Alcaide ML, Metsch LR
• 1044. The Incidence and Severity of Drug interactions Before and After Switching Antiretroviral Therapy to Bictegravir/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide in Treatment Experienced Patients.
  Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2020 Jason J Schafer, Neha S Pandit, Agnes Cha, Emily Huesgen, Melissa E Badowski, Elizabeth Sherman, Jennifer Cocohoba, Ayako Shimada, Scott Keith
• 21. Current and Nadir CD4+ Counts Are Associated with Heplisav-B Seroprotection Rates in People with HIV.
  Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2020 Samuel Schnittman, Roland Zepf, Jennifer Cocohoba, David Sears
• Incidence and Severity of Drug Interactions Before and After Switching Antiretroviral Therapy to Bictegravir/Emtricitabine/Tenofovir Alafenamide in Treatment-Experienced Patients.
  Open forum infectious diseases 2020 Schafer JJ, Pandit NS, Cha A, Huesgen E, Badowski M, Sherman EM, Cocohoba J, Shimada A, Keith SW
• Metabolic Changes Associated With the Use of Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors Among Virally Controlled Women.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2020 Summers NA, Lahiri CD, Angert CD, Aldredge A, Mehta CC, Ofotokun I, Kerchberger AM, Gustafson D, Weiser SD, Kassaye S, Konkle-Parker D, Sharma A, Adimora AA, Bolivar H, Cocohoba J, French AL, Golub ET…
• Weight Gain Associated With Integrase Stand Transfer Inhibitor Use in Women.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2020 Kerchberger AM, Sheth AN, Angert CD, Mehta CC, Summers NA, Ofotokun I, Gustafson D, Weiser SD, Sharma A, Adimora AA, French AL, Augenbraun M, Cocohoba J, Kassaye S, Bolivar H, Govindarajulu U, Konkle-…
• Multisite Study of Women Living With HIV's Perceived Barriers to, and Interest in, Long-Acting Injectable Antiretroviral Therapy.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2020 Philbin MM, Parish CL, Kinnard EN, Reed SE, Kerrigan D, Alcaide ML, Cohen MH, Sosanya O, Sheth AN, Adimora AA, Cocohoba J, Goparaju L, Golub ET, Fischl M, Metsch LR
• Neighborhood Poverty and Control of HIV, Hypertension, and Diabetes in the Women's Interagency HIV Study.
  AIDS and behavior 2020 Cope AB, Edmonds A, Ludema C, Cole SR, Eron JJ, Anastos K, Cocohoba J, Cohen M, Ofotokun I, Golub ET, Kassaye S, Konkle-Parker D, Metsch LR, Wilson TE, Adimora AA
• The Impact of Cumulative Depression Along the HIV Care Continuum in Women Living With HIV During the Era of Universal Antiretroviral Treatment.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2019 Mills JC, Pence BW, Edmonds A, Adedimeji A, Schwartz RM, Kassaye S, Cocohoba J, Cohen MH, Neigh G, Fischl MA, Kempf MC, Adimora AA
• Association between Use of Methadone, Other Central Nervous System Depressants, and QTc Interval-Prolonging Medications and Risk of Mortality in a Large Cohort of Women Living with or at Risk for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection.
  Pharmacotherapy 2019 Tamraz B, Reisner L, French AL, King ST, Fischl MA, Ofotokun I, Kashuba A, Milam J, Murphy K, Augenbraun M, Liu C, Finley PR, Aouizerat B, Cocohoba J, Gange S, Bacchetti P, Greenblatt RM
• Implementation of pre-exposure prophylaxis at a community pharmacy through a collaborative practice agreement with San Francisco Department of Public Health.
  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2019 Lopez MI, Cocohoba J, Cohen SE, Trainor N, Levy MM, Dong BJ
• The Longitudinal Association between Social Support on HIV Medication Adherence and Healthcare Utilization in the Women's Interagency HIV Study.
  AIDS and behavior 2019 Chandran A, Benning L, Musci RJ, Wilson TE, Milam J, Adedimeji A, Parish C, Adimora AA, Cocohoba J, Cohen MH, Holstad M, Kassaye S, Kempf MC, Golub ET
• The Pharmacist’s Role in Caring for HIV-Positive Individuals.
  2019 Jennifer Cocohoba
• The Association of Trauma with the Physical, Behavioral, and Social Health of Women Living with HIV: Pathways to Guide Trauma-informed Health Care Interventions.
  Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health 2019 Cuca YP, Shumway M, Machtinger EL, Davis K, Khanna N, Cocohoba J, Dawson-Rose C
• PBI36 CHRONIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE: ADHERENCE TO BIOLOGICS AND HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION IN A TERTIARY MEDICAL CENTER.
