Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH

Professor of Clinical Medicine
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Monica Gandhi MD, MPH is Professor of Medicine and Associate Division Chief (Clinical Operations/ Education) of the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at UCSF/ San Francisco General Hospital. She also serves as the Director of the UCSF Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and the Medical director of the HIV Clinic at SFGH ("Ward 86"). Dr. Gandhi completed her M.D. at Harvard Medical School and then came to UCSF in 1996 for residency training in Internal Medicine. After her residency, Dr. Gandhi completed a fellowship in Infectious Diseases and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, both at UCSF. She also obtained a Masters in Public Health from Berkeley in 2001 with a focus on Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

Dr. Gandhi's current research program is on identifying low-cost solutions to measuring antiretroviral levels in resource-poor settings, such as determining drug levels in hair and urine samples. Dr. Gandhi also works on pre-exposure prophylaxis and treatment strategies for HIV infection in women. .

Dr. Gandhi also has an interest at UCSF in HIV education and mentorship. She also served as the principal investigator of an R24 mentoring grant from the NIH focused on nurturing early career investigators of diversity in HIV research, from which launched the annual "Mentoring the Mentors" workshop for HIV researchers held annually by the UCSF CFAR to train mentors in specialized tools and techniques of effective mentoring. She won the Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award from UCSF in 2024. She sees patients at Ward 86 as an HIV care provider, serves on the inpatient Infectious Diseases consultation service at San Francisco General Hospital as an attending, and serves as the Associate Director of the UCSF ID fellowship for Clinical Research.

During COVID-19, Dr. Gandhi wrote multiple layman's articles first on ways to mitigate the pandemic through non-pharmaceutical interventions such as face masks and then on the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines once available, including the need for global vaccine equity. She wrote on COVID antivirals (Paxlovid, molnupiravir) and monoclonal antibodies. She co-wrote the chapter on COVID-19 epidemiology for the Cecil Goldman Medicine textbook; co-authored the chapter on COVID-19 global epidemiology for Mandell’s Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases; and wrote a book for Mayo Clinic Press on the COVID-19 pandemic called “Endemic: A Post-Pandemic Playbook" (2023)

Publications

The Impact of Adherence Counselling Incorporating a Point of Care Urine Tenofovir Assay on Virologic Suppression among Individuals Failing Tenofovir-Lamivudine-Dolutegravir: A Pre - Post intervention Study.

International journal of infectious diseases : IJID : official publication of the International Society for Infectious Diseases

Bikinesi L, Spinelli MA, Nyoni N, Mouton D, Mengistu A, Kamangu J, Konstantinus I, Kalimugogo P, Mutandi G, Negussie F, Wang G, Welty S, McFarland PW, Beard RS, Haberer PJ, McCluskey S, Gandhi PM, Hong SY

High recent PrEP adherence with point-of-care urine tenofovir testing and adherence counselling among young African women: results from the INSIGHT cohort.

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Gati Mirembe B, Donnell D, Krows M, Zwane Z, Bukusi E, Panchia R, Louw C, Mwelase N, Selepe P, Senne M, Naidoo L, Chihana R, Kasaro M, Nuwagaba-Biribonwoha H, Kotze P, Gill K, MacDonald P, vanHeerden A, Bosman S, Jaggernath M, du Preez P, Ward A, Peters RPH, Delany-Moretlwe S, Peacock S, Johnson R, Caucutt J, Morrison S, Wang G, Gandhi M, Velloza J, Heffron R, Celum C, INSIGHT Study Team

Doxycycline Prophylaxis to Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections in Women.

Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey

Jenell Stewart, Kevin Oware, Deborah Donnell, Lauren R. Violette, Josephine Odoyo, Olusegun O. Soge, Caitlin W. Scoville, Victor Omollo, Felix O. Mogaka, Fredericka A. Sesay, R. Scott McClelland, Matthew Spinelli, Monica Gandhi, Elizabeth A. Bukusi, Jared M. Baeten, for the dPEP Kenya Study Team

The surge of mpox in Africa: a call for action.

The Lancet. Global health

Nachega JB, Sam-Agudu NA, Ogoina D, Mbala-Kingebeni P, Ntoumi F, Nakouné E, Njouom R, Lewis RF, Gandhi M, Rosenthal PJ, Rawat A, Wilson LA, Kindrachuk J, Liesenborghs L, Mills EJ, Preiser W, Rimoin AW, Sullivan NJ, Peeters M, Delaporte E, Baxter C, Harrison L, Hermans MP, Mohr EL, Gonsalves G, Ndembi N, Zumla A, Muyembe-Tamfum JJ, Mpox Research Consortium

Persistence, Magnitude, and Patterns of Postacute Symptoms and Quality of Life Following Onset of SARS-CoV-2 Infection: Cohort Description and Approaches for Measurement.

