About the Authors

Albert Liu

albert.liu@sfdph.org

Affiliations Bridge HIV, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Stephanie Cohen

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, STD Prevention and Control, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Stephen Follansbee

Affiliation Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Deborah Cohan

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Shannon Weber

Affiliation Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Darpun Sachdev

Affiliations Bridge HIV, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Susan Buchbinder

Affiliations Bridge HIV, San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The only competing interest for Drs. Liu and Buchbinder is that they receive NIH grant funding for studies related to PrEP, including the demonstration project that is described in the paper. However, they receive no money from the pharmaceutical (Gilead) that makes PrEP, nor is NIH funding contingent upon receiving any specific results from that study.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL SC SF DC SW DS SB. Performed the experiments: AL SC SF DC SW SB. Analyzed the data: AL SC SF DC SW DS SB. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: AL SC SF DC DS SB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AL SC SF DC SW DS SB. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: AL SC SF DC SW DS SB. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: AL SC SF DC SW DS SB. Enrolled patients: AL SC SF DC SB.