Associate Professor
Yale School of Public Health
Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases
60 College Street
New Haven,
CT
USA
06520
linda.niccolai@yale.edu
Biographical Sketch:
2008 – present Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health (Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases), Yale School of Public Health
2002 – 2008 Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health (Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases), Yale School of Public Health
• Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator of numerous federal (NIH and CDC) and foundation grants to study behavioral epidemiology of STI/HIV prevention
• Primary or co-author of 60 publications in peer reviewed journals
• Presentations at each of national and international STD meetings in past 10 years
Professor Niccolai is an epidemiologist whose research is primarily focused on sexually transmitted infections (STI), including HIV. Her main area of interest is in behavioral aspects of HIV/STI prevention. Specifically, she is interested in studying both individual- and partnership-level determinants of sexual risk behaviors, and population-based patterns of transmission dynamics. Her research includes a focus on the underserved populations of adolescents and women, and includes both domestic and international sites. Currently, Professor Niccolai is involved in three main areas of research. First, she is Principal Investigator of a study in Connecticut to examine the behavioral and molecular epidemiology of repeat chlamydia infections among young women. Her second area of research is based in Russia, where she is involved in multiple projects to understand HIV transmission dynamics among injection drug users and commercial sex workers. Finally, working with the Connecticut Emerging Infections Program, she is Project Director of a new effort to monitor impact of the human papillomavirus vaccine.