Disease Prevention and Control, San Francisco Department of Public Health

Publications

Presentations, Posters, and Abstracts

  1. MacDougall C, Canonica T, Keh C, P Phan BA, Louie J. Systematic review of drug-drug interactions between rifamycins and anticoagulant and antiplatelet agents and considerations for management. Pharmacotherapy. 2022 Feb 13. (In press) doi: 10.1002/phar.2672
  2. Louie JK, Agraz-Lara R, Romo L, Crespin F, Chen L, Graves S. Tuberculosis-Associated Hospitalizations and Deaths after COVID-19 Shelter-In-Place, San Francisco, California, USA. Emerg Infect Dis. 2021;27(8):2227-2229.
  3. Li V, Romo L, Agraz-Lara R, Cheung E, Huang M, Lee G, Li-Wong A, Min Naing MK, Louie JK. Characterization of Dementia in Older Patients with Tuberculosis in San Francisco. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting (Virtual Poster Presentation). July 9, 2021.
  4. Garrett R. Beeler Asay et al. “Cost of Tuberculosis Therapy Directly Observed on Video for Health Departments and Patients in New York City; San Francisco, California; and Rhode Island (2017–2018)”, American Journal of Public Health 110, no. 11 (November 1, 2020): pp. 1696-1703.
  5. Miller T, Agraz-Lara R, Cheung E, Huang M, Min-Naing K, Lee G, Louie JK. Feasibility and Acceptability of a Self-Administered Regimen of 12 Weekly Doses of Isoniazid-Rifapentine (3HP). National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting (Virtual). October 2, 2020.
  6. Louie JK, Li A, Lowenthal P, Roma L. Characterization of Active Tuberculosis (TB) in New B1-Notification Immigrants in San Francisco. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting (Virtual). October 2, 2020.
  7. Louie JK, Reid M, Stella J, Agraz-Lara R, Graves S, Chen L, Hopewell P. A decrease in tuberculosis evaluations and diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Int J Tuberc Lung Dis. 2020 Aug 1;24(8):860-862.
  8. Louie JK, Crespin F, Agraz-Lara R, Keh C. Characterization of Elderly Persons with Active Tuberculosis in San Francisco. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. April 23-26, 2019.
  9. Louie JK, Lin G, True L. Presentation: A challenging elderly TB case. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. April 23-26, 2019.
  10. Louie JK, Padmanabhan SP, Agraz-Lara R, Huang M, Min-Naing K, Cheung E, Lee G, Miller T, Keh C. A Revised Algorithm for Screening for Ethambutol-Associated Optic Neuropathy. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA. May 21-24, 2018.
  11. Louie JK, Agraz-Lara R, Haller B, Negri D, Yoo J, Huang M, Min-Naing K, Cheung E, Lee G, Miller T, Keh C. Challenges in Isoniazid Therapeutic Drug Monitoring. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting, Palm Springs, CA. May 21-24, 2018.
  12. Yoo J, Louie J, Romo L, Keh C. Usefulness of interferon-gamma release assay testing in immigrants with radiographic evidence of old, healed tuberculosis (TB-4). 2018 International Conference of the American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA. May 18-23, 2018.
  13. Zhuoga P, Crespin F, Box C, Wolf M, Louie J, Keh C. Investigation of Active Tuberculosis Exposure in Hemodialysis Units: Challenges and Lessons Learned. 51st California TB Controllers Association Conference, Walnut Creek, California. March 6-8, 2017.

Public Health Associate Program

  1. Lupac D, Louie JK, Romo L, Keh C. Characterizing Civil Surgeons in San Francisco, following the release of the 2018 CDC Technical Instructions. CDC Public Health Associate Program: Mid-Program Training, Atlanta, GA. July 15-19, 2019.
  2. Yalin E, Crespin F, Enanoria W, Louie J, Keh C. Tuberculosis Related Mortality in San Francisco 2012-2019. CDC Public Health Associate Program: Graduation Training, Atlanta, GA. March 19-22, 2019.
  3. Yalin E, Gomez-Munoz M, Abadilla A, Thigpen J, Crespin F, Keh C. Effectiveness of Social Media as an Outreach Tool in Public Awareness of Tuberculosis: San Francisco World Tuberculosis Day. CDC Public Health Associate Program: Mid-Program Training, Atlanta, GA. June 2018.

Awards

  1. Keh C, Romo L, Ampie T. Excellence in Program or Policy Evaluation Award. National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention.
  2. Louie JK. National Society of Tuberculosis Clinicians Travel Award. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. April 23-26, 2019.
  3. Agraz-Lara R. Carol Pozsik TB Nursing Award. National Tuberculosis Controllers Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA. April 23-26, 2019.
  4. Agraz-Lara R. Brenda Ashkar We DO Whatever It Takes Award. California TB Controllers Association Conference, Palm Springs, CA. May 21-24, 2018.