  Value in Health 2019 E. Witt, J. Zhu, H. Kirkham, J. Cocohoba, M. Stebbins
• Modeling specialty medicine access: Understanding key health system processes and players.
  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2018 Cocohoba J, Pohlman B, Tran JS, Kirkham H, Joyce C, Clark K, Stebbins M
• Cumulative Burden of Depression and All-Cause Mortality in Women Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 2018 Mills JC, Pence BW, Todd JV, Bengtson AM, Breger TL, Edmonds A, Cook RL, Adedimeji A, Schwartz RM, Kassaye S, Milam J, Cocohoba J, Cohen M, Golub E, Neigh G, Fischl M, Kempf MC, Adimora AA
• Perspectives on Integrated HIV and Hepatitis C Virus Testing Among Persons Entering a Northern California Jail: A Pilot Study.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2018 Ly W, Cocohoba J, Chyorny A, Halpern J, Auerswald C, Myers J
• Chapter 11: HIV Primary Care.
  HIV Pharmacotherapy: The Pharmacist’s Role in Care and Treatment 2017 Jennifer M. Cocohoba, Betty J. Dong
• Underutilization of Statins When Indicated in HIV-Seropositive and Seronegative Women.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2017 Todd JV, Cole SR, Wohl DA, Simpson RJ, Jonsson Funk M, Brookhart MA, Cocohoba J, Merenstein D, Sharma A, Lazar J, Milam J, Cohen M, Gange S, Lewis TT, Burkholder G, Adimora AA
• Pharmacists performing hepatitis C antibody point-of-care screening in a community pharmacy: A pilot project.
  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2017 Dong BJ, Lopez M, Cocohoba J
• Health Insurance Type and Control of Hypertension Among US Women Living With and Without HIV Infection in the Women's Interagency HIV Study.
  American journal of hypertension 2017 Ludema C, Cole SR, Eron JJ, Holmes GM, Anastos K, Cocohoba J, Cohen MH, Cooper HLF, Golub ET, Kassaye S, Konkle-Parker D, Metsch L, Milam J, Wilson TE, Adimora AA
• Seeking Safety Group Therapy for Co-Occurring Substance Use Disorder and PTSD among Transgender Women Living with HIV: A Pilot Study.
  Journal of psychoactive drugs 2017 Empson S, Cuca YP, Cocohoba J, Dawson-Rose C, Davis K, Machtinger EL
• Impact of Health Insurance, ADAP, and Income on HIV Viral Suppression Among US Women in the Women's Interagency HIV Study, 2006-2009.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2016 Ludema C, Cole SR, Eron JJ, Edmonds A, Holmes GM, Anastos K, Cocohoba J, Cohen M, Cooper HL, Golub ET, Kassaye S, Konkle-Parker D, Metsch L, Milam J, Wilson TE, Adimora AA
• Trends in Nonlipid Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Management in the Women's Interagency HIV Study and Association with Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2016 Hanna DB, Jung M, Xue X, Anastos K, Cocohoba JM, Cohen MH, Golub ET, Hessol NA, Levine AM, Wilson TE, Young MA, Kaplan RC
• Pharmacists caring for transgender persons.
  American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2016 Cocohoba J
• Perceptions and Cost-Analysis of a Multiple Mini-Interview in a Pharmacy School Admissions Process.
  American journal of pharmaceutical education 2015 Corelli RL, Muchnik MA, Beechinor RJ, Fong G, Vogt EM, Cocohoba JM, Tsourounis C, Hudmon KS
• HIV in the United States: a pharmacy perspective.
  Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research 2014 Jennifer Cocohoba
• Do HIV-positive women receive depression treatment that meets best practice guidelines?
  AIDS and behavior 2014 Cook JA, Burke-Miller JK, Grey DD, Cocohoba J, Liu C, Schwartz RM, Golub ET, Anastos K, Steigman PJ, Cohen MH
• Increase in single-tablet regimen use and associated improvements in adherence-related outcomes in HIV-infected women.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2014 Hanna DB, Hessol NA, Golub ET, Cocohoba JM, Cohen MH, Levine AM, Wilson TE, Young M, Anastos K, Kaplan RC
• Reporting of critical information in studies of pharmacists in HIV care.
  The International journal of pharmacy practice 2014 Cocohoba J, Dong BJ, Johnson MO, Saberi P
• A qualitative study examining HIV antiretroviral adherence counseling and support in community pharmacies.
  Journal of managed care pharmacy : JMCP 2013 Cocohoba J, Comfort M, Kianfar H, Johnson MO
• Improved antiretroviral refill adherence in HIV-focused community pharmacies.
