Rado Lee
Finance Manager
Little is known regarding risk of COVID-19 in people with HIV (PLWH) and how tenofovir (TFV), an antiretroviral (ART) used for HIV treatment and prevention, may confer protection against COVID-19. This research leverages public health data of PLWH and COVID-19 in San Francisco to determine if HIV itself or ART alters risk of COVID-19 infection.
People living with HIV with criminal justice involvement are particularly vulnerable population, with poor pre-release and post-release HIV care cascade outcomes and diverse non-HIV social services engagement. Hence, they are likely to be disproportionately impacted by shelter-in-place orders, reduced incarceration rates and criminal justice reform.