Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
STD Program
2615 S. Grand Ave
Room 500
Los Angeles,
CA
USA
90007
Email:
pkerndt@ph.lacounty.gov
Biographical Sketch:
Peter Kerndt is currently director of the STD Program at Los Angeles County Health Department.
Prior to that he served as director of the county's HIV epidemiology program for 11 years.
Kerndt has published more than 30 papers in professional journals on HIV and other STDs, first encountered AIDS while he was at San Francisco General Hospital in 1979.
Kerndt later helped identify the HIV2 virus in Los Angeles when a patient showed a new form of the crippling disease. He later helped identify another strain of AIDS, HIV Group 0, when a patient surfaced in Los Angeles.
Kerndt began his career in public health at the Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Epidemic Intelligence Service.