  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2012 Cocohoba JM, Murphy P, Pietrandoni G, Guglielmo BJ
• Impact of HIV-specialized pharmacies on adherence and persistence with antiretroviral therapy.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2012 Murphy P, Cocohoba J, Tang A, Pietrandoni G, Hou J, Guglielmo BJ
• Pharmacist counseling in a cohort of women with HIV and women at risk for HIV.
  Patient preference and adherence 2012 Cocohoba JM, Althoff KN, Cohen M, Hu H, Cunningham CO, Sharma A, Greenblatt RM
• The impact of HIV clinical pharmacists on HIV treatment outcomes: a systematic review.
  Patient preference and adherence 2012 Saberi P, Dong BJ, Johnson MO, Greenblatt RM, Cocohoba JM
• Health care provider satisfaction with telephone consultations provided by pharmacists and physicians at the National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center.
  The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2011 Sherman EM, Cocohoba JM, Neff SE, Dong BJ
• Making sense of side effects.
  BETA : bulletin of experimental treatments for AIDS : a publication of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation 2011 Cocohoba J
• Influence of gender on receipt of guideline-based antiretroviral therapy in the era of HAART.
  AIDS care 2011 Cocohoba JM, Althoff KN, Godfrey R, Palella FJ, Greenblatt RM
• A comparison of tenofovir-associated renal function changes in HIV-infected African Americans vs Caucasians.
  Journal of the National Medical Association 2011 Lao CK, Gruta C, John MD, Cocohoba J
• PIN36 ANTIRETROVIRAL REFILL ADHERENCE IN COMMUNITY HIV SPECIALTY PHARMACIES (HIV-SP) VERSUS NON-SPECIALIZED PHARMACIES (NSP).
  Value in Health 2011 J. Cocohoba, P. Murphy, G. Pietrandoni, J. Guglielmo
• Raltegravir Intensification Therapy in Two Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Patients with Undetectable Viremia and Discordant CD4+ Response.
  Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy 2011 Elizabeth M. Sherman, Jennifer M. Cocohoba, Betty J. Dong
• The impact of the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) on use of highly active antiretroviral and antihypertensive therapy among HIV-infected women.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2011 Yi T, Cocohoba J, Cohen M, Anastos K, DeHovitz JA, Kono N, Hanna DB, Hessol NA
• Community Pharmacy Use Patterns of Women with HIV and Women At Risk for HIV in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  The Journal of pharmacy technology : jPT : official publication of the Association of Pharmacy Technicians 2010 Cocohoba J, Hsu T, Greenblatt RM
• Hormonal contraception for HIV positive women.
  BETA : bulletin of experimental treatments for AIDS : a publication of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation 2010 Cocohoba J
• The SWITCHMRK studies: substitution of lopinavir/ritonavir with raltegravir in HIV-positive individuals.
  Expert review of anti-infective therapy 2009 Cocohoba J
• HIV postexposure prophylaxis availability in U.S. rural hospitals.
  American journal of health-system pharmacy : AJHP : official journal of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists 2008 Cocohoba J, Ramay B, Patterson S
• Raltegravir: the first HIV integrase inhibitor.
  Clinical therapeutics 2008 Cocohoba J, Dong BJ
• Effects of HIV antiretrovirals on the pharmacokinetics of hormonal contraceptives.
  The European journal of contraception & reproductive health care : the official journal of the European Society of Contraception 2008 El-Ibiary SY, Cocohoba JM
• Consistency of initial antiretroviral therapy with HIV treatment guidelines in a US cohort of HIV-infected women.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2008 Cocohoba J, Wang QJ, Cox C, Gange SJ, Cohen M, Glesby M, DeHovitz JA, Greenblatt RM
• Discordance between ambulatory care clinic and community pharmacy medication databases for HIV-positive patients.
  Journal of the American Pharmacists Association : JAPhA 2007 Robinson CA, Cocohoba J, MacDougall C, John MD, Guglielmo BJ
• ARV Medication Errors: Experience of a Community-Based HIV Specialty Clinic and Review of the Literature.
  Hospital Pharmacy 2007 Jennifer Cocohoba, Betty J. Dong
• Refusals by pharmacists to dispense emerging contraception: a critique.
  Obstetrics and gynecology 2006 El-Ibiary S, Cocohoba J
• Tipranavir: a protease inhibitor for HIV salvage therapy.
  The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2006 Dong BJ, Cocohoba JM
• Potential adverse effects and inferior efficacy in ARV treatment.
  Journal of the National Medical Association 2004 Graves D, Cocohoba J, Gruta C, Goldschmidt R
• Valganciclovir: an advance in cytomegalovirus therapeutics.
  The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2002 Cocohoba JM, McNicholl IR