Danielle C Ompad
Danielle C. Ompad
Professor of Epidemiology
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Professional overview
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Dr. Danielle Ompad is an epidemiologist whose work is focused in the areas of urban health, HIV, illicit drug use, and adult access to vaccines. With respect to illicit drug use, her work has spanned the entire natural history of addiction – from initiation to cessation, with particular attention paid to risk for infectious diseases such as HIV, hepatitis B and C, and STIs. She has primarily worked with people who use heroin, crack, cocaine, and/or club drugs.
In New York City, she has been examining heroin cessation among current, former, and relapsed heroin users. Working with Alliance for Public Health and the Ukrainian Institute on Public Health Policy, she analyzes harm reduction service utilization among people who inject drugs, in order to optimize service delivery in Ukraine. Since 2013, she has served as faculty for the Fogarty-funded New York State International Training and Research Program with the goal of building research capacity in Ukraine.
Dr. Ompad’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases-funded study aims to determine if herpes simplex 1 and 2 infections explain racial disparities in HIV incidence among a cohort of young gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (YMSM). In addition, Dr. Ompad and colleagues are assessing HPV infection prevalence, persistence, and clearance among this same cohort.
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Education
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BS, Biology, Bowie State University, Bowie, MDMHS, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MDPhD, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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Honors and awards
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Excellence in Public Health Teaching Award, New York University (2014)Excellence in Public Health Teaching Award, New York University (2013)National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse Scientific Development Travel Fellowship (2010)Delta Omega Honorary Society, Alpha Chapter (2002)
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Areas of research and study
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EpidemiologyHIV/AIDSInfectious DiseasesSocial Determinants of HealthSTIsSubstance AbuseVaccines
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Publications
Publications
Availability of outpatient clinical nutrition services for patients with cancer undergoing treatment at Comprehensive Cancer Centers
Failed retrieving data.Complexity and Dynamism from an Urban Health Perspective : a Rationale for a System Dynamics Approach
Failed retrieving data.Correlates of Lifetime History of Purchasing Sex Services by Men in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, Russia
Failed retrieving data.Illicit drug use among rave attendees in a nationally representative sample of US high school seniors
Failed retrieving data.Incidence of HIV infection in young gay, bisexual, and other YMSM : The P18 cohort study
Failed retrieving data.Moving Toward a Holistic Conceptual Framework for Understanding Healthy Aging Among Gay Men
Failed retrieving data.Patterns of Physical Activity Among Older Adults in New York City : A Latent Class Approach
Failed retrieving data.Powder cocaine and crack use in the United States : An examination of risk for arrest and socioeconomic disparities in use
Failed retrieving data.Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Association between Arrest and Unprotected Anal Sex among Young Men Who Have Sex with Men : The P18 Cohort Study
Failed retrieving data.Salud urbana : Hitos, dilemas, perspectivas y desafíos
Failed retrieving data.Self-reported use of novel psychoactive substances in a US nationally representative survey : Prevalence, correlates, and a call for new survey methods to prevent underreporting
Failed retrieving data.Sexual Orientation- and Race-Based Discrimination and Sexual HIV Risk Behavior Among Urban MSM
Failed retrieving data.The CHANGE Study : Methods and Sample Description for a Cross-Sectional Study of Heroin Cessation in New York City
Failed retrieving data.The Flawed Reliance on Randomized Controlled Trials in Studies of HIV Behavioral Prevention Interventions for People Who Inject Drugs and Other Populations
Failed retrieving data."I didn't think I could get out of the fucking park." Gay men's retrospective accounts of neighborhood space, emerging sexuality andmigrations
Failed retrieving data.Adverse psychosocial outcomes associated with drug use among US high school seniors : A comparison of alcohol and marijuana
Failed retrieving data.Concurrent partnerships and HIV risk among men who have sex with men in New York City
Failed retrieving data.Correlates of intentions to use cannabis among US high school seniors in the case of cannabis legalization
Failed retrieving data.Correlates of self-efficacy for condom use among male clients of female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico
Failed retrieving data.Demographic and socioeconomic correlates of powder cocaine and crack use among high school seniors in the United States
Failed retrieving data.HPV vaccination : Are we initiating too late?
Failed retrieving data.Neighborhood Characteristics and Sexual Intimate Partner Violence Against Women Among Low-Income, Drug-Involved New York City Residents : Results From the IMPACT Studies
Failed retrieving data.Smoking and HIV-related health issues among older HIV-positive gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men
Failed retrieving data.The Impact of the Good Behavior Game, a Universal Classroom-Based Preventive Intervention in First and Second Grades, on High-Risk Sexual Behaviors and Drug Abuse and Dependence Disorders into Young Adulthood
Failed retrieving data.Understanding Prolonged Cessation from Heroin Use : Findings from a Community-Based Sample
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