Farzana Kapadia
Farzana Kapadia
Professor of Epidemiology
Director of Undergraduate Programs
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Professional overview
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Dr. Farzana Kapadia is Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health at the NYU School of Global Public Health and at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Department of Population Health. Dr. Kapadia is also affiliated with the Institute of Human Development and Social Change and Population Center at NYU.
Dr. Kapadia has long standing research interests in understanding the social and structural drivers of HIV/STIs as well as sexual and reproductive health outcomes in underserved and marginalized populations. Dr. Kapadia has over 20 years of experience in the design, development, and implementation of observational studies and HIV/STI intervention and prevention trials in underserved and marginalized populations in urban settings, both in the US and in Africa (Ghana and Kenya).
Dr. Kapadia has a passion for teaching and mentoring. She teaches the core Epidemiology for in-coming MPH students and has also taught key epidemiology courses, including Intermediate Epidemiology and Outbreak Epidemiology at GPH as well as an HIV-related course at NYU London. The overarching goal of Dr. Kapadia’s teaching is to train students to become epidemiologists and public health practitioners who are critical and creative thinkers as well as champions and advocates for inclusive solutions to our local and global public health challenges.
In addition to her research and teaching responsibilities, Dr. Kapadia serves as the Deputy Editor for the American Journal of Public Health.
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Education
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BS, Biology and History, SUNY Binghamton, Binghamton, NYMPH, Community Public Health, New York University, New York, NYPhD, Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Honors and awards
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Excellence in Public Health Faculty Award, New York University (2012)Steinhardt Goddard Award (2011)Community Collaborative Award, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development (2009)Elected Member, American College of Epidemiology (2007)
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Areas of research and study
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Behavioral Determinants of HealthBehavioral ScienceEpidemiologyHIV/AIDSReproductive HealthSocial BehaviorsSocial Determinants of HealthSocial epidemiologySubstance Abuse
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Publications
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Maternal health and maternal health service utilization among female sex workers : A scoping review
Failed retrieving data.Mental health burdens among North American Asian adults living with chronic conditions : a systematic review
Failed retrieving data.PREVALENCE AND CORRELATES OF HIV-ASSOCIATED HEALTH BEHAVIORS IN A POPULATION-BASED SAMPLE OF PUERTO RICAN ADULTS, 2019
Failed retrieving data.Protecting and Promoting Adolescent Health : A Public Health of Consequence, March 2023
Failed retrieving data.Public Health Data of the People, by the People, for the People : A Public Health of Consequence, June 2023
Failed retrieving data.Public Health Practice and Health Equity for Vulnerable Workers : A Public Health of Consequence, May 2023
Failed retrieving data.Structural Racism and Health Inequities : Moving From Evidence to Action
Failed retrieving data.Structural Racism and Public Health
Failed retrieving data.Sustaining PrEP Prescriptions at a Safety-Net Hospital in New York City During COVID-19 : Lessons Learned
Failed retrieving data.Women, Life, Freedom : A Public Health of Consequence, February 2023
Failed retrieving data.Abortion Care Is Health Care : A Public Health of Consequence, September 2022
Failed retrieving data.Bringing an Equity Lens to Address the Evolving Overdose Crisis : A Public Health of Consequence, April 2023
Failed retrieving data.Capturing missed HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis opportunities—sexually transmitted infection diagnoses in the emergency department
Failed retrieving data.Chronic comorbidities in persons living with HIV within three years of exposure to antiretroviral therapy at Pantang Antiretroviral Center in Ghana : a retrospective study
Failed retrieving data.Confronting and Ending Food Insecurity During and Beyond the Pandemic : A Public Health of Consequence, July 2022
Failed retrieving data.Editorial Note
Failed retrieving data.Ending Homelessness and Advancing Health Equity : A Public Health of Consequence, March 2022
Failed retrieving data.Erratum : Conflicts of interest (American Journal of Public Health)
Failed retrieving data.Food Insecurity, Financial Hardship, and Mental Health among Multiple Asian American Ethnic Groups : Findings from the 2020 COVID-19 Household Impact Survey
Failed retrieving data.Gun Control for Health : A Public Health of Consequence, December 2022
Failed retrieving data.Incarceration, Social Support Networks, and Health among Black Sexual Minority Men and Transgender Women : Evidence from the HPTN 061 Study
Failed retrieving data.Monkeypox, After HIV/AIDS and COVID-19 : Suggestions for Collective Action and a Public Health of Consequence, November 2022
Failed retrieving data.Predictors of Anal High-Risk HPV Infection Across Time in a Cohort of Young Adult Sexual Minority Men and Transgender Women in New York City, 2015–2020
Failed retrieving data.Reproductive Justice Matters : A Public Health of Consequence, August 2022
Failed retrieving data.SOCIAL ENGAGEMENT AND MENTAL HEALTH SYMPTOMS ACROSS ASIAN AMERICAN ETHNIC GROUPS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
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