Malcolm John, MD, MPH
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

He is also Director of HIV Health Equity at the UCSF 360 Positive Care Center after serving 18 years as Medical Director.

Dr. John is an Infectious Disease physician with expertise in HIV care for diverse populations with emphasis on African Americans/Black Americans as well as HIV & Aging. Interested in advancing care for vulnerable populations, ethnic and age differences in HIV clinical outcomes and comorbidities, reducing healthcare disparities and promoting health equity.

Dr. John was a Dean's Diversity Leader of the UCSF Dean's Office 5-year Differences Matter Initiative through 2020 as the clinical health equity group’s faculty lead for UCSF Health, where he and his collogues played a pivotal role in launching the Health Equity Council at UCSF Health. Motivated to increase his role in organizational change to promote health equity, Dr. John completed a 2 year fellowship with the California Health Care Foundation in 2020, during which he worked on integrating health equity into the quality infrastructure of UCSF Health. He subsequently became a Co-Chair of the UCSF Health Equity Council where he continues to focus on the integration of health equity into the UCSF Health System to ensure all have a fair and just opportunity to reach the optimal health through equitable access to care, clinical outcomes and patient experiences.

Dr. John's other area of focus is working with the Black community to address health disparities. He launched the UCSF Black Health Initiative (BHI) in 2020 to help UCSF be a better partner with the Black community in order to address COVID-19 and related disparities.

Interests include advancing care for vulnerable populations, ethnic and age differences in HIV outcomes and comorbidities, reducing healthcare disparities and promoting health equity. Dr. John is experienced in program development, community collaborations, securing research funding, and in developing and applying new models of HIV care for vulnerable populations across academic and community-based settings.

• Telemedicine for Depression in Older People Living with HIV
  Acta Psychopathologica 2017 Jessica Y Rhee, Eric J Chan, Paul M Elizondo III, James A Bourgeois, Cameron W Foreman, Lisa Dazols, Jorien G Breur, Joseph K Shemuel, Amanda R Martin, Sharonya Shrivastava, Isabel E Allen and Malcolm…
• Geriatric Assessments and Association With VACS Index Among HIV-Infected Older Adults in San Francisco.
  Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) 2016 John MD, Greene M, Hessol NA, Zepf R, Parrott AH, Foreman C, Bourgeois J, Gandhi M, Hare CB
• Human papillomavirus infection in the oral cavity of HIV patients is not reduced by initiating antiretroviral therapy.
  AIDS (London, England) 2016 Shiboski CH, Lee A, Chen H, Webster-Cyriaque J, Seaman T, Landovitz RJ, John M, Reilly N, Naini L, Palefsky J, Jacobson MA
• The clinical implications of HIV infection and aging.
  Oral diseases 2016 John M
• The gut and oral microbiome in HIV disease: a workshop report.
  Oral diseases 2016 Moyes DL, Saxena D, John MD, Malamud D
• The Use of Home-Based Telepsychiatry for Mild to Moderate Major Depression in HIV-Positive Adults 50 Years and Older Living in San Francisco.
  Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2015 Jessica Rhee, Eric Chan, Paul Elizondo, James Bourgeois, Cameron Foreman, Lisa Dazols, Jorien Breur, Joseph Shemuel, Amanda Martin, Sharonya Shrivastava, Malcolm John
• 1607Veterans Aging Cohort Study (VACS) Index, Functional Status, and Other Patient Reported Outcomes in Older HIV-positive (HIV+) Adults.
  Open Forum Infectious Diseases 2014 Malcolm John, Nancy Hessol, C. Bradley Hare, Catherine Lyons, Roland Zepf, Terrence Marcotte, Amanda Hutton Parrott, Robert Whirry, Cameron Foreman, Monica Gandhi, Meredith Greene
• A pilot study to engage and counsel HIV-positive African American youth via telehealth technology.
  AIDS patient care and STDs 2013 Saberi P, Yuan P, John M, Sheon N, Johnson MO
• Summary report from the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Aging Consensus Project: treatment strategies for clinicians managing older individuals with the human immunodeficiency virus.
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2012 Work Group for HIV and Aging Consensus Project
• Methamphetamine use, transmission risk behavior and internet use among HIV-infected patients in medical care, San Francisco, 2008.
  AIDS and behavior 2012 Clark T, Marquez C, Hare CB, John MD, Klausner JD
• 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
• Methamphetamine use, sexual activity, patient-provider communication, and medication adherence among HIV-infected patients in care, San Francisco 2004-2006.
  AIDS care 2009 Marquez C, Mitchell SJ, Hare CB, John M, Klausner JD
• 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
• Staphylococcus aureus prosthetic valve endocarditis: optimal management and risk factors for death.
  Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 1998 John MD, Hibberd PL, Karchmer AW, Sleeper LA, Calderwood SB
• Transcription factor binding sites downstream of the human immunodeficiency virus type 1 transcription start site are important for virus infectivity.
  Journal of virology 1997 Van Lint C, Amella CA, Emiliani S, John M, Jie T, Verdin E