Open forum infectious diseases

Peluso MJ, Kelly JD, Lu S, Goldberg SA, Davidson MC, Mathur S, Durstenfeld MS, Spinelli MA, Hoh R, Tai V, Fehrman EA, Torres L, Hernandez Y, Williams MC, Arreguin MI, Ngo LH, Deswal M, Munter SE, Martinez EO, Anglin KA, Romero MD, Tavs J, Rugart PR, Chen JY, Sans HM, Murray VW, Ellis PK, Donohue KC, Massachi JA, Weiss JO, Mehdi I, Pineda-Ramirez J, Tang AF, Wenger MA, Assenzio MT, Yuan Y, Krone MR, Rutishauser RL, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Greenhouse B, Sauceda JA, Gandhi M, Scheffler AW, Hsue PY, Henrich TJ, Deeks SG, Martin JN

SARS-CoV-2 Community Transmission disproportionately affects Latinx population during Shelter-in-Place in San Francisco.

Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Chamie G, Marquez C, Crawford E, Peng J, Petersen M, Schwab D, Schwab J, Martinez J, Es DJ, Black D, Gandhi M, Kerkhoff AD, Jain V, Sergi F, Jacobo J, Rojas S, Tulier-Laiwa V, Gallardo-Brown T, Appa A, Chiu C, Rodgers M, Hackett J, Kistler A, Hao S, Kamm J, Dynerman D, Batson J, Greenhouse B, DeRisi J, Havlir DV

SARS-CoV-2 antibody magnitude and detectability are driven by disease severity, timing, and assay.

Science advances

Peluso MJ, Takahashi S, Hakim J, Kelly JD, Torres L, Iyer NS, Turcios K, Janson O, Munter SE, Thanh C, Donatelli J, Nixon CC, Hoh R, Tai V, Fehrman EA, Hernandez Y, Spinelli MA, Gandhi M, Palafox MA, Vallari A, Rodgers MA, Prostko J, Hackett J, Trinh L, Wrin T, Petropoulos CJ, Chiu CY, Norris PJ, DiGermanio C, Stone M, Busch MP, Elledge SK, Zhou XX, Wells JA, Shu A, Kurtz TW, Pak JE, Wu W, Burbelo PD, Cohen JI, Rutishauser RL, Martin JN, Deeks SG, Henrich TJ, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Greenhouse B

Rapid implementation of a cohort for the study of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection/COVID-19.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Peluso MJ, Kelly JD, Lu S, Goldberg SA, Davidson MC, Mathur S, Durstenfeld MS, Spinelli MA, Hoh R, Tai V, Fehrman EA, Torres L, Hernandez Y, Williams MC, Arreguin MI, Bautista JA, Ngo LH, Deswal M, Munter SE, Martinez EO, Anglin KA, Romero MD, Tavs J, Rugart PR, Chen JY, Sans HM, Murray VW, Ellis PK, Donohue KC, Massachi JA, Weiss JO, Mehdi I, Pineda-Ramirez J, Tang AF, Wenger M, Assenzio M, Yuan Y, Krone M, Rutishauser RL, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Greenhouse B, Sauceda JA, Gandhi M, Hsue PY, Henrich TJ, Deeks SG, Martin JN

SARS-CoV-2 antibody magnitude and detectability are driven by disease severity, timing, and assay.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Peluso MJ, Takahashi S, Hakim J, Kelly JD, Torres L, Iyer NS, Turcios K, Janson O, Munter SE, Thanh C, Nixon CC, Hoh R, Tai V, Fehrman EA, Hernandez Y, Spinelli MA, Gandhi M, Palafox MA, Vallari A, Rodgers MA, Prostko J, Hackett J, Trinh L, Wrin T, Petroplolous CJ, Chiu CY, Norris PJ, DiGermanio C, Stone M, Busch MP, Elledge SK, Zhou XX, Wells JA, Shu A, Kurtz TW, Pak JE, Wu W, Burbelo PD, Cohen JI, Rutishauser RL, Martin JN, Deeks SG, Henrich TJ, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Greenhouse B

Long-Term SARS-CoV-2-Specific Immune and Inflammatory Responses Across a Clinically Diverse Cohort of Individuals Recovering from COVID-19.

medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences

Peluso MJ, Deitchman AN, Torres L, Iyer NS, Nixon CC, Munter SE, Donatelli J, Thanh C, Takahashi S, Hakim J, Turcios K, Janson O, Hoh R, Tai V, Hernandez Y, Fehrman E, Spinelli MA, Gandhi M, Trinh L, Wrin T, Petropoulos CJ, Aweeka FT, Rodriguez-Barraquer I, Kelly JD, Martin JN, Deeks SG, Greenhouse B, Rutishauser RL, Henrich TJ

SARS-CoV-2 Community Transmission During Shelter-in-Place in San Francisco.

medRxiv

Gabriel Chamie, Carina Marquez, Emily Crawford, James Peng, Maya Petersen, Daniel Schwab, Joshua Schwab, Jackie Martinez, Diane Jones, Douglas Black, Monica Gandhi, Andrew D. Kerkhoff, Vivek Jain, Francesco Sergi, Jon Jacobo, Susana Rojas, Valerie Tulier-Laiwa, Tracy Gallardo-Brown, Ayesha Appa, Charles Y Chiu, Mary Rodgers, John Hackett, Amy Kistler, Samantha Hao, Jack Kamm, David Dynerman, Joshua Batson, Bryan Greenhouse, Joe DeRisi, Diane V. Havlir

Uptake, engagement, and adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis offered after population HIV testing in rural Kenya and Uganda: 72-week interim analysis of observational data from the SEARCH study.

The lancet. HIV

Koss CA, Charlebois ED, Ayieko J, Kwarisiima D, Kabami J, Balzer LB, Atukunda M, Mwangwa F, Peng J, Mwinike Y, Owaraganise A, Chamie G, Jain V, Sang N, Olilo W, Brown LB, Marquez C, Zhang K, Ruel TD, Camlin CS, Rooney JF, Black D, Clark TD, Gandhi M, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Petersen ML, Kamya MR, Havlir DV

Hair and Plasma Data Show that Lopinavir, Ritonavir and Efavirenz All Transfer from Mother to Infant in Utero, but only Efavirenz Transfers via Breastfeeding. JAIDS Aug 63(5): 578-584

Hair and Plasma Data Show that Lopinavir, Ritonavir and Efavirenz All Transfer from Mother to Infant in Utero, but only Efavirenz Transfers via Breastfeeding. JAIDS Aug 63(5): 578-584.

Gandhi M, Mwesigwa J, Aweeka F, Plenty A, Charlebois E, Ruel TD, Huang Y, Clark T, Ades V, Natureeba P, Luwedde FA, Achan J, Kamya MR, Havlir DV, Cohan D

Track B Clinical Science.

