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Andrea Kovacs, MD

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Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology and Population and Public Health Sciences · Keck School of Medicine of USC

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Region🇺🇸 Los Angeles, CA · West · United StatesSpecialtyPediatric Infectious DiseasesFocusHIV/AIDS Research and Interventions+4
Active KOLFindMyKOL type: EliteLatest publication2025Online presenceNone verifiedPaymentsNone reportedNIH funding1997–2024Why? →

Andrea Kovacs is Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology and Population and Public Health Sciences at Keck School of Medicine of USC. OpenAlex indexes 36 publications with 1,238 citations (h-index 21); ClinicalTrials.gov lists 2 registered studies with this person as an investigator.

Data verified 4 Nov 2026

Overview

Updated 4 Nov 2026

Andrea Kovacs, MD, is Professor of Pediatrics, Pathology and Population and Public Health Sciences at Keck School of Medicine of USC. The public record shows 36 publications with 1,238 citations (h-index 21), centered on HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions, HIV Research and Treatment, HIV/AIDS drug development and treatment. It also documents an investigator role on 2 registered clinical trials, 5 NIH-funded awards (1997–2024).

  • Most recent indexed publication: 2025 · Nature communications
  • Top research focus: HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
  • 2 registered trials on ClinicalTrials.gov

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Indications focus

from trials led + research topics
HIV2 trialsHIV Infections2 trialsViral Hepatitis (B/C)COVID-19Tuberculosis

Research focus

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HIV/AIDS Research and InterventionsHIV Research and TreatmentHIV/AIDS drug development and treatmentPneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia detection and treatmentCytomegalovirus and herpesvirus research

Works with

trial sponsors and companies reporting payments
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)Clinical trials2Industry payments—

Scholarship

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36publications

Publications indexed by OpenAlex, matched via ORCID. 1 in PubMed. Counts exclude supporting files.

1,238citations

Citations across these publications.

21h-index

H-index from these publications. i10-index 25.

Clinical & industry

trials, payments and federal funding
2clinical trials

Investigator role on registered studies.

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0companies · 2021 onward

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5NIH grants · 1997–2024

Federally funded research awards.

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Contact

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Clinical trials

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Listed as an investigator on 2 registered studies on ClinicalTrials.gov. The most recent:

Industry payments

No payments involving this person were reported to CMS in program years 2021–2024. Why? →

NIH funding

Updated 4 Nov 2026

5 NIH research awards on record, funded 1997–2024 per NIH RePORTER. The latest:

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Congress activity

Updated 4 Nov 2026

1 congress contribution (2024) across IDSA per OpenAlex. The most recent:

Published abstracts are attributed via the same ORCID-disambiguated authorship as publications, so each is DOI-verified. Podium roles (invited talks, session chairs) and oral/poster type are added as program data is confirmed.

Publications

Updated 4 Nov 2026

Their five most recent publications, matched to their ORCID record and linked to PubMed.

Most-cited works

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  1. 01
    Efficacy of Zidovudine and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Hyperimmune Immunoglobulin for Reducing Perinatal HIV Transmission from HIV‐Infected Women with Advanced Disease: Results of Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group Protocol 185
    Article144 citations1999
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  2. 02
    Safety, vaccine virus shedding and immunogenicity of trivalent, cold-adapted, live attenuated influenza vaccine administered to human immunodeficiency virus-infected and noninfected children
    Article96 citations2001
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  3. 03
    Risk factors for preterm birth, low birth weight, and intrauterine growth retardation in infants born to HIV-infected pregnant women receiving zidovudine
    Article81 citations2000
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  4. 04
    Frequent recurrence and persistence of varicella-zoster virus infections in children infected with human immunodeficiency virus type 1
    Article80 citations1996
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  5. 05
    Risk factors for trichomoniasis among women with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection at a public clinic in Los Angeles County, California: implications for HIV prevention.
    Article75 citations1998
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Network

Updated 4 Nov 2026

The people this person publishes with most, by number of co-authored papers. Names link to their own profile when we have one.

Alice Marie Stek6Frank J. Sorvillo4Victor L. Beer4William T. Shearer4Peter R. Kerndt4LYNNE M. MOFENSON4Harold Burger3Sharon Nachman3James D. Homans3John Shearer Lambert3E. Richard Stiehm3Barbara Weiser3Laurene Mascola3Paul A. Turner3Gildon N. Beall3Hunter Hammill3Eva A. Operskalski2George J. Nemo2Joseph A. Kovacs2Kenneth McIntosh2Olivier Pernet2Jiaao Xu2Jaime Gerardo Deville2James Bethel2Jean Whitehouse2HANNAH H. PEAVY2William A. Meyer2Johanna Goldfarb2Christine V. Sapan2Gary D. Overturf2Pamela J. Tropper2David S. Hodes2MARK D. SCHLUCHTER2Jack Moye2Sean M. Philpott2Patricia Anthony2Mary Glenn Fowler2Eleanor Jiménez2Jane Pitt2Bonnie J. Mathieson2

Background & recognition

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Credentials, appointments and honors, newest first, each linked to the public source it came from.

Education

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  • MD
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