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
Correlates of illicit methadone use in New York City : A cross-sectional study
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Failed retrieving data.Mortality risk among recent-onset injection drug users in five U.S. cities
Failed retrieving data.Predictors of influenza vaccination in an urban community during a national shortage
Failed retrieving data.Prevalence and correlates of previous hepatitis B vaccination and infection among young drug-users in New York City
Failed retrieving data.Project VIVA : A multilevel community-based intervention to increase influenza vaccination rates among hard-to-reach populations in New York City
Failed retrieving data.Sampling and recruitment in multilevel studies among marginalized urban populations : The IMPACT studies
Failed retrieving data.Urban health issues
Failed retrieving data.Urban health systems : Overview
Failed retrieving data.Access to influenza vaccine in East Harlem and the Bronx during a national vaccine shortage
Failed retrieving data.Convenience is the key to hepatitis A and B vaccination uptake among young adult injection drug users
Failed retrieving data.Defining Neighborhood Boundaries for Urban Health Research
Failed retrieving data.Identifying Injection Drug Users at Risk of Nonfatal Overdose
Failed retrieving data.Impact of social network characteristics on high-risk sexual behaviors among non-injection drug users
Failed retrieving data.Our cities, our health, our future : acting on social determinants for health equity in urban settings : report to the WHO Commission on Social Determinants of Health from the Knowledge Network on Urban Settings
Failed retrieving data.Pandemic preparedness and hard to reach populations.
Failed retrieving data.Perceived stress among a workforce 6 months following hurricane Katrina
Failed retrieving data.Rapid vaccine distribution in nontraditional settings : lessons learned from project VIVA
Failed retrieving data.Risk factors for methadone outside treatment programs : Implications for HIV treatment among injection drug users
Failed retrieving data.Social determinants of the health of urban populations : Methodologic considerations
Failed retrieving data.Strategies for improving influenza immunization rates among hard-to-reach populations
Failed retrieving data.Symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder in a New Orleans workforce following Hurricane Katrina
Failed retrieving data.Urban as a determinant of health
Failed retrieving data.Urbanicity, urbanization, and the urban environment
Failed retrieving data.Determinants of influenza vaccination in hard-to-reach urban populations
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