Journal of the International AIDS Society

. Kyrychenko, G. Dubynska, T. Koval, I. Kaidashev, V. Korshenko, K. Rono, H. Kibuuka, L. Maganga, J. Kosgei, A. Sekiziyivu, E. Sanga, E. Ngetich, A. Bolen Valenzuela, N. Michael, M. Robb, M. Markowitz, T. Evering, A. Figueroa, K. Rodriguez, M. La Mar, D. Garmon, V. Sahi, H. Mohri, A. Asher, G.-M. Santos, E.K. Dokubo, J. Martin, S. Deeks, L. Tobler, M. Busch, P. Hunt, K. Page, R. Weber, C. Smith, S. Mannheimer, L. Wang, H.V. Tieu, C. del Rio, S. Buchbinder, L. Wilton, S. Glick, V. Cummings, K.H. Mayer, A. Hutchinson, S. Sansom, P. Farnham, R. Davis, S. Dzoro, S. Moyo, S. Gaseitsiwe, R. Musonda, V. Novitsky, M. Essex, K. Ouma, S. Basavaraju, J. Okonji, J. Williamson, L. Mills, C. Zeh, S. Vallabhaneni, S. Chandy, E. Heylen, M.L. Ekstrand, J. Manasa, N. McGrath, R. Lessells, A. Skingsley, M.-L. Newell, T. de Oliveira, H. Rawizza, B. Chaplin, S. Meloni, P. Okonkwo, P. Kanki, H. Gale, S. Gitterman, F. Gordin, D. Benator, V. Kan, D. Meya, R. Rajasingham, M. Rolfes, K. Birkenkamp, D. Boulware, P. Bulterys, T. Le, V.M. Quang, K. Nelson, J. Lloyd-Smith, A.F. Luetkemeyer, S.L. Rosenkranz, D. Lu, P.S. Lizak, P. Ive, S. Swindells, C.A. Benson, B. Grinsztejn, I.M. Sanne, D.V. Havlir, F. Aweeka, T. Sterling, C. Benson, N. Shang, J. Miro, B. Grinsztejn, R. Chaisson, A. Lucchetti, J. Sanchez, N. Scott, E. Villarino, H. McIlleron, N. Martinson, P. Denti, F. Mashabela, J. Hunt, S. Shembe, J. Hull, D.W. Haas, R. Msandiwa, S. Cohn, R. Chaisson, K.E. Dooley, D. Everitt, H. Winter, E. Egizi, D. Everitt, S. Murray, A. Diacon, R. Dawson, J. Hutchings, C. Van Niekerk, E. Egizi, P. Becker, J. Hafkin, C. Modongo, C. Newcomb, E. Lowenthal, R.R. MacGregor, A. Steenhoff, H. Friedman, G. Bisson, D. Fitzgerald, P. Jansen, C. Chipungu, V. Dindi, J. Fielder, C. Pfaff, H. Bygrave, S. Simons, D. Munyaradzi, B. Nyagadza, C. Metcalf, K. Ncube, S. Van Den Broucke, L. Mupfumi, P. Mason, S. Zinyowera, R. Mutetwa, R.S. Wallis, A.H. Diacon, R. Dawson, A. Venter, S.O. Friedrich, D. Paige, T. Zhu, A. Silvia, J. Gobey, C. Ellery, Y. Zhang, E. Kadyszewski, J.C.M. Brust, N.S. Shah, T.L. van der Merwe, S. Bamber, A. Mngadi, Y. Ning, M. Heo, A.P. Moll, M. Loveday, U.G. Lalloo, G.H. Friedland, N.R. Gandhi, C. Hawkins, B. Christian, J. Ye, T. Nagu, E. Aris, G. Chalamilla, D. Spiegelman, F. Mugusi, S. Mehta, W. Fawzi, V. Lo Re, J. Tate, M. Kallan, J. Lim, M. Goetz, M. Klein, D. Rimland, M. Rodriguez-Barradas, A. Butt, C. Gibert, S. Brown, J. Kostman, B. Strom, R. Reddy, A. Justice, R. Localio, V. Amorosa, T. Umbleja, V. Johnson, M. Kang, A. Luetkemeyer, M. Bardin, D. Haas, R. Chung, S. Yesmin, K. Coughlin, A. Martinez, M.B. Adams, B. Alston-Smith, P. Tebas, M. Peters, J. Kahn, J. Xu, B. Kapogiannis, B. Rudy, N. Liu, R. Gonin, C. Wilson, C. Worrell, K. Squires, E.M. Kojic, M. Cespedes, T. Umbleja, M. Kang, J. Aberg, R. Allen, B. Grinsztein, C. Firnhaber, J. Webster-Cyriaque, J.M. Palefsky, C. Godfrey, A.J. Saah, S. Cu-Uvin, M.X. Rangaka, A. Boulle, R.J. Wilkinson, G. van Cutsem, E. Goemaere, R. Goliath, R. Titus, S. Mathee, G. Maartens, A. Shet, S. Holla, V. Raman, C. Dinakar, M. Ashok, C. Dufouil, L. Richert, M. Bruyand, H. Amieva, F.-A. Dauchy, J.-F. Dartigues, D. Neau, F. Dabis, P. Morlat, F. Bonnet, G. Chene, M. Nigo, A. Walker, D. Lucido, A. Shah, M. Skliut, D. Mildvan, V. Sahasrabuddhe, P. Castle, S. Follansbee, S. Borgonovo, B. LaMere, D. Tokugawa, T. Darragh, S. Boyle, M. Sadorra, S. Tang, N. Wentzensen, A. Mills, D. Mildvan, D. Podzamczer, G. Fätkenheuer, M. Leal, S. Than, S.R. Valluri, C. Craig, M. Vourvahis, J. Heera, H. Valdez, T. Brown, A. Rinehart, S. Portsmouth, J. Gallant, E. Koenig, J. Andrade-Villanueva, P. Chetchotisakd, E. Dejesus, F. Antunes, K. Arastéh, G. Moyle, G. Rizzardini, J. Fehr, Y.-P. Liu, L. Zhong, C. Callebaut, S. Ramanathan, J. Szwarcberg, M. Rhee, A. Cheng, F. Palella, P. Tebas, B. Gazzard, P. Ruane, D. Shamblaw, J. Flamm, M. Fisher, J. van Lunzen, ...

Journal of Dental Research

Salivary shedding of human herpesvirus-8 among HIV-infected women is more frequent at higher CD4 cell counts

Gandhi M, Koelle D, Ameli N, Bacchetti P, Greenspan J, Navazesh M, Anastos K, Greenblatt RM